Lizard for Eileen's Saturday Critter

 

He stays still for a long time sunbathing...

Happy New Year!

Panasonic G9

Leica 42.5mm f1.2 

Linking Saturday's Critter

Swan Hill Sunset for Skywatch Friday

 

This was near where I work in this festive season. In severe heat, the magical hour renders the whole effort coming out here worthwhile. 

Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

Linking Skywatch Friday

Purple Sunset and storm clouds in Lake Charm

 

This lake is 40km from where I work. I had a night off and drove to this location to take a snap of this. 

Sony A7RV

FE 16-35mm f2.8 GM

Linking Randomosity

Bronze Pig statue and sign in Segovia for Tom's Sign2

 

It is so good to revisit old photos looking for interesting signs that I would never have thought of posting. This was one of the famous bronze pig statues in Segovia Spain.

The town is renowned for a chef that roasted the best suckling pig in Spain chef competition of some sort. 

Panasonic G9

Leica 12-60mm f2.8-4

Linking Tom's Sign2

MacKenzie Waterfalls, Grampians

 

This is one of the images that I can capture without a tourist in sight. It is kind of a miracle. 

The water is pristinely clean though. 

Panasonic G9

Leica 12mm f1.4 

Linking Through my lens

Mobile Silo Art for Mural Monday

 

The recent drive to Woomelang was to visit the 12 mobile silo arts in this abandoned town. 

The process of finding them around the town is like playing a treasure hunt game. I kind of enjoy it.

Sony A7RV 

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

Linking Mural Monday

Metcalfe Abandoned transport for Sunday

 

Abandoned cars under the Milkyway - Part of the reason for rural charm here

Merry Christmas to all my happy blogger family! I am working continuously on call for 3rd consecutive days so far. Another 9 days to go. 

Sony A7RIV

16-35mm f2.8 GM

Linking Sunday Best

Swan in Lake Weeroona Victoria

 

She is always there in my daily walk around the lake. This time she came for a feed. I got nothing to offer her except admiration

And I wish you a merry Christmas and happy festive season from down under!

Sony A7RIV

FE 50mm f1.2 

Linking Saturday Critter

I love the swan tune played by Yo Yo Ma 

Bendigo Christmas Lights in regional weatherboard house

 

Well, it is a bit of stretch that one may spot some clouds and sky above the obvious. It is actually less than a block from where I live in Bendigo - a regional centre

However, there is no crowds in the street! I enjoy this for quite a while before I go to bed.

Sony A7RV

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

I spotted this while I was living in a motel for a hospital contract work. Very cool!

Linking Skywatch Friday

Creek in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

 

Water can be so soothing. Xmas is truly a silly mad season. After a spiraling runs of various health issues affecting mum and me, my buddy is going through a crisis in marriage...

It is easier to sit by the creek away from the world

Sony A7RIV

FE 16-35mm f2.8 GM

Linking Wordless Wednesday

Tram art in Melbourne, Australia for Tom's Sign2 Event

 

The famous soap TV is written on the tram 

Sharon on Kath & Kim always makes me laugh

Panasonic G9

Leica 12-60mm f2.8-4

Linking Tom's Sign2 Event

Melbourne Council Night Light ups

 

Melbourne Council at night - same light projection for 5 years in a row - we need innovation!

Hectic last few days - getting my skin spot biopsied, running mum's appointments, getting my supply to live through the remote Australia town this Xmas and New Year

Panasonic G9

Leica 12mm f1.4

Linking Image-in-ing

South Melbourne Mural for Mural Monday

 

South Melbourne outside Port of Melbourne Market

Wok fire art

Panasonic G9 

Leica 12-60mm f2.8-4

Linking Mural Monday

Travancore Monash Freeway Entrance

 

Travancor Entrance of Monash Freeway

Nice to see a reflection and a sunset 

Sony A7RIV

Laowa 9mm f5.6

Linking Sunday Best

Blue Fairy Wren for Eileen's Saturday Critter

 

Blue Fairy Wren is my favorite, but they are so agile to photograph.

Panasonic G9

200-600mm f5.6-6.3

Linking Saturday Critter

Pinnacles Sunset, Cape Woolamai for Eileen's Sky Friday

 

It is the same time of the week for sky shot

I fainted at work yesterday. Today is the resting day. 

