PINHOLE 2

 A few local pics taken with my new pinhole 'lens' (attached to my Canon 5D Mk II)... It's an interesting intersection between digital and primitive processes...

Pinhole

I have just finished making a pinhole lens for my Canon 5D... drilling a hole in body cap and making the pinhole from a piece of aluminium drink can. My first tests indicate the aperture is around f180 and this particular one seems quite good. Earlier versions were around f90 and I found them a little soft (although quite useable considering that would be the point of using one). I even made a useful lens shade out of the top of a spray can...

Being on a digital camera and using 3200 ISO, I can hand hold in daylight with typical shutter speeds around 1/30th second, which is rather handy. I guess I would use a tripod and lower ISO settings in a landscape setting as slower shutter speeds would be useful for movement blur in water and foliage in the wind.

Here are some initial test shots in the back yard... now to find some suitable subject matter...

RONE @ Flinders St. Station

 Another extraordinary installation by RONE at the old Flinders Street Station building (on level 3 and including the old ballroom).

Here are some images of some of the rooms...

Walls & textures along the corridors ...

Kimberly Cruise 2

We started an epic 10 day trip to the remote KIMBERLY AREA on the CORAL GEOGRAPHER, leaving from Darwin and heading for Broome, with many stops on the way.

After an overnight trip on the boat, the first excursion was to the KING GEORGE RIVER and waterfalls...the tides in this area are enormous and dangerous... 6 to 8 meters is typical, so all excursions had to carefully planned...

Day 2... KING GEORGE RIVER & FALLS (Oomari Falls)....

King George Falls...

Day 3... ANJO PENINSULA/ VANSITTART BAY (Banjal) ...

 C 53 Wreck on Anjo Peninsula ...

North Jar Island ...

Gwien Rock Art (North Jar Island Island)...

Evening ...

Day 4 ... WOLLASTEN & WINYALKAN ISLANDS ...

Wallaston Island (Wattle Beach)...

Hermit Crab tracks in the sand ...

Wandjina Rock Art Gallery ...

Winyalkin Island ...

DAY 5 ... HUNTER RIVER (Yirinni) / PRINCE FREDERICK HARBOUR

Hunter River (Yirinni)...

Prince Frederick Harbour (Thor's Hammer)...

Large quartz deposit at the base of Thor's hammer ...

Prince Frederick Harbour ...

Naturalists Island ...

DAY 6 ...CAREENING BAY (Wunbung-gu) & KING CASCADE WATERFALL ...

Early morning ...

Careening Bay (Wunbung-gu)...

Prince Regent River...

King Cascade Waterfall (Mumbulada)....

Prince River (Return to boat) ...

Late afternoon ...

DAY 7 ... CAMDEN HARBOUR & SHEEP ISLAND ...

Early morning ...

Camden Harbour ... Prior Inlet ...

Remains of a failed settlement ...

Sheep Island ...

FRESHWATER COVE (Wijingarra Bard Bard) ...

Evening ...

DAY 8...MONTGOMERY REEF (Yowjab), RAFF POINT (Ngumbree) &  STEEP ISLAND...

Montgomery Reef emerging as the tide drops...

Raft Point ...

Steep Island ...

DAY 9 ... TALBOT BAY (Ganbadba) & HORIZONTAL FALLS ...

Talbot Bay (early morning)

Talbot Bay (Horizontal Waterfalls)...

Talbot Bay Tour ...

DAY 10... EDELINE ISLANDS ... 

Early morning ...

Edeline Islands ...

Last sunset...

THE CORAL GEOGRAPHER ...

The Coral Geographer is a spectacularly modern ship with very sophisticated facilities, including onboard sewage and food waste processing... all drinking and other water is processed (by osmosis) sea water... Here are a few pics of life on the boat ...

BROOME... A couple of days in Broome before returning home...

Broome Cemetery ... A lot of history here ...

Broome township...