Archive for the 'Photography' Category

I’ve now added some photos to Day 1 - Sydney to Santiago and Day 2 - Santiago.
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More early photos from my 40D. We have lots of flowers in our front yard which make good subjects for experiments with camera features.
Another Rose in our front yard

Finally got to the zoo today after our aborted trip on Boxing Day. We figured if we headed out early, we’d avoid most of the traffic and get a decent park before the crowds came … especially being New Years Day, we hoped most people would be sleeping in after a late night.
It turned out [...]

Another of my early photos. Once again, depth-of-field is a problem - especially with close-ups I’m finding. I took a heap of photos over the first couple of days and then went and started studying some photography basics to learn how to more effectively deal with stuff like this. I also had to read the [...]

I thought I’d go back and post some of the better photos I’ve taken since getting the Canon EOD 40D DSLR back in early December.
Canon digital cameras have automatic file numbering starting at 0001 and wrapping when they get to 9999. Our first digital camera - a Canon S50, got up to 0293 … the second time [...]

We had planned to go to the zoo today - spend the day trialing our gear (boots, pants and day packs), while also practicing with our new cameras (the DSLR and the new digital compact which arrived on Friday). We even packed some of the left-over meat and salad from Christmas lunch so we could [...]

My new camera arrived today! Yay!
I bought the Canon EOS 40D 10mp Digital SLR body and a Canon 24-105 EF f/4L IS USM lens to go with it. Note that the photo on the right shows the camera bundle including the EF-S 17-85mm lens … I didn’t get this, I bought the camera [...]

Sydney Opera House - Jan 1999
We did a trip to Manly on the ferry in early 1999 and took this photo of the Sydney Opera House along the way.

Paddlesteamer on the River Murray - Dec 1998
I took this photo of a paddlesteamer on the Murray while on a river cruise onboard another paddlesteamer - the Pyap, out of Swan Hill.

Paddlesteamer Pyap - Swan Hill - Dec 1998
Leanne officially moved to Sydney after Christmas in 1998 (I flew back for Christmas, which we spent with family, before driving with her back to Sydney).
We followed the Murray River from Mildura through to Albury, along the way stopping at Swan Hill.