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Weekly Photo #35 – Eastern Water Dragon

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After completing a bunch of assignments, I finally had some time to get out and take some photos. I had intended to get photos of surfers after last weeks swell so I was armed with my Sigma 70-300mm lens ready for some telephoto shots. However, the beach was flat and the weather was overcast so I gave up on that idea and loaded up c:geo on my phone and found that I was within 50m of a geocache. Whilst looking for the cache I spotted this eastern water dragon watching me and figured this shot is worthy of a POTW, although this isn’t the first time I’ve spotted one of these in the wild. If only Bear Grylls was around…

Weekly Photo #26 – Lambton Reservoir

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Constructed in 1885, the reservoir has a diameter of 20m and a height of 6m with an original capacity of almost 2,000,000 litres. The reservoir was decommissioned in 1990. Source: http://www.hunterwater.com.au/1012.aspx

Photo number #26 wow, that’s halfway through the year since starting this challenge! I was told about this location from another photography enthusiast and it was well worth the effort to take a look. The HDR gives a surreal feel to the pics. Newcastle also gets some great sunsets and when I spotted a few clouds on the horizon I was certain I’d get something good. The sunset shots haven’t been altered, just cropped. Below is an old construction photo I found whilst researching the reservoir.

Construction of the water reservoir, New Lambton, NSW 1917

Weekly Photo #16 – Knobbys Beach Entrance

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This image has been pretty heavily “cooked” but I reckon it turned out alright. It’s one of the entrances to Knobby’s Beach crossing the sand dunes. Taken with 70-300mm and altered in Lightroom. I also had a play with some macro stuff with my Tamron 18-200mm with 4x, 2x, 1x macro adapters for the dandelion seeds and Megan helped with the eye shot.

Dandelion seeds are carried away by the wind and travel like tiny parachutes. A strong wind can carry the parachutes miles away from the parent plant. Parachute (14k)
A dandelion is really many tiny flowers bunched together. After a dandelion blooms, each of its tiny flowers produces a seed. Each seed is attached to a stem with white fluffy threads.