Day 59 - "Picnic at Crystal Brook"

Picnic at Crystal Brook, Cardinia Reservoir Park with the kids.

Day 58

Day 58 This magpie was singing in my back yard this afternoon, there is always one or two not far away, any time I look out a window there they are.

Day 57 - "Colour"

No words needed for this really.

Day 56 - "Photo Eye"

Not what I had originally planned when I set up the camera, but after trying a few things ended with this.

Day 55 "Speed Skating"

Day 55

Harry's Speed Skate Lesson.

I was looking forward to taking some photos of this this evening, but was not prepared as I went without a flash and was shooting into the light coming in through the windows opposite and reflecting off the floor. So had to over expose and make do, am pleased with the end result.

Day 54 - "Sunsets on VFL Park"

Day 54 - Sunset...not much to say about this one, just timing and being where I was, I stopped and took a few shots. You can see the outline of what was once the members at VFL Park.

Day 53 - "No idea"

I had no idea what to do this evening, it was dark already, nothing was jumping out at me. It does take some thought to keep this interesting, in the end I really like this, appropriate to how I feel, good photos don't just take themselves. They are created.

The text on the frame insert was also very apt.

It took me more shots of this than I expected before I achieved the image I was after. All in a day of 365, I like it though.

Day 52 - "Electric Blue"

I don't need to switch on any lights this evening, still glowing.

Day 51 - "Jacob's Creek"

It is fair to say I left this one a little late, was after 11.30.

Day 50 - "Devil in the detail"

Day 50

A face in the cloud....SPOOKY!

Looks like the devil with a beard and horns...

I didn't notice until I was trying to choose my photo from todays batch...

Day 49 - "Near disaster"

Day 49

I'm not sure if I can call it a lucky week or an unlucky week, first the hard drive failure, but I didn't really loose anything, now this evening I picked up the camera back pack and two lens went tumbling onto the concrete! I feared the worst, I picked up one and was sorry to hear the unmistakable sound of loose broken glass, I just put them both back into the camera bag and took them inside, it was a few minutes before I could bring myself to pick it up for a closer inspection. Fortunately it was just the UV filter glass on the front that was broken. What relief from my grief.

I used this same lens to take this shot. At this stage I cannot unscrew the outside frame of the filter, hopefully the filter thread on the lens will be okay and it has just jammed.

The second lens also survived, however the polarizer filter has a rather large chip on the edge.

Day 48 - "My day time space"

My day time work space, comfortable, practical.

Day 47 - "Art"

Artwork from my children in pride of place.

Day 46 - "Dead or Alive?"

Day 46

Dead or alive?

Portable HD not working this evening, I am hoping it is just the external power supply which is faulty. If it is not and the drive has failed, I will have lost one days photos, fortunately only half a dozen shots. Plus some PS files and maybe some music not backed up elsewhere, but mostly I had copies of everything.

Day 45 - "Lakewood"

Day 45

Taken from a local bike / walking track adjacent to Lakewood golf course, using a wide angle lens with polarizer. I like the dramatic result.

Day 44 - "What were they thinking !"

I was off to a friends 40th birthday at a bar in Northcote when I found this place near where I parked.

What were they thinking!!!!!

When one door closes the other opens.

Day 43 - "Buzz"

With Toy Story 3 just around the corner Harry has dug up Buzz Light Year and we have re-commissioned him. He still talks! I only wish we could add to his vocab.

Day 42

Finally some rain........though we have had much more than the corresponding days last year, which is a bonus.

Day 41 - "Golden Light"

On the way to the first photography club meeting for the year and this was the light on show.

I had no option but to stop take a few shots and be late, it was worth it.

Day 40 - "Lakewood"

Another day in 365, another different park visit. Very fortunate to have so many good parks to use. Victoria the Garden State.

Day 39 - "Harry & JD

At home with Harry and JD, photo session by request.

This was before he was rushed off to the vet with the saw foot.

Day 38 - "Life goes on"

I spotted a mother kangaroo and joey while walking in Churchill NP, unfortunately I didn't excel with the camera, the rest all had camera shake as I was using a zoom at too slow a shutter speed. My excuse is that I was not using my heavy camera but the light one which I don't use as often, an oversight from not enough use.

My intention was to capture something as a memorial to those who lost their lives 1 year ago in the bush fires just out of my home city of Melbourne. This park was partially burnt in a separate fire a few weeks before that day. I did take a few shots of burnt trees, but what stands out more is life goes on. 173 people suffered horrific deaths, I was at my parents home that day, my father is a Country Fire Authority Volunteer, they live in a fire prone area, the whole state was on alert, we listened to the scanner, it was all consuming. I don't think a day has gone by in the past year without at least one story in the Melbourne daily's. The victims, the survivors, the "if's" "buts" and "maybes" the blame game between the different authorities, The Royal Commision...

The day was a freak, extreme heat, the air was sucked of all its moisture, the north wind, nothing was going to stop those fires from their path of destruction.

The numbers of native animals killed or injured is too hard to think about.

Australians are connected to the land, I don't know what it is, it is a special place, unique, inspiring and harsh.

Day 37 - "Duck on reflections"

I enjoyed myself, the light was good, visited another local park, this one I had planned to for some time, just never got around to it until 365 called for it.

Day 36 - "Rubbish"

Day 36...almost 1/10th of the through, been fun so far.

This is the lid of my kitchen bin, shot from above using the fluorescent light in the room and leaving the camera on auto wb. The colour is not as you see it, which makes this shot more effective for me.

Day 35 - "Bertie Beetle"

This busy beetle crawled from one end of my outside wall, around one corner, the full length of the next side, around the corner and more, then back again!

Day 34

Another day, another local park.

Much loved but under appreciated, now being over grown with weeds as a result of a bush fire right here last summer, though there is some recovery, the weeds are thriving.

Day 33

I have a few rolls still to run through my film camera, not so suitable for this project though I will try some on weekends soon. It has been a while, not even sure what is on the roll in the camera!

Day 32

I was stuck this evening, while contemplating what I could do, a few ideas came to mind and I would need my tripod which was in the car. Venturing outside to retrieve my tripod, the new moon had not long risen. This is the result, I did crop the image to get this result.

Day 31

This is becoming a favorite spot.

Day 30

Cricket, at one of the many local ovals with the Dandenongs as a back drop