Going on boat cruises for Lens-Artists Challenge #374
ON The MOVE is the challenge this week from John who writes the blog Journeys with Johnbo. Interesting that his first question is do you love to travel? My answer, NO, I don’t really like […]
When the conditions just aren’t what you want – Safety Beach
One of the things that often frustrates me when I go to take photos is that I don’t get the conditions I really want. So what conditions do I look for? Overcast, no sun. I […]
Lens-Artists Challenge #358 – Live and Learn
I’m not sure about this challenge or theme this week. Sorry Tina, I have done so many posts in the past about my photography journey and what I’ve learned and my love of learning new […]
Taking a trip on a Steam Train from Castlemaine to Maldon and back
A couple of years ago I spent a few days with Anne from Slow Shutter Speed and two of her friends. I took them down along the Great Ocean Road and we had a great […]
Reimagining an older image using ON1 Photo RAW 2025
I’ve been trying to work out how to do more things with ON1 Photo RAW 2025 and while I was working on doing more presets with some photos from 2017 I thought why don’t I […]
Monochrome Madness – Some boats from trips to Tasmania
Let’s start the post today by me begging to see if anyone would like host a theme one week or more. I have been emailing people, but I am sure there are some of you […]
Ending the day with brilliant colours
You know how I get frustrated with not always getting great sunsets, but on this day it was great, click here for more information.
King Billy track at Cradle Mountain – A walk through a rainforest
These are some photos I took on my first day in Cradle Mountain. We did a walk through a rainforest on the King Billy Track. It was a boardwalk all the way around. It was […]
Getting back and looking back at the Milky Way in Queenstown
I have made it home. I have to say the last leg was a bad one. I don’t know, I find it really hard to sleep on the boat, or the Spirit of Tasmania. The […]
Tasmanian Wanderings – Our last full day
Today was the last full day in Tasmania and tomorrow we have some time before we have to be back in Devonport to catch the Spirit of Tasmania. Today we went on a cruise along […]
Tasmanian Wanderings – The end is close to hand as we land in Launceston
We have left Cradle Mountain and travelled to Launceston today. Very different places, it was a lot colder at the mountain. We have spent the day wondering why we were so hot, perhaps because we […]
Tasmanian Wanderings – To Cradle Mountain we go in the internet no go zone
Today we arrived at Cradle Mountain. The trip here was good, not so sure about our accommodation. The places are okay, but for the money they charge you would expect more, like maybe the internet. […]
Tasmanian Wanderings – From sunrise in Stanley to sunset in Arthur River
Hey everyone, day 2 in Tasmania has come to a close. I just wanted to say please forgive me if I don’t get to the comments quickly. I don’t seem to have a lot of […]
How to blog while in Tasmania
Often when I have gone away in the past I have blogged each day about where I went and what I did. Well, every trip except my last one to Central Australia. It can be […]
Should the infrared camera be in my kit when I go back to Tasmania?
I’m trying to work out whether I should include my infrared camera when I go to Tasmania in a couple of weeks. We are driving, when I say driving I mean driving onto the ferry […]
When is it time to buy a new camera?
I’ve been asking myself this question a lot lately. My Nikon D800 is over 10 years old now. The Nikon D850 I’ve had for about 6 years. I was given the Fujifilm X-T3 in 2019 […]
Lens Artists Challenge #278: Unique
The Lens Artist Challenge this week is Unique and was set by Amy from The World is a Book. Sometimes with these, I am not always sure what to do, but then as soon as […]
Monochrome Madness – Walking though a ghost town
I have been seeing lots of photos on blogs that are black and white and of old buildings that have just been left. It made me think about my time from Bodie, the ghost town […]
Bad behaviour by tourists – selfies and photos
Is there something that people do when they away on a holiday and they don’t think manners mean anything anymore? It is strange. Let me tell you a quick story. When I took my mum […]