Giant Buddha

Recently on a trip to Hong Kong I went on a day trip to visit the Big Buddha and the Po Lin Monastery. The Big Budda is about a one hour train trip out of Hong Kong. The Big Buddha sits a daunting 34 meters tall on top of a building on top of a steep hill (and a lot of stairs...). 

One of the fun things about getting to the Big Buddha is a trip on the Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car.  The day trip was worth it as the Island was great for Photography. Whilst I didn't explore any more of the island there looks like there's tons more to see and do...

The only thing I will say is get there early as the tourists and locals will appear by the truck loads and the cable car does sell out.

The Big Buddha

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Enjoy and I'll see you next week!

Singapore from the top of the Marina Bay Sands

Recently on a trip to Singapore I had the opportunity to stay at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel.  Anybody who has been to Singapore in the last 5 years would have seen the Hotel as it looks like 3 buildings with the giant surf board ontop.

The Hotel it's self is huge and amazing but it's famous for it's roof top pool. The pool is one of Singapore's biggest drawcards and it does get crowded. However nothing beats floating in the pool watching the sunset over Singapore.

The photo Im posting today is taken from the pool deck at the Marina Bay Sands showing the Singapore Skyline at dusk.

Enjoy and I'll see you next week!

Macro Photography-Gecko

Over Christmas I went to Queensland to see family. One of the interesting this about staying in Queensland is the amount of little creatures that you consistently find inside and outside the house. 

Geckos are every where and while eating lunch I spotted this little gecko sitting on a leave. I shot this little fellow using my Canon 5D Mk 2 and a Canon 100mm Macro lens.

I took these shots on my iphone.

Enjoy and I'll see you next week!

iphone Panorama

Mobile phone camera photography is on the rise, just about every one takes photos with their devices.

 Today I'm posting a panorama I took with my iphone 4. This panorama was shot at Black Rock Beach at sunset. I then stiched it together in Photoshop CC and a couple of minor tweaks in Lightroom 5 and then here you go!

Enjoy and I'll see you next week!

Big Bash League 2014

As most of my readers would known I am keen on sports photography. Last week I went to the Big Bash League in Melbourne and spent the night taking tons and tons of photos.

I use my Canon 50d (due to the frame rate compared to the Canon 5d Mk2) and the 70-200mm Lens, which is the largest that Docklands Stadium would allow. I did however take my 2x canon extender.

During the daylight hours I got some great shots of the warm up however as the night went on the camera struggled. I processed these photos in Adobe Lightroom 5.

Here are two photos that I have processed this week. 

Michael LUMB from Sydney Sixers

Jordan SILK from Sydney Sixers

Enjoy and I'll see you next week!

Boston Public Library - Welcome 2014

It's hard to believe it's been 4 weeks since I started my break and now it's over! Welcome to 2014!

Today I'm posting some photos I took when I was last in the USA. These Photos are from the Boston Public Library. We only discovered this amazing building by accident while out exploring and so happy we did.

There is an amazing stair case with lions (which I have posted my photos of today), a stunning court yard, huge reading hall and other mind blowing rooms.

As a photographer I enjoyed this building and highly recommend it to anyone who visits Boston.

Enjoy and I'll see you next week.

Final Post of 2013!

It's hard to believe the year is over! This is my last post for 2013, however I'll be back on the 20th of January 2014 with my first post of the new year.

As my last post of 2013, I'm posting a shot of the Empire State Building I took in New York a couple of years ago. This is the shot I'm converting into wall paper to put up at home.

It should look awesome. Once it's finished I'll post a photo of the wall.

Have a safe new year and I'll see you in 2014!!