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Ryall Street – Canowindra, NSW

Korske Ara — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:32:52 +0000

I’ve been working in Canowindra doing a heap of grapevine pruning. The hardest job I’ve done yet. More on that later at Australia 360.

Today however, it was thunderstorming so we had the day off. Because the vines grow along metal wires, it isn’t safe to work on the vines.

Instead, I went for a little walk around town. Here are a few photos up Ryall Street in Canowindra.

Moree Show 2011 Photos

Korske Ara — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:19:12 +0000

Yesterday, I went to the Moree Show to check out all the awesome there. The police presence for the small show was incredible. There were officers everywhere! I was recommended not to stay out after 10pm as there was potential for things to get a little violent.

I had a great time checking the show out and ended up with a Whizz Fizz show bag. I normally go for the Warheads show bag but couldn’t find one this time around.

Far out, it’s hard to blog on a phone whist in a car going down a bumpy country road. Works got me traveling 2 hours west to do some work. Woot!

Rainbow before the storm

Korske Ara — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:28:11 +0000

Even in the mad rush to cover the grain in open containers before the rain hit, I managed to get this spectacular photograph of a rainbow before the storm.

Sunset on Springfield

Korske Ara — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:42:30 +0000

Springfield is the property I’m on at the moment. Today, I helped deliver lucerne hay into town, fixed a few fences, installed a new water trough and did some more cow chasing.

At the end of the day, I headed out on the quad to take a few photos. Here they are!

Ephesians 4:26 – Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry

Again, these photos have been taken on my very broken 24-105mm. They look fine small but probably wont print very well.

Cradle Mountain, Tasmania

Korske Ara — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:48:38 +0000

Located in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Cradle Mountain rises to 1,545 metres above sea level. It’s seen as one of Tasmania’s principle tourist destinations and after visiting, I can see why!

Similar to many of the other mountains in the area, Cradle Mountain is a formation of dolerite columns.

If you have a chance to visit Tasmania, this is a must see location. When I visited with Richard, we camped nearby but there’s plenty of cabins at the base of the mountain to relax in.

Richard picked a walk on the list that was signposted at the car park and we headed off for a walk that we later started to realise was tough. REALLY tough.

We tweeted with @cradlemtn on twitter who gave us some encouragement as we walked on. We fast came to the realisation that the retired couple behind us were much fitter than us. Somehow a 3 hour walk took 5 hours and we never made it to where we thought we were going!

I did capture some amazing photograph though!

Here are Richard’s photos from the same trip.

National Multicultural Festival 2011 – Canberra

Korske Ara — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:30:53 +0000

This year, the National Multicultural Festival was held between February 11-13 and what fun it was! I tried some Russian and Indian food along with a Norwegian beer that tasted very stouty for a golden looking beer.

Richard and I had a great time capturing a few photographs of the event.

I enjoy how Richard portrays the event primarily though the performances. Whist my photographs are more of the people that were there.

With my trip coming up, I’ve had to sell a lot of gear and one of the things I parted with was my Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens which I loved for these types of events. I made do with my EF 24-105 f/4L IS and the results were great. Another piece of gear I’ve parted with is my 580EX II flash so quite a few of these photos were shot ISO 3200 upwards.

It just goes to show that no matter what gear you have, getting great photos is all about getting out there with what you have!

Leica V-Lux 20 Mega-Super Macro Part 3 (Bugs)

Korske Ara — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:26:59 +0000

Part 3 of my “destroying a Panasonic TZ 11 and inadvertently doing the same to a Leica V-Lux 20″ series. Bugs.

Leica V-Lux 20 Mega-Super Macro (Part 2)

Korske Ara — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:22:11 +0000

In my last post I mentioned the fun I had destroying a Panasonic TZ 11 and inadvertently doing the same to a Leica V-Lux 20.

Here are a few photos that I took using the modified camera.

These are all ‘super-macro’ photos, when you scroll though the photos, you’ll see how small the objects actually are!

Leica V-Lux 20 Mega-Super Macro (Part 1)

Korske Ara — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 12:52:25 +0000

So I had some spare time a Lecia V-Lux 20 and a broken Panasonic Lumix TZ 11. This created an opportunity of destruction and well, lots of macro fun!

Here’s a few photos of the destruction of the TZ11 (and for the purists, the Leica as well)!

Oh and check back! I’ll post some of the amazing photos soon.

Fuel reduction burning in Victoria

Korske Ara — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:27:22 +0000

With fire season coming up, we’ve seen a lot of fuel reduction burning (back burnning) happening around the place. These photographs were taken in one of Victoria’s state forests.

Though I understand that back burning reduces the possibility of fires starting ans spreading, I’m yet to be convinced that it’s actually good for the environment.I wonder if there are any other fire prevention measures that can be used to control large areas like forests.

Though I haven’t done much research, I’m sure that back burning would affect the ecology of the area burned off. Walking though this part of forest there was no signs of animal life anywhere and greenery was scarce.

Now, after I almost lost my tripod in George Town, TAS, My mate Richard managed to leave his tripod behind in this forest. We realised this after we arrived home. Bugger!