Merri Marine Park, Warrnambool for Water H2O Thursday

 

Normally this coast is looking bleak and grey. Finally a moment of blessing. 

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FE 20-70mm f4

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Pesgrave Place Melbourne for Sign2

 

Not sure how to make sense of this - two ladies in foetal position 

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FE 50mm f1.2 

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Tom and Eva on Great Ocean Road for Water H2O Thursday

 

There are just way too many tourists. I could not bother waiting until sunset.

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FE 20-70mm f4

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Stingy Bay for Sky Friday

 

This is only 1.3 km from my unit in Warrnambool. So I often come here for a stroll straight after my Thai Dinner. I found a lot of dog poo on the beach though. Sad.

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FE 20-70mm f4

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Bridgewater Bay Sunset for Skywatch Friday

 

I have taken sunset shots from this location many times. Each time, the colour and the vibe are different.

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FE 20-70mm f4

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Tree as treasure for Treasure Tuesday

 

This is from a park in Bendigo. I can feel the life in them. 

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Laowa 9mm f5.6

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Melbourne Lego Show for Sunday Best

 There are many beautiful artworks on display here in Melbourne Museum. I really enjoy photographing here.

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Sony 14mm f1.8 GM

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Portsea beach cave sunset for Sunday Best

 

This cave was way too small for my size. I kept hitting the ceiling of the cave by my head

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Laowa 9mm f5.6 

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Sierra Navada Rocks sunset for Skywatch Friday

 

1900: The Sierra Nevada sinks near Portsea; 23 lost - From The Age 

"The ship Sierra Nevada bound from Liverpool to Melbourne, crashed upon the rocks of the Ocean Back Beach, behind Portsea, at 1 a.m. yesterday, and 23 of her crew were lost. The centre of the ship, like a mammoth shark’s fin, now appears above the breakers upon which the unmasted hull has been impaled, and that is all that is visible of the wreck. The masts, sails and numberless spars and fragments from the splintered vessel, together with many hundreds of cases and bales of cargo, bestrew the rocks to the mainland, and shortly after news was received of the disaster the battered body of the captain was hauled out from among the wreckage." 

The Sierra Nevada was bound from Liverpool with a cargo that consisted chiefly of whiskey and paper. She sighted Cape Otway on Tuesday morning, and before a favouring breeze made good progress towards Melbourne. At nightfall the lookout sighted the Heads, and there was every prospect of entering the harbor early in the morning. Soon, however, the wind veered around to the south, and as it steadily increased in strength, sail was shortened and everything made taut and apparently safe. The ship continued on her way without increased portents of danger until 11 p.m. Then, above the lashing of the waves and the roar of the wind, the voice of Geo. McGuffin, the man on the lookout, was heard proclaiming ominous warning, “Breakers ahead!” Simultaneously the sailors discerned through the darkness a white line of surf, in bold contrast to a black and rugged background of rocks, which rose out of a dense mist of spray upon the port side.

This is the first time I could find out more information of this shipwreck I frequented many times in the past few years. It is because of some remnants I found ion the region. I was pretty sure there was a shipwreck. 

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Laowa 9mm f5.6 

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Lake Tyrrell Sunset for Sunday Best

 

This place is really nice for nature therapy.

In summer, the flies would be everywhere.

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FE 70-200mm f2.8 GM

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Pinnacles Milkyway Bow for Water H2O Thursday

 

This was what Joel and I were up to last weekend. New moon. Zero cloud for 5 seconds though. It was after a hike elsewhere on Phillip Island. Then we had fish n chips before coming up here for a milkyway bow.

Light pollution is seen on the right. Thanks for the urban sprawl into this once peaceful island. 

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FE 14mm f1.8 GM (this is a stitch up of 4 vertical frames)

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Just got back from a 9 hour drive from Moulamein. So buggered. Needs rest. 

Cosplay for Treasure Tuesday

 

Clearly this is his treasure

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FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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Lake Tyrrell Sunset sky mirror for Skywatch Friday

 

Sometimes work trip allows me to get the shot. Finally, first sky mirror from this lake this year. It has been a really wet year here which was supposed to be El Nino here. 

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FE 70-200mm f2.8 GM

I am in a lucky position to work 3 days a week. I post daily on blogspot, Instagram, mastodon and X. Thursday is all consumed on moderating a world page on IG. This is really so busy. I think I over did it again. Really need time to do photography more. 

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Living room graffiti wall art for Mural Monday

 

This was from a while back. At Hosier lane. The colour was popping so I took a snap. 

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FE 14mm f1.8 GM

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I was going through an old uni album where Leonid and I were like inseparable twins. He is now the head of a bone marrow transplant department in US. Memory can be so much like old wine though I cannot drink alcohol because of gout. 

Warburton creek river flow for Sunday Best

 

I lost my 50mm f1.2 . I bought the lens again for its special rendition it has. 

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FE 50mm f1.2 

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Goldcoast Sunset for Skywatch Friday

 

Goldcoast sunset is an iconic scene

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FE 20-70mm f4 

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Joel works 5 days a week in a senior position of a retail chain. I brought some crispy pork to house during a workday as he works from home. Then I discover that he has yet slept for 48 hours as he is trying to get the server back up for the company. He looks terrible. It reminds me that it is a blessing that I do not need to work everyday anymore. 

I discovered an old film photo from Year 9 that Joel and I travelled to Canberra Australia in 1993. 

I was pissed off that he couldn't stop playing heavy metal on his Walkman. 

Warburton Creek for Water H2O Thursday

 

Last Saturday was pretty much cloudy overcast. So picking a random creek in Warburton again.

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FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Joel in the background for infrared test

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Chipmunk Mural for Mural Monday

 

In the last few weeks, I have been making efforts to take train to CBD doing my photowalk round and street candids. Some murals have been replaced by new ones in AC DC lane. 

It was fun to snap murals like social landscape photography. Hoiser Lane is unrecognisable with so much tagging. It is definitely violence to arts. 

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FE 20-70mm f4

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Sherbrooke Creek Olinda for Treasure Tuesday

 

This was taken on the weekend. Joel and I ventured into Mount Dandenong in the rain. We were covered by mud as the result. Our coats were all soaked wet. 

After the effort, we tried out Singaporean Chili Crab Pies at the foot of the hill. 

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FE 14mm f1.8 GM

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Creek whirl Mount Baw Baw for Sunday Best

 

That is a shot I took when I was waiting for Joel to finish his shots. He always takes forever on the prime spot. So I took out my zoom searching for second best views to snap. 

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FE 20-70mm f4

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