Sony A7RV 

FE 16-35mm f2.8 GM

Linking Skywatch Friday

Abandoned Woolshed, Woomelang

 

I took a drive while on a contract to visit a home 1 hour away from here. Love the rustic look of the place

Sony A7RV 

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

Linking Random-osity

Lourdes France - For Tom's Sign2 Event

 

I remembered walking through this place in awe. They are all pictures of saints I believe.

Panasonic G9 

Leica 12-60mm f2.8-4

Linking Tom's Sign2

Pinnacles, Cape Woolamai

 

Here we go. This is where I sustained all the injuries. Now waiting on Xmas delivery of my various gadgets ...

I picked up a marathon shift to work through Xmas to New Year... Wish me good luck for 24 7 continuous works throughout. 

A7RV

FE 16-35mm f2.8 GM

Linking Image-in-ing

Mural at Box Hill, Melbourne for Mural Monday

 

It is the event of the week - Mural Monday. This mural sat here for a couple of years. It is not conspicuous inside a laneway that no one would dare venture inside here. What is the point of painting a mural then?

Thanks for the acknowledgment for the misadventure yesterday. It was really due to lack of planning and investigation into the area. My pal and I tried to climb the boulder rocky coast which would only surface in the lowest tide. We tried to get to the spot and get out of it within 4 hours. The whole area is covered by snake holes and snake eggs that broke as well. 

I guess I will get back to street candid shots again lol.

Sony A7RIV

Laowa 9mm f5.6

Linking Mural Monday

Throwback Sunday - Paris France

 I was so buggered in the quest to get to pinnacles testing out my new camera. I smashed ND filter, tripod and busted my feet and sustained multiple lacerations. Barely possible to stand up this morning. 

So unfit now. 

So a late post and decide a throwback pic

Fujifilm Pro2

16-55mm f2.8

Linking Sunday Best

Butterfly for Eileen's Saturday Critter

 

Usually, I do not use flashlights. However, it does help to illuminate the subject with a surrounding negative space.

Linking Eileen's Saturday Critter

Lennox Head, New South Wales

 

In one of my road trips seeing northern NSW

Panasonic G9

Leica 15mm f1.8 limited

Linking Skywatch Friday

Bays of Island, Mornington Peninsula

 

There are three "bays of islands" in Victoria, Australia.

This one is most accessible. I am going to come here to test out my new Sony A7RV

Sony A7RIV

FE 16-35mm f2.8 Gm

Linking Good Random Fun

Macarons cart sign for Tom's Sign2 event

 

A cute sign when I was last in Normandy France. Looks quite colourful

Fujifilm Pro2

16-55mm f2.8

This is linking Tom's Sign2

Sea Cave in Inverloch

 

The coastline from Inverloch to Hamer's beach is where dinosaur fossils are frequently discovered. There are numerous sea caves along the coastline too. 

This particular cave is very wide. There are many spiders crawling on the ground as well. Not a fun place to stay still.

Sony A7RIV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

This is linking Image-in-ing

Hosier Lane Mural - Mural Monday

 

This was taken from a few years ago. The mural in the past looks better than what is available on offer. 

Really excited to get my hands on Sony A7RV by this weekend. More sunset and long exposure at the coast lol 

Panasonic G9

Leica 12-60mm f2.8-4

Linking Mural Monday

Anchors of the Marie Gabrielle, Wreck Beach

 

This place is really wonderful to visit. Problem is that the whole beach is immersed under the sea in high tide. It takes about 333 steps to walk down the stairs off the cliff and a 3 km hike along the rocks. 

In fact, this is also a popular astrophotography spot which I would not dare coming alone. 

Panasonic G9 + Olympus 17mm f1.2

Linking Sunday Best

Beetle for Eileen's Saturday's Critter

 

A beetle of some kind. Not an entomologist here. 

Voigtlander 125mm f2.5 macro

Linking Eileen's Saturday's Critter

Sky Watch Mornington Peninsula

 

I forgot to bring ND filter along. So this was taken handheld. Too bright still. 

Sony A7RIV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Linking Sky watch

Princes Pier Melbourne

 

The iconic spot in Melbourne. 

Sony A7RIV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

This is linking Good Random Fun

A night out - Tom's Sign2

 

After a hard day, it helps visiting some food joints chatting away with friends. Good that there is still one or two left lol

Panasonic G9

Olympus 17mm f1.2

Linking Tom's Sign2 Event

Old Melbourne Gaol

 

I took a ton of photos at the Melbourne Gaol. The place gave me creeps. Then the patterns and directional lights do somewhat feel artistic.

