Dusk Bloom

I've spent the better part of the last three hours trying to work out which photo to post for Monday's. I have a billion things un-done and a billion more half-done, but oh well. Too late now!

A yellow flower after some rain, as dusk settled in:

When I stayed in Sydney, my friends took me to a few different places. One of those was an outdoors shopping complex that had some lovely big flowers in the garden there, and this is one of the photos I got of them. As always, any hints on what type of flower this is are welcome!

Night Lights

It's been a busy day! We celebrated my niece's birthday early as it falls on December 24th and she'll be with her mother (plus that whole, "it's right on top of Christmas" thing); so that meant heading up to my brother's place -- and, wouldn't you know it, it bucketed down today!

Lights on the Noosa river in Noosaville:

After a day spent having fun, my English friend and I went for a walk along the Noosa River so I could practice taking some night time shots. In between a couple of failed experiments (including one where I laid my tripod down and took unsuccessful photos outside the railing), I snapped this one of a couple of boats in the darkness. I was using the night setting, a two second timer and my camera on its tripod to minimise camera shake. This seems to be my best bet re camera shake, as an external button isn't available for my model (boo!) and anything less than this tends to result in very blurred images.

Lorikeet In Watercolour

Sorry for the missing post yesterday, my mum went in for an angiogram and things were a little crazy. She's out and doing well now, but not allowed to do anything strenuous for about 48 hours.

Watercolour Lorikeet outside McDonalds:

Completely unedited, I took this one on a cloudy day. I remember I was angling the camera up and trying not to stand in gardens or get too close and frighten the lorikeets away, so I couldn't really see what I was doing/getting, but all of my shots came out over exposed like this, looking almost like a watercolour painting rather than a photograph.

Sadness In Her Eyes

I migrated to our lounge-room today while everyone was out in order to get some serious card-making done. As it turns out, I have so far made a single card. It's ten past 6 and everyone else is long home!

Even sad my niece is stunning:

Last year I took my (at the time) 9 year old niece to a pretty awesome playground. After she had a good climb and I'd snapped a few free shots, I got her to pose for a couple so I could practice taking deliberate photographs. This is one of the posed shots where I'd asked her to look sad.

I took this on my camera's portrait setting, I believe, in sepia. This is one of the photographs that was entered into Brisbane's Ekka in 2009. None of mine won, but this is one of the 5 (of 8 submissions) that was placed up on display.

Pink Flower

Went to the oral surgeon today and got my two remaining wisdom teeth removed. One was fairly quick and simple, like the first removal, the other was rather nasty - he even had to use the drill! That's probably because that little jerk was coming in almost directly sideways, but still. Oh well, it's over and done with now, so here's some pretty!

Pretty pink flower reaching up to the sun:

I do believe I found this pretty pink flower on a walk with my camera one day. It's shot, of course, on macro, but as usual, no clue on any of the other settings I might have used.

I've no idea what kind of flower this is, but if you know, feel free to give me a shout and let me know!

City Slant #1

Ack, slacker. Had to post this backdated so I could get one for Tuesday. Guess I was too busy enjoying some silliness!

*ETA: If you're looking for something else to read, I've actually updated Little Bloo Creativity tonight, too. Go ahead and check out the shiny ornaments I've been making.

Southbank & the Brisbane River as viewed from the far end near the Cultural Centre:

There's a spot in Southbank that I like to go and sit and just watch the river. On one such occasion I leaned over and snapped this. I know it's recommended that you make certain your camera is flat in order to take a scenery shot, but this sort of angled shot is perfect for my Edges & Angles series.

Snubbed

Good morning! I'm off to face some of the shops today to get some pins and sequins ready to make a few more ornaments.

No, you may not take a photograph of my face:

I was watching the wallabies at Canberra's National Zoo and Aquarium for a while, and amongst the bigger ones was this little guy, not long out of his mother's pouch. Photo originally taken in full colour on general settings; swapping to black & white was the only editing I did.

Snow Slide

Damn, missed yesterday's post, sorry. I got distracted with some craft-work.

Maxie enjoyed the snow in Canberra as well:

Until this year, when I took a trip down to Canberra and visited Selwyn Snowfields, I had never in my life seen snow. While I was there I got to experience sledding, making a snow angel and I saw my first snowman; but I was so busy doing these things that most of my snow pictures are taken out the car windows. I did, however, get a couple of pictures of Maxie enjoying herself on the embankment afterwards.

I zoomed the camera in and got down nice and low to grab this particular shot.

