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


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


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

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



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.


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 .


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.

Link to original image on Flickr.

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

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


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

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.

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
