Wayne Ryan's blog

Sunday, 20 February 2011

Quintessential Bendigo

Victorian era buildings and wide streets define quintessential Bendigo

Nikon D300, Nikkor 50mm f1.4D @ ISO 200, 50mm f9, 1/500 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 50mm f1.4D @ ISO 200, 50mm f1.4, 1/3200 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 50mm f1.4D @ ISO 200, 50mm f1.4, 1/1600 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 50mm f1.4D @ ISO 200, 50mm f1.4, 1/2500 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 50mm f1.4D @ ISO 200, 50mm f9, 1/1800 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 50mm f1.4D @ ISO 200, 50mm f8, 1/13 sec

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A contrast is the gold rush of the 1850s saw many thousands of Chinese arrive in Bendigo. Within ten years the Chinese miners and merchants made up 20% of the Bendigo population. The Garden of Joy was a joint project between the Bendigo Chinese Association, the City Bendigo, Federal and State Government and the City of Baoding in Hebei Province, China).

Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f8, 1/200 sec
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Nikon D300, Nikkor 50mm f1.4D @ ISO 200, 50mm f1.4, 1/8000 sec

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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f8, 1/320 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f8, 1/80 sec
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Saturday, 19 February 2011

Walking to Work

I captured these images with my iPhone while walking into work one day this week.

iPhone 4

Sunday, 13 February 2011

Spring Gully Walking Track

Near our house there is a walking track that Hermione is getting very used to a pleasant 4.5Km round trip on a well made path.

Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 @ ISO 800, 110mm f16, 1/100 sec

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The path follows a creek lined with red gums.

Nikon D300, Nikkor 50mm f1.4D @ ISO 200, 50mm f1.4, 1/2500 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 @ ISO 800, 70mm f8, 1/125 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 50mm f1.4D @ ISO 200, 50mm f16, 1/10 sec
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Nikon D300, Nikkor 50mm f1.4D @ ISO 200, 50mm f1.4, 1/100 sec

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 50mm f1.4D @ ISO 200, 50mm f1.4, 1/1600 sec

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Monday, 7 February 2011

Blue and Tan

When reviewing images taken while attending the Melbourne International Boat & Lifestyle Show at Melbourne's Docklands precinct at the lower reaches of the Yarra River near the entrance to Port Phillip Bay, there emerged a definite Blue and Tan theme to the colours. See if you notice the stark contrast . . . BLUE

Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-f5.6 @ ISO 800, 18mm, f7.1, 1/1250

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BLUE Sky Apartments

Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 800, 11mm f8, 1/2500 sec
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Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-f5.6 @ ISO 800, 18mm, f8, 1/400

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BLUE

Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 800, 11mm f22, 1/400 sec
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BLUE and TAN (brown)

Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 800, 11mm f22, 1/640 sec
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BLUE

Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-f5.6 @ ISO 800, 40mm, f7.1, 1/1250

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-f5.6 @ ISO 800, 20mm, f7.1, 1/4000
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BLUE Meanie with Mini Meanie in the back . . .

Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-f5.6 @ ISO 800, 32mm, f7.1, 1/3200

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BLUE and TAN (brown)

Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 250, 11mm f2.8, 1/8000 sec
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The Yarra River has been derogatively called "the river that runs upside down", a jibe at its high turbidity. The muddy brown colour is caused by the easily eroded clay soils of its catchment area. The water was clear at the time of the first European settlements, but intensive land clearing and development since the mid-19th century has resulted in the presence of microscopic clay particles. - Source Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarra_River

Thursday, 3 February 2011

iPhone Camera Log - New Employer

Here are some iPhone snaps of some of the Bendigo & Adelaide Bank sites I visited in my first week on the Job. A whirlwind tour of 3 of the five major sites. Sydney and Ipswich Qld to go.

Adelaide Bank head office in Hindmarsh Square Adelaide

Docklands Melbourne abutting Etihad Stadium.

The view from the Melbourne building

Looking across the road from The Bendigo Bank

Head office in Bendigo

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

The Goldfields Region

One of the towns in Victorias famous 'Golden Triangle' is Maryborough part of the Golfields region. Between 1851 and the late 1860s Victoria dominated the world's gold output with a total of 80 million ounces (250,000 Kilos) of gold. However, much of Victoria remains unexplored and it is likely that several multi million ounce deposits in the state remain undiscovered. The wealth in the gold rush of the 1800's resulted in many majestic buildings being built in towns throughout the district. Maryborough is one of those towns.

This is the railway station of the town of less than 8,000 people today.