It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye

Self-indulgent crap. Dumping ground for photos and random rantings.

Friday, September 29, 2006

Daily Melbourne Photo - 29 September 2006

Ivory Tower


Nikon D70, Sigma 24mm f/2.8 AF, 1/125s, f/8, ISO 200, aperture priority, matrix meter, shade WB

Hijacking the message #2

Altered image by make.money.fast on Flickr:

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Hijacking the message

Got to find some more words to play with...

Daily Melbourne Photo - 28 September 2006

Wall detail, Sutherland St


Fuji S5500, 1/328s, f/4.5, ISO 64, programmed auto, -0.7 exp comp, spot meter, daylight fluoro WB

"The War on Southgate"

Don't take this one too seriously folks. Yours truly poses with the toy gun from the last post. Photo by top photographer and all-round good bloke velco.

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Tools of the terrorist?

Lucky we weren't arrested on terror charges - someone's discarded toy gun next to cameras outside Southgate last night...

Daily Melbourne Photo - 27 September 2006

More morning gold...

Southgate at night



Eureka Tower - 26 September 2006

Wish that blimp would've stayed still for a bit...

Monday, September 25, 2006

Construction pics - Verve 501/Milano 25 September 2006

Spot the tree

Daily Melbourne Photo - 25 September 2006

Wonder what is smells like (click for large version if the text is too small)...

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Flower macros are boring

Some nice light just before sunset this evening - here are a couple of attempts at less-boring-than-usual flower close-ups...



Daily Melbourne Photo - 24 September 2006

Another Docklands sunset


Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 70-210mm f/4-5.6 D, 1/8000s, f/8, ISO 200, manual, matrix meter, shade WB

Eureka Tower - 8 September 2006

Lonsdale St power station - 23 September 2006

Demolition and scaffolding work going on...







And a ladder left standing around from when the paint buckets were removed

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Going to seed

The ugly duckling becomes a swan - the stunted kohl rabi on the balcony goes to seed and looks kinda nice...

Daily Melbourne Photo - 23 September 2006

Taken from some lane in Chinatown


Fuji S5500, 1/1640s, f/8, ISO 64, programmed auto, spot meter, daylight fluoro WB

Friday, September 22, 2006

Daily Melbourne Photo - 22 September 2006

Niagara Lane, taken with the Fuji s5500


Fuji S5500, 1/1379s, f/9, ISO 64, programmed auto, -0.7 exp comp, spot meter, daylight fluoro WB

Lonsdale St power station - 13, 21 September 2006

A shiny morning shot from last week...



... and the chimney minus the paint buckets, which were cut down yesterday

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Daily Melbourne Photo - 21 September 2006

Docklands Stadium with random foreground gunk


Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 70-210mm f/4-5.6 D, 1/125s, f/5.6, ISO 200, manual, matrix meter, shade WB

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Lonsdale St power station - 16 September 2006

Some from around the Age carpark...





Daily Melbourne Photo - 20 September 2006

Former Russell St Police HQ, now apartments with ugly concrete neighbour.


Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 D, 1/5000s, f/1.8, ISO 200, aperture priority, -0.7 exp comp, matrix meter, shade WB, Minolta ZCW-100 wide converter

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Daily Melbourne Photo - 19 September 2006

Mudlark


Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 70-210mm f/4-5.6 D, 1/500s, f/8, ISO 200, aperture priority, matrix meter, shade WB

Monday, September 18, 2006

Daily Melbourne Photo - 18 September 2006

Bourke St in the morning...


Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 70-210mm f/4-5.6 D, 1/2500s, f/8, ISO 200, manual, matrix meter, shade WB

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Daily Melbourne Photo - 17 September 2006

The Hochgurtel fountain gets the soft-focus treatment...


Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 D, 1/3200s, f/1.8, ISO 200, aperture priority, -0.7 exp comp, matrix meter, shade WB, Minolta ZCW-100 wide converter

That blimp again

Something disturbingly Orwellian about this one...

Friday, September 15, 2006

Daily Melbourne Photo - 15 September 2006

More of that morning stuff...

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Rialto obdeck shots - 14 September 2006

A couple of snaps from tonight's Rialto obdeck members' function...



Daily Melbourne Photo - 14 September 2006

The marketing geniuses gave us free stuff today - they had no idea how it'd end up :)

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Daily Melbourne Photo - 13 September 2006

Flinders St

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Lonsdale St power station - 12 September 2006

Covers went up on the scaffolding today...

Daily Melbourne Photo - 12 September 2006

Pesky feral pigeons, Hosier Lane


Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 70-210mm f/4-5.6 D, 1/200s, f/8, ISO 200, aperture priority, matrix meter, shade WB

Monday, September 11, 2006

Construction pics - Docklands 11 September 2006

Dock 5



AquaVista

Daily Melbourne Photo - 11 September 2006

Sunset in the Flagstaff Gardens


Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 70-210mm f/4-5.6 D, 1/640s, f/8, ISO 200, aperture priority, matrix meter, shade WB

Sunday, September 10, 2006

We are the Navy Blues

Well I'm not, but the missus is. Photo by the sister-in-law, post by me...

Chicken Man

Jetlag and substances will do this to you, kids :)

Lonsdale St power station - 10 September 2006

This one's seriously messed with, but I didn't put the blimp in!

Construction pics - neo200 9 September 2006

Daily Melbourne Photo - 10 September 2006

Eureka Tower - 9 September 2006

Experimenting with a wide converter on the end of the 50mm, which has this weird softening effect when shot wide open...