Category: 52/30/5

  • 52/30/5 Week 15

    Last of the catch ups, taken in Commonwealth park near the lake. What was meant to be the AFP building before they decided they didn’t fit: A sign of autumn arriving: A duck: The High Court on the other side of the lake: And a stream in the park: All of the [photos taken](http://www.flickr.com/photos/exasperated/sets/72157617081646216/) are…

  • 52/30/5 Week 14

    Week 14 is a trip to Canberra’s old abandoned planetarium: And the [full set](http://www.flickr.com/photos/exasperated/sets/72157617081201744/) can be seen on Flickr.

  • 52/30/5 Week 13

    Whoops, took a little while to get back to this. But this weekend I finally caught up. So, first for week 13 I took a few photographs around Woden shopping mall: The Woden bus interchange: A construction site next to the mall: And a few of the office buildings: As always, the [full set](http://www.flickr.com/photos/exasperated/sets/72157616991296275/) is…

  • 52/30/5 Week 12

    Week 12 takes us to the National Botanic Garden: View Larger Map Today I was mainly looking at plants using settings with really small depths of field. Sturt’s Desert Pea: A banksia: A daisy: A white flower (OK, botany isn’t my strong suit): And a tree with stripping bark: That’s all for this week. The…

  • 52/30/5 Week 11

    The second catch up for this week. This time I went to Black Mountain in the middle of Canberra. View Larger Map Telstra tower, at the the top of Black Mountain: The view over the lake towards the Parliamentary Triangle: A path through the bush at the top of the mountain: A thistle: And to…

  • 52/30/5 Week 10

    I’m a couple of weeks behind, so expect to see three lots of photos this week. Today I went out to Namadgi National Park, south of Canberra, specifically the Corin Dam region. View Larger Map The first photo was taken pointing south towards (I think) Gibraltar Peak: From here I moved on to Gibraltar Falls:…

  • 52/30/5 Week 9

    Week 9 starts with a quick shot of a swimming Penguin from Sydney Aquarium: For the rest, I went to Pine Island near Tuggeranong: View Larger Map A shot of someone swinging at the playground: Helen by the river: Finally, a few [High Dynamic Range](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging) photographs, edited using [FDRTools](http://www.fdrtools.com/front_e.php). Basically this combines several photographs into…

  • 52/30/5 Week 8

    This week I tried some experimental night photography. I still need to work on this a bit, but some of the results are promising. Here’s Helen wandering in front of the camera (deliberately!) during a low light 30 second exposure: A picture of the car, taken in pitch dark (with the key button pressed at…

  • 52/30/5 Week 7

    Week 7 was taken outside the Old Bus Depot Markets in Kingston, Canberra: View Larger Map Firstly, a picture of the apartment buildings just North of the markets. I always think it looks a little like Wall-E from this angle, although it’s more like a Dalek from other angles: Next, the old power house building.…

  • 52/30/5 Week 6

    Week 6 takes us to Black Mountain Peninsula. View Larger Map An interesting looking tree: Some benches: Australia’s Parliament House on the other side of the lake: After that we moved on to Mt Ainslie. View Larger Map Canberra Airport, which is quite close to the mountain: And a railing to the lookup at the…