Between the tea and the toast (or scones if you have any)

Spent a lovely afternoon with a friend drinking assorted teas, reading and flexing some photography, or in this case, my under-utilised lensbaby composer. This lens is still a bugger to use effectively.

Flowering tea

The Japanese "Gone with the Wind"

Summer in the City

By the Yarra

Visited Melbourne a weekend ago, I don't think I have ever been there when it has been quite so hot. Hung out with friends and was pleasantly surprised to find children like engaging with me.

Nara Candle Festival

Recently attended the Nara Candle Festival held by representatives of our Japanese sister city. I haven't been out in the dark with the camera for ages, I had no idea what to point it at.

Peace candles

Pushed HDR

Noriko Tadano rocked out with her shamisen

George Kamikawa - Lap slide guitar with a bottle of beer

South Coast Spring

Broulee Beach lookout.

 A fantastic taste of a south coast summer ahead. I went Broulee Beach with some work buddies for the day to get out of already beautiful Canberra, only to be greeted by 27 degrees and cool water.

Some of the gang rode on bikes from Canberra, over 100kms the previous day.

My work colleagues proved to be able surfers despite near flat conditions

Concentration improved by poking out tongue

Avoiding a mishap!

Thanks to the GA gang for making it happen.

Lake George Sunrise

You know you have too much focal length when you have to start worrying about heat haze on a cold Spring morning.

70-200mm@200 + 2x TC + 1.5x cropped sensor = 600mm @ f5.6 - find the swan.

I'm trying a new means of delivering panoramas with MS Photosynth. Be sure to click the full screen option!

Shhh... we're stalking wombats...

At Mt William National Park, NE Tassie. I had the drop on the wombat. Down wind and blowing a gale, the Wombie didn't know I was there till I clicked the middle frame. It then ran off in a surprisingly fast, if clumsy, manner.

Claire and Richard's wedding

Forever together at last. So happy I was there to bear witness.