George Petrovsky

An old bloke and his dog. The bloke takes the odd picture.

Living in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales in Oz allows me to bring you its rural landscapes, flowers (both natural and cultivated) animals and wildlife. I have also included some pictures of my travels over the years to various other parts of NSW and Australia.

My Nikon D80 and 18-200 VR Nikkor will be bringing you most of my pictures, with a few from my old D70 thrown in. Maybe even some from my old Pentax Spotmatic!

Necessity to always have a camera with me – just in case – has added a Nikon Coolpix P5100 to my top pocket. “Nikki” has proven herself on a number of occasions now, to be a very capable device!

Of course it’s a female camera! Delicate, sensitive, beautiful from without and within, complex beyond belief, to be treated with care and respect. Unpredictable – but only if you don’t know what you’re doing – capable of bringing one to great highs, as well as plunging one into the depths of despair when the results of your best efforts to fully understand her hit a brick wall!

2010: I’ve managed to damage “Nikki” beyond repair and sadly, had her put down. In the bottom drawer. Her replacement as a pocket camera is “Sammi”, a 10.3mp Samsung purchased on special for $79AUD. Basic, takes a fair snap and sound movies and has blue teeth and collects blackberries and results may one day appear in my gallery.

2011: Bloody hopeless! Left “Sammi” in a bus….somewhere…
Now, a Sony W350 has become my 3rd point & shoot camera.
Probably the best so far, as per the last 2 shots posted. More features than the D80 – for a tenth of the price! That’s progress…

2011: Many said it wouldn’t happen, but I have at last reached “Age Pensioner” status. Funny, I don’t feel all that different! Maybe a few more years will tell…. Still working though, driving taxis 2 days a week plus extra work driving small Coaches and Hire Cars as opportunities arise.

To reward myself for becoming a pensioner, I’ve gone a bit berserk and bought a new lens for my D80 – now probably in the same aged category as myself. After much searching of lens reviews and seeing some of the work produced by this lens by fellow Red Bubblers, plus budgetary considerations, I’ve settled on a Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4 HSM OS Macro. OK, this won’t make me an instant famous photographer, but may help improve the quality of images I present. Maybe……

(aka george@gophotos on the old DPF site!)

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