Little Flowers

White flowers overhanging a little waterfall at DreamWorld:

These were taken with my macro lens on zoom, from an elevated walkway above a tiny creek-waterfall. I know the name is rather lacking, but I was running out of time to post it before it was tomorrow! ;) Any suggestions are welcome and encouraged!

Ninth Birthday

Ack, when did it get so late and how did that happen without my noticing? I'm afraid you'll just have to pretend it's an hour ago, so I got a post in on Thursday. ;)

Make a wish and blow out the candles:

On my niece's ninth birthday, I was trying to get a shot of the candles in the dark as she blew them out... and I seem to have caught it at a perfect moment. I know it's grainy, but I'm really fond of it, especially because when you print it out, once you get it in just the right light, you can see the face - the rest of the time it's too dark!

Wheel Spokes

Oops. I gotta get back into the habit of posting this daily now.

This one wheel-y spoke to me:

At this year's Ekka there was a man who worked for one of the historical type places, with old machinery and so forth. He'd brought some of the old farm machines and had them set up surrounded by bales of hay and straw.

I just love the angles and lines on things like this! This one, as you can imagine, is part of the Edges series focusing on angles and lines, which is, I do believe, my favourite series to take.

Just Waking Up

Good morning! I cheated; I wrote this post before bed and saved it ready to quickly post today. Shh, don't tell anyone!

Kitties sleep so sweetly:

Upon meeting this beautiful ginger girl who owns my friend, I immediately fell right in love. In lieu of bringing the kitty home with me, I had to settle for photographs. Snapping away merrily, I finally managed to get this one of her either going to or waking up from a short cat nap!

Flower Child

Managed to procrastinate my morning away today, then needed to rush for an appointment, so you're getting today's image tonight instead. Fingers crossed tomorrow goes better, but as I need to be out of the house by half 6 (just over 3 hours earlier than today) or 7, I don't like the chances. ;)

Kids and flowers are a combo made for cute-dom:

For those who don't know, this shot is of my nephew, L. I love my little monkey dearly, but he can be a right cheeky thing when the camera comes out! This particular day I was trying to get a decent photo of him - any decent photo of him - and all he was interested in doing was playing hidey from the camera... at high speed. I managed to snap this one when he threw himself onto the couch to avoid being photographed. ;)

On Duty

Apologies for my sudden and unintended hiatus. I went through quite a rough patch with a lot going on in my off-line life, and I also took a short holiday with an overseas friend. In fact, today's photo is actually from that holiday.

A Surf Life Saver busy patrolling the beach at Noosa:

On our last day up the coast, Kate and I spent a little bit of time relaxing on the beach. I was busy trying to take a photo of a scrub turkey without getting too close, but I managed to look up and snap this Surf Life Saver as he walked past. No idea what my settings were, but I can at least tell you it wasn't on macro and it wasn't on night or fireworks. ;)

This one is part of my People series for now, with possible view to include it in a series called This (or maybe My) Way Of Life.

Photos for the next little while may be in the same couple of themes as I'm really needing to get out there and take something decent!

City Fireworks

Man. I don't know if Blogger's been having issues this morning, or if it's just been my internet (which has definitely [also] been having issues). Either way, it's driving me nuts.

Fireworks over Brisbane, from South Bank:

 Erica and I were discussing the power of black & white photography one day, and after making the comment that "all photographs" looked amazing in black and white, she rethought that, then began to ponder whether certain topics would look better that way after all. Turns out, even fireworks have the potential to look awesome in black & white, sometimes.

This was taken in full colour, on the "fireworks" setting, and later converted to black and white.

Flowers In The Dust

Good morning! I've just spent the better part of two hours looking for a photo for you all today. I think it might be time to head out for some photo taking one day soon, somehow. Unfortunately, many of my 'best' shots are of some of the children who have been (or are) in my life.

Pink flowers in a dust storm:

In 2009, Brisbane was hit by a rather impressive dust storm. It was a Wednesday and I was at my therapy group at the time; we took a break and when I stepped outside, the world was dust-coloured! I had my camera, though, so I snapped off a few quick shots. This is a full colour photo, though you can hardly tell with the dust-haze!

Mine!

Another Friday has come along!

Seagull pair at Brisbane's Southbank:

I'm not generally a fan of birds, and seagulls aren't exactly the prettiest ones there are, but I caught this pair of seagulls by chance, using my old Kodak DX6440, zoomed in and presumably on general settings.

Abandoned

Alright, you're all in luck. I'm waiting for someone to get back to me about a word sprint, and I don't want to spoil my perfect count while I wait, so you do get a second photo today!

