Melbourne’s most exclusive address, 333 Collins. I’ve been told to check out this building for awhile now and I finally did last week. Christmas may be over but the tree still stands in this beautiful landmark tower. The former Banking Chamber & Vestibule of the Commercial Bank of Australia was constructed over 100 years ago, before the land boom of the 1890’s. After a big controversy with Melburnians to save the building from a massive demolish, the building is now registered on the Historic Buildings List. Thank goodness people fight to save some of the beauty in this world.
333 Collins Street – Victoria, Australia
Taken with my SONY NEX-6 on 03 January 2014 @ 01:40PM Multiple Exposures @ f/7.1
I just had my morning walk along this beautiful Coastal Art Trail from Parkdale to Mentone. The trail covers 17km along Melbourne’s picturesque coastline. The trail celebrates the lives and artwork of Australian artists who painted the Bayside coast in many years past. I took this shot last week, not this morning as the lighting is usually better in the evening.
-Victoria, Australia Taken with my SONY NEX-6 on 01 January 2014 @ 08:49PM Multiple Exposures @ f/11
This is one of my favorite images from 2013. It was taken earlier this year from the top of Cape Woolamai, Phillip Island’s highest point and one of Victoria’s most popular surfing beaches. It’s dominated by rocky platforms and exposed to the ferocious force winds off the Bass Strait.
When I first arrived at this point, my breath was literally taken away. This location is a pure gem and a photographers dream to shoot.
Cape Woolamai – Victoria, Australia
Taken with my Canon Canon EOS 5D Mark II on 25 June 2013 @ 04:57PM 1s @ f/14
The other day, I had some time to kill in the city so I decided to take a wonder down Hosier Lane to see if any new graffiti had been done. Hosier Lane is a bluestone cobbled laneway in the central city grid of Melbourne and is famous for it’s iconic street art. There were a lot of new and interesting works painted all up and down the laneway but with a lot of people taking pictures of the same images sprayed on the walls… I wanted something a little different. This image to me says MELBOURNE.
Hosier Lane – Victoria, Australia Taken with my SONY NEX-6 on 03 January 2014 @ 04:52PM Multiple Exposures @ f/8
This scene was captured on New Years Day along my local pier in Mordialloc. There had just been a heavy rain fall which made the wet refliections on the pier pop a little. I love going out to this pier and there’s usually always something going on, whether it be local fishermen casting for their catch of the day or young kids doing flips into the chilly water during summer. This afternoon seemed to be a quiet one which is always nice too.
Mordialloc Pier – Victoria, Australia
Taken with my SONY NEX-6 on 01 January 2014 @ 04:37PM Multiple Exposuress @ f/11
A New Year’s Day Photowalk with the fine folks of The Google Plus Melbourne Photowalk Group. A lot of rain had fallen, a little wind blew and some twirling of fire on the big rock along Mentone Beach.
Mentone Beach – Victoria, Australia
Taken with my SONY NEX-6 on 01 January 2014 @ 10:11PM 15s @ f/9
This image was just published in Australian Photography + Digital Magazine January 2014 Edition {page 21}, what better way to kick off my blog.
It was a gloomy day in Sydney when I visited early 2013. The clouds didn’t part much and a lot of rain fell, but that wasn’t going to stop me from getting out with my camera. Dodging the patches of rain, I was able to get to the Opera House for a short time. I wanted to capture parts of the Opera House in ways that aren’t normally seen. Everyone takes pictures of the Opera House but I wanted mine to be different. My aim was to get as close as I could to capture some of the details on the tiles so it wasn’t completely noticable that this was part of the famous Sydney Opera House. There are so many different shapes and patterns to the entire structure that I didn’t even notice before. Now I have a different way of looking at it.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II @ f/4
NSW, Australia
3/03/13 10:26:17 AM
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