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Colour Shifts Betwen Web Sites

drec — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:03:59 +0000

Have you ever had that annoying problem of colours shifting between various websites? I know what I get on my own site is how it looks pretty much in print, I don’t alter my files into sRGB due to, well no reason what so ever as my RGB files print quite nicely. Compare these two Read more ...

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Toolona Creek and No Paddle

drec — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:21:38 +0000

So slow on the processing side of images lately – is it due to the fact my feet were tired looking at them? There’s plenty of Waterfalls along Toolona Creek Circuit, located in the Lamington National Park, Green Mountains, Queensland. One day I’ll get around to visiting more of these falls under different conditions and Read more ...

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Up Toolona Creek without a Paddle – Part 1

drec — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:48:54 +0000

Spent a couple of days at O’Reilly’s in the camp-ground located in the Green Mountains National Park. This place is World Heritage listed and to cover all the tracks would take considerable time. We had decided to head up the Toolona Creek circuit and reach the Toolona Creek Falls as our final destination and depending Read more ...

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Observatory

drec — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 04:07:11 +0000

Sometimes in life we take things for granted, we become accustomed to our surroundings and often pass up on opportunities to explore and try new things because it’s close to hand. Take the Springbrook Research Observatory for example, often have I passed this on the way to one of the National Parks at Springbrook – Read more ...

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Best of All

drec — Thu, 27 May 2010 08:18:47 +0000

Spent a couple of cool mornings out at Best Of All Look-out located in the Gold Coast Hinterland at Springbrook. Mount Warning and Northern N.S.W in a blanket of cloud I hadn’t been here for a sunrise and on the first morning the view was a sea of clouds so we retreated inside the Rainforest Read more ...

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Lightning Photography

drec — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:00:31 +0000

One of Mother Nature’s powerful displays can be a blessing or a curse for those starting out with Photographing Lightning from the missed chances and over exposed strikes. I try to compose my shot before hand, making sure that and street lights aren’t going to be a distraction or have something that’ll be moving and Read more ...

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Snapper Rocks

drec — Sat, 01 May 2010 04:21:47 +0000

Snapper Rocks on its day, a Photographer’s Delight. This region of the Gold Coast offers an opportunity for Photography with a 270 degree range of potential compositions. Shoot down along the beach towards Rainbow Bay/Greenmount, the rocks at Snapper Rocks itself or turn towards Pt. Danger and the little beach known as Froggies. Besides a Read more ...

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M.I.A

drec — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:11:04 +0000

I’ve been missing in action most of the month so far of April, bit under the weather with sickness and unfortunately I was unable to complete the Photography 365 project. It’s a bit of a negative on my behalf though I’ll take a positive out of this. It’ll be easier for me to spend more Read more ...

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Project 365 – 81/85

drec — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:39:43 +0000

Another mixed bag of Photography this post from attempts of Star Trails over the bright lights of Surfers Paradise, more Macro Photography, Smoke and Charlie Boy. Charlie Boy has been a great cat to practise off camera flash and lighting on. You have to set up pretty quick and get the shot before he decides Read more ...

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Photography Project 365 – 68

drec — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:36:30 +0000

Not too much time to spend today pursuing Photography though I did manage to shoot off a couple of Night Exposures of Surfers Paradise. Think I have almost nailed the settings down for this spot. F11 and Two and a Half minutes. Decided to put the camera’s automatic Noise Reduction on and most of my Read more ...

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