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“Have you seen the light?”

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We drove through Sorrento down to Portsea, and hoofed it down to the beach to see the “London Bridge”. I had never heard of this rocky structure but was glad to have gone.

We spent a good hour taking photos of the rocks, beach, wedding party, splashes and as you can see here “God Rays”.

This was taken with my older camera and I think it came out quite well.

Our next port of call was back to Sorrento for ice creams, coke and the occasional photo before heading back to Dromana for the sunset.

Sam I am

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Things are getting a little disjointed here on the blog with so much going on. But I want to finish off the Mornington Flickr walk with (David and Chris) entires before I go into the other two walks I have done since.

To recap, we had finished our Subway lunch and then all piled into the car to head south(ish).

Our next stop was at Dromana Pier. We spent a good deal of time photographing piers, birds (both the winged and non-winged variety and didn’t I get a grilling about that?!) and other sea-related activities.

It’s amazing how many shots you can take of a bird before realising that you don’t actually like birds. David, who does have a thing for birds, told us the names of all of the local wildlife and Chris and I continued to refer to them as “birds”.

We probably filled an hour at the pier before heading back to the car and continuing on. The next stop according to David was the London Bridge. This had me a little concerned as I had left my passport at home.

A Daddy-Daughter Moment

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Today I went to see the Smiths.

Last week Sarah (whilst Julian stood by) delivered Lani Elizabeth into the world and what a precious little bundle she is.

Julian asked me to come and take some photos and I was both honoured and terrified to do so. Honoured because having someone ask you to capture the early years of someones existence is an honour … and terrified because Sarah is a very gifted photographer herself.

The lighting wasn’t ideal but I managed to get some nice photos especially the featured image where I was watching Julian interacting with Lani with nothing less than love in his eyes.

Mate, it was a privilege to have been able to share some pictures with you and hope you like them. I look forward to being able to take many more as little Lani grows up.

I must say that the reaction to this photo on Flickr has been quite astounding. I’m used to getting a couple of comments on most images but seven within the first few hours?? I was very happy with the photograph and thanks to Julian and Sarah, I was allowed to post it on Flickr and my portfolio site.

Lunar Ping Pong

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My favorite shot from the night was this ‘dud’.

30 second exposures turned out to be an error as although it doesn’t appear as such, that moon thing moves pretty damn fast. This shot was the result of a cheap tripod.

I think I figured out why I live alone …

After teasing most of the southern hemisphere by hiding behind a thick layer of clouds the moon decided to appear around eight thirty in all its glory.

I like many others (that I know of) I AM (yes present tense) out in the back yard in a deck chair with camera set to 30 second exposures on a tripod wishing I had a telescope hooked up to it (the camera, not the tripod). The Internet and pages of Flickr via the wireless laptop keeping me company between exposures.

From what I could see on the LCD display I may have a few shots I’ll be happy with.

Really shouldn’t be out here as I am not feeling too crash hot (hence the reason I’m not at Army at the moment). The cold can’t be doing me much good.

I’ll let you know how I go with the photos.