Friday, 16 April 2010
Saturday, 10 April 2010
Brett Ryan R.I.P.
My beloved brother Brett Andrew Ryan tragically took his own life in Perth Western Australia and was cremated at Karrakatta Cemetery WA and his ashes are now in the care of his mother in his home state of Victoria.
You feel a range of emotions when a tragedy like this strikes you and the ones you love and you all feel the searing pain of sudden separation. There is anger and the futile search to understand why Brett could not weather the despair. There are the questions of why, just why? We all feel bruised by this death and keep asking ourselves what we could have done to prevent it. “What could I have done? Why didn’t I see it?” No one knows. And nothing will bring him back. No one is responsible for Brett’s choice but Brett. Death by choice is not a denial of life, it is the cry of despair for more life. We know that Brett leaves much unfinished, unfulfilled, unsaid. There are still things I wanted to share with him, and I'm sure, he with us. The suffering does not end for those that cared for him, feelings of shock, betrayal, anger, sadness, that I'm sure in time will abate to compassion and forgiveness.
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Saturday, 27 March 2010
Light Illuminates Texture and Color, Shadows Define Form
"Light illuminates texture and color, shadows define form" is phrase attributed to an american illustrator and writer Howard Pyle. It's a term often used by photographers as "Light illuminates and shadows define" and is a great way to describe dynamic range and contrast. This post though is about a different type of range.
Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 14mm f5.6, 1/200 sec
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On a photo project this weekend I travelled to Wentworth Falls, its a town in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales about 100 Kms west of Sydney on the Great Western Highway at an elevation of 867 metres.
Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 14mm f2.8, 1/100 sec
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Choosing carefully I took a walk of medium difficulty down a track that includes steps. A 1.5 km walk to Weeping Rock and Fletchers Lookout with a climb of about 90 metres. Unfortunately I took a wrong turn from the top of Wentworth falls and started down the very steep National Pass Walk a described as difficult with many steps and ladders I was about 300 metres down when I decided to go back.
Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 800, 14mm f22, 1/6 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f8, HDR
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Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 @ ISO 200, 70mm f2.8, 1/160 sec
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Sunday, 21 March 2010
Wildlife Photography - I like Birds
If you want to explore shutter priority on your shiny new DSLR everyone will tell you, this mode is best for sport and wildlife (including children). Anything that moves quickly and you want to freeze the action takes a fast shutter speed, 1/500th of a second or 1/1000 of a second upwards. Shutter Priority is one of the modes on most DSLRS of which there are P, A, S and M usually. PASM stands for Program, Aperture priority, Shutter priority, and Manual. These are the four primary shooting modes. These modes let you manually set one control and the camera automatically adjusts the rest. Except for Manual because as the name suggests its all set manually. For the others three you need to understand the relationship between 1. ISO, light sensitivity 2. Aperture, the amount of light let in through the lens and 3. Shutter Speed, the length of time the shutter is open. Camera Porn has a good article to help understand titled Relationship Aperture, ISO and Shutter Speed – The Good Kind of Threesome. Anyway here are some first tries at the mode with birds.
Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 @ ISO 250, 190mm f2.8, 1/1000 sec
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Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 @ ISO 280, 190mm f2.8, 1/1000 sec
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Saturday, 20 March 2010
The Bay Walk
Walking along the dog friendly 'Bay Run' on the way to Cafe Bones this morning I took these images at Dobroyd Point in Iron Cove Sydney Harbour looking North East. Be sure to follow the underlined links as there is more information I have linked to at other sites.
Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm f2 @ ISO 200, 35mm f8, 1/400 sec
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Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm f2 @ ISO 200, 35mm f8, 1/1600 sec
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Nikon D300, Nikkor 35mm f2 @ ISO 900, 35mm f8, 1/60 sec
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Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 @ ISO 200, 200mm f8, 1/80 sec
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Lá Fhéile Pádraig
Happy Saint Patrick's Day
Saint Patrick's Day has been celebrated in Ireland since before the 1600s. It was also believed to have served as a one day break during Lent, which would involve drinking alcohol, during the catholic forty day period of fasting.
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