Playing around with my macro lens and CS4; this is the result of blending seven exposures together each focussed in a slightly different plane. That's what it takes to get the apparent depth of field in this picture! Even though each was taken at f8, that's still only a thin plane of sharpness with this much magnification...
The Capertee Valley is on the western edge of the the Wollemi National Park in NSW. It's amazing; the largest canyon in the world I believe (not the deepest, though, the Grand Canyon in the USA has that distinction). We were coming back from an expedition burying food for an projected 7 day walk across the park and this amazing light on the the canyon walls was visible. Had a panasonic LX3 with me, and a light tripod. Jumped out, set up the tripod, and got a bracketed set of exposures off just in time. This photo was made with two of them layered, brushing them in and out manually so as to get some dynamic range without the HDR special effect look.
The fabulous Spiegeltent was set up recently in the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House. And then the sky went on fire.
This panel is made from an image of graffiti on a pipe covered wall at the University of Sydney
The city of Sydney has put Christmas wrapping on these mid nineteenth century chimneys. They are in a park near my house, on the old brickworks site where the bricks for most of the Victorian cottages in this neighbourhood were made.
They try very had to stop you taking photographs in this gallery. Not just with flash; rather with anything. I wonder if this is because of the improved high ISO performance of recent digital cameras? Anyhow took this before being stopped
Spent the weekend in the Budawangs with philosophers; the candle heath (I think) that is in this picture is just by the Coyoyo Creek, well know to Budawangs walkers as the water supply nearest the camp site used to access the Castle and Monolith Valley. It's a very long hot steep climb in even to the camp site.
This next one is from a rock platform just above Coyoyo Creek; it overlooks a valley looking out over Folly Point (I think). Pigeon House is just off the picture to the right. The fog lifted after a day of rain and mist. Wish I had got there a few moments earlier...
This is near Sydney; went on a longish walk there last weekend; amazing views and remarkable rocks. And all less than an hour from the centre of a town of 5 million!
