Category: Photography

The Sunset that “Went Viral”

Dateline: Monday 28th July, 2014, 5:20 pm AEST. Location : Suburban Sydney

My wife called me to come and look at the interesting sunset that was forming, enhanced by a somewhat unusual cloud formation. I picked up a camera and headed for the deck, our best vantage point.

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Realising that it was really quite special, I then fetched a camera with a zoom lens, and achieved these results, just a couple of minutes later.

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By 7:30 pm, photos captured all over Sydney had appeared on Facebook, including post by two of my friends. Two photos were even shown on the ABC TV News as part of the weather segment.

Weekly Photo Challenge : Containers

Those who know me well will know that this week’s challenge required little thought!

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The magnificent container above is at Poliziano Estate, near Montepulciano, Tuscany, while the one below is located at Cantine Talosa, located right under the Montepulciano’s Centro Storico.

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The containers above and below are at Tenuta Vitereta, to the north west of Arezzo.

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The final exhibits, above & below, come from the Boeckel winery in Mittelbergheim, Alsace

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This post is in response to the Weekly Photo Challenge. As usual, dozens of other entries can be found here

Weekly Photo Challenge : Contrast

As the moon was waning last week, I noticed it was still quite high in the sky at around 8:00 am. Inspired by others’ recent photos of sunrises, sunsets and moonscapes, I had a go at capturing it. For this photo challenge, I submit a photo of the moon, to which I have applied contrasting effects electronically, including black & white. 

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The photo itself, taken with a 215mm focal length lens and 1.5x digital zoom, exhibits significant contrast to what is seen with the naked eye, as below [lens focal length 4.3mm].

For this week’s challenge, we were given wide scope to share a photo showing contrast by Michele W at The Daily Post