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Western Australia, Australia
I am a keen amateur photographer. I have spent time as a journalist/photojournalist but have never studied either journalism or photography at a tertiary level. Mostly I am self taught. Right now I am taking a break and working in retail.
Showing posts with label sunset. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sunset. Show all posts

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Cityscapes, skylines and sunsets over Bunbury, Western Australia

A view over the Bunbury skyline as seen from the top of the Marlston Lookout tower.

One of the interesting effects you can get from catching the setting sun behind a cloud.

Night view over Koombana Bay. Not one of my best efforts, need to work on it a little more I think.

Sunset over the ocean at Back Beach. I like the layers that were created by the broad bands of color. 

Sunset looking back at the city skyline from a boat on Koombana Bay in Bunbury.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Landscapes and seascapes

Just a few of the landscape photos from my collection. Some are recent and some have been in my files for a while waiting for a blog post.

The view from Busselton Jetty looking back towards shore. I didn't create this shot by adding all the different elements from other photos. This photo just happened. Maybe its a little cluttered but I liked the range of different elements; the yacht and the buildings on shore and the start of the jetty to the right. The long building is a restaurant. The row of blue buildings with white windows house the jetty ticket office and souvenier shop. The round tower is a waterslide at a funpark. The park is about to close. Kind of sad since its been there since I was a kid but its certainly looking ragged now. 

I guess I could have cropped this photo more but I liked the contrast of the wide blue ocean meeting the wide blue sky. The white yacht added a good interuption in all that blue-on-blue.

No, the sunrise didn't have all that purple and orange in it, or at least not that much. This is what happens when you play with photoshop a little too much. But I liked the effect so I kept it.

A view of some of the white-trunked gumtrees that line one of the main roads in Bunbury. Taken at night with their trunks illuminated by the orange-color of a nearby streetlight.

This photo was taken several years ago when I was out covering a story for the newspaper. I liked all the horizontal layers - water, earth, grass, forest, clouds and sky - in this photo. All of it broken by the clean vertical trunk of the lone tree.

A rather striking windvane that sits far out on the Busselton Jetty. I liked its image of a small boat racing before the big waves as it seeks the shelter of the bay.

Girl and Dog on the beach

Going walking on the beach with my 5 year old niece and my mother's dog I couldn't resist taking my camera. My favorite photos of people are those when they have forgotten the camera is there and are relaxed and enjoying themselves. Kids are always good for these type of photos since they have a short attention span.




I got copies of these printed to give to mum and was annoyed to find that they came out very red/pink. I don't know if that was caused by the camera or my attempts at photoshopping. For these I was using a blue filter since it was near sunset and I've found that it can give photos a real blueish hue.