Winter seems to have finally arrived and the looming long weekend here is threatening rain and wind. Not fantastic conditions for photo-walks, of course, but some interesting details can usually be found for the lens even on grim days. On this cold night, after a day of work, I’m scouring the file folder and not seeing aything that fires the imagination too much, so a loose photo assortment follows.
I like the coloured layers in this photo. Driving into the outback not far beyond Port Augusta, lies Lake Hart ~ a vast inland salt lake that’s easily accessible from the rest area and car park. The salt crystals crunch underfoot and the moisture below this top layer gets muddier the further you walk out.
So often, we miss finding an interesting subject to photograph when the sun moves low and the light turns golden. On this occasion, after a day of driving through the Australian outback, we spotted this overturned and burned out car. The sunset rays hit the rusty body just right so that it glowed gold and red and orange. I must have made a dozen photos and this was the only one I was happy with. Always good to get close-up to subjects like this too.
Have you noticed that I’ve posted very summery and warm photos on this wintry eve? This vehicle has seen better days, for sure. It’s used as a signpost around Coober Pedy now.
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I love what the fisheye lens does.
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Yes, me too. So great for getting up close and personal with the subject!
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I have one in one of my trunks. One day I’ll take everything out of my office closet to get the one trunk out. The other trunk has mostly cameras. I have a couple of antique cameras that would have been fun to use. I display my favorite on my bookcase.
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Sometimes I think I shoild put some old cameras on display. Soem of my faves are actually the old early plastic and bakelite cameras intended for kids and a non-expert audience. Some of those look really cool.
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When I was little there was a toy camera you put a slide into and you would push the Botton and it would show a different photo. That was my foray into photography.
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I remember kids’ toys like that. I’d almost forgotten. It was like a little viewer where you could insert a cartridge, hold it to the light, and view slides. The stronger the backlight, the nicer the images looked. They were great. Thanks for the reminder!
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I would spend hours on that as a child. Great invention.
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Hah, we are on the seasonal flip-side. The pollen blanket is killing me!
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I hope you’re taking some anti-histamines! Normally, I’d suffer the same due to the pollen, but this year has been pretty good. We’ve been bone dry here in recent months – less than average rainfall at this time of year – so the pollen really should have caused a few more watery eyes.
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