Manipulating photographically acquired pixels is a fine and useful pastime. However, this week a Photoshop paper (part of a photography…
Infrared zoo
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…
Hello to a star kakapo!
Kakapo are the rarest of rare creatures. As a large plump flightless parrot nesting on the ground and pretty much…
Melbourne zoo, always a nice idle amble
Melbourne zoo is in two parts, one of which is a fair way out of town (Healesville) and focuses on…
Through alien eyes . . .
My old DSLR (a Sony A580) is now permanently without the usual filter that sits in front of the sensor keeping out stray infrared…
After the rain
Yesterday it rained, it rained a lot. Mainly in the hills, from where the water mixed with a fair amount of soil…
Chimp-and-sack
I find the troupe of chimps at the small zoo near my house fascinating – their beautiful faces, their mostly…
Quite crabby
A tiny crab (about 2cm across the shell), as found under a rock at the beach.
Ol’ Man Fly
The task for my photography course this week was a studio-style portrait of a fly. So, substituting a piece of…
Analogue poster : challenged by the force
It was a strange experience and I felt like a time traveller, actually drawing on paper to make a poster. The Empire Strikes…