Tuesday, March 11, 2014

A weekend in Melbourne

We spent the last weekend in Melbourne, partly because our son Nick was doing a course there and asked if we'd like to come. It was my birthday on Sunday, so we got to spend time with him. The added bonus is my sister lives in Melbourne and I don't get enough time to be with her. We stayed in an apartment in the heart of the city which was a short walk from the sights and fabulous food.

In summary - a great weekend - fabulous food, long walk, time with family
and a lazy afternoon being photo-creative.

Here is my photo story of our weekend.

Sunrise light reflecting on the pool stairs
Fabulous breakfast; fried brioche with berries at Hardware Society, Hardware Lane
In the grounds of the Convent Abbotsford after a long walk and yummy lunch with my sister Kathy, her husband, Pete and my hubby, Bruce.
Building Reflections (sideways!)
 
Gorgeous light caught my eye
Waterlogue app on my iPad rendered the photo into a watercolour
Double exposure and filter created by Diana app for iPhone
Double exposure; my cousin's window in England and a beach view in Australia with Diana app
 

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Exploring Water

Last week, I was exploring underwater photography. Maybe not so much my One Little Word EMERGE but rather SUBMERGE!

I was inspired by some photos that my brother Peter took of his daughter underwater as well as the ones that my friend Therese publishes on her swimming pool blog.

Bruce found that his small video camera is water proof and I purchased a small Olympus Tough TG2 as I am keen to experiment. We visited Mona Vale sea water pool and had some fun. It is early days as we experiment with taking photos in tiny rock pools as well as the murky depths of the sea swimming pool. Here are our first attempts.

Shell in rock pool taken underwater

Bubbles on the surface

Bruce with water reflections

Underwater selfie