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Umbrella Rainbow

These colourful umbrellas were inside a building in Melbourne, Australia. My camera struggled to guess the white balance as there was very little neutral grey to calibrate with. One of the benefits of...

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Rolf Harris

This is the closest I have come to Rolf Harris and given today’s UK verdict it is probably not a bad thing. This piece of Street Art is in Sydney, Australia near the Harbour Bridge or it was when this...

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4th July

Happy 4th July to any Americans out there. I have not photographed America so I dug out these fireworks which were taken last year at the Brisbane Festival in Queensland. To its credit, Australia...

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Purple Skyline

This evening skyline was taken in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. To process this image I wanted to bring out the orange lights and purple sky. I started by using HSL in Camera RAW to boost...

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Solar Controller

I have been building a Steam Punk Solar Controller for our van since we moved to our house in Queensland two months ago. It is built from three blue elm wood chopping boards held together with antique...

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Vision Gallery

This is The Dillon James Band playing at The Vision Gallery in Brisbane yesterday. They play smooth bluesy reggae which is worth checking out. As well as live music this gallery also had a bar which is...

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Murray Princess

This is the Murray Princess in South Australia. It is the largest paddlewheeler in Australia. Unlike similar ships on the river with imitation paddles, The Princess is authentic paddle power.

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Crocodile Chews

This is crocodile feeding time at the David Fleay Wildlife Park on the Gold Coast. The animal park is local to us, but fortunately crocodiles in the wild do not come this far south in Queensland,...

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Wadi Rum

This red desert landscape is Wadi Rum in Jordan. It was taken 7 years ago with my old Olympus E-330. Developed with Camera RAW, no Photoshop. Karen is in Sydney this week to see Don Giovanni at the...

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Super Moon

This weekend I photographed the supermoon from Australia with a Canon 5D Mark II and a 300mm lens The last time I shot the moon was in the UK with my old Olympus E-510 and a  300mm equivalent lens. In...

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Fort Denison

This wood ship is approaching Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. The island was originally home to a 15 metre sandstone rock. It was later quarried by prisoners to build...

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Local Outback

Living on the Gold Coast in Australia makes this our local wilderness. This is the Springbrook National Park. It lies on the edge of an ancient volcanic ridge which marks some of the border between...

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Bluetongued Lizard

This is a Blue-tongued Lizard. It ambled through our garden yesterday and took up temporary residence in the shed. Australia has an abundance of reptiles and Queensland is particularly full of wildlife.

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Single Balloon

This photograph was taken before sunrise in Luxor, Egypt using my old Olympus E-330. To process this image I used Photoshop masks to independently adjust the exposure of the sky and balloon. Today I...

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Casino Monorail

On Friday night I visited the Jupiter casino next to the Nerang river on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. This monorail connects the casino, hotel and shopping centre. Another light rail...

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Mitchell Creek

This weekend we went to the Mitchell Creek Rock ‘N’ Blues Festival in Queensland, Australia. We had been invited by the YouTube channel Music Live 4U to help film Lani and Lecia. This image is of Hat...

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Noriko Tadano

This is Noriko Tadano who was performing with George Kamikawa at the Mitchell Creek Rock N Blues Festival in Queensland, Australia. One of the great things about small festivals is the music you...

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Australian Cranes

These are Australian Cranes or Brolgas. They are the official bird emblem of Queensland. There are two separate populations in Australia. The Northern Australian Crane is found in Western Australia,...

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Monarch Butterfly

This is a Monarch Butterfly also known as a Wanderer Butterfly in Australia. This insect was in the ancient rainforests of Queensland. Unlike its American cousin which undertakes an epic...

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Surfer Silhouette

This beautiful sunset appeared through a misty cloud at Goolwa Beach in South Australia. I had positioned myself so this surfer would walk in front of me to produce a silhouette and make the shot....

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