Cape Leeuwin lighthouse lens
on the most South West point of Western Australia
where the Indian ocean meets the Southern ocean
Author: John Dolphin
Autumn/Fall
Whilst the rest of the world was having spring, we were having Autumn. On top of that Native trees around here do not do the Autumn thing of losing their leaves, they are the same colour all year round, some trees may flower in Autumn which makes them different. So on my way home from work I notices a Japanese maple street tree was doing the Autumn thing and one evening I managed to get back before all the leaves were gone and get an “Autumn” photo
(note the green leaves in the background)
West coast sunset
The sun sets on the West coast
disappearing into the Indian ocean
white cheeked honeyeater
white cheeked honeyeater getting nectar from a silver princess flower in my garden
white cheeked honeyeater
a young white cheeked honeyeater in the Silver princess tree, with the gumnuts from the old flowers
white cheeked honeyeater
White cheeked honeyeater on a Banksia flower
silver princess
Its mid winter and my silver princess is still flowering. It still has a few flowers left to open too.
Silver princess
its mid winter and my silver princess is still flowering. It still has a few flowers left to open too.
I am not sure if the fly is sheltering or is stuck in the nectar that the birds love
tried using fill flash , maybe a bit over done
Willie wagtail
a willie wagtail on the power cable to my house
White flower
an tiny unknown (by me) Winter flower in Koondoola bushland
taken with an old 50mm lens on a macro converter and an experimental flash softbox set up
Pearl Flower
winter flower in Koondoola bushland
a pearl flower
Conostephium pendulum
I went for a ride last weekend to see what was in flower in the local bushland
I think I counted 20 different flowering plants
more than I expected for mid Winter
I took the opportunity to try out a different lighting set up
a home made soft box on my Pentax flash mounted on the camera
using an old 50mm lens mounted on a macro attachment
White tailed black cockatoo
A white tailed black cockatoo feasting on a firewood banksia cone whilst sitting on my bull banksia in Winter
I counted about 20 of them going through my trees, pruning as they went.
I picked up some banksia flowers they snipped off and put them in a vase
They do a a fair amount of damage, but gee it is worth it just to watch them 🙂
TEA
Liptons Cranberry Raspberry & Strawberry tea
a very sweet cuppa mmmmm
no sugar needed
Hillarys boat harbour panorama
looking to the shopping precinct and the Breakwater tavern, with the small fairground to the right
I tried focus pulling, changing focus with the shutter open on a long exposure
but ended up sandwiching two photos together to get this result
Pentax 10mm fisheye cropped to a panorama
for a larger size go here
Silas as Orton effect
My attempt at the Orton effect, an effect developed by Michael Orton in an attempt to imitate watercolour painting with photography. Initially it was done using multiple slides sandwiched on top of each other. Digital has made similar effects easier and this is mine, done in GIMP.
Did it work?
Australia day 2013
fireworks on Australia Day 26th January 2013. Across the Swan River from Langley park, Perth WA
