Saturday, 31 December 2011

Last post for 2011

Well, it’s the last day of 2011, Lovely agapanthus waving in the sun. I just saw a honeyeater perch on a stalk and feed off the agapanthus. Watched in awe until I thought, hey, the Olympus E-620 is near. Missed the shot but hey, it’s such a relaxed state of mind.
Ferns for Yak
Thanks for the good company of Marg and David, I had a lovely time in shirtsleeves, light breeze on the face, peering into the complexion of huge Lotus blossoms at the Blue Lotus. Could’t be more enjoyable.
Lifting above the throng Thanks for the 45 David - lighty Ortoned
Looking forward to a new year. May 2012 be blessed and good things to all.

Saturday, 24 December 2011

Happy Seasons Greetings / Merry Christmas

I’ve been head down in non photographic work – that’s why I haven’t been writing on photography that much. 2011 is coming to an end, it’s been a good year, photographically, for me. I got myself an Olympus E-620 to replace my E-330 that failed. And some months later, the E-PL1. I also shot a few rolls of film on my old Minolta X-700 and my new-old SRT-101.

I haven’t gone through everything I’ve shot on my hard disk, but I thought a few shots from flickr would be nice to review.

Film patina

Above is film shot with real light leaked right edge. The patina of warm browns and hazy unsharpness is a lovely memory of that day’s shooting.

All that glitters

Women’s shoes have attracted my interest in previous years, but this year showed a resurgence of the thick heeled platforms from my Uni days. Of course, if they are in gold, they are super scrumptious.

NVW-1 in the woods

Paul was kind enough to invite us on his maintenance checks for the Puffing Billy railway. It was a wet day and we were a little exposed to the elements sitting on the side of NWV-1. This was taken with the very special 7-14mm Super High Grade Zuiko Digital ultra wide angle lens. A really sharp scenic lens as long as one remembers to stop down to f/8 to avoid over shallow depth of field.

Enjit Enjit Semut

I saw these Nonya Ladies at the Malaysian Festival in Melbourne. Their sarung-kebaya garb with kerosang reminds me so much of what mum used to wear in her younger days.

2011-09-6

I see this some evenings and never tire of its beauty.

Thursday, 22 December 2011

MWAC Attack: Episode 5- Market Yourself

She's hilarious!