One cool thing about owning a long lens is that you can take photos of people considerably further away from you. (Without being creepy about it, of course.)
[Photo walk] St Kilda Harbour Dog Beach
I managed to take a few good photos at St Kilda Harbour Dog Beach after Melbourne Pride March.
Cruise ships at Station Pier and the West Gate Bridge
This was taken with a long zoom lens, and zoom lenses tend to compress things that are further away. That’s why the cruise ships at Station Pier and the West Gate Bridge look much closer to each other than they really are.
Curious dog at the beach
Keeping an eye on its humans
Let's explore the beach
No, I don't want to get out of the water
This was my favourite dog on the beach that day. So much energy! And, as seen here, a steadfast refusal to come out of the water when it was time to stop playing and go home — despite the repeated calls of its owner.
Small dog on a big beach
Exploring the rocks on St Kilda Harbour Dog Beach
Dogs at Melbourne Pride 2023
As promised, here are my best dog photos from Melbourne Pride 2023.
Watching the humans
Handsome dog
Good boy
Staring at another dog
Must pet the dog…
Successfully petting the dog
Floofy white cloud
Hugging its human
Long tongue dog
Stretching to play with a nearby dog
Pretty dog
Waiting for the ball to be thrown
Melbourne Pride 2023
I took a lot of photos at this year’s Melbourne Pride march. Here are my favourites.
Waiting for the march to start
Queueing up to start the march
Queueing up to march
Huddled over a phone, bisexually
Bored with all the waiting
Hanging loose with search and rescue
Capturing the moment
Watching the march from above
Watching the march from her balcony
Watching the marchers
Walking back to his friends
Post Pride
Flying with pride
(FYI. I used to work for Jetstar and was part of the first ever Jetstar contingent to officially march at Pride in Melbourne. #FlyingWithPride)
Tomorrow I’ll upload all the dog photos I took at pride, so stay tuned for that :)
[Photo walk] Transport, part 2
I was in the city today, so I practiced taking photos of people.
And I do need the practice. I’m still getting the hang of using my new camera in a fast-paced environment.
Given three seconds, I can compose a pretty decent photo — like the ones below. But I need practice with composing and shooting a photo in just one or two seconds.
And that’s why I practice every chance I get :)
Anticipating a near-future request for customer service
Customer service at Flinders Street Station
People-watching on the steps of Flinders Street Station
[Photo walk] Transport, part 1
Some more photos from my walk around the Melbourne CBD today.
Bicycle hoops in Docklands
It was a public holiday yesterday (Thursday), so many people took today (Friday) off so they could get an extra-long weekend. Which helps explain why there were only two bikes locked to these bicycle hoops on Collins Street in Docklands this afternoon :)
Waiting for a tram on Elizabeth Street
[Photo walk] Melbourne buildings, part 1
Now that I’ve got myself a quality interchangeable lens camera, I’m looking for any excuse to walk around somewhere I can take interesting photos.
So one thing I’ve started to do is walk through the Melbourne central business district every Friday afternoon after work.
Here are some photos of buildings that I took today. I expect I’ll be taking many more building photos in the future, hence the ‘part 1’ in this post’s title :)
Reflections of the city (Docklands, Melbourne)
Telco base stations at Media House in Melbourne
Sun shining off Mövenpick Hotel Melbourne
A slice of the Supreme Court of Victoria
Meeting nook on level 23
Cute little meeting nook in the building next to where I work in Docklands, Melbourne.
Australian Open 2023
It’s time for of our annual Australian Open selfie :)
Here are some other nice photos I took at the Australian Open this year.
Though this one is probably my favourite :)
Walking around in Melbourne
My favourite type of photography is street photography. And, thanks to the excellent weather we’ve been having in Melbourne, I spent the last couple of days walking around the city taking photos with my new camera.
You can see all my Melbourne photos in the (appropriately titled) ‘Life in Melbourne’ album on Flickr. And you can see all my street photography photos in the ‘Out and about in the city’ album.
But here are a couple of my recent favourites.
Tram stops
People in black and white
Looking down
Cool truck
Out and about in the city
Here are some photos I’ve taken with my new camera. They’re nothing particularly exciting, but taking them has given me a chance to play around with the camera and its settings.
Wide angle
Walking by platform 1 on a sunny day:
Burst mode
Pair of pushy seagulls at Federation Square:
Low angle
Watching a movie at Federation Square:
Zoom
Letting the world pass them by:
Hammock life
Whoever lives here is all set for summer in Melbourne.
Favourite mailbox
I didn’t think I’d ever have a favourite mailbox. Turns out I do, and it’s this one :)
Born in a barn
This house in our neighbourhood has no other Christmas decorations, just this nativity scene. Which I think is pretty cool, given the whole understated, born-in-a-barn origin story they’re representing.
Not. Happy. Jan.
Maggie is not happy that summer holidays have started in Melbourne. She relies on the kids from the nearby primary school to provide her with dropped snacks on her daily walk!
Waiting for a train
Waiting for a train at Yarraville Station in Melbourne, Australia.
Hood art!
This is probably the coolest car hood that I have ever seen in my entire life!
2022 NBN update: 3% faster
Every time we move house my first blog post is always an update on what the NBN internet speeds are at our new place. This time is no exception.
What is different this time is that, instead of renting, we’ve now bought a house in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. (Yay!)
Compared to our last place, the upload and download speeds at our new house are around 3% faster – which is cool.
Our NBN connection type is still FTTC though. But that’s okay, the speeds we’re currently getting are sufficient for our needs.
There’s just two of us here, so Nadia and I can stream multiple 4K videos simultaneously without a hitch. And both of us can seamlessly participate in 1080p video conferences at the same time as well.
Of course, the second NBN Co give us the opportunity to upgrade our connection to FTTP, we’ll jump on that straight away :)
For now, though, I’m super happy with what we’ve got.
Springtime in Melbourne?
At 1pm Nadia and I agreed that it wasn’t cold enough to justify turning on the big heater today.
But this is Melbourne we’re talking about.
So, four hours later…
Gaps in the rain radar
I’m very pleased with my ability to find the gaps in the rain in which to walk the dog.
The arrow on the rain radar map below shows the direction the clouds are moving in. The gap marked out is when I walked Maggie.
And this is what happened exactly two minutes after we got home!