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Things you see…

I was on my way home and the local lake was bathed in this beautiful sunset. A lone swan was cruising around while a single fisherman was trying to catch dinner. The composition of this shot could have been better, but the sunset lasted for just a few minutes… Canon 5D Mk2, 300mm f/2.8 @Continue reading “Things you see…”

Curve, warmth and texture

In this shot I’ve tweaked the yellow to give the shot a very warm, almost sunset feel. The letterbox crop means many won’t identify it immediately with the Sydney Opera House, just wonderful curves, textures and tones. Shot with an Olympus EP-1, AV, 17mm f/2.8 @f/4.5, ISO 200, underexposed 2/3-stop from internal meter.

Too much Paris?

My last day in Paris for this trip was typical of the way I travel – try to jam too much into too little time, run late and finish up exhausted. I had to return the bike to Yamaha, which is a 40 minute ride if you know where you’re going, and I didn’t. SoContinue reading “Too much Paris?”

No champagne for you!

Can you imagine going past seemingly hundreds of cellar door champagne outlets and not sampling even one of them? Yes? You must be a bloke, because I can’t remember meeting a woman who didn’t drink champagne. Me, I would have loved to have sampled any number of the many, many types on offer along theContinue reading “No champagne for you!”

French Roulette

You’ve heard of Russian Roulette, haven’t you? You know, one bullet in the chamber, spin, point the gun at your own head and pull the trigger. One chance in 6 you’ll be dead. We’ll, French Roulette is when a tourist rides around the Arc de Triomphe… I started my first full day in Paris fullContinue reading “French Roulette”

Snails, steak & brulee

I went with the snails, but the memory of Rowan Atkinson as Mr Bean and the episode of the steak tartar meant I went for cooked version: and very good it was, too. A wonderful little Sydney restaurant, sadly closed now I believe, The Little Snail, served wonderful escargo, better than la place, where I’mContinue reading “Snails, steak & brulee”

My iPad

There has been no end of coverage of the new Apple iPad, and I suppose I’m just contributing to the noise here, but that’s the point of a blog: I can write this and if no one reads it, well, no trees will fall in the forest. But I’m not going to say who theContinue reading “My iPad”