Being a fan of Tamron, I jumped at the chance to review the soon-to-be released Tamron 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3 for my Sony. The lens is the smallest, most compact and lightweight telephoto lens currently on the market. 38 more words Tamron 70-300mm for Sony proves to be a nature photography gem — Photofocus
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Spring Outings – Frog Hollows Part 3
Yesterday I too you back to Frog Hollows, a lovely little wetland about 5km from my house. Being spring there were quite a few babies around, I became quite enamoured with these duckling and their Mumma (I assume), she had quite the hand full…there were 11 ducklings. I went back the next day hoping for…
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Spring Outings – Frog Hollows Part 2
Yesterday I introduced you to Frog Hollows, a lovely little wetland about 5km from my house. Bridges and walking tracks and three separate wetland areas. Today I am going to share the far pond, which is partially under the freeway! You would certainly never know it. I was quite fond of the black swan and…
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Spring Outings – Frog Hollows Part 1
Following on from our visit to the Botanic Gardens last week, this week we journeyed to the out limits of our 5km exclusion zone and visited Frog Hollows. I had been lent a new lens to test and I needed something with a bit of distance and room to test out this big boy (well…
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Share your world – 27th October 2020
I felt like I was just saying once we hit Halloween, the year is pretty much over. And…it’s almost Halloween, but I feel it will be a lack lustre affair this year. Oh well. Such a shame it’s a full moon (I believe) and a Saturday night. Still thanks Corona for making the best of…
Read MoreUnderstanding lens compression — Photofocus
Let’s look at how focal lengths affect your subjects and the background of your images. What is lens compression? This is the when you use a telephoto lens and things in the background of the image will appear larger and closer to the foreground. 21 more words Understanding lens compression — Photofocus
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Mondays Musings…
While half of Australia seemingly went crazy over who was in the AFL Grand Final, which for the first time in history was played outside Victoria (Thanks Corona) it was also a night game (also never happened before). I sat on my computer and watched some old TV shows and created some art. So not…
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Friday’s Flowers – Leucadendrons
When Dad passed away recently I had wonderful friends who sent me flowers, so thoughtful to know they cared, but also to know they care enough that some still life flower photography would be just the gentle creative therapy I’d need. I was given one bunch so big I could only fit them in a…
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Tea & Roses
Just a simple one today, some of the gorgeous (not quite) white roses sent to me recently, I took a number of different still lifes with them and I am still going… So pretty and so soft, the colour is not quite white, has just a hint of blush to them. ~ Julz
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Spring Outings – Wilson Botanic Gardens Part 4
After wandering through the rose garden, the lily pond and the lake, which also has an amphitheatre, where is Summer they screen movies for family picnics, we used to take the kids sometimes. We ended up in the gazebo area, such a pretty spot. That’s about it for Wilson Botanic Gardens, I do hope you…
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Julie Powell - Photographer & Graphic Artist 