Great Uncle John

 

 I visited the Old Pioneer Village at Swan Hill recently and met Nev (Peg) Graham, the carpenter. Nev was very appealing with his felt hat and beard and was very obliging when asked to take his picture. 

I have played with the images of Nev to give and antique effect. 

Gone but Not Forgotten

A combination of two images - a portrait of a young student and an old grave site - and a couple of my own textures - one of clouds and one or rust.

At Rest

Headstones in a cool and quite part of the old cemetery, Port Macquarie, New South Wales.

Textures on wheels

On a weekend to Wallaroo, South Australia, I come across this old railway carriage. The graffiti and paint combined with natural wear and tear created a myriad of textures.

Mutton Chops

One of the characters from the Pioneer Village at Swan Hill, Victoria

Changing Seasons - Autumn Colours

"Heaven is under our feet"

It is mid May here (Adelaide, South Australia) and the season is changing from summer to autumn and almost winter.

I love the colours of the leaves as the cool winds blow and leaves change from green to gold and reds to rusty brown and all shades in between.

I read "Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads" somewhere and it rings oh so true this time of year.

Autumn Red

Autumn colours as the leaves turn to red in the Adelaide hills.

Eastern Yellow Breasted Robin

Eastern Yellow Breasted Robin

Story Boards

Trying some storyboard techniques in Lightroom and Photoshop. I used a couple of Kim Klasson's templates for CS and one of my own. Not really storyboards in the true sense of the word - rather a collection of like images.

I found lightroom a little cumbersome and not able to vary the size of the actual image in the box.

Once I understood about vector masking the process in photoshop seemed quite quick.

Refining the look and getting the boxes to look balanced might be another problem.

Lunch

Superb Fairy Wren with lunch in his beak

Grey Fantail looking for his grub but keeping an eye on me all the same.

The Water Wall

Sentinels

The Inner Circle

From the water wall at the Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria

Made for the Camera

Pony Tails

Young lady playing at the Indonesian Food Fair, Adelaide, South Australia.

Black Shouldered Kite

A Black Shouldered Kite on the way back from St Kilda, South Australia.

Offerings

OFFERINGS

A snapshot of the interaction of the tourists and the monkeys at the Gorge Wildlife Park. I think this images says heaps about the interation between the species.

Olde Rose

Musk Lorikeet

A Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna) very prevalent around the south and south eastern states of Australia

Little Birds

I have been trying to capture images of the Superb Fairy Wren (Malurus cyaneus) for a little while now. Getting close was the problem - the lens is never long enough and these little birds move so quick.

Well I solved some of the problem, I purchased myself a 300mm prime lens and a 1.4 teleconverter giving me a combined focal distance of 672 mm - long enough most of the time. Now the problem is holding the lens still enough and getting a fast enough shutter speed to get the image sharp.

Kites

I have always marvelled at image of birds of prey etc. I photographed this bird resting in some trees some time ago with my 75-300 Canon lens. I was not happy with most of my shots from this lens (could not hold it still) but very pleased with this image - even if the bird is a little static.

After purchasing a Conon 300mm F/4 L prime lens and was fortunate enough to come across this Black Shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris) near the Mannum Falls in South Australia. With the prime lens on a Canon 30D I was able to capture these two shots.

Perched

Take Off

David

David Hillan

Yvonne & David

David is the husband of camera club friend Yvonne Hill. Besides being a top bloke and full of life stories David makes a very good model, especially when he dons the hat and dry as a bone.

David in Mono

The two shots of David above were taken at a camera club shoot using one studio light, a single reflector to David's left and a nicely muted backdrop.

Using and image of David from the same shoot and combining it with and image of the old windmill in the Clare Valley I created this montage.

Hot Summer's Night

In June of 2008 the Para Camera Club spent the long weekend at Bungaree Station, just north of Adelaide in the Clare Valley. Over the course of the weekend I was able to capture a few of the club members. Of course, David featured heavily in many of the resulting images.

Images of David and Kelly Turnbull combined with the old gravestone and some textured background produced the image below. Not really sure what the story is (if there is one at all). You will just have to use your imagination.

Memories

Three of the Bungaree Mob, Neil Gray, David and Rolly (Steve) Robertson. I had fun adding David's hat to the other two heads in the photo. Photoshop is a magic pastime.

Wanted - Dead or Alive

David dons yet another hat and takes on that old world charm. These set of images were taken using the warm early morning light coming through a very large doorway - the entrance to the shearing shed on Bungaree station. David looks very much at home among the wool etc.

David #6

The Market


At the Market

I hope this is not the end of my photo efforts with David on the other side of the camera.

Thanks David.