And you have some nice reflections to play with whether it be a couple walking past or a disowner and discarded bike

I wanted to have a Fujifilm for so long and on my birthday, I was given an XA10 with its lens kit, 16-50mm. I know it’s a bit dated now to have it and for a hobbyist like myself, it’s a good entry point

Notes Arghh, Melbourne in Summer, it looks exactly as it should look, green, blue skies, picture postcard views, the historic cathedral, the modern skyscrapers, but where oh where are the people on a Sunday

Notes is it night, is it day, are we simply stuck in a cave somewhere looking up, is it the one time that it rained, I have to admit I don't remember but there is something deeply mysterious, ominious

Notes Is that what the lighting designer was trying for clouds and shadows, shapes repeating over and over again, the light sneaking through the building in such a way that it will not be repeated for

Notes I understand this is just a wall, but what a wall, there is something about it that reminds me of the red centre of Australia, the harsh sun and shadows, the texture of the wall (which isn't core-ten

I found myself do a little alleyway, in fact I'd walked myself into a dead in so there was nothing for it other than walking back up the slight incline and onto to the not quite main road. But there is

Notes There is something about the darkness of the city and the light that finds it's way in SettingsF10, 1/250, 500ISO, 15mm (35mm Equivalent) CameraFujifilm X-T5 Location Melbourne, Australia Date December

Notes They don't make postcards anymore, I'm confident that the stock in every tourist store is actually 20 years old, back from a time when the idea of finding a picture, writing three sentences of absolutely

Notes Ironic is the only word for this shot and this place, you can see a version of this photo a thousand times on Instagram, of course this pool is quite large so are those shots this exact portion of

First impressions, tiny subjects, and a little holiday magic There’s something about getting a new macro lens that makes the world feel suddenly full of secrets. With the Samyang 100mm f/2.8 Macro finally

Hard to believe that it's close to 6 months since I stood in Auckland on a relatively cold late April pointing my camera at these modern buildings, understanding that the dull light and overcast skies

Welcome to The 31st edition of the series - Scenes from a bike This Edition facts: I haven't done this for a long time, this is only the second edition of this i 2025 but I had some free time and I had

Notes there is something about this that is maybe not quite right, I love the striking colours, the modern holey spiral staircase, I love what it's trying, but love closer and you wonder is this as good

Notes It hadn't been the best day, okay it had been better than the day before, and we were wearing shorts which was always a plus, and we had swum, but as the sun decided to take a dip in the bay there

Notes Is it nature if it is man made, if someone has bought in trucks and workers and cement to make a facsimile of the what nature had made thousands of years ago, of what nature had destroyed 140 years

Notes Is this what was intended, did the architect think about the sun's position and how the shadows would fall on this day, was there an architect at all, or just a standard, slightly adapted from the

Notes I mean could you be anymore obvious, I mean the biggest tourist trap in the whole of New Zealand, I thought you were an experienced traveller, that you were better than this, better than being fooled

Notes CC Ward was quite a jovial fellow, known for his hearty laugh and bowler hat that bobbed as he bustled through his little shop on Waterman Street. It was 1923, and the world outside his dusty window