The End Of The Pier

Well it has been an eventful weekend with my last post and now this one, I've been out and about all weekend snapping away. I had in mind today that I wanted to get a great shot of a pier located at the beach, after seeing on the net so many great shots of the beach and the surroundings I had decided that I wanted to try and do the same thing.

Today was just as cold as the night before and as I put on my coat and scarf, I panned the area to see what was beyond me. Lots of clean white sand, a pier with a few people walking  backwards and forward, a couple of very tall pine trees and a lone child digging in the sand as the father stood back and watched and dared not step onto the sand for fear of getting sand in his shoes. Life was very peaceful here all quiet except for the sound of the waves lapping on the bottom of the pier and a few lone seagulls squawking when someone ran past with food.

As I stood on the edge of the sand looking out towards the horizon I saw the most beautiful rainbow, and as I've said before rainbows are quite hard to take as sometimes the colours don't come out right, well you can see for yourself how it came out.

I was more eager to see what sort of photographs I could get of the pier rather than of the rainbow. As I watched and waited for the people to move out of view I was able to get a few great shots.

You can see I wanted to capture quite different images this week, I wanted to capture the uniqueness of the wood in the pier, and where the levels of the water rises and falls. I wanted to capture the reflection that was on the water as the waves rolled in onto the sand. all captured so beautifully in my photos a memory which will last for ever.

ST KILDA BEACH

Well here I am again after another eventful weekend taking photos, although it was very cold I still managed to enjoy my self and get some great shots. I was after a certain type of photograph so I set myself the task of trying to get some really great beach shots.

It was quite dull over head and once again this time of year can be quite unpredictable with the weather and I was hoping that the clouds didn't move so the rain wouldn't start. I managed to get a few great shots, this one of an old building in the city now don't ask me what the building is or how old cos I will tell you I have no idea, I just thought it looked really good with the lights peeping through the columns at the front.
















Although it was trying to rain and as a few small drops fell I managed to capture this photograph of a rainbow through the trees and tram lines. Rainbows aren't the easiest things to capture and I was so happy when I saw the final result.








It was so cold as I stepped onto the St Kilda Beach pier, and as I walked down it pulling my coat around me and bringing my scarf closer to my face I saw a little boy bending over saying to his dad where is Pingu the Penguin. I think it was hiding under the pier trying to get away from all who tried to grab a glimpse of it. I stood for a minute and watched and then saw his face light up when he was able to see it. He was so happy, then his father took hold of his little hand and said say good bye to Pingu, and they walked away into the distance. As I stood and watched the little boy I looked around me, in the distance I could see the city buildings with their lights beginning to shine and I could hear the waves lapping at the rocks behind me. There were a few people walking on the pier and one chap said to me with a foreign accent what a beautiful city, I replied wait till the lights come on over the city and it will look so much more beautiful. He smiled at me and walked of to catch up with a woman he was with who was also taking photos, but with something quite small and not a sophisticated as mine.

The lights shone brightly on the pier with a hazy glow, the few shots I managed to take came out just perfect, although I was quite worried, my ears hurt with the cold and as I placed my hands around my camera to take the shot my camera bag slid off my shoulder and down my arm I straightened it up again and placed it back on my shoulder. Then click went my camera, the shots I wanted were taken...

                                                                                        

                                                        

                                                                             

Sunset over the City of Melbourne    

Well I had left the cold of St Kilda Beach behind me and was now in the city of Melbourne, after finding a nice warm restaurant I sat down with my hubby to have some Vietnamese food. I still had my camera with me and dare not leave it in the car, so I though seeing I had it with me why not take some more photos, the city was bustling with people everywhere, Chinese, Italian, Greek and yes even that elusive Australian. Some people were standing around listening to street buskers, hey watch it, a young man rushing by going where I do not know, bumps my arm and my camera bag slides of my arm, as I placed it back onto my arm I stepped up onto the elevator to head to Melbourne Central, by this time of night most of the shops were shut only a few where open and one coffee shop bustling with people trying to get a nights coffee. I looked up and above me was the most amazing coloured building called the shot tower as I watched it, the colours began to change. I placed my camera bag on an empty table and took out my camera, I held the bag close to me, and as I looked up to the top of the building I grabbed these photographs...                       

Another couple of photographs taken in Melbourne Central.

BALLARAT

Well ok not really a great day to take exceptional looking photos, the day was a bit over cast and I was waiting for the dreaded rain to start but thankfully it stayed dry long enough for me to get a few photos.

It was such a cold day and as I walked along the street past all the old buildings I could feel the chill of the cold air on my face. I'm sure my nose shone out like  Rudolf the red nosed Reindeer, my hands were white with cold as I placed them securely in the warmth of my coat pockets, my scarf was wrapped securely around my neck to keep any of the cold of my neck.

As I slowly took my hands out of my pockets and placed them around the camera which hung around my neck, I tried not to shiver with the cold so I could grab just a few photos.

Luckily it was Queens Birthday long weekend here and the sun hadn't shone all day but that didn't bother me too much, I was just so glad to be able to get out and take a few photos.

Ballarat Uni

Old Lighting

Long and winding road

The place to have a drink

Picnic in the park

Rain Clouds

FIZZY

I was supposed to post this blog over a week ago, but with life and the things that go on you don't always seem to have the time, so finally today I will post some photos I took.

The photos are a bit different to what I usually take and it was quite fun to see the final images and how they turned out.

Colours

Fizzy

Laneways

Here I am again, after so many weeks not being able to get out due to having the dreaded winter cold. I was very excited to be able to make sure my camera was in tip top shape and to be able to go out again, although the day looked dull when I left it turned out to be quite lovely which was good.

I had already decided on my subject after taking a look at the net and great places to photograph, I was drawn back to those beautiful old laneways which held so many secrets. One would think the laneways around the city of Melbourne wouldn't be to appealing to the eye, but no way quite a different story, they are beautiful and I think they are slowly becoming my favourite place to venture when in town. There are so many things to see in the laneways and each one is quite different and each holds its own beauty.


 The laneways are beautiful and as I looked about I could see many strangers in awe of the graffiti on the walls of old buildings. Some of the graffiti was beautiful others not so, but each piece of graffiti had its own story to tell.

As I looked at the shoes which lay on the bench I began to wonder who did they belong to was it a girl or boy.









What a beautiful way to have your wedding photos taken, as one couple did with the back drop of these old buildings with graffiti.

Let’s just call this one the light at the end of the lane.

 

 

 I think these laneways are so pretty with their outdoor cafes and old world charm.

I have lots more photos which can be found at www.flickr.com/photos/ezycardz if I put them all on here I will be here for hours. I could prattle on about how these beautiful laneways made me feel. I felt like I was in another world far away from the hustle and bustle of the busy city streets. Tell me why would you go into the big streets when you could walk through these parts of town. I must admit I'm not one of those people who enjoys shopping. I seem to only go when I really have too; there are far more fun and exciting things to do than shopping for shoes or food. I'd much rather be out with my camera taking in the feel and ambience of what beauty lays before me. Shopping holds no beauty for me it is all about the mighty dollars and what you can get for what price, but enough of that who cares about that, what I'm about to show is far more interesting than a shop full of food.

I also wanted to share with you some great shots my hubby took, although by the end of his photo shoot he was quite angry as he had borrowed our daughter’s camera and once again he was left with no camera due to the batteries dying. I can understand how he felt as one day I went out and yes I was so angry with myself for not putting the memory back in my camera after saving all my photos, so this time I have a spare memory in my camera bag, but I wont continue on about that I'm quite sure you would love to see the lovely shots my hubby took today.