found on the South coast of Western Australia
This one is in Kings park though
Tag: Pentax
WASMEX 2012
at the WA scale model expo
I removed the distracting background and added some “steel” sheeting
the dribble was part of the model
Just Married
after the wedding of John and Barb (Gumnut and Xerraire) on the beach at Siesta Park, Busselton
Pentax fisheye
Everlasting
Dried everlasting flowers, living (hmm ok they are dead I guess) upto their name. Picked around 6 to 8 years ago from my garden
Take off
Aeroplane
Virgin jet from Perth airport viewing platform, with the control tower in the background
more planes here in my gallery
John Forrest vista
Perth has no mountains
Western Australia really doesnt have any mountains to speak of.
Bluff knoll in the Stirling ranges is just under 1100 metres
Mount Meharry in the Pilbara is just under 1250 metres
But I liked this impression looking across the valley in John Forrest National park
Bell’s rapids
Doing a practise run through Bell’s rapids
getting ready for the Avon descent, mid Winter
He has a big smile after getting through a tough part
and his comment was
“not bad for a sixety year old”
you cant argue with that 🙂
the photo before this one is in my gallery plus a few more
Bell’s rapids
Doing a practice run through Bell’s rapids
getting ready for the Avon descent, in mid Winter
more photos in my gallery
Black and white weekend
Silas, Silas, Silas
Taken at the National zoo in DC
one of these is the real Silas
the other two I stole from two other photos I took. All were in the pararie dog maze at the zoo and taken with the Pentax 10-17 fish eye
so will the real Silas please stand up
have a guess which is the original Silas
The Classic car show
The Council of Motoring Clubs (CMC) of Western Australia and Auto one Classic car show at mussel pool
Whiteman park
a brilliant free event for car enthusiasts
a hand built Ford AC A98
on their way home after the event
more photos in my gallery and more coming soon
Australian pelican
Pelecanus conspicillatus launching itself off the Swan river
i guess this means my equipment is capable
i just have to work on my skills more
Podolepsis
Big Al’s Poker Run
Big Al’s Poker Run is the biggest hot rod and custom car gathering in Western Australia.
On the shores of the Swan River near the Burswood hotel, hundreds of hot rods, custom cars, and old cars gather before going on a cruise around Perth, and to see all these cars cost a gold coin donation. The best value for money in Perth.
Maybe this year I will use a different lens to the Pentax 10-17 fish eye, as much as it was fun and enabled me to get so close to the cars that no one could get in between, it doesnt give an accurate representation of the cars. lol
The run takes place on the second Saturday in February, in 2010 it will be the 13th.
For more information look on Big Al’s website
for more of my photos look on my site and enter poker in the search box
or click here – Gumnuts World – for 2010 photos (2011’s will be up soon)
let me know what you think 🙂
Perth train station at night
A long exposure at Perth train station, taken on film a long time ago with my trusty K1000
from memory about 5 minutes, long enough not to register the people that got off and on the train
