March 17

Right now I feel I just have too much on my plate to continue to do this on a daily basis.  I am involved in organising APSCON 2011, President of the local Camera Club plus other things that are happening in my life.  I have just loved doing the images and taking my camera out each day but for the last couple of weeks I haven't done it.  I will try to do some images on a more irregular basis and post them when I do.  Thank you to those who have kept me honest for the last couple of months and hopefully I can get back to taking daily images again soon.  

Day 72

I've been pretty slack for a few days as far as taking photos however other things have really taken precident.  I neighbour came and asked me to take this photo at 10.30 one night last week.  It is a moon cactus we think and only flowers at night.  By early morning it was finished.  The flower was about the size of a bread and butter plate with the most beautiful scent.  I had to use an off camera flash because it was in a very dark part of her garden and she only discovered it when she went to put the garbage out.  The things you find on a dark night. 

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I found these tiny little fungi in the side garden.  They are minute and really hard to photograph. 

Day 64

After the wind and rain last night.

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Days 53-58 - A trip to Sydney

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Glass design

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These interesting shadow patterns from a big fern fall across a camelia truck during the day and vary depending where the sun is.  This one is mid afternoon.  

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Thinking of using a collection of these for table decorations at the Official Dinner.  Finally found a reasonably priced collection.  Come out of your Shell at Port Macquarie.  

Denise, the bud wraps around this knobbly stamen which causes the bumps on the outside.  The bud was open early this morning so I took a backlit shot using the early morning sun. 

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Okay Denise I missed Tuesday and also Thursday.  Thanks for keeping me in line.  This Madona lilly is very old and I think must be rootbound in the pot but it is producing the most beautiful little flowers at present.  It rained early yesterday morning and I caught the drops running down the sides of the flower. 

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There's nothing particularly clever about today's image however I just wanted to share a story with you.  Yesterday this little fellow's favourite gum tree had to be cut down in the garden next door to us because of termites. It was becoming dangerous to our house and the one next door.  This afternoon I looked through the bathroom window and there he was clinging to another native close by.  There are other gum trees close by and he will soon find a new day time haunt but he does look very sad this afternoon.  We curse these creatures when they make such a noise at night but love them just the same. 

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I have spent too many hours preparing this for the TBB folio I belong to in APS.  The subject this month was White on White.  I photographed a feather boa on a white table cloth, converted it to B&W.  I felt the image had to be textures and shadows.  This is the result and my image for yesterday and today. 

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I did take some images today however I have deleted them all.  Does this tell me I am becoming more crital of my results?  Any way thought I would share another gum pattern with you. 

Day 30

Time to start moving from the comfort of the back garden.  This was taken at Backwash beach late this afternoon. 

Day 29

I have cheated today.  This is an image from a few days ago however I have spent the day with my good friend, and mentor, Rob calibrating my printer and didn't get out with my camera.  I have learnt a lot though.  One of the major things is to first read the front of the box which tells you to download a profile for that paper, secondly when the paper isn't listed for the printer don't assume another paper will work.  After lots of time Rob went home and couldn't rest until he researched more and we have finally come up with a pretty good print at last.  Thanks Rob.

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I've been waiting for this bud to open on the ginger plant and it finally happened today. 

Day 23

More bark patterns.  This one from, I think, a snake tree. 

Day 22

It is said that it takes 21 days to form a habit.  I hope this is one that will last.  Today we went to Sea Acres Resturant for lunch.  (For those that don't know, Sea Acres is a Rainforest and is a National Park about one kilometre from our house.  The resturant is one of our favourite lunch places.  We decided to go for a walk around the boardwalk and as I now have my old camera in the car all the time I took some images.  These seeds have survived another day.  The bats love them. 

Day 21

I went out this morning and took some images I wasn't particularly happy with so decided tonight I would share this image with you.  It is one I took yesterday at the gum tree and after I finished the blog last night started playing in Lightroom with the saturation, vibrance, clarity and contrast as well as the exposure panel.  I really liked the jewel colours that I pulled up from the original.

Day 20

I've been out to my old gum tree again this afternoon. 

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Well trampled sand

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Finally found someone adding their name to one of the hundreds of autographed rocks along the Breakwall.  This is a favourite activity for tourists and locals alike.

Day 15

I feel tonight I have reached the top of a high mountain and can now see over the otherside.  I pressed the send button to send of the APSCON 2011 Program and Registration form away to be printed for the next issue of APS Image.  Planning the program has been huge however we are happy with the final outcome.  I then went into my TBB Folio and caught up with the month's comments.  What a great Folio this is.  Then to cap it off two of the thorns that have been sticking in to me have decided to move on.  What a day.  By the time I went out with my camera this evening I had no idea what I would photograph and this frangipani was lying on a piece of old wood in the back garden. The softness and bright contrast against the old rough wood just beckoned me.

Day 14

Went to a concert last night at our beautiful Glasshouse and saw Joe Robinson an incredible young guitarist who grew up west of Kempsey.  He went to Nashville US to record his first album and now, as he proudly told the audience last night, he is now 19 and grown up enough to live in Nashville by himself.  He has just completed a 3 months tour through Eastern Europe.  Today found me clicking around the gum tree at our house.  I think the koala helps the bark shed faster than it should.