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.

The continuous bracket exposure 0.3 EV on my Sony alpha 7S

This morning I went for a walk around Lake Ginninderra and while I was walking I started playing with the menu on my Sony α7S. While I was stepping through the shooting menu to change from timer (I’d be using the Sony for some food photography as work) to single shot my finger slipped and I noticed more options in this menu. I came across an option for continuous bracket exposure 0.3 EV. I also noticed I could change that to 3 or 5 shots and change the exposure increment from 0.3 to 0.5 to 0.7 to 1 to 2 EV.

Sailing on Lake Ginninderra

Sailing on Lake Ginninderra

The Belconnen Town Council has been keen to get feedback from residents on how we can best use what we have in Belconnen. I’m keen to see more activity on Lake Ginninderra, like sailing, jet ski racing, remote control boating, fishing, kayaking and canoeing.