Last Friday I managed to kick myself in my lazy backside, grabbed my camera and headed for one of my favorite spots in Perth, he Zig Zag Scenic Drive... The name pretty much says it all! And here is what I came home with:
Enjoy!
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Rural Life and Hard Yakka
It's been ages since I last worked on a Farm and it took me a while to adjust again but I'm loving it and the night skies are simply unreal out here... Love the simple lifestyle, the fresh air (and how I don't need to cook out here;) ) and getting my hands dirty on those big ol' harvest machines...
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| Amazing night skies in WA - the orange glow comes from a nearby mine site |
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| The Gregoire - a 13 ton harvest monster |
And another day bites the dust...
Saturday evening in Perth, Western Australia...
the night draws closer and streets are empty - my time!:)
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
A night in King's Park (Perth,WA)
So it's seems like there's not much to photograph in my neighbourhood, it's pretty run down and
not the most scenic area by any means. This saw me and my flatmates Rene, Miso and Norah driving into Perth once again, this time to King's Park, with high hopes of a beautiful sunset to capture.
It was yet again a hot and sweaty day and it felt good when the sun finally settled and the temperatures eventually dropped below 30C.
King's Park, to my surprise, was full of people that sunday evening and most of them stayed on well past 10pm when we left. Seems like not many people have to work on mondays...!?
In terms of capturing a pretty sunset I was a little bit disappointed as there were no clouds in the sky, which made for a rather boring subject. So we had to think of a different strategy. A few days ago I went to Target and found a pretty amazing deal on a SLIK tripod for only AU$20 including head. [Sure the model wasn't top range, but for this little money you don't need to think twice:)] This reminded me that I always wanted to try out a sunset HDR.
Now, the West side of King's Park lay actually hidden behind trees and
wasn't an option for me to take photo's of so I had to work with the
sunset reflections in the East which would perfectly allign with the
city's skyline.
Once I had the city in the box I decided to create a full HDR Panorama of perth and the Swan RIver, which turned out to be a good idea. Even without clouds, the images turned out really cool!
So I figured it was time to quickly move around and try to get some more shots of the city and the Memorial from a slightly new angle. Those two shots are HDR's, too, and I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out!
Once the sun finally settled, there was not much left to take pictures of as the light conditions worsened I figured that the above scene had already been captured a million times before. But hey, it's the best viewing point in Perth - what you gonna do? :)
Right at the end, it would have been around 9.45pm already, I wandered a little bit further away from the crowds, back towards the entry of the park and came across this huge tree that had a whole bunch of it's roots exposed. Kinda reminded me of Angkor Wat a little, only without the temples.
Yeah, after 5hrs in the Park it was time to call it a day and head back home into the outer Suburbs. Back to my Mosquito friends, who have patiently been waiting for me in my room...:)
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Home Sweet Home - disovering your home turf with different eyes
Who said home is boring?
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| sunrise on a winter morning outside our home in Rossdorf/Thueringen |
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| the morning frost covers everything |
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| hidden beauty |
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| spider webs covered in ice |
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| the beauty of being a photographer is that you notice details and things, a thousand other people would walk straight past without ever realizing they exist... |
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| local black-headed "rhoen" sheep in front of the church tower of Rossdorf and the Stoffelskuppe and Pless hills |
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| tunring the ordinary into something extraordinary |
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| the colorful season fall has taken over the land, turning everything bright orange, yellow and red |
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| got a funny feeling about this photo? this picture is actually upside-down. the trees you see are merely the reflection of the actual trees on the surface of a lake... |
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| standing out |
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| HDR image on the banks of the Bernshaeuser Kutte lake |
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| the weather has plenty of surprises in store. a week after this sunny and warm day the temperatures dropped to about -14C degrees... you gotta enjoy the sun as long as it lasts |
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| first test shots with my sisters 50mm/f1.4 lens... not too bad at all... |
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| Mullein in my mum's garden |
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| how can you not fall in love with this landscape? |
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| if your up nice and early each morning, the winter time in Germany will provide you with some magnificient sunrises. On this particular morning the sky turned into a flaming inferno. |
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| mysterious forests |
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| on the verge... |
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| the german sign for protected areas |
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| solitary trees 1 |
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| solitary trees 2 |
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| this one is full of surprises... can you see the dragon? |
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| farm land in the winter |
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| my model - always a muse |
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| relentless frost |
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| macro shot of an ice crystal |
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| The end of the World - at least, that's what it looks like:) |
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| The name of my home town "Rossdorf" literally translates as "Horse Village", I guess this explains it all... |
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| Left or Right? It's your choice... |
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