Surfer's Paradise in Queensland, Australia makes an impressive skyline in the distance. Rising out of the morning mist, it looks so surreal in the early morning light.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Coconut on the beach
Whew! I think I'm done spending time at airports for the next little while. I feel like this coconut - adrift on the seas, hoping to land in a suitable place.
Walking the Gold Coast beach of Australia in the early hours of the morning was so relaxing - at least on the Thursday and Friday of Turnfest 2012. There were a lot of people on this beach Saturday and Sunday, which is to be expected, I suppose. However, the beach was private during the week, and that made it all the more delightful - a reward for arising before dawn...
Monday, April 09, 2012
Australian sunrise
As I'm sure you'll discover over the coming weeks, I really enjoyed walking the beach of Queensland at sunrise while I was at Turnfest 2012. Seascapes are wonderful subjects for sunrise and sunset because the light, wave, and cloud combinations are constantly changing. Thus, it's possible to shoot dozens of photos and each one is very different, even though they are all of the same subject.
In wood turning, I always lecture about doing a series to refine a form or a style. The same thing goes for photography - shooting the same subject over and over again until the eye begins to "see" the frame of reality, or, at least, an interpretation of reality.
Sunday, April 08, 2012
Sunflowers
I wasn't expecting to see this beautiful patch of North American sunflowers in Queensland, Australia, but there it was - in the heart of the SeaWorld resort on the Gold Coast.
This patch of flowers has inspired me to want to plant a patch of my own this summer. Maybe the dogs will leave them alone and the goldfinches can have a blast in the fall? One can hope....
The Milky Way
This is a photo Steve took from Thredbo, in the Snowy Mountains of Australia. He got up in the middle of the night to do some time-lapse photography of the brilliant southern sky.
Me? I slept through it all......
Saturday, April 07, 2012
Coconut on the beach
First dawn in Queensland, Australia. Paul Fennell and I walked the beach across from Sea World at sunrise each morning of Turnfest 2012. This was from Thursday, March 22. The overcast sky lent some drama to the scene of this lone coconut washed up on the beach. It had apparently been adrift for some time, given the colony of barnacles on the husk...
Friday, April 06, 2012
Australian landscape at sunset
Gnarly trees about 20 km south of Cooma. Steve and I were on our way to the Snowy Mountains. After stopping in Cooma for some Turkish pizza, we were traveling along the road when I spotted this clump of trees. The combination of late afternoon light peeking from under the overcast sky onto the reddish trunk was stunning. I hope I captured that here.
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Mangrove
In camera HDR; mangrove in Merimbula Lake.
One of the features of my new Canon 5D Mark III (drive-by gloat, I know) is the in-camera HDR. This was from three exposures (hand-held) -1, 0, +1 of a mangrove tree in the estuary of Merimbula Lake. The front of the tree was in the shade while the background was of early morning sunlight. The HDR effect worked wonderfully here.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Gold coast sunrise
Sunrise yesterday morning was really lovely. the beach was empty, except for just a couple of walkers. With the clouds, the sunrise was spectacular. I really love being able to walk in the ocean and along the beach this time of day. It's a good way to start the day.
Gold Coast of Australia
I'm at Turnfest 2012 this weekend, which is being held at Sea World on the Gold Coast of Australia. The hotel is not far from the beach, which means some sunrise walks along the ocean. this is a view of Surfers Paradise from the beach near Sea World. The water is lovely and warm.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Daffodils and bokeh
I have several varieties of daffodils blooming in my garden in the spring. Here's a different view of two varieties, mostly featuring a nice bokeh in the background.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Spring is here!
Happy St. Patrick's Day! My daffodils are in bloom, at least the early ones are. I still have a bunch that will bloom while I'm away to Turnfest in Australia. I'm sad to be missing those, but I'm sure I'll enjoy the symposium.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Woodpecker habitat
Red-headed woodpeckers are amongst my favorite species in North America. This is pond 33 at Killdeer Plains Nature reserve. There were several woodpeckers in this area - easy to spot and to watch. I was more interested in doing some late afternoon landscape photos than in stalking the woodpeckers, so I don't have any photos of the critters, but the habitat is fascinating.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Sunset at Killdeer Plains
Another photo from our time at Killdeer Plains last Sunday. Steve and I had a good time working the sunset and blue hour at pond 33.
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