Mobile shot for today. Autumn Orange. Shot on the Samsung Galaxy S2 using Vignette App. Shot in Hamilton.
Scooters in the Night
Ricoh GRD IV
Pelecanus Conspicillatus
Pelecanus conspicillatus, the Australian pelican. Shot at the Sydney zoo a few years back on my old Sony A230 DSLR. With a wingspan of ~2.5m, these guys are fairly large birds. Interestingly, you can tell if they are a part of a breeding couple or not by the colour of their bill and circles around eyes. Protected in Australia, they are lucky enough not to be on the endangered list, although some of their native waterland’s have been taken over by our recreational sports.
As above, shot on the Sony Alpha A230 and resized/converted to black & white in Gimp.
Hut in the Woods
More a hut in the park rather than hut in the woods, but an interesting discovery none the less whilst having a short walk after work. Armed with the Olympus E-500, my battery was almost flat, so I rushed to get some shots off before it died. Shooting at dusk under trees at iso100 I did get some motion blur, but quite liked the final result once converted to B&W.
I am assuming the hut was some form of student project or fun game for kids/family rather than someone actually using it – it would not offer much shelter.
Racing for the Sun
The sunset this evening was one of the more amazing of recent. Unfortunately I was stuck in traffic for the best of it. Racing (or driving as prompt as possible) once out of the traffic, finding a park and jogging down the track to an open area, I missed all but the last of the sun as it dropped into the horizon. With tide out and still, I did manage to catch it reflecting the last of the days sun as it slowly curved down and away out to sea.
Shot on the Ricoh GRD IV and resized in Gimp.
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