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2013-06-19 14:25:59 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 31 +1s)

Sommersby Falls

2013-06-17 20:18:12 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 53 +1s)

Forresters Sunset
I've reworked this one quite a bit so will post on it's own :)

2013-06-16 14:43:10 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 31 +1s)

An afternoon/evening of seascaping and lighpainting with good friends at Forresters Beach. Topped off with dinner it was a great way to spend a Saturday :))

+Ali Sadreddini +Keith McInnes +Jason Baker +Jason Ruth +Ana Andres +Rodney Campbell +Mykal Hall +Dianne Hall +Michael Blyde

2013-06-14 13:24:15 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 45 +1s)

One more from the Cape
This week I've been having a good look around Lightroom 5. I'm very impressed with the new tools although I did have to upgrade my iMac to Mountain Lion (from Snow Leopard) to get it to install. I wasn't happy about that but Mountain Lion is a considerable improvement over Lion. Goodbye Snow Leopard, you served me well :)

In searching for some images to test LR5 with, I revisited this shoot from Cape Solander. I have too many of these images but it won't hurt to share another one. The colours on this morning were amazing and apart from a bit of sharpening, this one is pretty much straight out of camera. Actually I also cooled down the white balance to try and calm things down a bit. An incredible morning and sunrise like I've never seen before :)

2013-06-13 13:20:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

Sommersby Falls
Downstream of the main falls

2013-06-12 08:57:51 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 49 +1s)

Sunrise Flow

2013-06-10 13:46:22 (8 comments, 2 reshares, 52 +1s)

This image has me fascinated tonight. The two main boulders in it are actually quite large and about 2-3 metres tall. By shooting above them the long exposure has made them look quite small. Does anyone else see that or is it just me? :)

2013-06-09 04:18:56 (7 comments, 3 reshares, 52 +1s)

Flow

2013-06-05 12:32:42 (7 comments, 4 reshares, 55 +1s)

Sydney Skyline
A sharper mono version of a previous offering :)

2013-06-01 10:48:02 (9 comments, 1 reshares, 56 +1s)

Sydney Sunrise
I headed down to Bradleys Head this morning to capture a lighthouse pano. Unfortunately it wasn't going to catch that magnificent sunrise this morning but there was enough colour around to capture this back towards the west and the city :))

On a side note it's really annoying me that the bug effecting adding images to albums and sharing directly hasn't been fixed. Come on +Google+ my workaround is wearing thin...

2013-05-30 06:17:41 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 57 +1s)

Sydney Silhouette
A rethink of this image taken at Kirribilli :)

2013-05-29 13:04:39 (8 comments, 4 reshares, 48 +1s)

A small stream
...somewhere in the Blue Mountains - I forget where :)

2013-05-28 21:38:14 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 40 +1s)

Downstream of Terrace Falls
Hazelbrook, NSW

2013-06-05 10:19:13 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 30 +1s)

Blues Point
My take on Vivid this year :)

2013-05-26 10:00:20 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 39 +1s)

Bangalley
A big swell and too dangerous to get past the pool at Whale Beach this morning, so I ventured around to Bangalley to sit high on the rocks and mainly just watch the ocean. This grab turned out okay though :)

2013-05-24 12:41:43 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 49 +1s)

Warriewood

2013-05-19 21:29:34 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 44 +1s)

Stoney Creek
Jervis Bay Marine Park

2013-05-18 09:07:38 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 41 +1s)

Clear Skies
Recently I've seen a  couple of early morning images from this location with clear skies. With no clouds around this morning I headed to Kirribilli to have a go at grabbing something similar. I think it turned out ok. A 5 image pano stitched and processed in CS6 and LR.
#sydney  

2013-05-14 09:42:40 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

Oh cool, this recent image was an Editors Choice for May 13 over at photoextract.com and featured on the homepage. Many thanks +Jarek Klimek :))

2013-05-12 10:23:57 (25 comments, 1 reshares, 49 +1s)

Warriewood Graveyard
Tonight my beloved D90 lies in a box of rice with an uncertain future ahead...

2013-05-10 23:03:41 (20 comments, 10 reshares, 100 +1s)

Beyond 10000
This week, the people who have me circled slowly ticked over the 10000 mark. Thanks to everyone who follows my work and who regularly provide such nice feedback and comments. It is greatly appreciated.

To celebrate, this is my current favourite image. Taken at Cape Solander last weekend, it was a sunrise to die for (figuratively speaking) and one I'll remember for a long time :)

+Landscape Photography  #landscapephotography  by +Margaret Tompkins  #photoextract   #photoextractplus  by +Jarek Klimek +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS by +Robert SKREINER 

2013-05-07 19:16:25 (13 comments, 1 reshares, 69 +1s)

Weeping Rock - Leura Cascades
In recent weeks I have been exploring b/w processing of some falls images from earlier this year. This is the last of them. The colour version for comparison is here http://goo.gl/3ybf9

2013-05-04 21:13:37 (13 comments, 2 reshares, 70 +1s)

Red Dawn
Another from the amazing sunrise I witnessed yesterday. This is pre-sunrise and the colours pretty much speak for themselves. If I never saw these types of reds at sunrise again, I'd die a happy man :)

2013-05-04 08:13:47 (8 comments, 3 reshares, 70 +1s)

OMG
This morning in Sydney we had one of the most amazing sunrises I've ever seen and needless to say there will be a few more images from the shoot to share in the coming weeks. We had the most amazing reds before dawn, golden skies at sunrise and amazing clouds and tones for a good 90 minutes afterwards. They'll keep me amused for days :)

It's times like this morning that make me wonder how often we really get sunrises like this. General consensus amongst my shooting buddies is once every 3 months or so (if you're lucky enough to catch it). What do you think?

