Floriade 2016 update

I went back to Floriade today as part of a bridge to bridge walk. The bulbs were much better and brighter after another week. For a description of my morning walk please click on the play button and have a listen in the podcast slider at the top of this post.  Full-screen gallery link   […]

Moving pictures around Lake Ginninderra

I tried something different today. Rather than just shooting still photographs I played with the video option on my camera. In Final Cut Pro X I played with voice over and adding some of the built-in music.

Sunday shooting

I got out early this morning before sunrise and went for a walk. When I started it was about –3 °C and not too cold with three layers on. I got out and walked to the Owl Statue and said hello. I’m glad I was out before sunrise so I could capture the light sticks […]

Morning frost

This morning I braved the morning frost and went for a walk around Lake Ginninderra. It’s still Autumn and the weather has become decidedly cold as Canberra readies itself for Winter. I was awake at about 4 am and laid in bed for a while enjoying a cup of coffee and reading blogs waiting for […]

Autumn leaves

Autumn on Lake Ginninderra

It’s my last day of my annual recreation leave. I returned from Hawaii yesterday via Sydney. This morning I went for a walk and enjoyed Autumn on Lake Ginninderra.

Park bench

My first periscope experience

Today I tried Periscope for the first time. Periscope is a new video app by Twitter.

I was on a walk around Lake Ginninderra again when I received a notification from a Star Trek friend in the USA. She was capturing her cat licking itself. I thought I’d show a bit of my walk.

Arty sticks emerging from the water on Lake Ginninderra.

More bracketing on my Sony α7S

It’s a brilliant Sunday morning in Canberra with a few clouds and no wind. Yesterday I went out for a walk and played with the bracketing feature on my Sony α7S. This morning I set the menu to capture five images at a time with a compensation increment of 0.7 EV.