Archive for December, 2009

Mosman Bay walk

Mosman Bay walk

View along Mosman WharfCanon EOS 5D Mark II, 1/10sec, f/14, 17mm, ISO 100, Bias: 0 EV If you are a nature lover and like walking Mosman has a lot of little hidden gems for you. There are some amazing walks right from the Balmoral end to the other side through Chowder Bay and on to [...]

Light Bokeh

Light Bokeh

Canon EOS 40D, 1/15sec, f/1.8, 85mm, ISO 200, Bias: 0EV Ahhh bokeh… that magic elixir which makes photos pop! And what more when you have Christmas lights to play with. I’ve been taking a few light shots with my 50mm and 85mm to see which does the job better. In my opinion they are both [...]

Resting in the shade, Chowder Bay

Resting in the shade, Chowder Bay

Canon EOS 40D, 1/500sec, f/4.5, 50mm, ISO 100, Bias: +1/3ev Resting under the shade of the tree at HMAS Penguin. It did get quite warm this afternoon. Not in a totally sultry way but it was warm enough to make you aware we’re in summer. D’s colleague from Boston was in town and we took [...]

Wrought iron fence at Rest Park, Cammeray

Wrought iron fence at Rest Park, CammerayCanon EOS 40D, 1/20sec, f/3.2 85mm ISO 100, Bias -1/3EV Shot this during my walk yesterday. Information about St Thomas Rest Park The former St. Thomas’ Cemetery was the first burial ground established on the North Shore. The land for the Cemetery was donated to the Anglican Parish of [...]

Bob Hawkes birthday delight!

Bob Hawkes birthday delight!

I normally don’t talk politics in here. Almost never but this is too good an opportunity to miss. When I read the news headlines this morning something got my attention — I quote: Stripper dressed as John Howard makes surprise appearance at Bob Hawke’s 80th birthday party Turns out that a stripper dressed as the [...]

Cammeray Sunset

Cammeray Sunset

Yet another handheld sunset! I really hadn’t planned on taking this one but the colours in the sky were rather compelling. It was a rather hurried shot as you can tell from the framing. I wanted to get as much of that natural light I possibly could. Cammeray Sunset There is a bit of clipping [...]

Cottage Point, NSW

Cottage Point, NSW

Cottage Point Wharf Were back from a lovely weekend away at Cottage Point on the north side of Sydney. Its located in the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park approximately 50 minutes drive North from Sydney’s CBD. You can get there by Road, Sea Plane or Ferry. This was shot yesterday before we went out on a [...]

Summer is here

Summer is here

Cockatoo posingCanon EOS 40D, ISO 100, 200mm f/2.8, 1/250s It’s the 1st of December 2009! The silly season is upon us and here in Sydney, Australia we officially begin our first day of Summer. Except it was a coldish day with lots of wind and rain. I stayed back home trying to recover from the [...]


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