Rhododendron Melancholy

While a visit to the Rhododendron garden,  snapshot like this is often quite fun. This was taken during the days I was obsessed with Pentax Fa limited lenses. Fa 43 is a bit of mysterious lens that pops with a particular optic arrangement.

Mountain-Hawk Eagle

Spotted in Central Japan. Unfortunately I did not have proper telephoto lens with me. This one will do.

Too hot in rural Victoria

Heat Heat Heat. 

Bee with Voigtlander 125mm f2.5 macro

Nooji Creek

Full of leeches in this region.

Hummingbird

Spotted in BontanicGarden

Melbourne Jail Ceiling

This is Melbourne Jail taken a while back. Fish eye view can add some interest to the frame.

Pinnacles National Park, Perth

The white sand in the distance gave the look of snow. Quite a view.

Bourke St Mall

What is she thinking or looking at? At Bourke Mall CBD Melbourne

Daylesford

Just a morning through Daylesford. Time to get coffee!

Little River National Park

Sunset at Little River National Park.

Pork in Tokay

Pork chop cooked in Tokay fortified wine in Rutherglen

Restaurant Amuse Entre

The entry at Restaurant Amuse - 2 hat restaurant. Really beautiful dish.

Little Salmon Bay, WA

Little Salmon Bay

The water is so crystal clear. Sand is so fine. 

Red Spice Restaurant in QV Melbourne

A very nice meal in QV Melbourne. The twice cooked pork was simply gorgeous.

Movenpick Ice Cream at QV

At Movenpick, waffle deal with Joel.

Sand Dunes at Mungo National Park

Kangaroo footprints all over the hills. Not mine!

Reeds Lookout at Grampians National Park

Freezing. Cold. Windy. There was this spot of light shining on the hills. It looks like light from heaven.

Inside Melbourne Jail

Melbourne Jail is a great place to snap photo. This is taken with a fish eye lens tilting upwards to reduce the distortion.

Autumn Leaves

Autumn leaves are classic to paint mood. I miss Japan.

Hike in Grampians National Park

The road to pinnacles is filled with rock wonders like this one.

Cafe atmosphere

This kind of cafe atmosphere is what makes suburban Melbourne Cafe attractive - Cafe culture. f1.2 bokeh gave this sense of atmosphere. Maybe my severe myopia gave me this kind of depth of view most of the time.

Pisa Tower, Italy

This is developed from a forgotten film left in my storage cabinet. The old lovely E-6 quality image from Provia 400

Love this grain feel.

Yarra River, South Bank

This was an image taken a few years ago. Quite a nice view with these beetle looking artifacts.

Jemma - my first paid shoot in 2002

So nostalgic about this shoot. This was my first paid shoot and it ended up on a local chain store newsletter. A lot of blown highlights and ugly distracting background. But it reminds me the try hard I was once to be

Leonid Photos

I found these old photos of Leonid. Funny in the medical school days.

He was putting up that smile for a shot. Nothing was natural for him.

Atypical seizure...

That was green tea bread from Top Bread Shop which is now close to bankruptcy...

Black and white photo of Joel

This is a black and white photo of Joel. He got some attitude when we dined somewhere in the city I think.

Mantis Macro

This was taken a long time ago. Insect brutality: Sugar spray, Stun flash lights, Imprisonment in a container, Antique macro lens 200mm f4

Blair - breakfast daily at New Castle UK

This is where I have breakfast daily. Good theme and feeling in the area.

The butter makes me reflux a lot though.

The English Breakfast Stottie

Coffee time

A little twist to image. In Brunswick. Lucky I did not get robbed or kicked. Same casual people.

The rear wall of Alnwick castle

Inside this wall, there is a tiny museum storing old coins and weaponry. Northumberland UK.

Alnwick Castle

Alnwick Castle is a nice pleasant place to visit. This castle is filmed in Harry Potter and Robin Hood movie.

Pollies roast at Granger market at Northumberland street

This Granger market takes place on the weekends. This is what the local Northumberland residents call "rare breed" pig. 

Quite tasty - juicy and tender. With local apple sauce and herbal mix.

At Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Cathedral at Grey Street

Local cathedral. A nice walk along Grey Street.

Roof top of Castle Keep

Never ending climb ...

The view was rather pleasant

Castle Keep of North - At Newcastle upon Tyne

Castle keep is a place kids go to in Newcastle. The place is only 5 min walk from my hotel which is named after an Earl Grey apparently.
Terrible fringing with my crappy camera which was brought along for its light weight.
This castle is 2000 years old apparently. Quite incredible to come to think of these rocks surviving this long.

The stairs to the roof was a little similar to the experience of rock climbing. 

4 pounds for the entry fee

King's chamber - quite small and sad looking. I would prefer my hotel room.

The great hall - where the king has his meetings... The top part has a ring of corridor for archers to stand by looking down into the centre of the hall ...