Love is in the air

Got these two down at Marlows Lagoon this morning.

Sunset in Black and White?

Sunsets are all about colour aren't they?  I must be crazy then as I somehow preferred this one in black and white - I just liked the textures and shapes that the monochrome conversion brings out...

Taken this evening at Fanny Bay.

The new camera has arrived!

The camera has finally arrived and I'm keen to get out and use it this weekend.   This is a shot from early this morning on the way to work just as the sun peeped over the horizon.  I was hoping for more colour in the clouds but you get that. 

I'm really happy with the camera so far.  36 megapixels gives you amazing detail.  Unfortunately it came with a dodgy charger and/or battery but my cousin Naree has the same batteries with her camera and she has a spare which she was nice enough to lend me (I'll have to charge it up at her place until I get the replacement!).

So yeah stay tuned I will hopefully be a lot more active now and with a bit of luck I'll get some good shots.

Out for lunch

Sorry about the lack of updates folks - but I'll be back very soon!  I've basically been without a camera for sometime but have the newly announced Nikon D800E on preorder - and I'm waiting for it like an excited kid!    In the meantime I've ordered the Zeiss 21mm 2.8, Nikon 24-120/4 & Nikon 300/4 lenses.

I'll hopefully get the new camera around mid April.

Here's a favourite from a couple of years ago for old time's sake! :)

Another almost accidental lightning shot

We had dinner at the wharf last night and I didn't have any camera gear with me - so naturally a nice storm appeared across the harbour!   So I grabbed my sisters camera again and just rested it on a table for stability as I didn't have a tripod or anthing.  Its funny how I sometimes drive 100's of kms to chase storms around with expensive equipment yet these two almost accidental shots are probably amongst my best!  Ah well...

Lightning Arch

Lightning Arch over Darwin Waterfront

Been a bit slack lately folks and even this one was an unplanned shot.  My wife and I went to our son Daniel's year 12 graduation at the Convention Centre and saw this on the way when we were leaving for the car.  I didn't have my camera with me but had borrowed my sister's camera (as I only have wide angle lenses not suitable for taking pics at a party).  Lucky I had the tripod in the car and I got a dozen or so shots of some nice lightning.  This was a 30 second exposure at around F8 I think - at ISO100.

More buildup storms

Went for a drive this afternoon - saw a promising beauty building up around Acacia but it faded.  I ended up at Channel Island where a nice storm came up just on sunset and lit up beautifully.  I did get a few shots of bolts coming out of it but no real good ones...  so these are the ones I liked but with no lightning...  I still haven't got a good sunset lightning shot!