two wheeled letterbox

A break from coastal images…Outside of the city you have more scope for creativity. Obviously here there are no laws regarding the size and shape of your letterbox. This letterbox is in Tasmania - one of my favourite spots for photography. Not sure if I have more of these but if I do I’ll post them.

Seaweed #7

What about Seaweed #1-6? Where do we find those? There aren’t any. It sounds good though. A bit like Edward Weston’s Pepper #30 which I couldn’t really emulate given that at the very least it took 6 minutes to photograph inside a funnel. At least that’s what his notes said.

Three sisters stormfront

One thing I miss about living in the mountains - weather predictability was not a factor. If you’ve ever travelled to a specific place just to do photography and the weather didn’t co-operate, it can be very disappointing. When you factor in your time and expenses involved, it’s understandable. I lived 10 minutes walk from this landmark location. As the weather changed it was easy enough to grab a camera and reach there.

Church by the Lake

After only a short time in Iceland you really do start to notice how few trees are there. It gives the relatively small island a sweeping vista look in places. No trees to obstruct the view.

man in pool

I think the little sign at the front says 38ºC - the temp of the water. Iceland benefits from having a lot of thermal heating. I arrived there towards the end of summer. As far as photography goes it was good weather - meaning not sunshine everyday. In fact a good mix of overcast, mist, sunshine through the clouds. In one place I stayed on the east coast, another photographer from Italy who had just left apparently was cursing his whole stay - nothing but sunshine. Nothing screams holiday pics like blue skies and sunshine.

Mind your step

This year (2005) the monsoons filled Lake Pichola. This building otherwise is surrounded by rocks. Probably why the stairs disappear into the water. On the nearside bank is a sitting area - a kind of ghat leading down to the water. Some young people were swimming back and forth with some style - backstroke freestyle, even butterfly. I later found out it was a swimming team using the lake as a training pool. Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Rajasthani Farmer

Around 2005, a friend and myself hired a couple of scooters in Udaipur and rode out into the countryside. There were plenty of scenes on and off road, including temples and towns along the way. For most of the trip I used a Canon 5D MKII (maybe even the original 5D as I had both). Lens most used was the original 100-400mm f4.5-5.6. I found it to be an excellent portrait lens. This farmer was not posed but walking towards me. Amazing the equipment they use to get the job done. Pretty much all manual labour out this way apart from the occasional buffalo.

Somewhere in Helsinki

A very short visit to Finland enroute to Sweden gave me a few shots around Helsinki. An interesting architectural landmark but I have no idea now where this is. You may start to see a recurring theme here.

Playing Hendrix

Came across this grunge band wandering around the streets of Venice, Italy. Can’t remember which Hendrix song it was but they were OK. Don’t know if they were making a living from it. I suspect not.