Les Boucher
Profile
G’Day my name is Les and I live on the beautiful south coast of New South Wales in the Jervis Bay area.
Don’t let the Photo scare you as I have been known to smile from time to time…..the last time was July 1978…a Tuesday I think….and it was raining.. ;-)...LOL
Writer Robert Morley once said “From now until the end of eternity no man will see light in exactly the same way as I do and so, it is up to me to make the most of it”
That is how I approach my photography.
I am self taught but even at my age (now 61and officially an “Old Fart”) I am thinking of heading back to school in order to gain more experience in digital photography. As a teenager I spent many hours destroying my mothers bathroom with chemicals as I learnt a little more about developing and printing photographs.
While Photoshop can be a pain in the butt to learn ,it is a lot cleaner and doesn’t affect your health as you were affected back in those days of developers, fixers and fumes.
My hobbies are pretty eclectic and spread over Photography, art, fishing, organic gardening Writing and many others to numerous to list here.
At the ripe old age of 60 I obtained my first “Digital” camera after many years of playing with analog Photography “on and off” and I look forward to many years of exploration with this equipment….after I learn to fly it that is….LOL
The equipment that I am currently using includes; Panasonic DMC-FZ18 and a Konica FT1 fitted with a Tamron 70 to 200mm lens (which is used when I can get film for it that isn’t full of grain…...anything under 200ASA seems to be in short supply ….one of the joys of living in the country..sigh )
I am always open to critique and helpful advice on my Photographs should you have some.
All the images and text contained herein may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or uploaded in any way without my express permission. The removal of electronic copyright information, digital fingerprints, or embedded watermarks on any image is strictly prohibited.
©2009, Les Boucher, All rights reserved
FEATURED IN “Cradle Mountain Group”
Groups
Les Boucher hosts A Spiritual Walk and is a member of Yellow Gallery, ! $$☻The Christmas Shop (Get Art Promoted)☺ !, "Mornings & Evenings -- Sunbeams & Storms" (1 photo or painting per 24hrs.), *Focus and Lighting*, 1 In The Beginning - Ancient Practices, All About Boating, All the Colors of the Rainbow, All the Fun of the Fair, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Amateur Photographers' Association, Aussie Bush Paintings, Australia! You're Standing In it...., Australia's Great Coastline, Australian Bush ☼ (aspects of realistic Landscapes - ie N0 Abstracts or Macros please!), Australian Native Plants-2 per day, Black and White Photography, Candid Photography ( 1/24 ) , Challenge Café, Childhood, Collage and Landscape photography, Colors of Water, Cradle Mountain Tasmania Australia, Creative, Talented, and Unknown, Dawn and Dusk Light, Environmental Awareness, Flower and Foliage DETAIL - 1 per day (24 hours), Flowers in macro (very close macro please), Freedom to Shine, Friends of RedBubble, Fungilicious, Grevilleas, Harbour Life, HDR Photography (3 Photos per 24hr-day), Horizons, Human and Nature, Hunting and Fishing the Great Outdoors, Illawarra , Landscape Photography, Light and Reflection 1/24, Lightning and Storms, Masterpiece: Photography, Masterpieces: Literary Workshop, Mother Nature's Finest, National Parks of the World & Great Parks Of The World, Nature's Reclamation, Nature's Wonders, Nautical, Naval Architecture, New South Wales Photography, Old farts of redbubble, One Single Flower On Show.. 2 Photo's per day, Out of the Past, Panoramas 3:1 Ratio Minimum, Parrots and Cockatoos of the world, Photography 101, Photography Critique and Advice, Piers and Jetties, Portraits in Natural Light, Protaceae Family - 2 per day, Rain Drops & Water Art - Fresh Water Only!, Rivers and Streams, Ruins, Ancient and Derelict Buildings, Rural NSW, Scenery, Shoot The Moon, Spring Blooms - 2 per day, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Sunrise, Sunset, The Addicted Photographer►2 Per Day◄, The Birds, THIS IS AUSTRALIA, TUTORIALS (Help and Advice forums), UK to Australia and Back, Visual Collaborations (No Writing), WATER SPORTS, Waves and WMG.
Journal Entries
Caves Beach
Posted 2 months ago, 1 comment so far.
Sunset at Paradise
Posted 2 months ago, 5 comments so far.
Art
Clothing
Writing
The Game
It was one of those nights when you can’t get to sleep no matter how much you toss and turn. You can plump the pillows a thousand times; it is too hot with the blankets up too cold with them down. F…
The Perfect Wave
Like the beach we have allowed them to get close but never attached and in our rejection we missed out on the joy that a smaller, less perfect wave may have bought into our lives.
The Wind....
But most of the time its gentle, allowing autumn leaves / To dance and the sea to sparkle in the sun / It’s a friendly wind, one that cares.
Of Rivers and Rainbows
Sunlight flashing on a million drops; / As the water roller coaster never stops. / Bouncing forever faster down the mountain side; / With a thousand pixies taking the ride.
The Angels are Crying.
For now we begin, / to build a new world / A place where joy, / is allowed to unfurl.
Thoughts from a Summer Storm
That, I have learnt to cope with loss and have become a stronger person because of it. They, that have gone before have sacrificed their lives…