2013-05-02 19:25:04 (4 comments, 8 reshares, 67 +1s)

Weeping Rock
A rethink of a previous image http://goo.gl/Apf2V which I felt was a little to warm and garish. This is softer, cooler and the colours more natural... :)

2013-05-01 19:00:04 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 54 +1s)

Morning Light

2013-04-29 12:28:00 (3 comments, 4 reshares, 42 +1s)

Terrace Falls
Another of my falls images, rethought in b/w :)

2013-05-01 09:59:15 (12 comments, 1 reshares, 46 +1s)

off the beat'n track

2013-04-25 19:36:25 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 53 +1s)

Green Patch
Not your typical image looking out at Jervis Bay from this location. This was one of my wettest shoots in a while but when you've gone away for a photography weekend you just have to get out there. A few minutes after this image I was clobbered by that no de-script grey mass, top right of this photo :)

2013-04-25 08:40:05 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 31 +1s)

At the going down of the sun
I thought this was probably an appropriate day to share this album. For the last 2 years I've been fortunate to live in an apartment that faces to the west. I've seen some amazing Sydney sunsets in that time and lately have taken to grabbing some 5-7 image panos of what takes place. I hope to add to these over time :)

2013-04-21 06:21:55 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 51 +1s)

Greenfield Beach
Needless to say, I've had a brilliant weekend away at Jervis Bay

2013-04-18 23:27:52 (12 comments, 10 reshares, 62 +1s)

A rework of a previous image which like the other rework this week, benefits from a rethink (I hope) http://goo.gl/dg7c2 The greens in this little location were quite amazing and I hope by cooling it down it does them more justice.

I'm off on a south coast odyssey this weekend so hopefully much to share next week. See you then :)

2013-04-16 00:19:02 (7 comments, 3 reshares, 71 +1s)

Terrace Falls - Hazelbrook, NSW
I've previously shared another frame of this scene but felt it was a little garish and the light not quite right. I'm happier with this effort in regard to overall light/highlights and the subtle colour more closely reflects the conditions that morning :)

2013-04-15 12:06:27 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 58 +1s)

Forresters Beach
A b/w version of yesterdays post.

2013-04-15 05:23:25 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 31 +1s)

Lines
somewhere in Sydney...

2013-04-14 09:22:09 (18 comments, 1 reshares, 92 +1s)

Forresters Beach
It's not often I prefer my first shot of the morning but it gets a guernsey today :)

2013-04-13 11:57:28 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 67 +1s)

Leura Cascades
Continuing my curent b/w fascination :)

2013-04-10 19:21:26 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 33 +1s)

After the Shoot
some mono #suttoning  :)

2013-04-09 10:44:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 38 +1s)

Hornby Lighthouse
A bit of early morning light painting :)

2013-04-07 07:05:20 (6 comments, 7 reshares, 63 +1s)

Hornby Lighthouse
Surprisingly I've never visited this iconic location before. I've stood on the rocks below but not up on the cliff top for this well known comp. I still feel a bit giddy from standing on the rock ledge in the near dark but it was worth the effort :)

2013-04-06 03:02:24 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 66 +1s)

Camp Cove
Having a run on B/W at the moment after plenty of inspiration from +Jean-Michel Berts :)

2013-04-04 05:08:31 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 46 +1s)

Out and About
I thought this looked okay in b/w as well :)

2013-04-01 09:14:52 (6 comments, 2 reshares, 70 +1s)

Downstream from Weeping Rock
Wentworth Falls, NSW

2013-03-31 10:19:11 (5 comments, 4 reshares, 43 +1s)

Out and About
Sydney Harbour was the place to be today :)

2013-05-26 02:41:01 (9 comments, 17 reshares, 70 +1s)

Wentworth Falls
An Easter Saturday trip to the mountains :)

2013-03-29 02:52:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Added photos to SmugMug Cover Photo Submissions For April.

2013-03-28 09:59:18 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 62 +1s)

Bangalley Revisited
With some new processing skills under my belt I've been revisiting some old images to see if they can be improved. I quite like how this one has turned out :)

Original image share - https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/102418626433642452947/albums/5858855764701782737/5858855949185572146

2013-03-27 17:52:47 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 37 +1s)

Heading Out
Revisiting a memorable morning at Mona Vale with +Mykal Hall +Stephen Godfrey  and +Raymond Tse :)

2013-05-18 06:40:49 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 30 +1s)

Planet Ballaarat
Recently I wondered if it was possible to make images similar to those produced by the Tiny Planet ipad app with Photoshop. As it turns out you can :)

This is a 360 planet made from this original image https://plus.google.com/photos/102418626433642452947/albums/5858855764701782737/5858856053134949010