We were only 5 minutes away from where my daughter was, my husband suggested we go for a walk along the Yarra River Reserve in Burnley. I'd driven past the spot a few time over the years but never ever stopped to have a look around. What an exclusive area with many 2 and 3 story houses with beautiful gardens and the BMW car tucked away securely behind the big iron gates. The yards were empty and no children jumped on the trampoline which was in the back yard and I could see the swing slowly moving to and frow in the breeze. The birds chirped somewhere above in one of the big old trees that slowly swayed as we walked by.
The path was long and windy and if we kept walking we would have ended up somewhere in the city along the Yarra River path. The path was narrow and was very close to the fence line of the big mansions which over looked the river. I would hate to think how much these homes would cost to buy with their big spiral staircases and their beautiful fancy balconies. My little house in the burbs seemed quite small and not very fancy compared to these homes.
As I stepped across and looked at the river I could see it's colour, it was almost like chocolate in colour, as the little yellow flowers on the Wattle trees made for a very pretty reflection.
As I stood and watched two lonely ducks floated by not even noticing that I was ever so close.
A lone rower rowed by, taking in the beauty of what was around him, the beautiful yellow wattle trees, the gum trees and the birds as the water lapped at the sides of his canoe.
Melbourne is a very pretty place beyond the big high rise buildings the pollution and all the traffic.
As I looked around and the cool breeze swept across my face I could hear in the distance, the cars which passed over the nearby bridge into Richmond.
My photography has given me the chance to get out and see things that I would not normally see. There are many things I've driven passed but not taken the time to stop the car and have a closer look at. Melbourne is truely beautiful.
As you can see I have been playing around with the camera settings and thought I'd see what the same image looked like in black and white, sepia and other tones. What do you think? It is all personal choice to how you want your photos to look.
I personally feel this place was too pretty to have in anything other than colour, the grass was so green and the flowers around the houses were so pretty. The big tall tree with there colourful bark and the pretty bright yellow wattle that was all over the trees made for a beautiful sight.
A few of the other photos which I also took, taken just as it was getting dark in town. Photographs taken at night are not as easy to take, you have to get the settings right on the camera or the picture will either be too light or far too dark. I think I am slowly learning how to set the camera just right to get that perfect night shot.It wasn't dark when this shot was taken but it was starting to get dark and it is still quite hard to get a great shot even in twilight. What does make it hard is the laneway can be quite shadowy due to the buildings being so high on either side. I must admit I love the laneways in the city at any time of the day they have a really great atmosphere about them. They are very brightly coloured. Some of the images are just words others can be very pretty pictures of all sorts of strange things, but that's what makes the laneway look so good all the strangness which lays in front of you.
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