Holidays at Noosa.
Lunch is serious business.
Ready for the pool.

Come on .....

Interesting comparison, same rose different lens. The second one is better for comparison.

Beautiful one day perfect the next!

Tree with storm clouds

It was blowing like hell. The temperatures were down - an early winter warning.

A toning experment.

Another test, this time Lightzone. I used also the sharpening.

This was just a little bit adjusted with Lightzone, only the blue spear.

WE had a lovely sunrise today

Now it is the right way round. With this photo you can test the differences in D-Max of printers.

The boss taken with the Summicron-C.

Was ist besser BW or colour?

Who said you can't use the M8 for birding?

Das ist das Planar beif2.o und 70cm uncropped.

Meine Strelitzia mit dem Canon 50 bei f1.4. Es wird nur etwas besser wenn man etwas zu macht. Kein sharpening nur farb anpassung weil ich noch keinen Filter habe.

She was sitting not even 2 meters from where we get out of the car. I could have touched her.

Lichtspielereien!

Mimsky the pig!

Bloody flees! They are bad this year!

I love the view towards the sandblow. It looks different everyday. The powton is loosing its blossoms and the light is getting a little warmer towards the evening.
Using the Voigtlaender snapshot sets you back 50m years. No complicated settings and since the auto whitebalance works now quite good there is only the aperture to consider and the focus set to 3m.

Ellie wie sie leibt und lebt. Dafuer ist das Planar unschlagbar.

This was a good test for the new (old) Canon 50/1.4. I have to go back and try it with the other two 50s. Its better than photographing test charts.

Kai, das ist das neue Canon 50/1.4. Also scharf genug ist es. Ich habe ein paar Lanschaften gemacht, die Farbgebung istdas beste, was ich bis jetzt gehabt habe. Man kann dann damit rumspielen, aber der default passt genau auf die Australische Landschaft.

Don't kill me! I'm a good girl!

 

This is a panorame taken with the 50mm Zeiss Planar ZM hand held and stiched in Photoshop CS3. Quite amazing what software can do.
 

The roses start blooming again. strange weather. Summer is almost over.




Yesterday was the first good day for quite awhile, so everybody quit work early and went to the beach. No parking after 4:309 any more. 

The dynamic range is quite amazing. 

The first time ever that I found flowing water in the Rock Pools. 

This is one of the most beautiful places in Cootharaba Rd 1.3 millions - a bargain! 

The pot of gold was right in our garden where the dogs usually dig. 

Even on an average day Noosa beach has quite alot to offer. 

I come to the mouth of the Noosa River not as often as I want to. Its been awhile, so I was quite surprised what I found when I went there on the weekend. The landscape (river scape) has completely changed and one can now cross the river at low tide without swimming. There is lots more room on new sandbanks for all the families who have now a perfect play ground. 

This Blue Crane (some sort of Heron) is a long term resident on Noosa River. He is a lazy fellow, he is always after some scraps, steels bait from the the fishermen