An old rusted car at DreamWorld (in the dingo enclosure):

On a bright day, trying for some over-exposed bright shots, I got this photo of a rusted car. No idea what setting I was using that day, unfortunately, but I did zoom in.

Simple Pleasures

I'm late, I'm late, for the most important part of my daily routine -- the bit where I post up a photograph for all of you, of course! Sorry I never posted one for yesterday - I went out early, then went to bed early when I got home. Had intended to get up again and do some writing, but it didn't happen.

If I remember, I may post a second picture tonight to make up for it.

A cute little otter enjoying a king prawn:

When I did my ZooVentures tour at Canberra Zoo, one of the things I got to do was to feed the otters. We stood at the edge and threw them fish and prawns. I managed to zoom in and snatch this photo of him delightedly chowing down.

Allerton

Not much to say this morning, so have at it!

Allerton in Southbank:

On a visit to Brisbane's Southbank, sitting down at our favourite area, I snagged this photo of my friend's bear, Allerton. Macro (big surprise, I know!) on general settings, on a lovely clear day and voilà!

Just Grate

Sorry I missed my post this morning; I had to rush out nice and early and didn't have time to post before I left. I'll probably have more luck posting in the morning tomorrow.

A street grate in Loganlea:

Sorry for the bad pun - but not so sorry I'm not going to use it. Part of the Edges series, I don't remember much about taking this photo except that it was on the black and white setting.

Fresh

Another quick one as I've spent my morning tidying up ready to make Christmas cards with my nieces and nephew, and they're on their way now.

A pink rose in bloom:

As usual, I snagged this using general settings on macro, but this time I used a family friend's Canon Powershot. I am pretty sure I took this in our front yard, just experimenting with the camera's capabilities.

Treasure From Trash

Instead of doing this post, or cleaning my room, or writing my novel, I've spent my morning revisiting old poetry favourites. Falling in love all over again with poets like Nikki Giovanni and Marty McConnell, whose words dig down and rip my insides open; that has been my morning.

An abandoned bicycle lends its pedal to a bit of macro-photography:

On a puddle-jumping expedition on a rainy day, my friend and I spotted an abandoned bicycle hanging off a pole. Something about it just called to me, so I snapped a couple of shots of various aspects of the bicycle. This one was taken using general settings and the macro function, and it's a part of my 'Edges' series.

Beauty

The sky is grey, the clouds are heavy, and it's a day for curling up in bed with a movie and your comfort food. Not an option for me, but you should totally go and do it on my behalf!

My beautiful Rhi, at her favourite place in the world:

For a while now, I've wanted to try my hand at more portraiture. I'm not generally that good at telling people what to do, or where to be, so there's a pretty big barrier to that style of photography. However, when Rhi asked me if I would try and get some photos for a project she was doing at the time, it was the perfect opportunity to both help out a friend, and to get some practice. I warned her ahead of time that I could not guarantee I would get anything decent, but with a bit of luck and a lot of photographs taken, there were quite a few she was very happy with. This is one of my favourites of the day, and it is part of several series'.

I took this on general settings but in colour, and when I got home I edited it into black & white with coloured sections.

A Child's Rose

Morning, world! The birds are chirping and the sun is... well, hiding behind a bunch of clouds, but don't let that stop you.

A weed-flower posed on the coffee table:

My niece picked this 'flower' from outside on the grass and brought it in for me. After a few experimental photos of it in hands and the like, I was getting myself sorted to take another of it on the coffee table (increase the chance of me getting at least one that wasn't blurry), and just as I took the photo, my brother dropped a towel. This just goes to show that sometimes accidents make for great photographs. ;) Part of my 'Composure' series, I took this one using the macro setting.

Banner One

I told myself no blogging until I reached 3000 words on my novel (a goal that I was about 500 words away from reaching). That was two hours ago!

Brisbane NaNoWriMo KOP banner:

I snagged this at the Kick Off Party for National Novel Writing Month last weekend. It's another one for the Edges series, taken (I think) on macro setting while I lay down on the grass. And now... back to the novel!

Small Things

Good morning everybody! The sun's out, it's Melbourne Cup day and the horses are getting ready for their run! Meanwhile I am (or rather, I am supposed to be!) getting myself dressed and heading out to a Melbourne Cup function with Giraffe Hat!

A mushroom in the grass at Toowong Cemetery:

Grabbed this one at Toowong Cemetery one day. Sepia on a macro setting. (Sorry for the extremely short blurb, running late!)

Dichotomy

Well, I feel bad, but at least I did give warning that I might not be able to post on time this morning. I've spent my afternoon and evening either writing my novel, or procrastinating the writing of my novel! However I did make my daily word count in the end, so hooray for that at least!

