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Thought I’d play around with a slightly more surreal shot. The red light is from an overhead sodium light that casts a funky orange/red light on the pool. Great storm clouds brewing in the East around sunrise. Mona Vale pool is one of my favorites around Sydney. Enjoy.
Highest day time tide in a long long time, 2.1m 9:54am Monday 12th January 2009 f/7.1 1/800 ISO 250 23.0mm
Went out this morning to shoot Mona Vale pool. It was a very high tide (1.7m). Braved the waves to get some interesting shots of the water crashing over the pool. Very little Photoshop on this image (just a few curves and levels), other than that, this was how it came off the camera.
Mona’s rose / Digital mixed media
For some time now I’ve been besotted by Mel Brackstone’s SS Dicky images. She generously shares much information about how she gets such remarkable images, like this for example / I finally bought some NDgrad filters and this and my next image are my first attempts to use them to capture the movement of the ocean, I have much to learn. Thanks for the inspiration and advice Mel. Canon 450D ISO100 F5.6 6/10s f18mm (Cokin 121s ND Grad)
I was standing in the middle of the on coming wall of water, it might look small now but when it got to me – it was up to my thighs. / More photos from the shoot of Mona Vale Pool - Got up at 4 to get to the pool for these shots, travelling petrol: $10 / - A can of WD40 to water proof the camera: $4.95 / (to use this – Hahah…. you sprey it onto a piece of cloth the wipe you camera with it, avoiding the lens and viewfinder….not sprey directly onto the camera….so what ever to reply moisture is good. It also stop salt sprey clinging itself on the camera too.) / - Stand in front of an on coming wall of sea water (Being scare sh#tless): PRICELESS!
For some time now I’ve been besotted by Mel Brackstone’s SS Dicky images. She generously shares much information about how she gets such remarkable images, like this for example / I finally bought some NDgrad filters and this and my previous image are my first attempts to use them to capture the movement of the ocean, I have much to learn. Thanks for the inspiration and advice Mel. I processed this using a script-fu plug-in for Gimp which attempts to mimic the Fuji Velvia slide film that I used to love so much in the days before digital. Canon 450D ISO100 F5.6 1s f18mm (Cokin 121s ND Grad)
the shot that wet the lens a little!!!! (2nd in a sequence of 2) Mona Vale Beach – King High Tide 9:54am Monday 12th January 2009 f/7.1 1/800 ISO 250 23.0mm
So I’ve been watching a lot of Eli Stone recently and in one of the offices is this painting consisting of large circles of different colours and it gave me the idea to do something similar.
Isnt it great when all the elements click ? This morning everything clicked
Leonardo Da Vinci was certainly a man ahead of his time.From The Last Supper,his wonderful statues and studies,his inventions and most famously The Mona Lisa are a testament of his genious.Its amazing that such a tiny painting(and heavily guarded) has left such an imprint on Society and the art world.While reading earlier the history on Da Vinci,i couldn’t help wondering if it will be remembered further into the Future…...You may notice the backdrop is similar ,with some unique additions.A flying ship(a design forerunner to the helicopter) is based on one of his designs which i tweaked for this,just for fun! / I had a lot of fun drawing this,the face keeping Mona’s serene look and most importantly the hands which i wanted to emulate and with a slight twist.She has a slight casual appearance too,note the leg up.I hope u enjoy my future take of Mona Lisa…1000 years in the making! / This is a combination of pen,pencil and Marker
One of Nick Walker’s takes on La Gioconda (Mona Lisa). Very cheeky. Nick Walker is a street/gaffiti artist from Bristol and a comtempory of Banksy (or as some conspiracy theories will have you believe – he is Banksy).
BETTER VIEWED LARGER Mona Vale pool , on Sydneys northern beaches, one of the many coastal pools, here lit by the dawn of a new day. This shot was taken on a magical dawn, using Nikon D300, Nikon 18-200mm lens. No filters were used and the only post processing was to sharpen the image.
MUCH BETTER VIEWED LARGER Warriewood beach is located around 30 klms by road from the Sydney CBD, it can be reached by car or bus or flown across by sea plane. Sydney has some of the best beaches located north and south, this shot was taken during a patch of bad weather, the dusk light was wonderful and as you can see here the rainbow was even better. Equipment : Nikon D300, Nikon 18-200mm lens, no filters and processed using 5 bracketted exposures and processed in Photomatix with cleaning up in Capture NX.
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The original and still the best / / ! / /
Taken in Brussels city centre in 1997, I sat opposite this lovely shopping arcade and hunkered down trying to be all Lee Friedlander and stuff, cutting and intersecting shoppers with the odd car crossing the zebra. When I spotted this kid crossing with her Mom I saw that the roof of the mall was going to sit just above her head, I thought I’ll snap her just as it fits her like a crown or a halo. I was too early. I still love this photo for her almost unreadable face, tranquil, bored, insistent, content? I’m not sure but the girl shopping with the unseen formidable presence of her mother is one of my favourite photos.
Mona Lisa aka “la Gioconda”, the laughing one. / with a Joker mash-up
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MUCH BETTER VIEWED LARGER Warriewood beach is located around 30 klms by road from the Sydney CBD, it can be reached by car or bus or flown across by sea plane. Sydney has some of the best beaches located north and south, this shot was taken during a patch of bad weather, the light was wonderful and as you can see here the reflections were even better. Equipment : Nikon D300, Nikon 18-200mm lens, no filters and processed using 5 bracketted exposures and processed in Photomatix with cleaning up in Capture NX. Framed See Also /
[Double Exposure Project #2 – Oregon and San Diego Exposed] This is one of the images produced through double exposing a roll of film with my amazingly talented, generous, and dear friend Matt Adamik. This is our second attempt at working with this process and I am in love with every image yet again. Matt lives in Oregon and I live in San Diego. He shot the roll first, mailed it to me, and I shot over top his photos. Neither of us knew what the other was shooting. The results are astounding and breathtaking. And fun! We will be collaborating on many more double exposure projects in the very near future. A wonderful way to bring Oregon and San Diego together, as well as the styles and friendships of two photographers. I am absolutely in love with this type of photography! I highly recommend it for everyone. Thank you Matt for everything! Goggles Down!
one of those fluke shots, Mona Vale, with a nice little farewell to MOVEMBER for 2008
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