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Taken on our trip to Smiths Lake, we went swimming at Seal Rocks and perched on top of the hill is this massive lightbulb to warn the ships of the rocks and reef that lies beneath the water.

This photo has been created using high dynamic range photography (HDR). This has been my first successful time shooting for HDR and the results turned out impressive. The image shows the underneath of the Victoria Bridge crossing the Nepean River. Notice the detail in the pilons and how the graffiti shows up.

Ross and I went down to the Nepean River Weir for this photo adventure. It has been raining a fair bit lately and the weir was overflowing. As we walked along the banks Ross spotted a Eastern Water Dragon. I thought it was pretty amazing to see such an animal in this type of environment as there was plenty of rubbish and pollution in the area.

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I went out with Ross & Noor to have a go at shooting the full moon on Saturday night. There was a bit of cloud around so we waited for some clear sky. I was pretty happy with the results.

It was a bit of a trek to get out to the lookout. Not remembering how far it was, we walked for what seemed like 500m and then finally we arrived at the clearing. The moon was slowly rising above us, but it was touch and go to see if we were going to graced by the presence of the moon, lingering behind the thick cloud cover.

Alas, the clouds dissipated briefly and provided us with a good couple of hours from about 8.30 till 10.30 at night to take a few shots and play with the camera’s before the rain promptly ended our night.

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On Saturday afternoon Sydney had it’s hottest day in 4 years. The temperature finally dropped below the 40’s  and I ventured outside for some fresh air, after sitting in the air conditioning all day. These rainbow lorikeets were cooling off in the neighbours birdbath so I whipped out the Sigma 70-300mm and fired off a few shots of them making a splash.

F5.6 1/180s Onboard Flash

I was inspired by a thread on the Digital Photography School forums on capturing water droplets. After seeing some of the results I had to give it a try. Using a blue cup in the bathroom sink and my new macro lens adapters onto my Tamron 18-200 I was able to obtain a decent shot. It turned out to be more about chance than skill. I took about 20 shots and got about 4 keepers. One thing I learnt from this exercise is how handy an external flash would be. This would allow me to experiment with high speed flash photography.