Weeping Rock

Charles Darwin Track - Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains

Shot: 0.4s @ f/18.0, focal length 28mm, ISO 100

Lights On Hanger

Sydney Harbour Bridge - Vivid Sydney Festival 2013

Shot: 4.0s @ f/13, focal length 20mm, ISO 400

Marina Sunset

Coff's Harbour Marina, NSW

Shot: 1/200s @ f/2.8, focal length 40mm, ISO 400

Pylons

Harbour Bridge pylons shot at Milsons Point

Shot: 125s @ f/5.6, focal length 32mm, ISO 400

Stranger

 Sapa, Vietnam

We were approached by this local along the streets of Sapa, Vietnam. He offered to be our guide, but  I told him we already had one. He was kind enough to pose for a photo.

Shot: 1/100s @ f/5.0, focal length 70mm, ISO 2000

The Temple

One of many temples in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Shot: 1/80s @ f/4.0, focal length 32mm, ISO 3200

Red Rooster

Featherdale Wildlife Park - Western Sydney

Shot: 1/160s @ f/5.6, focal length 200mm, ISO 800

Mekong

 Khone Phapheng Falls, Laos

The Khone Falls as it flows into the great Mekong River. Some local kids are seen cooling off from the blistering summer heat.

Shot: 1/160s @ f/10, focal length 43mm, ISO 100

A Colourful Pair

Parakeett

Shot: 1/160s @ f/5.0, focal length 60mm, ISO 800

One of Three

Our granddaughter, one of three in a contemplative mood. She loves to be called Princess Daisy.

Shot: 1/15s @ f/5.0, focal length 60mm, ISO 1000

Grand Pacific Glacier

Glacier Bay, Alaska

Shot: 1/250s @ f/14, focal length 24mm, ISO 100

The Road Less Travelled

Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains

A small group from the photographic club was at the very scenic Megalong Valley. Two of the photographers can be seen setting up for a shot.

Shot: 1/250s @ f/11.0, focal length 50mm, ISO 100

Megalong Valley

Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains

The Megalong Valley sits below Blackheath in the Blue Mountains - a place of peace and tranquility, pastures with grazing stock and wildlife.
Shot: 1/200s @ f/ 11.0, focal length 18mm, ISO 100

Watch My Space

Sapa, Vietnam

The water buffalo is valuable to the poor farmers in the highlands of Sapa, Vietnam. These animals are used to plough the rice fields. This one is giving me 'the look' as I encroached his territory.

Shot: 1/500s @ f/8.0, focal length 27mm, ISO 1250

Touch Me Not

Shot:1/8s @ f/8.0, focal length 100mm (macro), ISO 100

Tail End Of Day

Darwin, Australia

Shot: 1/4000s @ f/6.3, focal length 70mm, ISO 800

Tonle Sap

Tonle Sap, Cambodia

This narrow waterway leads to the Tonle Sap, commonly translated as 'Great Lake' which is a combined lake and river system of significant importance to Cambodia, surrounding nine provinces and also is the most productive inland fisheries in the world, supporting over three million people. 

Shot: 1/1000s @ f/6.3, focal length 30mm, ISO 100

Sydney's Icon

Sydney Opera House

The Opera House at dusk.

Shot: 1.3s @ f/5.6, focal length 40mm, ISO 200

Fresh Food Market

Sapa, Vietnam

Fresh food market

Shot: 1/30s @ f/3.2, focal length 24mm, ISO 3200

Catch Of The Day

Halong Bay, Vietnam

Local fisherman in a fishing village.

Shot: 1/80s @ f/6.3, focal length 43mm, ISO 1600

River Life

Mekong Delta, Cai Be, Vietnam

The Mekong River is the lifeblood of many millions. It is closely tied to their daily lives, with people depending on it for transportation as well as for cooking, irrigation, cleaning and sanitation. Fish and other resources in the river account for most of the protein in their diet..

Shot: 1/800s @ f/5.6, focal length 54mm, ISO100

Fishing Village

Siem Reap, Cambodia

This is Kampond Phluk, a fishing village on the shores of the Tonle Sap Lake, Siem Reap, Cambodia. The entire village is built on stilts, some as high as 10m to avoid being flooded during the wet monsoon season.

Shot: 1/800s @ f/8.0, focal length 43mm, ISO 500

Bayon Temple

Angkor, Cambodia

The ruins of Angkor.
Shot: 1/250s @ f/5.0, focal length 40mm, ISO 800

Misty

Halong Bay, Vietnam

A heavily fogged morning after an overnight cruise along Halong Bay, Vietnam.

Shot: 1/800s @ f/8.0, focal length 45mm, ISO 400

Working 9 to 5

Vietnam

A local from a small village in Vietnam prepares his bamboos, later woven into baskets. These are sold at the markets, making a small living.

