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Three Sentinels

Three Sentinels

Seven Acre Rock is a large rocky outcrop, 600 m altitude, which provides superb views of the Yarra State Forest, the Bunyip River Valley, and the Bunyip State Park in the state of Victoria.
It is located in the Yarra State Forest, deep in the logging area south of the town of Powelltown, about 80 km [...]

Watch Dog

Watch Dog

Camera: Diana 151     Film: Konika Minolta Centuria 100 (expired)

Palm Tree

Palm Tree

A Boy’s Toys

A Boy's Toys

A young fella contemplates life with his hand full of bounty. Slightly blurry (as Diana’s can be) but I find the selective focus of his right (on our left) hand holding the toy interesting.
Camera: Diana 151     Film: Konika Minolta Centuria 100

The Niche

The Niche

Another photo from a roll that was an unintentional x-pro (cross-process – where E-6 slide film is processed as ‘ordinary’ negative C-41 film), I forgot I had slide film in the camera, dropped it off and the lab had already loaded it in the machine before we realised it was E-6. Normally they don’t X-Pro [...]

Magnolias

Magnolias

This photo is from a roll that was an unintentional x-pro (cross-process – where E-6 slide film is processed as ‘ordinary’ negative C-41 film), I forgot I had slide film in the camera, dropped it off and they had already loaded it in the machine before we realised it was E-6. Normally they don’t X-Pro [...]

Broken Wheel

Broken Wheel

Here stands a salutory lesson on the folly of cost cutting in business, the practice of which so often proves to be founded on false economy. Melbourne’s try at having an ‘eye’ was constructed in such a way that when we reached a certain temperature in the heat of summer last year, components failed and [...]

Wall Of Phones

Wall Of Phones

This art installation was in place in a small laneway (Lush lane) off Flinders Lane in Melbourne’s CBD in the latter half of 2006. The bank of phones all rang with different ring tones (although the inner urban ambient noise was too loud the day I took this photo for me to hear them) *note: [...]

Yellow Hula Hoop

Yellow Hula Hoop

A cute image of my eldest, looking quite happy with her latest ‘toy’ – the Hula Hoop, an oldie but a goodie
Camera: blackbird,fly with no mask   Film: Fuji Superia 400

Sabra

Sabra

This talented young fellow is one of the Melbourne Flickrites and I caught up with him early in April, along with many other photogs at one of our monthly meets. Most of us take a camera or two and this meet was no exception, I myself took a Polaroid 600SE, EE100 and the little Superheadz [...]

The First Motel (no Vacancy)

The First Motel (no Vacancy)

I grew up not far from here and always meant to photograph this place. I finally got around to it!
Some extended exposure toy camera photography, of the Oakleigh Motel, heritage listed – the first motel in Victoria.
Camera: Diana F+    Film: Fuji Pro 160S
(approximately 60 second exposure)

The Geometry of Customs

The Geometry of Customs

The facade (or rather part) of the Customs building in Melbourne. This building sits in the docklands precinct and I was quite taken with it’s OP-Art sensibilities, so of course had to capture some views on film. I took this photograph last week whilst wandering town with my nephew (pictured in this photo) and [...]

Urban Surfing

Urban Surfing

My nephew clowning around on one of the ring sculptures in the Melbourne Docklands area, a place that has changed remarkably in the last few years. The buildings behind Charles have sprung up and development seems to be continuing at a pace that defies the current global economic gloom…
Camera: blackbird, fly with square mask    [...]

City On The Hill

City On The Hill

Taken a few moons ago now with the Asiana (Diana clone) camera. Viewpoint from Birrarung Mar.
Camera: Asiana    Film: not sure (as all my negs are stored at a different location at the mo’ due to bushfire threat – but I think it’s probably Fuji 160 stuff)

Quiet Is The New Loud

Quiet Is The New Loud

The wedding went well, thankfully, at least I think the bride & groom were happy with my work. I am still doing post work on the best of the shots from the day as I find the time (that’s right, the job doesn’t stop once the cake’s cut!)
Anyhow, I thought I would upload something different [...]

Coming Down

Coming Down

I am contemplating facing possibly the hottest day in February in recorded weather statistics with my two young children whilst my wife goes off on a “Hen’s Weekend” (that’s right, the girls need a whole weekend to get rotten these days!) and ponder the irony that in the northern parts of Australia we have torrential [...]

Skorj X

Skorj X

‘Our Man in Tokyo’ – Skorj, in a Melbourne Alley off Little Bourke St, 2005. Mike L was there also and unbeknownst to me, took a photo of me taking a photo of Skorj, errr, taking a photo! Little recursions like that amuse me.
Camera: Empire Junior    Film: Kodak B&W C-41 stuff…

Wind Power

Wind Power

Originally posted on Jan 31 2007 as one of the original posts on the old plastic lens. Loooking like a mutant weathervane gone bonkers, this kinetic sculpture sits high in the Melbourne Docklands precinct. Each individual armature turns independently of each other in the wind, making for a very hypnotic & colourful phenomenon.
Camera: Diana F. [...]

Skiffs

Skiffs

A late night post in which I cannot muster the energy to enter much information apart from “hello, hope you like this one!”
Camera: Diana F +  Film: Fuji Pro 160S

Docklands Construction

Docklands Construction

I have added a new plastic fantastic camera to the archive categories. It’s called the blackbird,fly from Superheadz in Japan and anyone who has been reading the words part of this site will be familiar with my recent excursions with this camera. It’s a plastic twin lens reflex that takes 35mm film and has various [...]

Feeling Blue

Feeling Blue

Taken with the lightleaked Asiana a couple of years ago before I discovered the source of the lightleak, this Ferris Wheel seemingly rises out of the depths of a mysterious blue ocean…or not > I should take out the now (hopefully) light-proofed Asiana for a bit of a spin, but I haven’t being doing [...]

o-O

o-O

These metal ring sculptures can be found at Docklands Park. They are just two of many of different sizes and sit around and near the base of the kinetic sculpture The Blowhole.
You can see from the state of the grass how little rain we have had in the city lately, even the normally verdant hills [...]

Rooftop Swim

Rooftop Swim

We had been to a wedding on the other side of town and decided to treat ourselves to staying at a hotel in the CBD for the night. The next morning was World Toy Camera Day ‘06 and we got up early and went for a swim in the rooftop pool, even though it looked [...]

Red Bike & Graffiti

Red Bike & Graffiti

Taken on Hosier’s Lane, which is literally covered with Stencil art and graffiti (the best examples of which are not actually shown in this capture) I have a fondness for bicycles and for some strange reason like to photograph them…
Camera: Colorflash Deluxe    Film: Fuji NPC 160

Frozen Clocks

Frozen Clocks

Taken in the morning outside Flinders Street Station. A traditional place to meet friends in Melbourne is “under the clocks”
Camera: Colorflash Deluxe Film: Kodak 400CN B&W C-41 film.

78 Tram

78 Tram

Melbourne Public Transport as captured by the Fujipet on it’s first day out in Australia!
Camera: Fujipet Film: ? (Fuji 400 asa I think)