Monthly Archive: February, 2012

Hot head sculpture by Patricia Piccinini. Hiway Sharks HJ GTS (Barbados Green) by Daniel Wallwork in the background. I love this effect!
29 Feb

Hot head

Hot head sculpture by Patricia Piccinini.  Hiway Sharks HJ GTS (Barbados Green) by Daniel Wallwork in the background.  I love this effect! “Hot head” is on display as part of the…
February 29, 2012 at 10:57 pm By lightswimming 3 Replies
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28 Feb

River Heart

River Heart parklands, on a sunny Sunday. This was completely flooded 12 months ago – nearly everything you see in these photos was underwater (almost to the bottom of the…
February 28, 2012 at 8:01 pm By lightswimming 7 Replies
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27 Feb

Pip & Pop

Pip & Pop have a huge exhibit at GoMA at the moment entitled “We miss you magic land“ in the Childrens’ Gallery area.  It’s fun, definitely pitched to kids and has…
February 27, 2012 at 8:40 pm By lightswimming 9 Replies
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26 Feb

Cultiver

I wouldn’t usually blog about something ‘commercial’ but this shop impresses me as an artspace and low-tech design example in its own right.  It has a real texture to it and (having…
February 26, 2012 at 9:31 pm By lightswimming 2 Replies
Black Bamboo, through the gatehouse roof, Nerima Gardens
26 Feb

Nerima Gardens, wringing wet

There was lots more rain here yesterday, which foiled plans for a photo-shoot where I was going to take photos of “actual humans” :). I wandered through Nerima Gardens (established…
February 26, 2012 at 12:04 pm By lightswimming 8 Replies
"Reach Up to the Universe, Dotted Pumpkins” by Yayoi Kusama
25 Feb

Look Now, See Forever – Yayoi Kusama, GoMA

‘Look Now, See Forever’ is a “major solo exhibition by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama” at Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art. Quite stunning. Previous posts from GoMA: GoMA turns…
February 25, 2012 at 7:04 am By lightswimming 3 Replies
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24 Feb

Across Country

“Across Country” is an exhibition showcasing five years of indigenous Australian art from the Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art collection. There are some quite stunning pieces: I thought…
February 24, 2012 at 10:05 pm By lightswimming 4 Replies
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23 Feb

Yes, sometimes there are people…. (Part 2)

Darn people keep getting in my shots . . . :) A continuation of this series, see the previous post here —> Yes, sometimes there are people …. I hope…
February 23, 2012 at 7:38 pm By lightswimming 7 Replies
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22 Feb

Frangipani: Street trees

I love the new leaves of these frangipanis - another great street tree of South East Queensland. We had two huge 60-year-old frangipani trees in our backyard at our last house…
February 22, 2012 at 6:25 pm By lightswimming 5 Replies
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20 Feb

Cloisonné

(I don’t think this post will offend anyone, but please note it contains ‘mature content’.) This full size cloisonné figure (made of copper covered in enamel) was one of the…
February 20, 2012 at 6:05 pm By lightswimming 9 Replies
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19 Feb

GoMA turns 5

Had a great trip with the family to the Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art (universally known as GoMA), which is celebrating its 5 year anniversary. There were…
February 19, 2012 at 4:58 pm By lightswimming 10 Replies
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17 Feb

Too much transit

It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it John Steinbeck Anyone else thoroughly sick of commuting? There are no dreary sights; there are…
February 17, 2012 at 9:08 pm By lightswimming Leave a Reply
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16 Feb

Lotus Life

The lotus weren’t in flower – but far more interesting to me this way.
February 16, 2012 at 8:12 pm By lightswimming 1 Reply
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14 Feb

Water Dragons

Chinese New Year for 2012 ushers in the year of the Water Dragon.  Their little brothers (Eastern Water Dragons – Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii) were everywhere at Roma St Parklands at the weekend.…
February 14, 2012 at 6:53 am By lightswimming 1 Reply
Jacaranda - St Mary's Cathedral - October
11 Feb

Street Trees

One of the (many) great things about living in subtropical Queensland is the range of street trees which put on a display during the year.  Here are some of the…
February 11, 2012 at 7:39 am By lightswimming 8 Replies
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10 Feb

Old Glass (Part 1)

I love old glass.  I live in a house with lots of old glass doors and windows (in fact that’s my front door (up close) above). It’s not the easiest…
February 10, 2012 at 8:56 pm By lightswimming Leave a Reply
Snowbunny Artist - Queenstown, NZ
08 Feb

Yes, sometimes there are people….

I’m not really one for taking lots of “people” shots.  My sister S and I joke that she looks for interesting people to take photos of - while I’m more inclined…
February 8, 2012 at 7:50 pm By lightswimming 4 Replies
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06 Feb

Photographers at Work

I always enjoy catching other photographers in action - I figure that, by definition, they are fair game to be the subjects of my photos.  If I can catch them in an…
February 6, 2012 at 7:26 pm By lightswimming 1 Reply
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05 Feb

Rusty – Part 1

I love photographing rusty objects.  Don’t ask me why – I don’t know – but they appeal to me for some reason.  Here are just a few (click the thumbnails…
February 5, 2012 at 7:11 pm By lightswimming 3 Replies
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03 Feb

Browns Park after rain

Browns Park was beautiful after the rain.  I was very happy to catch the Quota rose garden in flower, and with these pics.  Had fun trying out the new 50mm…
February 3, 2012 at 12:01 pm By lightswimming 1 Reply
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