Shot: 1/200s @ f/5.6, focal length 24mm, ISO 640

Set In Stone

Bayon Temple, Angkor, Cambodia

Shot: 1/125s @ f/8.0, focal length 65mm, ISO 250

Spreading My Wings

Shot: 1/800s @ f/5.6, focal 187mm, ISO 1000

Illusive

Image taken in Laos at a hillside resort of Kamu Lodge.

Shot: 1/250s @ f/6.3, focal length 187mm, ISO 1250

Roots

Ta Phrome, Angkor, Cambodia

The Ta Phrome Temple, built in the years 1177 to 1181 is today in a sad state of disrepair, with voracious trees called the Strangler Figs encroaching the ruins.

Shot: 1/200s @ f/7.1, focal length 20mm ISO 250

The Ostrich

Struthio Camelus

Shot: 1/160s @ f/5.0, focal length 70mm, ISO 320

Being Green

Green Frog - Litoria Caerulea

This White-lipped Tree Frog is native to the northern and eastern regions of Australia and southern New Guinea, limited mostly to areas with a warm and wet tropical climate.

Shot: 1/40s @ f/5.6, focal length 170mm, ISO 1000

A Prickly Subject

Mammillaria Elongata Monstrosus 'Brain Cactus'

 A rather fascinating specie of cactus.
Shot: 1.3s @ f/18, focal length 100mm (macro), ISO 100

Solitude

Shot: 1/50s @ f/7.1, focal length 120mm, ISO 200

Flowering Cactus

Shot: 1/15s @ f/5.6, focal length 100mm (macro), ISO 100

Robber Fly

Commonly called the Robber Fly, it is an insect from the Asilidae family.

Shot: 1/15s @ f/11.0, focal length 100mm (macro), ISO 100

Golden Orb Weaver

Nephila Plumipes - Female

One of the largest spiders found in Australia, their webs with diameter over one meter can be found hanging off sign posts, in or between trees.

Shot: 1/250s @ f/8.0, focal length 100mm (macro), ISO 100

Bull Ant

Bull Ant - Myrmecia

These ants are known for their aggressive behavior and powerful stings.

Shot: 1/60s @ f/10, focal length 100mm (macro), ISO 320

Call Me Stinky

Stink Bug

Commonly seen on my lemon tree, it secretes a vile odour when disturbed.

Shot: 2.5s @ f/10.0, focal length 100mm (macro), ISO 100

Leura Cascade

Leura Cascade - Blue Mountains National Park

Shot: 0.6s @ f/10, focal length 40mm, ISO 200

Approaching Uluru

Uluru - Northern Territory

Shot taken from the plane as we approached Alice Springs for landing - the beginning of our trip into the Australian outback.
Shot: 1/200s @ f/ 10.0, focal length 50mm, ISO 100

Lake Argyle

Lake Argyle - Kimberley, Northern Territory

Australia's largest man made freshwater lake several times the size of Sydney Harbour. It is created by the Ord River Dam and being so huge, it's classified as an inland sea.
Shot: 1/160s @ f/11.0, focal length 35mm, ISO 100

Mures Upper Deck

Hobart - Tasmania

Mures Upper Deck is the famous Hobart waterfront that provides quality seafood. Much of the fish served is caught by the Mures fishing boats!
Shot: 1/160s @ f/7.1, focal length 40mm, ISO 100

Getting A Grip

Young of Fern

Shot: 1/15s @ f/6.3, focal length 100mm (macro), ISO 200

Ghiberti Door

 Grace Cathedral - San Francisco

Taken at the entrance of Grace's Cathedral, this impressive pair of doors is a copy of the doors of the Florence Baptistry by Lorenzo Ghiberti, also known as the Gates of Paradise.
Shot: 1/500s @ f/5.6, focal length 28mm, ISO 400

Ruins

Port Arthur - Tasmania

Shot: 1/200s @ f/9.0, focal length 35mm, ISO 100

Tassie's Icon

Cradle Mountain - Tasmania

Shot: 1/2500s @ f/5.0, focal length 40mm, ISO 800

Blue Lagoon

Aitutaki Lagoon - Cook Islands

Shot: 1/400s @ f/11.0, focal length 35mm, ISO 100

Convict Church

Convict Church - Port Arthur

Constructed in 1836, the Port Arthur Convict Church is a lasting tribute to its convict builders. It was destroyed by fire in 1884 and has since undergone repeated conservation.

Shot: 1/1000s @ f/6.3, focal length 18mm, ISO 640

Cradle Mountain

Cradle Mountain - Tasmania

Approaching Cradle Mountain via Dove Lake, at Lake St. Clair National Park.

Shot: 1/125s @ f/9.0, focal length 32mm, ISO 100

Sulphur Mountain

The Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station in Banff National Park, Canada, is one of nine sites constructed to study cosmic rays.

Shot: 1/500s @ f /13.0, focal length 60mm, ISO 400