My latest competition results

where is the time going?   I seem to have hit a bit of a photography slump :(

Any way .......

My camera club held the final monthly competition for the year in October.

The set subject was 'creative' and I entered a few images.






I must confess, I was most disappointed with the score & critique given for the above image 'Hollow Earth' by the judge.  This image was in the 'creative' category and his comment that 'the moon was too big' really hurt .... it was supposed to be big!  My concept was that the earth is in the moon's orbit - obviously I failed in portraying that concept.

Open Category

Through this year, I have been constantly amazed at some of the judges' comments on my images - sometimes pleasantly surprised, but other times I find myself wondering if I even have any real skill at all.

The Photograph of the Year competition is next Tuesday, I have 11 images entered, so stay tuned and I will share my results.

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oh dear, oh dear, where have I been?

I've been to London to visit the Queen :)

not really, but how I wish it was true!

I have been a little demotivated with my photography of late, although I have done reasonably well with my camera club competition results.

Here are my results:

February 2018




March 2018


April 2018


May 2018




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the end of 2017 projects ......

.... well that snuck up on me LOL

I had great plans of completing both of my 2017 photographic projects ....................  117 in 2017 and 52 in 2017 ...... you'd think I would have at least finished the 52 in 2017 .... that's only 1 a week, yeah right!

Well, here are my last lot of images to finalise the year :)





















I completed  25 out 52, and 51 out 117 - not a stellar effort, but one I can definitely improve on! 
Oh well, bring on 2018!

If you are interested in participating in a photographic project, I can recommend the 118 in 2018 & 52 in 2018 Challenge on Flickr

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Lake Bonney, South Australia

I had the opportunity to go back to Lake Bonney for some night photography.

I failed miserably on the night photography bit, but got a few lovely sunset shots and a few lovely daytime shots :)


Linking with Skywatch Friday


Linking with Weekend Reflections

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Nearly there!

more 116 in 2016 photos

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Return to Lake Bonney, South Australia

Hi there, my friend Joy and I had so much fun last year at our PACC weekend away at Lake Bonney, we decided to go back again ...... when it was a bit warmer.

So on Monday, 7th November 2016 we returned - with plans to stay until Thursday.

Here are some pics from our trip

We always stop at Blanchetown for a stretch, coffee and pit-stop - there is always something to photograph there :)





Monday night, we had this beautiful sunset



then on Tuesday we went to Banrock Station Wetlands





We came across a lizard (goanna ??) trapped in a wire fence, so we called for the Park Ranger who came and got it out of the fence and took it to the Vet.  Ofcourse, we took a few photos while we were waiting LOL   We didn't venture too close to it, as we didn't want to scare it and hurt it any more than it was already :(  thank goodness for zoom lenses!



then for lunch we returned to Lake Bonney had a picnic on the lake edge and watched some school children learn to ski :)



this is my friend Joy getting down low for that perfect shot!


Unfortunately, we had to come home a day early as I had an unexpected funeral to attend, but we stopped in at Blanchetown again on the way home.



the kookaburra was still there :)



It did the soul good to get away from it all - thank you Joy, for a great few days away :)

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Playing with Nik ..........

I have been having a bit of a play with the Nik Collection editing software - :)  you sure can lose a lot of time doing this LOL

here is a photo I took on my trip to Lake Bonney - the clouds were really interesting that day, but they never looked right in any of my photos - they just needed a bit of 'tweaking'.



linking with weekend reflections

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