November 18th POTW

<p>Fountain</p><div></div>

<p>Red Brick Arch</p><div></div>

<p>Monday: an idyllic hill walk, six hours on the watershed round Cwm Ysgethin. These pictures don't do it justice, poised as we were between sea, sky and clouded mountians inland..</p><div></div>

<p>and again</p><div></div>

<p>... and lastly, towards the sinking sun</p><div></div>

<p>John, how far were you from civilization?</p>

<p>Sanford, this is Wales. The last photo has a bridge in ti across the estuary (not visible at this resolution but you can see the supports on the RAW file) and our 6 hours took us from road back to road, and a maximum of say 2 hours walk from road at any point. In my mountain running days I reckoned there was no point in Wales more than 1 hour from a road. Now Scotland is a bit bigger....</p>

<p>Another Noir image</p><div></div>

<p>-..Blue Heron </p><div></div>

<p>-same bird before chasing , take half day to do, but ...hey that the sunday for?!!</p><div></div>

<p>Fox Sparrow -</p><div></div>

<p>This week I went to the Roma Street Parklands, a wonderfull oasis in the heart of Brisbane. It is right next to one of the main train stations and transit centre's in Brisbane. Here are a few of my favourite shots from that day.</p><div></div>

<p>A Water Dragon that posed for me....</p><div></div>

<p>Here's a shot of trains coming and going from Roma Street train station...</p><div></div>

<p>GF1</p><div></div>

<p>This give new meaning to having a hot hand!</p><div></div>

<p>Reflections on a cloudy day.</p><div></div>

<p>I don't think he drove through the fence, but he must have been in a hurry.</p><div></div>

<p>Anthea, love the water dragon. Spent part of the summer in Aruba shooting Iguana which would seem to be related. They are very willing to pose for you. Nice shot with great textures.</p>

<p>Thanks Charles! I'm pleased to see you posting here more often...</p>

<p>Great shots this week, I must say! Very inspiring. Particularly like John Farrar's landscapes.</p>

<p>I'm going to Jerusalem this coming weekend for a "Holy Land" tour and am hoping to get some great shots with what seem to be Mr. Farrar's favourite lenses; the 9-18mm and 20mm. Recently I got a Canon 5DII and am loving it much more than my old Nikon D700, but it still has some chunk to it which will cause it to get left behind on occasion. Still undecided whether I will take it on my weekend trip or not. John's pictures and the memories of my own shots with the little Olympus make me sway towards the lighter option...</p>

<p>E-P2 w/ 40-150mm<br>

Good friends on the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt.<br>

<a title="Sue & Steven by Patrick E Porter, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6230/6333951983_96b090d1da_z.jpg" alt="Sue & Steven" width="640" height="480" /></a></p>

<p>Anthea - nice reptile! Does your regular posting mean your PhD is under control - hoipe so!<br>

Patrick - thanks, indeed those 2 lenses are small and pretty good; my 9-18 is maybe a bit decentred, but impressive for the size. They're both pretty flare-resistant too, which helps with landscapes when the sun condescends to shine.<br>

The quality of images on this thread is getting consistently higher</p>

 

<p>John - I'm currently writting up my findings chapter, probably the hardest one to do as it's the most important. Photograghy keeps me sane! So that's my excuse for the outings now....<br>

I love the POV and lighting of your second shot, quite beautiful.</p>

<p>Goes someone else want to do this next Friday, I will be out of touch for a few days. </p>

<p>E-PL1s + Pentax 110 70/2.8<br>

<a title="PB140480 by Alex Es, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6216/6374859505_41c0b2e3a4_b.jpg" alt="PB140480" width="1024" height="768" /></a></p>