Lignes de Fuite

This building soaring towards Sydney's sky caught my eye.  But I like its convergence lines even more with a twist, a little saturation, grain, and a wee bit of vignetting.

Nikon D200, Nikkor 18-70, 18mm, 1/400 sec @ f/11, ISO 400
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

"Jesus Bird"

Jacanas aka Jesus Birds or Lotus Birds or Lily Trotters are long-legged marsh birds with huge feet and claws enabling them to walk on floating vegetation. This comb-crested Jacana was happily looking for food in the Yellow Waters Lagoon of Kakadu National Park.

Nikon D200, Nikkor 70-300, 250mm, 1/320 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 100
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, Adobe Photoshop CS5

Windy Twilight at Karlu Karlu

Off season at this time of the day, we had the Devil's Marbles park just for us. But a storm was menacing and the wind made it difficult for long time exposures in the fading light.

Nikon D200, Nikkor 18-70, 31mm, 30 sec @ f/11, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, Topaz Dfine

Barrow Creek

On a pit stop at Barrow Creek on our (long) way to Darwin, I still had time to snap some pictures of this truck, certainly not as old as my previous red truck post, and definitely not as well maintained!

Nikon D200, Nikkor 18-70, 31mm, 3 exposures @ f/8, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, Photomatix, onOne PhotoTools

After the rain

A flashback to Australia for this delicate flower, shot after one of these tropical storms that stop as suddenly as they start and leave everything soaking wet

Nikon D200, Lensbaby Composer 50 mm @ f/2.8, ISO 100
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, Kubota Lensbaby Pak, OnOne FocalPoint 2