Figured it was about time I posted another shot from the East Coast. This is Minyon Falls just south of Gold Coast in NSW, Nightcap National Park. 5 shots panorama and stitched in PTgui. I’m getting fitter with each waterfall, Which helps with the plan to do the 3 day Great walk coming up soon.
Enjoy, I did
Stopping at a tourist information centre at Canungra to get direction to Elabana Falls in the Lamington Ranges, Her last words were check for Leaches and Ticks. Hmm Hadn’t planned on any of those. I’m glad she did as I had a little sucker attach himself to me, Fortunately only a little one but He drew blood. But after an altercation, Andrew 1 Leach nil. Here’s some shots of Elabana falls, In the Lamington Ranges.well worth the walk, Just have a good check when you get home. I asked the lady what do you do with leaches and she told me to use salt, Apparently they don’t like it. I forgot to ask if was that Table salt or Celtic sea salt. You never know Leaches may just like the extra minerals.
The Hike in takes about an hour on a pretty easy track, just a bit slippery in the wet
P.s I had a good look, No more ticks or leaches 
I actually got my camera out, went for a drive to the Tambourine Mountains near the Gold Coast and shot something.
When I shoot panoramas I always try to end up keeping the cropping ratio at 3:1. Just to keep things as a standard. But with this image I have cropped it 2 slightly different ways and I like both of them. I like the extra height in the second crop. I always try and shoot more than I want and crop later on screen. It’s hard to imagine how it will look like when your in the field.
Curtis Falls a 5 image stitch
Na tricked ya, I didn’t have my pants down, I just didn’t have my camera at moonrise. Going for a walk in the cool of the evening along the banks of the Tallebugera creek, My current swimming hole where I go to escape the heat. So I captured these with my iPhone. When are they going to put a tripod socket in the iPhone?. I had to rest on a rock. A few more mods like, interchangeable lens, Manual exposure adjustment, Remote shutter release, View finder, Low noise image sensor. Hmmm why not take my DSLR. Maybe they should add phone capabilities to your DSLR?? can u imagine talking into the lens of your camera…
Moonrise, Tallebudgera Creek, Gold Coast
As I sit here in a caravan park in Adelaide contemplating my belly button which by the way hasn’t got any fluff in it. I wanted to share my experience of the importance of shooting before and after photos. Sometimes you will never get the chance to shoot the before shot again, It’s one of those Carpe Diem moments. Just like in landscape photography the time of day can make a huge difference to the image, so capturing the before shots can be a once in a lifetime moment. have a look and see what I mean
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Before and after
Now can u see why it’s important?? Have a great day
iPhones come in handy
Have you ever gone through your images on an unrelated search and found some images that you can barely remember taking. It was a good example of why you should be diligent when importing several jobs that you have taken on the same card before getting the chance to import. When importing just choose the images for each specific folder name, Then come back and import the others into there own named folder. Don’t rely on your memory to do it later. Especially if you are like me . Also the importance of clearly labeling all your folders that will mean something to you in a year or two’s time. Don’t use obscure names or dates. Like the saying goes. “A blunt pencil is better than a good memory”.
Here’s an image I found and thought hmmm I should upload that to my website, I kinda like it and had forgotten I had taken it.
Cheers
For the past several weeks I haven’t shot any photos. I’ve taken up gardening.
When I get bored ( and broke) I also do commercial SCUBA diving. We’ve been planting Seagrass in Princess Royal Harbour. Part of a rehabilitation project getting ready for the dredging and iron ore exports from Albany. We harvest the seagrass from where they are going to reclaim and dredge and replant it out in the middle of the sound. By the time we finish, we will have planted 1 hectare with a plant being planted at least every metre apart. Spending about 4 hours a day underwater. Brain feels a little water logged.
We dig them in and peg them with a wire hook. Rope to keep us in a straight line and marked off every metre.
Today they let me lose with a camera and here’s a couple of shots shooting for Oceanica.
Sea and Sea camera with a wide angle convertor.
