Had a stall at the most recent Kallista Market here in the Ranges. Had forgotten how much I enjoy being involved in a market! I use it as networking time, getting to know local business owners but also the local community and visitors to our community. During my time there I met photographers and told…
Tag: Dandenong Ranges
Autumn garden photography
Do you live in or near the Dandenong ranges? Autumn is my favourite season – still some warmth in the day, cooler nights, and with it changing colours in our trees and gardens. Truly a paradise in this area and I love it. I am building a garden (botanic) portfolio and I invite you to…
Photography in Olinda
Recently I had the privilege of photographing a garden in Olinda, Victoria, Australia. As the property is surrounded by tall mountain ash trees sunlight tends to arrive quite late in the morning, even in the warmer months. For more garden images visit my Gardens album at Flickr.
Meet Steve and the crew from our workshop
Delighted to see that Steve has shared some of our photos and about the workshop on his website. We really did have a lovely 2 days – it went far too fast but I did learn a great deal once again. This is the second workshop I’ve done with Steve Parish and very different to…
Sunrise from my office window
Love working at home. I get to watch the sun rise through my office window each morning, see the birds in the garden and watch the foot and car traffic pass by. This sunrise happened a few days ago. I grabbed my camera as quickly as I could to race outside and get a clear…
Living in the Dandenong Ranges
It is nearly 5 years since my husband and I shifted to the beautiful Dandenong Ranges. We live in the lower part of the ranges, just above the foothills really, sitting at around 230m above sea level. Not high enough for snow, although that would be nice to see on occasion. But high enough to…
Puffing Billy Race 2014
The race is on again! It was a cold and wet morning but fortunately not too heavy or too windy while we waited at Menzies Creek Station for the first runners to come through. Hubby and I were there approx 45 mins and there were a few others there too, rugged up to keep warm…
The Eastern Spinebill
A regular visitor to our garden it particularly loves the nectar from the Grevillea flower. I was fortunate not to be noticed in the shadow of a nearby tree, sufficiently, to get reasonable shots of this normally flighty bird.
White-browed Scrub Wren
I was wandering around my neighbour’s yard and noticed a bird flitting around inside her hot house. It has the door permanently open these days so the bird wasn’t trapped, but just was inside. When I got closer I could see it was a bird I’d not captured with my camera before and I was…
Birds in Motion
In the photography forums we talk about getting BIF images – Birds in Flight. It’s a challenge to all those who enjoy ‘birding’ (bird photography) and I certainly fit into that category. It is one of the most challenging but satisfying goals I know. Below are recent images taken at Birdsland Reserve over the past…
Winter flowers
With winter upon us, the garden was looking drab there for a bit. We had to clear up a lot of dead and wet leaves on the pathways and driveway, but now they’ve been cleared up, the garden is looking more defined, and as we’ve really begun looking at the garden again, we can see…
The Puffing Billy
Some of you will know that I live not far from the Puffing Billy line. I love to go watch the train. My husband is a steam train enthusiast and while he admires their engineering and structure, and even the smell, I get to enjoy the visual from the rising steam and the train in…