It is a truly amazing to see the size of a newborn babies hands in comparison to a fully grown adult. How could I resist when my niece was born, to borrow the hands of my 6’5” brother for some comparison! Featured in “hands” and “Speaking Photos” CHALLENGE WINNER / (Speaking Photos – All within my hands)
Motel, Kansas.
It was a stormy afternoon in 2006 when I was driving down Sturt Street in South Melbourne – and this sight caught my eye immediately. It’s simply the glass facade of an office building – but it provided a compelling, decidedly surreal reflection of the city skyline from across the Yarra River. As soon as I found a parking spot about 100 metres away, I grabbed my camera and raced over to the best vantage point. I knew I had to be quick because it was very breezy and I could see that the clouds were moving quickly. I had very little time to take some shots before the sun emerged from behind the cloudbank. I hit the trigger a couple of times, with some very tight frames showing only the glass exterior and that hypnotic reflection. Then, as I was about to return to my car, I spotted this person walking along the narrow pathway, so I waited and waited and waited … until he was well away from the halfway mark. That’s when I hit the shutter for the last time, using his figure (and his asymmetrical location) as a handy point of reference in terms of perspective. A few seconds later, the sun emerged and the view was completely different. I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my images in any way. Shot with a Pentax K100D, using a Sigma 18-125mm lens. F8, 1/250 sec, ISO 200, focal length 68mm. Featured in CITYSCAPES AND CITY SKYLINES, November 2009. Featured in REFLECTIONS IN BUILDING WINDOWS, November 2009. Featured in SPEAKING PHOTOS, November 2009.
Taken at the beach in NJ. Summer 2009 / Nikon CoolPix-Point and Shoot / LightRoom
...drama on the road in northern Rajasthan, India Featured in ‘Your Magic Place’, in ‘Speaking Photos’, in’Speed’ and ‘Road Photography’
Featured in The Male Photographer – 10/11/2009 / Featured in Speaking Photos – 16/11/2009 This photograph I took of this model in her bedroom one night. She was looking out the window as I ran this test shot, but it turned out to be the best shot of the night. I titled this “Waiting for you” cause this is what reminds me of, simply, waiting for that special someone!
A deserted and gutted relic of a vehicle rusts away at the foot of Mt. Tom. Olympus E-520; Zuiko 14-42mm @ 14mm / ISO 100; f/22; 1/25s / -1.0 EV manual compensation / Shot in monotone Featured in the group— / “100%”, November, 2009 / “Speaking Photos”, November, 2009
Zagreb, Croatia my daughter – on the right hand side… / she has no idea where she is standing :)) Fetured in Speaking Photos (Storytelling) Group
The lone jogger on a cold, wet, windy day along Port Beach, Perth, Western Australia. You have to admire her pounding the sand in those conditions (actually I just admire her for jogging full stop – the closest I get is the treadmill in front of ‘Two and a Half Men’). It was that gloomy there wasn’t alot of difference between the original shot and this b&w version. / A candid shot / Camera – Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30 FEATURED IN – ‘The Human Condition’ Group
This is another one of my collection of photos that I took at the New Mexico State Fair Pow Wow Dance/Drum competition in the Indian Village that was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
Taken August 2009 in St Ives, Cornwall, sheltering in The Lifeboat with a superb pint of HSD as the weather changed like a see saw from sun to dull to squall and back again. The railings outside were framed by the open window, almost becoming one. If you look veeeeery closely, I have kept the abandoned wine bottle to the bottom dark area of the photo…I wonder whose it was…..why was there still a glassfull left…..and, was it any good…..? Technical: / Fuji f11 (always with me when walking etc) / 6.3 million Pixels Fine / Hand held Auto / Metered on exterior to silhouette window. / 1/560th Sec @ f5.7 Post processed in PSP X2 / Standard Brush strokes + Hot Wax / Top and bottom burned in a bit / Blue colour shift and Nik Efex Pro Brilliance 62%
►The Piazza Navone is one of the most famous and arguably the most beautiful of Rome’s many squares. The large and lively square features no less than three magnificent fountains. Another eye-catcher is the baroque church of Sant’Agnese in Agone. ►All done in photoshop CS3. What I did was take a full panoramic photo and use the polarize effect to create this small world in rome. I also created and overlay some clouds then colorize certain areas to make it striking… / ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ ♫ Music: Recreated by Synaulia / ♫ Song: Ancient Roman Music ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ Before photo
Please View Large On my recent travels to Lewes in Sussex on a wet and damp day I spotted this wonderful door on the High Street. The continuing story of my doors and entrances. Nikon D300 / Sigma 24-70mm
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sold as Greeting Card by unknown visitor / 37 fav 1092 views on 22.11.2009
Uploaded for the Lensbaby competition, shame I really dont feel I have a chance against all the WONDERFUL other entrants… Blurring created in Corel Oh how I would love to see a lensbaby arrive in my post… (BM me for address if you have a spare one you are just dying to get rid of!!! ;D) Maybe santa would be kind enough… looks wistful Best viewed LARGE Taken in Ireland :) Love that place :)
How can you win the war, / when the enemy is from within? / How can you free your mind, / from the battlefield of sin? From the trenches of the soul, / to the frontline of the heart. / A million forgotten casualties, / lay doomed right from the start.
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