Melbourne from St, Kilda
Something from a little closer home for a change – the St. Kilda marina has several attractions, and is one of the best maintained piers along Beaconsfield Parade. The pier has a breakwater at its end, which forms a shelter for fairy penguins which come in at sunset. If you choose to turn right [...]
The Coat-hanger at Dusk
Sydney is home to the largest natural harbour in the world. There is little wonder why it takes so much time to get around the harbour. I discovered that the best way to cover the harbour is by using the state-run ferries that operate from Darling Harbour and Circular Quay to a range of destinations, [...]
Twilight – and making the best use of it!
This is not an article about vampires, werewolves, or young thespians who are challenged to breaking out into a smile. Its about taking photographs specifically at dawn and dusk. Contrary to popular belief, there are two periods of twilight in every 24 hour period – one at sunrise, and the other at sunset. There are [...]
A pink sunset
This monument needs no introduction – the Taj Mahal – tomb of the empress Mumtaz, wife of Shah Jahan – the 5th Mughal Emperor. The operative word here is tomb – where an individual has been laid to rest. In spite of this, Hollywood has featured scenes of people praying here when the world is [...]
Cape Woolamai at Sunset
A little bit of self promotion on this image – this one made it to the Victorian Association of Photographic Societies exhibition in May this year, competing against several other pieces from very well established photographers from around Australia. It didn’t win, but came in very honourably. This is a shot that I had taken [...]
A Monument to Love
It is one of the most recognizable structures in the world. Built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, it is the original monument to eternal love and is widely considered as one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. The Taj Mahal is the finest example [...]
North Point Pier before sunset
Once again, North Point Pier; this shot was taken about 20 minutes before the sun descended below the horizon. Given that Australia has some of the prettiest skies in the world on any given day, One is almost always going to pull of a bit of a surreal image such as the one above. This [...]
St. Kilda South Pier
Not quite as impressive as its cousin that extends out into Port Philip Bay a few hundred metres to the north, this humble little pier is narrow and not for the faint hearted when it comes to balance. With a boardwalk that is comfortable for a single adult (and that becomes a bit of a [...]
North Point Pier
This looks like we might have a very pier filled week. Pictured above is one of the smaller piers next to the boat launch at North Point, where North Road meets the beach between Elwood and Brighton. This humble little steel structure has a lot going for it. This spot has one of the best [...]
Reflections at sunset
I rarely ever take pictures of people. Nothing against it, but for my, photography is a time to reflect and hear my own thoughts or share them with someone as I try to put together an image that has a little story behind it. The gradual warming of the Melburne weather resulted in a couple [...]
Reflections
This is not an HDR image. It is a single exposure of the Kiewa Valley reflected in the single water reservoir in Tawonga at sunset on an evening where the wind was absent, and the waters were still enough for the surface to reflect the skies like a mirror. I’m quite happy about this shot… [...]
After the rain
Along the edge of the B100 highway lie a series of fields that make up the many farms in Victoria. After 11 years of drought, these fields were rendered yellow and dusty brown. This winter has been cold and wet… and as miserable as the weather may have been , it has brought some much [...]
Lone tree field
I had been meaning to get out to get a few shots. The weather here in Victoria has been very wet this winter season, and overcast skies have been the order of the day. This field has caught my attention on a number of occassions. It lies on the edge of the B100 highway that [...]
Modernism amidst classicism
Generally when looking down a pier, one tends to look into the ocean from the shore. Rarely does one ever look from the waters into the shore. Hence, my attempt on Saturday was to try to capture a second perspective. Still hanging out on a cold sunset off the edge of Beaconsfield Parade in Port [...]
A view from above
Its been a wee bit gloomy over the past week. Granted, its winter, but its also the coldest and wettest on record for a while now. No one’s is going to complain about the wetness… Victoria has been in drought for over 10 years now, and we needed all the rain that we got, and [...]
Under from Down Under
Perhaps a bit of a cliché shot, but after being locked up at home for a week, I was going stir crazy, and foot injury or not, I badly needed to get out. I made my way down to a part of Beaconsfield Parade that I have often walked past, but rarely stopped to admire [...]
St. Kilda Beach
Unbeknownst to a lot of folks, penguins are native to Australia. One of the places that they can be found is off St. Kilda Beach, thanks to breakwaters such as the one in the picture that have been constructed to offer the bords some refude from the elements. These artifical breakwaters offer penguins a safe [...]
The Pier
I can never stop admiring the beauty of Australia, and specifically, Australian skies and Australian sunsets. Where else in the world would you be able to walk 2kms from the city and be able to see sunset quite as stunning as this? Piers are a common site at most Australian cities; the one in Busselton [...]
Lines
Sometimes, the simplest things can make a pretty neat pattern. Take these gantries on South Melbourne beach, for instanace. They’re really little more than a few stacks of wood that hold up a few rusting beams of metal. Yet, when the time of day is just right, when the sun is at the right angle, [...]
Marengo sunset
There are some things about Australian skies that no other place in the world offers. This shot was taken a few weeks ago on the beach at Marengo, ten minutes away from Apollo Bay. The sun had just sunk beneath the clouds in the distance as the wind began to blow in from the Southern [...]
Crown Ranges at Sunset
I made the mistake of choosing to drive from Christchurch to Queenstown in a single day. Never attempt to do this. It takes 10 hours and you will miss alot of the magnificent scenery that New Zealand’s South Island has to offer… such as the Crown Ranges pictured above. As idyllic as this location appears [...]
