Man's Best Friend(s)

Have not been updating for about a week, it felt like forever.

Today's shots are of the dogs at the Oval near my place. It's a nice little community where everyone knows everyone, and all the dogs get well together.

Someone suggested I should try pet photography, so I gave it a try, what do you guys think?

Haystacks

We found this field of haystack on our way to Myponga Beach. I had to do a few dangerous u-turn and maneuvers to get a park, and then cross the road to get to it. However, the field is unfortunately barb-wired and we saw no way of getting any closer. Bummer.

I have considered using zoom lens to get a closer shot of the haystacks, but I've decided to go wide angle instead, just because I absolutely LOVE the mountain ranges as the background. Hope I can find more places like this in the future!

"Haystacks"

Pillars of Dreams

I just realized I have not shared this photo of Myponga Beach from the other day. This is the last photo that I took there, and it is also the ONLY long exposure photo using my ND400 filter, as suggested by Edward Chew. I have him to thank for this.

The filter usually causes a purple hue, and usually I have to fix the white balance for the photo to look realistic. However, in this shot I think it works really well. Along with the clouds and the water, the purple hue gives the shot a very dreamy feel. The more I look at this photo, the more I love it!

"Pillars of Dreams"

Painterly Harmony

Been really sick the past few days (and still sick), hence the lack of update on the blog. Life has been tough for me this week, but I'm sure I'll get through this somehow.

This is another shot taken at Myponga Beach. Even though there were too many clouds to my liking, together with the house it makes a very painterly scene. I was blown away at how nature and man-made buildings can live with such harmony and paint such a beautiful picture!

"Painterly Harmony"

Skyfall

Went to Myponga Beach few days ago with my photography buddy, Edward Chew. I have never driven that far out before, and it was quite a daunting experience.

We were quite disappointed with the sunset that day as there were too many clouds, and very little sunshine came through. We did, however, still take some shots of the old jetty remains. The results were not spectacular as there wasn't any dramatic colours happening.

This is one of the better shots I got out of that day. A lot has been happening in my life, some good and some bad. Part of me is crumbling, and the new Bond movie title (also Adele's song of the same name) Skyfall fits the description perfectly. Therefore I've named the below photo "Skyfall".

Let the sky fall; When it crumbles

We will stand tall; Face it all together

Let the sky fall; When it crumbles

We will stand tall; Face it all together

At skyfall

"Skyfall"

As I drove ourselves back we almost had an accident and almost lost our lives, if it wasn't for my trusted car.  The car was running at 80km/h on the road, which was super dark and you could barely see past 5 meters in front. Out of a sudden the road became a sharp T-junction with NO fluorescent arrow signs. Both of us saw it at the same time and I jammed my break as hard as I could, and the car stopped right before the junction. I could see another car coming from the other side but luckily we didn't collide. My heart was beating so fast I thought it would jump out of my throat. We were both shaken but glad that we're okay. That was when we decided if we were to go that far out again we would spend the night there instead of driving back to town.

Therefore I must remind everyone, that when driving, always be careful and mindful of your surroundings. STAY SAFE! Till next time...