Skywatch Friday - 15th September 2023

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The very new Bragg Building (nearing completion 2023), next to the SAHMRI Building (completed 2013).

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August Camera Club Competition Results

There was only one competition for PACC this month.

PACC - Architecture & Open

Clockwise:  Sunset Stroll (9), Largs Bay Sunset (7), Angles & Curves (9), SAHMRI Foyer (9)

Another example of two different judges giving the same image a markedly different score - Sunset Stroll received a 6 at MLPC (which is a low score), whereas at PACC, it received a 9 and placed First!

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July Camera Club Competition Results

July competition were:

MLPC - Nostalgia (Prints Only) & Open

 

Clockwise:  Sunset Swim (8), Sunset Stroll (6), Largs Bay Sunset (8), Lonely Jetty (7)

PACC - Our Port Adelaide & Open

Clockwise:  In Your Dreams (9-Merit), Geranium Grunge (8), Sunset Swim (8), Lonely Jetty (9-3rd Place)

It just goes to show that two different judges can give the same image a markedly different score - Lonely Jetty received a 7 at MLPC (which is a low score), whereas at PACC, it received a 9 and got Third place!

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Skywatch Friday - 23rd June 2023

I took my camera out with me last Tuesday as I knew I would have some time to fill in before my Camera Club.

I ventured down to the beach - Largs Bay Jetty - to be exact and had a wander around the sand dunes.  I stayed close to the jetty as I had an idea of the type of shot I wanted to get ....... it would all depend on whether the clouds and the setting sun would behave!

I am glad to say that the clouds did behave themselves.

2023 Photo Project
52 in 2023 - 22: Cold
123 in 2023 - 97: Starts with "J"

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2023 Photo Project catch-up

Motivation has been low in relation to my Photo Project this year.

2023 Photo Project 

52 in 2023: 10 Round
123 in 2023: 24 Curved

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Skywatch Friday

The Adelaide International Kite Festival is on this Easter weekend.  I was lucky enough to be able to attend yesterday and even though it was a bit cold .... and very windy ...... it was a great day out!

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Excelsior Sunset

 

123 in 2023-75: Piece of history
 

History - excerpts taken from "Heritage South Australia" - EXCELSIOR - Mutton Cove
The screw steamer Excelsior was built in 1897 by Gourlay Brothers of Dundee, Scotland.
The Excelsior was originally registered in Sydney (1897) and in 1908 was owned by South Australian flour millers, John Darling and Sons. By 1912 the Excelsior was owned by the South Australian Farmers Union Cooperative (registered in Adelaide) and remained under their ownership until 1933 when it was sold to the South Australian Harbors Board. The steamer was converted to a coal hulk, lightering coal to the steam powered dredges working in Port Adelaide. As diesel-powered dredges took over from the coal-fuelled ones, the Excelsior was laid up, eventually being abandoned at Mutton Cove, on the northern end of the Lefevre Peninsula, in 1945.
The remains lie embedded in mud, east of Outer Harbor. The rusting hull shows little sign of salvage. The bow is intact but sections of the stern have collapsed.
 

 

This image taken on 7th February 2023:  the mangroves are quite overgrown and access is a bit limited.

 

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A new year .....

Well, here we are in 2023, and another trip around the sun commences!

I have signed up for the 52 in 2023, and 123 in 2023 Flickr groups.  I have had a SLOW start to the year, but I am hoping to get better at regularly taking photos.

I belong to two Camera Clubs this year:  Port Adelaide Camera Club (PACC) and Mawson Lakes Photography Club (MLPC) and I will share my competition results ..... the good and the bad .... here on the blog.  If you are so inclined, I would love to hear what you think!

Anyway, starting of with my first photo for the Flickr challenge groups:

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