Bonanza

On Sunday morning I took a friend from Cody, Wyoming in the USA, out to Lake Burrumbeet to see if we could find some pelicans. Bob has just come from minus 20 degrees less than a week ago, so Saturday was a pretty warm, though on Sunday morning the conditions were cool, calm and ideal. Initially there were just a couple around, however as we got closer to the sunrise they started to move in and we were also joined by hundreds of cormorants, the most I've ever seen here. A spectacular sight when viewed from up high. 
Make sure you click on these for a larger than normal view! 

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Lighting the Tower

On Friday evening I was driving down Sturt Street, Ballarat and I noticed that the Town Hall has some new lights on it that nicely light up the tower. Filing this away for future reference, it was just a few hours later on Saturday morning when I was up nice and early and thought it might be a good chance to get an image. No hiding what time I was there in this image .... the addition of the lights makes a huge difference to the image...previous visits here have always left me with a dark tower and no detail.
I'm glad I made the effort early in the morning as it turned out to be quite a hot day!

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Carpet Call

Another fantastic 2018 morning on Friday, this time again at Mt Warrenheip where I had a carpet of low lying fog to play around with. Once again I have heaps of of amazing images from this morning that I'll get to soon.....
And we're in for a very hot one today...will be interesting to see what I can find!

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Pastels

2018 continues to deliver fantastic conditions, this time on Thursday morning at Lake Burrumbeet. I've photographed this tree group many times in the past, though I have never come across them with so many swallows. They were flying back and forth for quite a while, pretty oblivious to me being there.
Once again I have heaps of great images from this morning that I'll get to later on......

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First Fog

The first foggy morning of the New Year on Wednesday and the top of Mt Warrenheip is always a great spot to grab a few images of the towers on the top with the mist swirling around.

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Alignment

Do we have a contender already for image of the year? On Tuesday morning, the second day of the year, at Lake Wendouree at sunrise I captured an image that I feel will stand the test throughout the year. You have most likely seen a number of images of the red yacht that has been moored just off the Ballarat Yacht Club for quite some time and finally everything lined up for the perfect shot.
I've got plenty of other great images to share, including some surreal video, however this one deserved it's own post.

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Day One

The New Year got off to a nice start on Monday evening. First it was the sun breaking through behind Mt Buninyong that had me making my first stop. And then I had the moon to play around with, and using my big zoom lens really brings it in close.  And whilst the full moon is officially on Tuesday, it was looking pretty full to me as I was capturing these images down around Yendon and Warrenheip.

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