Quick budget lens review – Tamron 70-300mm

Specifically, the Tamron AF70-300mm F/4-5.6 LD Macro 1:2, Model A17S for Sony. I am waiting for Sony or someone else … More

Not yet flash with flash . . .

I’ve just started to experiment with using off camera flash for outside portraits – and I have an uneasy feeling that … More

The perfect model for my experimental use of back lighting flash just happened to land on the back doormat. And I … More

I’ve finally had the chance to do some experimenting with my old dslr today. It’s a Sony A580, which I sent it off … More

Kakapo are the rarest of rare creatures. As a large plump flightless parrot nesting on the ground and pretty much … More

Melbourne zoo is in two parts, one of which is a fair way out of town (Healesville) and focuses on … More

My old DSLR (a Sony A580) is now permanently without the usual filter that sits in front of the sensor keeping out stray infrared … More

Yesterday it rained, it rained a lot. Mainly in the hills, from where the water mixed with a fair amount of soil … More

I find the troupe of chimps at the small zoo near my house fascinating – their beautiful faces, their mostly … More

A tiny crab (about 2cm across the shell), as found under a rock at the beach.