Tag: Brisbane

  • Galaxy Caravan Park – Brisbane

    Galaxy Caravan Park – Brisbane

    We’re a quaint holidaying destination located in Tanah Merah, Queensland. Nestled comfortably between Brisbane City and the Gold Coast, our caravan park boasts outstanding friendliness, a relaxed atmosphere and exceptional cleanliness. This is the perfect place to base yourself as you explore all that South-East Queensland has to offer

    Galaxy Caravan Park
    Shadow outside Galaxy Caravan Park

    Our Opinion

    This is a pretty good, well run park, with clean amenities, the park itself is quite, but warning here, the M1 motorway is noisy, so if peace and quite is your thing then this place is not for you.

    Location is excellent, being only a few kilometres away from Brisbane CBD, not too far from the Gold Coast, A major shopping centre on the other side of the motor way. Location wise, it is close to everything.

    Sites I would describe as sufficient for a caravan and car, with not much to spare, pretty typical for a caravan park this close to a city.

    Access to the Galaxy caravan Park is not difficult, Google maps got us there no problems. wether you are coming from the north or south, you should not have any problems.

    Directly opposite, on the other side of the motorway is the Hyperdome, here there are movies, restaurants, Cafes, Supermarkets etc. Also close by, there are the other useful stores, Supercheap, Repco, Bunnings etc.

    We have been here twice now this year, and would not hesitate to book again.

  • Pic of the Day – Wall Art

    Pic of the Day – Wall Art

    A striking image at an entrance to an underground cafe. There sure are some talented artists around.

    Things have been a bit slow around here for the past year, hopefully now that society is getting back to normal, I can find more time to get active with the camera.

  • Pic of the Day – Red-bowed finch

    Pic of the Day – Red-bowed finch

    It has taken me awhile to have a good opportunity to get a clear shot of this bird. A common bird but in my experience an elusive one when it comes to photography. Plenty of times I have seen them around, but never able to get a good shot.

    Taken a Oxley Common Creek, and added to my bird gallery.

    The red-browed finch (Neochmia temporalis) is an estrildid finch that inhabits the east coast of Australia. This species has also been introduced to French Polynesia. It is commonly found in temperate forest and dry savannah habitats. It may also be found in dry forest and mangrove habitats in tropical region.

    Wikipedia
  • Pic of the Day – Brisbane’s little Flat Iron

    Pic of the Day – Brisbane’s little Flat Iron

    Wandering around Brisbane a few months ago I came across this building, I immediately thought about the Flat Iron building in New York.

    While not as magnificent as the one in New York, this is as close as I am going to get to one.

    • Fujifilm X-T3
    • 1/8000 sec. f/1.4 35mm, iso200

     

  • Pic of the Day – Light Trails

    Pic of the Day – Light Trails

    Life is whizzing past, already into the third month of the year.

    • Fujifilm X-T3
    • 30 sec. f/18 10mm, iso 200
  • Pic of the Day – Story Bridge at Dusk

    Pic of the Day – Story Bridge at Dusk

    • Fujifilm X-T3
    • 1/2sec, f-20, iso800
    • Samyang 8mmFish-eye

    My first outing with this neet little lens. I didn’t have my tripod with me so I just rested the camera on a fence to get this shot.

     

  • Christmas Eve – Brisbane

    Christmas Eve – Brisbane

    Still continuing with my experiment with Fujifilm X-T3.

    This is the first urban evening shoot with this camera and I was pleased with the result. I have also been experimenting with film simulations, so as a record for myself and also for anyone interested I thought I would post some pics with the recipe.

    This is based on the Astia film simulation.

    Astia – Urban

    • Dynamic Range = 100
    • D Range Priority = Off
    • Fil Simulation = Astia/Soft
    • Grain Effect = off
    • Color Chrome Effect = Weak
    • White Balance Custom = R +1
    • Highlight Tone = -2
    • Shadow Tone = -2
    • Color = +2
    • Sharpness = +3
    • Noise Reduction = -3
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    All photos were taken with

    • Fujifilm X-T3
    • XF 23 f2 R WR
    • hand held – no tripod

    A great camera to walk atound with, and for jpg straight out of the camera a great result.

    I have the camera setup to shoot REW + JPG, the film simulations only work on the jpg, I keep te raw for a just in case I want a different look.

    It’s now been 2 months with this camera and I have made the decision to sell off my Canon gear. Since I am not a high end proffesional shooter, this camera does a very good job at a moderate price, and is a bit smaller and lighter to carry around.

    I will keep playing around with these film simulations as I think if you can get one that you like it will save having to do post processing alot of the time.

    Untill next time.

     

  • Pic of the Day – LucyLuxPinup

    Pic of the Day – LucyLuxPinup

    • Canon EOS 6D Mark II
    • 1/200 sec. f/4 102 mm, iso 100

    An organised photo shoot of the very talented Lucy Lux. Have a look at her Instagram page @lucyluxepinup.

  • Pic of the Day – Brisbane City

    Pic of the Day – Brisbane City

    • Canon EOS 6D Mark II
    • 30 sec. f/13 81 mm, iso100

    Trying out something new in Topaz Studio, it’s called digital frames.

  • Pic of the Day – Story Bridge

    Pic of the Day – Story Bridge

    • Canon EOS 6D Mark II
    • 30 sec. f/11 16 mm, iso 100
  • Pic of the Day – Brisbane building

    Pic of the Day – Brisbane building

    Tall building in Brisbane.
    Tall building in Brisbane.

    • Canon EOS 6D Mark II
    • 1/320 sec. f/8 24 mm

    Trying some different techniques.

  • Pic of the Day – Brisbane at Night

    Pic of the Day – Brisbane at Night

    • Canon 6D Mark II
    • iso 100
    • 30 sec. at f/13,  16 mm