Tag: black and white

  • Just a little bit Soviet

    Just a little bit Soviet

    Geelong is undergoing a revival but there are still remnants of an earlier time.

  • Capturing Westcoast Jag: An Inside Look

    Capturing Westcoast Jag: An Inside Look

    A visit to Westcoast Jag. Colin kindly let me take a few photos.

  • Just a few spark Plugs

    Just a few spark Plugs

    This just hit Flickr Explore. This bowl of spark plugs is on the bench at at Geelong Jag mechanic.

    Shot at a Geelong mechanic as a demo shot for a shoot. went to Flickr Explore
  • Windy Day on the way to Lara | Winter Change

    Windy Day on the way to Lara | Winter Change

    Dark skys, open field, grasslands, single tree and cyclist on horizon

    Leica CL
    Summicron 23mm
    F2.8
    1/160th Second
    ISO 100

    Hit Explore on Flickr Today. Its always nice. I never know which photos the spicy algorithm will select from the millions uploaded for the top 500 of the day.

    Winter change. Spiked grass. Soaking rain. A cyclist, a tree, a shelter.

    The cold doesn’t shout here—it settles. You either stand in it or you don’t get the shot.

  • Dog Rocks . Like Liquid

    Dog Rocks . Like Liquid

    Liquid rocks and sky, the granite worn down over millennia.

    Since I published this.. This particular photo has appeared in Flickr Explore. The strange addictive algorithm that highlights “Interest”. a hover too long, a double take, a moment spent in reflection, perhaps.

    The day was not a great one for dramatic photos and the subject was a pile of rocks but this place has a history that predates some entire continents creation. There are not many places in the world you can see granite worn away by time to the shape of waves and water.

    I will return to the Dog Rocks .

  • Weight of Air

    Weight of Air

    Oh look it hit Flickr Explore… Grassland bleached white, no edits, no erasures. Just a Summicron’s honest frame:40 degree heat, and a tree built to outlast us. Close to the solstice on the 21st of December.

    This image featured on Flickr Explore but was never intended as anything but a print. This is a 24×36″ Giclée limited edition signed print.

    Social media rewards bright, sparkly, and highly saturated images but they are hard to live with. This would look good in a room where you want some calm.

    This 24x36" Giclée print on smooth peal photo paper. Single Gumtree on a hot day.

    Link to original image on Flickr.

    The Weight of Air
  • Old Black Dog. His experience shows.

    Old Black Dog. His experience shows.

    His eyes may not me as bright, he may not be putting on a show for the human but this black and white image shot late in the day on a Leica APO 60mm . Selected for Flickr Explore

    black and white image of an old black dog. A moment to himself, interrupted. The eyes show experience and are a little cloudy, his whiskers are grey . He looks mean because he is a pit bull but his gentle nature shines thorough.

    Original image – selected for Flickr Explore

    Old Black Dog [Explored]

    APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-TL 1:2.8/60 ASPH.
    F/2.8
    Focal Length:60.0 mm
    Speed 1/60,
    ISO 100

  • Track to the Hut

    Track to the Hut

    Flickr Explore 13/08/2024

    Shot on my Leica on a bright sunny day using a polarizing lens. The full size image in on Flickr

    Track to the hut ( Explored )
  • Street Photography in the Suburbs

    Street Photography in the Suburbs

    This photo was selected for a curated Flickr Explore top 500 yesterday.

    The brief was “street photography and there were over 30,000 submissions. Not every street is photogenic. Sometimes its just grim.

    Full size image on Flickr

    Should have taken the train ( Explored )
  • Older photo of Mornington Harbor

    Older photo of Mornington Harbor

    It has been busy with commercial work for a week or two. The days are short and frankly I have been tired. Here is one from the past.

    Taken in in Winter last year