May 21, 2013

Cape Bridgewater

The weather has cooled down a little. It was 32 degrees in Mount Gambier today, but Adelaide recorded its sixth day in a row of more than 40. We went to Cape Bridgewater near Portland again. This time I took the Lumix camera. I’m not keen on taking the Nikon to a beach. There was [...]

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Recent photos

I’ve been experimenting this weekend with the Nikon D60. I haven’t deviated from auto settings yet, but having discovered the ease of manipulating raw image files in Photoshop, there’s no need. Here are some pics:

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The dark side of Mount Gambier

My posts about Mount Gambier so far have focused on the natural beauty of the region, adding some pictures of grand buildings. There is a seamy side to the place though, as there is everywhere. Trains haven’t run in Mount Gambier for about 15 years, but the railway tracks remain because the South Australian Government [...]

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Self portrait from a mobile phone

There haven’t been many photos taken of me over the past four years. I’m not very photogenic and I tend to be on the other side of the camera, more often than not. I don’t mind this picture too much. I took it myself with the JasJam mobile phone last Friday while waiting between Maggie’s [...]

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My best photograph

I took this fluke picture on the Okavango Delta, Botswana, in 1990. I can’t think of a better photo that I’ve taken. This is a subjective opinion, of course. Anyone can browse my Flickr account and argue to the contrary.

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