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Taken at the Australian Open 2002. She had the largest media coverage

of any player.

Like many other photographers I tried to capture the Leonid meteor

storm. I ventured out to nearby National Park in Western Australia

which was meant to be an ideal location for the showers. Went there

two days before the event to scout the area and night skys. Thought

that the interesting rock formations would provide a nice background.

It was beautiful the day before with perfectly clear skies and the

moon hiding in the horizon. I got this shot on the Nikon. I had a 2

35mm and a large format camera set up. Unfortunately on the actual

night the clouds came in and there was spectecular lightning storms

and rain. Waiting for large format negs/trannys and hoping to get

some good lightning shots. I did manage however to drive 200km away

(avoiding many a live kangaroo on the road) to a small rural area and

got a couple of 35mm shots on film. The actual display itself was

quite a spectacle. At one stage there was at least 1-2 visible

meteors per second for 10-20 sec intervals.

This photo is a digital composite of two seperate exposures. One

exposure is for the orchestra and the other for the architecture.

The Australian Doctors Orchestra comprises of medical practioners

that come together once a year to perform a concert. All proceeds go

to a chosen charity. We all receive the scores and CD recording three

months before the performance and come together 3 days before the

concert for 'intensive' rehersals. Check out the website on

www.ado.net.au. The above photo was taken during one of those

rehersals