Sony A7RIV

Laowa 9mm f5.6

This is linking Image-in-ing

Hosier Lane Graffiti, Melbourne for Mural Monday

 

I notice the quality of murals on Hosier Lane becoming worse by the day. 

This is a toad fish trying to paint glue instead of sniffing it?

Panasonic G9

Leica 15mm f1.8

This is linking

Mural Monday

Black and white Sunday cityscape

 

The building looks like some sort of basalt rocks. In one of the alleys along Latrobe Street

Sony A7RIV

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

This is linking Sunday Best

Wombat Roadkill for Eileen's Saturday Critter

 

Wombat roadkill in Gippsland 

Pentax K20D 

FA 31mm f1.8 limited

This is linking Eileen's Saturday Critter

Lake Weeroona Sunset for Skywatch Friday

 

This lake has been my most photographed lake because it is within my walking distance from home. 

Sony A7RIV

Laowa 9mm f5.6

Linking Skywatch Friday

Thick Trunk Thursday - Warburton Forest

 

Wet and wild. Love the creek.

Sony A7RIV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

This is linking Random-osity

Seville Spain sign/emblem for Tom's Sign2 event

 

Royal Alcázar of Seville was one of the places when I travelled in Spain. Love the facade.

Panasonic G9

Leica 12-60mm f2.8-4

This is linking Tom's Sign2

Old Melbourne Gaol - Interior

 

It rains a lot whenever it is a weekend in Melbourne. Originally, I was going to do some urban exploration in Geelong. Then the plan switched to this simple visit to the old goal. 

Sorry Stefan. This is a weird lens fetish I have for ultra-wide angle lens :)

Sony A7RIV

Laowa 9mm f5.6

Image-in-ing

Mural Monday Event - around little Latrobe Lane

 

This was one of the older mural arts in CBD. Not easy to find. They looked like the comics I learnt in Japan. 

Sony A7RIV

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

This is linking Mural Monday

Abandoned bathtub, Yarra Glen

 

I guess no one would want to have a bath in there

This is linking Sunday Best

Red-browed finch for Eileen's Saturday Critter

 

Red Browed Finch was spotted outside the public toilet in Cranbourne Park. I spent two days looking for nice robins to photograph. Ironically, she was just wandering outside the loo!

Sony A7RIV

FE 200-600mm f5.6-6.3

Linking Eileen's Saturday Critter

Bendigo Cathedral sunset for Skywatch Friday

 

Great Heart Cathedral 

Sony A7RIV

Laowa 9mm f5.6

Linking Eileen's Friday

Star Fish below Princes Pier

 

This frame gives me some creeps and visual impact somewhat. I still like how it looks.

Sony A7RIV

14mm f1.8 GM

This is linking Wordless Wednesday

I also made a new account on Mastodon network, and this is my account 

roentare@mindly.social 

"Wrangler Sign" for Tom's Sign2 Event

 

Every once in a while, I would go take a rodeo shot. There is a sign at the back of the course, so I guess it is fitting Tom's theme. 

My pal has finally convinced me to join Mastodon on Sunday night. The experience has been pleasant! I am backing out twitter as a twitter refugee now. 

Sony A7RIV

FE 70-200mm f2.8 GM

This is linking Tom's Sign2

Shoes hung up high in laneway, Melbourne CBD

 

I love shallow depth of field at one stage. It was what a lens geek would do. I have tons of shots on the shoes hung up in the laneway of Melbourne. I never quite understood why this was done first place.

My pals tell me it was a way to mark the sales point for weeds. Or it was a mysterious way to play a game. 

Olympus 150mm f2

This is linking Bokeh shots

Nullawill Silo Art for Mural Monday

 

I gonna resume my drive to the flooded region tomorrow. The photo was taken earlier in the year. 

So hard to motivate myself to do all these again. Climate change.

Sony A7RIV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

This is linking Mural Monday

Abandoned J Ward Kitchen

 

Always love the decaying look

This is linking Image-in-ing

Linking Sunday Best

Rosella - Saturday's Critter

 

Just in my local park

Pentax A 300mm f2.8 

This is linking to Eileen's Saturday's Critter