Tag Archive: green

Nerima Gardens Timelapse sequence 1: under the bridge
10 Mar

Timelapse: Nerima Gardens

This timelapse was shot at Nerima Gardens on a couple of weekends recently.  We have had so much wet weather that photography opportunities have been limited, but I overcame this by…
March 10, 2013 at 9:39 am By lightswimming Leave a Reply
Nerima Gardens Rain
04 Mar

Nerima Gardens

More photos from yesterday’s wet weather trip to Nerima Gardens. See yesterday’s pictures here: Teeny Tiny Wet Worlds
March 4, 2013 at 8:31 pm By lightswimming Leave a Reply
Garden of St Erth 6 x 8 B
10 Feb

Garden of St Erth

The Garden of St Erth is a historic garden at Blackwood, Victoria maintained by The Diggers Club. We visited on a wet winter day as part of our holiday through…
February 10, 2013 at 6:08 pm By lightswimming Leave a Reply
Beautiful water at the Crags
17 Sep

The Crags

Above: Beautiful coastline at The Crags We stayed in beautiful Port Fairy as part of our Victorian trip – we used it as our ‘western gateway’ to the Great Ocean…
September 17, 2012 at 6:48 pm By lightswimming 1 Reply
Wattle flower and new leaves up close, Macedon Ranges
08 Sep

Macedon Ranges

Photos from the beautiful Macedon Ranges area, taken on our Victorian trip. [click any photo for full size]
September 8, 2012 at 12:58 pm By lightswimming 2 Replies
Rainbow Reach of the Waiau River, from the swingbridge
27 Jul

Rainbow Reach (NZ South)

Above:  Rainbow Reach of the Waiau River, taken from the swingbridge which crosses the river to the start of the Kepler Track. The Kepler Track runs beside the Waiau River…
July 27, 2012 at 10:31 pm By lightswimming Leave a Reply
Lake Wilkie Green-2924
18 Jun

Lake Wilkie walk (NZ South – The Catlins – Part 3)

Another beautiful day in the Catlins: these photos are all taken with my 60mm macro lens on the Lake Wilkie walk. [click any photo for fullsize slideshow] My other posts…
June 18, 2012 at 9:32 pm By lightswimming 1 Reply
Sculptural trees, McLean Falls track, The Catlins
14 Jun

McLean Falls (NZ South – The Catlins – Part 2)

Photos from the beautiful McLean Falls walk, taken on a showery August day. These photos illustrate the cool rainforest sub-climate of the Catlins area perfectly.  Consider that there was snow…
June 14, 2012 at 7:42 pm By lightswimming 4 Replies
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03 Jun

Drops on a leaf (2)

All the way back to the same leaf:
June 3, 2012 at 2:29 pm By lightswimming 2 Replies
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27 May

Drops on a leaf

2 metres from my back door :)
May 27, 2012 at 10:36 am By lightswimming 2 Replies
Modern and traditional Headdresses. Headdress, Erub Island by Ken Thaiday Snr on left.
02 Apr

Discovery Centre, Qld Museum

The Queensland Museum is 150 years old and the South Bank site has just been extensively renovated. It has some fantastic features for kids now – all free.  The new…
April 2, 2012 at 9:13 pm By lightswimming 1 Reply
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01 Apr

Silhouettes, Limestone Park

I shot some action pictures for friends early yesterday morning at Limestone Park.   The early light (zero cloud) and heavy dew made for some interesting conditions. I don’t take all…
April 1, 2012 at 9:24 am By lightswimming Leave a Reply
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30 Mar

NZ South – Larnach Castle

These photos are from our trip to the South Island of New Zealand in August 2011 – I’m finally starting to go through them properly.  We had the most fantastic…
March 30, 2012 at 7:24 pm By lightswimming 1 Reply
Blue art glass
27 Mar

Art Glass

These glass art works are on display at Queensland Art Gallery.  Quite stunning.
March 27, 2012 at 11:32 pm By lightswimming 1 Reply
Brisbane Square Sculpture in front of Treasury building
25 Mar

Sculpture, Brisbane Square

Interactive sculpture in Brisbane Square. I’m not sure whether it was designed to be interactive, but it’s definitely ended up that way…. Click the gallery pictures for full size slideshow:
March 25, 2012 at 12:09 am By lightswimming 2 Replies
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17 Mar

Ferny

Pure ferniness, in the Fernhouse at Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens. Click the gallery pictures for full size. For other pictures taken at Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, see my other posts:…
March 17, 2012 at 7:30 am By lightswimming 4 Replies
Pollen-bloated bee, 60mm f/2.8 1/250 ISO100, subject distance 320mm
13 Mar

Little Life

Newsflash: Insects are small.  And they move.  For these reasons (and others such as shallow Depth of Field for close subjects) taking macro shots of insects is, usually, just plain hard work.  90%…
March 13, 2012 at 10:39 pm By lightswimming 9 Replies
International Space Station model - Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium
07 Mar

Stargazing

A trip to Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens. We went to see the Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia’s annual show. (OK, it was a bit of an excuse to get out…
March 7, 2012 at 6:05 am By lightswimming 1 Reply
Chandelier, multiplied using old-school Fotar prism.
04 Mar

Reflection

 Chandelier, multiplied with old-school Fotar prism. re·flec·tion /rɪˈflɛkʃən/ 1. the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected. 2. an image; representation; counterpart. 3. a fixing of the thoughts…
March 4, 2012 at 8:08 pm By lightswimming 4 Replies
Gazanias, side by side
04 Mar

Simple

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.  ~Leonardo DaVinci
March 4, 2012 at 12:12 am By lightswimming Leave a Reply
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