Daisies in a Logan garden:

This is a black & white version of some daisies in a little garden outside a community service building in Logan. I took this photo on the macro setting, with everything else fairly standard. This is part of my Nature series and is one of the ones I entered in a recent exhibition with/for CASV. The print is now up at Karakan.

Turn Up The Heat

Busy busy busy! I've been out most of the day at a NaNoWriMo kick-off party, and I spent this morning frantically getting into costume, hence no post. I'll try to get back on track with morning posts tomorrow, but as I need to be on the 7am bus into the city, that might not happen.

Lighting a barbecue at Daisy Hill:

Mmm, fire's gorgeous. General settings but with the macro setting turned on. This one's a bit of a rough shot, but it still manages to get my attention.

Emergence

Sorry I missed yesterday's posting! I did begin one (which I'm posting now), but I was so exhausted last night I couldn't finish it in order to post it.

Goodness me! I have been "on the go" since 8 this morning when Erica picked me up. I've scrambled along the edge of a slope, chased some ducklings, had a wander through my local area and walked the streets of my city in a Reclaim The Night march. I'm beat!

A floral cocoon releases the budding blossom within:

On a wander about my local streets, I spotted these beautiful flowers and couldn't resist stopping to take a photo. Taken on macro setting, this is one of the shots I've made small edits to. Because the original is a lot more blue, I applied a filter (to change the colour of the lighting) using Paint Shop Pro to snazzy this one up a little.

Shatter

Last year I entered a cropped version of today's photo (which I, unfortunately, apparently neglected to save!) in a photography competition for the Welfare Rights Centre. I entered mainly for the practice, I certainly didn't expect anything to come of it - so when I got the call telling me I was a winner, I almost keeled over in shock. Just as exciting, I gave permission for my photograph to be included in a book/booklet they were bringing out. I received my free copy of Scene And Unseen today, so I suppose that makes me a published photographer? Ha!

A shard of glass under the bus shelter in Logan Central:

"In low income area Logan Central, glass shards litter the streets. These are both a literal and figurative representative of the effect of alcohol abuse and poor mental health" was the tag-line that tied this photo to the issue of homelessness. Getting this shot involved lying down under the seat at the bus shelter with my camera set to macro, colours on sepia.

Dusk Giraffe

Throwing this one out there before I rush off to get ready for an appointment today.

Hummer the giraffe at Canberra National Zoo and Aquarium:

Anyone who knows me probably knows that I love giraffes. Imagine the excitement when I visited Canberra and had the pleasure of watching this gorgeous boy for ages. I even got to feed him - twice! It was pure magic. I took this shot on general settings, quite zoomed in (optical), as dusk fell.

Edges: Sectioned

No post this morning -- my laptop's been having a few troubles so I let him rest overnight, didn't turn him back on 'til I got home from my appointments today.

Statue in ANZAC Square, Brisbane:

Edges and lines fascinate me, photographically speaking, as does the way something takes on a whole new light when we look at it a little bit differently, or when we look at it out of context. This part of one of the statues in Brisbane's ANZAC Square really spoke to something in me. I took the photo, part of my "Edges" series, using the Macro setting.

Remnant

Now it's lazy Monday! It's not like I can't choose what photo to upload. I've been staring at this for a couple of hours. ;)

A forgotten craft butterfly stuck to a pole in the middle of Brisbane:

Small decorations adorn posts everywhere; remnants of events or just little mementoes of the people who live in this beautiful city. My friend spotted this cobweb-coated butterfly in Brisbane's ANZAC Square, and I took the photo using my macro setting.

Tracking

Lazy Saturday has apparently led into Lazy Sunday, but that's okay. Later I'll start tidying up my things so that I can "get crafty".

Suburban railway tracks at the onset of dusk:

Headed home after a day out, I couldn't resist stopping to snap this one at my local railway station. This is another I took using my old DX6440; although it has a sepia affect, I think I actually achieved it by applying a colour filter to a regular full-colour photograph. Part of my Suburban Life series, this one could definitely do with a better title. Suggestions welcome!

Tropical Pink

Morning! Well, actually it's almost afternoon, but anyhow. It's a lazy Saturday and I shall revel in my ability to get on with doing nothing.

A pink frangipani on a Summer afternoon:

Although I'm not a giant fan of their scent, I love the way frangipani flowers look, and the pink ones are just that little bit extra special (in comparison to the white). This was taken on Macro setting.

