David's Shutter Bug Club

[underdown]

Further North. Para-boarding on the Gold Coast, Queensland.

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And back to Sydney.  After a bushfire in Karingai National Park. (It was still smouldering).

[Kerry]

Wow, fabulous pics, Rob. Wish I could pick out one as a favourite but I can't. They're all excellent.

One of the primary reasons I bought a digital camera was to catalogue and archive my paintings. And my little Olympus performs this function brilliantly IMHO. I was delighted with the close-up clarity it delivers. In zoom, one can even see the brush strokes. I couldn't be more delighted with my camera.

[injest]

OOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Oh I especially love the reds of the shirt...so rich and textured!!

thank you Kerry!

[Kerry]

Since reading your recently posted list of photography tips, David, I have taken to carrying my camera with me (also a bottle of vodka - not that I needed much encouragement to do that!!! [joke!]). I took a couple of pics here at work yesterday. We have quite a nice view of the city and Harbour Bridge, as seen through the trees of the leafy North Shore. I'll post a couple of the pics when I get home tonight. I am very pleased with one in particular.

Oops, I almost forgot that I promised I would post one of the pics I took at work yesterday. Here's my favourite! 

                 

Just joking!     

Here's the real pic taken from my office. I took lots of pics of the city skyline but none of them grabbed me. That was until I went to another window further to the right, where a corner of the building could be seen. This addition tilted the composition off centre and gave it real clout IMHO (David, you can glimpse the Harbour Bridge through the trees to the left). May be necessary to scroll over --->

I couldn't resist taking a couple of zoom pics. This is my favourite. It reminds me of the first glimpse Dorothy and her companions get of the Emerald City in the Wizard of Oz (Sydney's nickname is the Emerald City).

[Kerry]

OOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Oh I especially love the reds of the shirt...so rich and textured!!

thank you Kerry!

Thank you so kindly, Jess. He is a very special friend.

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Thank you so kindly, Jess. He is a very special friend.

well I was gonna mention those blue eyes..................

[Kerry]

well I was gonna mention those blue eyes..................

I love him dearly.

[underdown]

I couldn't resist taking a couple of zoom pics. This is my favourite. It reminds me of the first glimpse Dorothy and her companions get of the Emerald City in the Wizard of Oz (Sydney's nickname is the Emerald City).

Hey, I didn't know that ! And I live here !   
(Well, I've only been here 9 years, 'though).

Beautiful art, too, Kerry. 
 

[Kerry]

Hey, I didn't know that ! And I live here !   
(Well, I've only been here 9 years, 'though).

Beautiful art, too, Kerry. 
 

So, Rob, you've not seen David Williamson's play, "Emerald City," set in Sydney? I think it was later made into a film. I recall Sydney being referred to as the Emerald City long before Williamson wrote his play, however.