4x4 Equipped

A new member of the family arrived last week, the Isuzu D-Max 4x4 Crew Cab Ute. Just the thing for towing the boat to remote fishing, camping and 4WD tracks and locations that should give me some great opportunities for some photography. I immediately took her, 'Max' out to the Huntly Clay Pits. Its a spot where the local 4x4 club conducts driver training, so there are quite a few setups in one small area to test the ute out on. It took me two hours to get the mud off.

 Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm f2D @ ISO 200, 35mm f2, 1/2000 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200  2.8 @ ISO 200, 95mm f2.8, 1/160 sec

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The Huntly Clay Pits.

 Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm f2D @ ISO 200, 35mm f10, 1/1000 sec

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Playing in the Clay Pits.

  Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm f2D @ ISO 200, 35mm f8, 1/320 sec

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  Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm f2D @ ISO 200, 35mm f8, 1/640 sec

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  Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm f2D @ ISO 200, 35mm f8, 1/500 sec

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  Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm f2D @ ISO 200, 35mm f8, 1/320 sec

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Bendigo National Swap Meet

The annual Swap Meet has been held in Bendigo since 1975, run by the Veteran Vintage & Classic Club Bendigo. Held in November each year it now has over 1,600 sites and attracts in excess of 20,000 people over the weekend and is known worldwide.

  Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 12mm f8, 1/80 sec

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  Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f22, 1/50 sec

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  Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f16, 1/25 sec

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  Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f5.6, 1/80 sec

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  Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f16, 1/100 sec

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  Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f5.6, 1/30 sec

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  Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f22, 1/40 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f5.6, 1/15 sec

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Bendigo Region Redux

Quintessentially Bendigo             The Bush
   Click on text to jump to post                   Hills           Click on text to jump to post              Sunrise
                                 Walking Click on text to jump to post
       Wider Area              More Mining                   Lake
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Winter         More Lake               Catchments                Fishing
                            Bendigo Pottery       Click on text to jump to post
       Autumn                                         The Town               Mining     Click on text to jump to post
 Water                           Dam                   Regional History    Click on text to jump to post

Mount Alexander

Mount Alexander is approximately 125 km north-west of Melbourne and 40Km south-east of Bendigo, near the town of Harcourt. Mount Alexander rises 744 metres above sea level and its name is associated with the surrounding district  known as the the Shire of Mount Alexander, centred on Castlemaine. The mountain is included within the boundaries of the Mount Alexander Regional Park.

 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f16, 1/125 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f16, 1/80 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f16, 1/40 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f16, 1/40 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f16, 1/40 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f16, 1/30 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f16, 1/15 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f8, 1/60 sec

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Large scale quarrying of granite in the Mt Alexander area started in 1859 with stone supplied to the Melbourne to Echuca Railway. From the late 1880s Mt Alexander granite was used extensively on prestigious buildings in the centre of Melbourne includeing the Burke and Wills Memorial in the Melbourne General Cemetery (1864), the Princes Bridge (1888), Block Arcade (1892), Flinders Street Station (1910) and the former National Bank of Australasia Head Office Collins Street (1927)

 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f9, 1/250 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f9, 1/320 sec

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The presence of flaws meant that there was considerable waste which is why there are many pieces apparently abandoned. The peak for this area's quarries was in the 1910s due to the increasing popularity of the stone for monumental work in cemeteries. With the use of stone in major buildings declining in the 1950s, the monumental use kept the quarries ticking along.

 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f9, 1/160 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f9, 1/400 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f9, 1/100 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f9, 1/125 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f8, 1/1000 sec

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 Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f8, 1/160 sec

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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f2.8, 1/640 sec

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Photography Redux

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Photography is
     Light , Composition
              Depth Of Field, Bokeh
                    Exposure, Focus
                           Aperture, Perspective