Childhood Summer

Well, I was all set to post this morning before I went out, but I was having trouble with Blogger. So I tried again when I got home, same trouble. Took me several hours, but I got it working tonight. Turned out to be a PEBCAK* error. ;)


A small child eating an ice block makes quite a mess:

I got permission from this little girl's father to take this shot using my DX6440, and it's still one of my favourites. He certainly gave me a bit of a funny look when I stopped him on the new walking bridge across the Brisbane River, but whoever he was, I thank him for the opportunity he offered me in capturing this shot! I am pretty sure this was taken using generic settings. It's part of my Suburban Life series.

* For those not in the know, PEBCAK stands for Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard.

Light Bursts

Good morning! An early post today: the birds are chirping, the sun is quite possibly shining and I can smell my mother's breakfast toast. None of that bears any resemblance to today's photo, but there you have it.

Some of the September 2010 Riverfire fireworks:

I love fireworks, truly. Sometimes the bangs get to me, but the beautiful colours in the sky are so worth it all. Trying to take photographs of fireworks, on the other hand, sometimes annoys me; especially as I have tendencies towards what is arguably the worst case of camera shake in history - oftentimes, even with the use of a tripod. Every now and then I get a shot that I feel is worth it; during Riverfire this year I even managed to get a couple. This was taken at night (obviously) using my beloved tripod and the "fireworks" setting, and is part of my "fireworks" series.

Crutches

No babble today, I'm due to leave in a couple of minutes.

My crutches resting against the half-wall:

I don't have a proper title for this one yet; so any suggestions are welcomed! I set my camera to black & white and general settings, then took this shot at Southbank Parklands while waiting for Riverfire to start. This one is part of my "health" series.

From Another Angle

Ack, I'm doing well at this "post in the morning" thing, as you can see! Maybe tomorrow I'll be back on track. Anyway, here's today's photo.

Another's camera, caught in the limelight:

This should probably have been my opening photo for this blog, but I'd forgotten about it at the time. While waiting for the fireworks to start at the 2010 Brisbane Exhibition, I was looking past my friends and it occurred to me to take this photo. My Kodak was set to either night or fireworks (I don't remember which) at the time.

Captured

Was out all day today, from stupid o'clock 'til lateish o'clock, so no morning post. Never mind, you can still have one. ;)

A monkey peers out from behind the bars of his cage at Alma Park Zoo:

For everyone out there feeling bad for this fellow, no need to worry! He was a right ham; posed for the camera then scampered merrily off. No idea what settings this was taken on, but I was using my mother's friend's Canon digital camera for this shot.

Feather Grass

Apologies on the lateness - I'm very distractible today!

Feather grass waving in the air on a spring day:

This is an older shot, taken with my previous camera (a Kodak DX6440) on macro setting. I liked this one enough that when I created my icon site, I used this photo as the basis for the layout.

Beary Best Friends

Good morning, world! It's Saturday here and the sun is... well, alright, it's not exactly shining, but why should we let that stop us? In fact, in order to make up for it, here's two versions of the same shot.

Jesse and Allerton watching the ocean:

My friend and I took our bears to Kirra Beach one day in 2009, and I couldn't help but snap some shots of the teddies enjoying the beach. I'd love, eventually, to collate a number of bear shots into a series.

Lean On Me

I'm thinking I might post in the mornings when I can, that way I start my days on a really good note.

A falling gravestone at Toowong Cemetery:

I love visiting places like Toowong Cemetery; because it's been around so long a lot of the graves are starting to deteriorate. There's a real sense of history in a place like that, and there's a lot of beauty. This photo, titled Lean On Me, is part of my Suburban Life: Toowong Cemetery series. Sadly, I haven't a clue what settings the camera was on, except obviously sepia, for this one that was taken in February 2009.

Summer In Bloom

Last night I was so exhausted I zoned out at the laptop and then went to bed before posting anything. Technically I did post my first post on Wednesday, though, so it still counts.

Jacaranda blossoms hanging from a tree:

Jacarandas have long been my favourite tree, and when I found out a Swedish friend who loves the colour purple didn't even know what they are... well, I just had to go get a few photographs. This is one of my favourites. To take this, my camera was set to macro.

Captured II

Welcome to From Another Angle! I've been meaning to get around to setting this up for a while now, so here it is. Here's hoping for one photograph every day!

Assuming I don't get a new camera, or borrow someone else's camera, all photographs on this blog will likely be taken using my trusty Kodak Z1012 IS.


A white lion waits for a snack at Canberra National Zoo & Aquarium:

This shot was taken during the ZooVenture tour, earlier this year. While they waited for the hand-feeding experience, the lion & lioness pair prowled up and down the fence.