Launching off the Rocks

June 16, 2014 by The Wanderlust Gene

I’d been shooting the surfers in their waiting room for quite a while, being dissatisfied with the limitations of my dear old camera, when a large grey cylinder loomed into my peripheral vision.  Attached to it was a man wielding a bulky tripod attached to a small black camera.  As I remarked to Amy apropos lens envy, I almost cried, when I thought of the shots he’d get, and blurted out something to the effect of ‘talk about making a person’s point and shoot look pretty inadequate’.  He […]

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Caught him in the Barrel

June 15, 2014 by The Wanderlust Gene

One of my favourite moments, here in another paradise, occurs just after driving past the Lifesavers Club car park at Alexandra Headland.  Right at that point the road crosses a little stream, and if you turn your head back over your left shoulder you get the most expansive view along the beach.  I was passing the other day and just had to stop.  The light was beginning to turn, as was the tide, and by some lucky fluke I had my camera […]

Categories: At Play, Photography, The Beaches, Uncategorized, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge