Paul at Aberfoyle Park

Standing Guard

2009-03-15T13:44:00.000-07:00

This photo of a Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby was not taken in the Flinders Ranges (its normal home). It was standing guard at the entrance to the Wallaby enclosure of the Monarto Zoo in the Adelaide Hills. For this photo, I needed almost the full 10x zoom (38 out of 63mm)! The exposure was 1/1000 sec at F6.3 on an Olympus C770UZ.

No Diving

2009-02-19T01:10:00.000-08:00

Following the accidental part draining of the Torrens Lake, I was reminded of this photo that I took in the 70's. It was taken near the University footbridge and shows an upside-down store mannequin next to a sign saying no diving. You should be able to zoom into the image by clicking on it!

Road to nowhere

2009-02-12T16:37:00.000-08:00

These concrete blocks normally live in the middle of busy Adelaide streets and are used to protect pedestrians and cyclists who have to stop in the middle, when crossing busy roads. They have been placed here to make way for the V8 super cars street race, which is held in March

Rock and Roll I gave you ...

2009-02-12T16:31:00.000-08:00

As the song goes "Rock and Roll I gave you the best years of my life". I guess the subject of the song finally got the message

Lucky Break

2009-02-12T08:09:00.000-08:00

A gum tree dropped a large branch over a path in the Adelaide Parklands. Luckily it broke sufficiently to walk and cycle past it

Thirsty Koala

2009-02-04T20:13:00.000-08:00

We spotted this hot koala while taking our dog for a walk. The container (marked koala water) was nearby. We filled the container with water and the koala had a long drink

Heat Wave

2009-01-28T18:02:00.000-08:00

A combination of a heat wave and water restrictions means that we are seeing more birds visiting our birdbath. This photo was taken from our bedroom window using an Olympus C765UZ digital camera with a focal length of 63mm, shutter speed of 1/200 and aperture of f3.7

Tour Down Under

2009-01-23T14:59:00.000-08:00

This photo was taken near the finish at Angaston using an Olympus C765UZ digital camera with a focal length of 16mm, shutter speed of 1/320 and aperture of f4. Panning the camera during exposure gives a clear view of the cyclist, with a blurring of the crowd. The delay from pressing the shutter release to the taking the photo is a problem in capturing the action!

Chasing Seagulls

2009-01-17T13:33:00.000-08:00

We took our dog Spot for a 'walk' along the beach. Unfortunately he likes to chase seagulls. Here he is running in mid flight!