Camera House - Photo Friday

Every week on the Camera House facebook page they offer a competition with a theme. This weeks is "Larger than Life".

Here are my 2 entries for the week:

Canon 5 - 2012

I had a go at Canon's annual Canon5 challenge this year after a friend gave me a 'box' to play with. I ended putting in 3 entries. Here are a couple...

1. Tissue paper (they gave you a couple of sheets of colored tissue paper with a theme of 'Bright'.

2. Little people (you had to use the 'little people' provided with a theme of 'Scale'.

Benalla Show Oct 2012

A few members met up at the Show this year for some photographic fun. Here are a few of my favourites.

BCC October Challenge - the mystery box

This month's challenges were a little different. It was a mystery box based on the idea of the Canon5 box, where you have a number of challenges inspired by objects or other ideas.

Challenge 1: Was an image inspired by Music, (Don McLeans - Starry Starry Night).
My image is titles THE RAGGED MAN (in ragged clothes).

Challenge 2: A challenge based on a word - ETHEREAL.
My image is of the tulips from my recent trip to Floriade.

Challenge 3: A challenge based on an object - Musk lifesavers.
My image is a sketch of Einstein "Einstein's View"

Challenge 4: Was an instruction: 'Take photo within 10 minutes walk/ drive from home.
My image was staken at our friends house during shearing. "The Security Guards"

BCC Flickr - Sept Theme - Spring

Baby Grevillias...

Tendrils of grevillia...

Passionfruit flowers are really weird....

BCC September 2012

The club themes for September were:
Mounted prints: Open
EDPI: Dead, haunted or wicked

Mounted prints: For sale

Mounted prints: The solarium

EDP1 - Halloween Fun

EDPI 2 - Crocodile Harry

BCC August Flickr Theme

The Club's Flickr theme for August was 'NIGHT'

This photo was taken of one of the pubs in Ballarat

And this photo was taken on the banks of the Yarra River in Melbourne

BCC August Club Themes

Club challenge themes for August 2012 were:

Mounted prints: People being themselves
EDPI: Open

Mounted Print: Story Time (taken in Central Park, New York)

Mounted Print: The Shearer

EDPI: The Meeting (Taken at Phillip Island)

EDPI: Playing with string (taken at Melbourne Zoo)

BCC July Flickr Theme: OPEN

Benalla Camera Club - July Challenges

Themes for our July competition are:
Open: Black and white
EDPI: Color

Mounted print B&W: Oh sh(ear)t

EDPI: Lake Wendouree

EDPI: Red Madness

Benalla Camera Club - June Flickr challenge

This month's Flickr challenge is 'ON BLACK'. Any interpretation allowed as this is not a competition but a chance to put up some photos for critique by club members.
Here are 2 of my entries:


1. ORANGE ON BLACK (photo taken at Historic Winton 26th May)

2. ON BLACK (photo taken early May, photo of my son, Aidan's, reflection in his brothers sunglasses.)

Benalla Camera Club - 2012 June competition

The competition themes for this month are:
Mounted Prints: The Elements (earth, fire, water, air)
EDPI - Open

My entries are:

Mounted Prints: Water and Rocks, Zion NP

Mounted Prints: San Francisco Fog

EDPI - Plastic Fun (taken at Wandiligong Nut Festival)

EDPI- Grand Canyon

BCC May 2012 competition

The competition themes for May 2012 are:
mounted prints: Open
EDPI: Food Glorious Food

1. Open Mounted Prints: 'The Silence' (photo taken early morning at Lake Eildon near Bonnie Doon)

2. Open Mounted Prints: 'Sunset over Milawa'

3. EDPI: Bean Shoot

4. EDPI: Feeding Time

ABC weather photos

Just a couple of photos that I have recently submitted for the ABC weather segment.

Lake Nillahcootie

Milawa in the afternoon

Benalla Camera Club - April Entries

The mounted print section this month is OPEN.

Mounted Print 1 - Dry Creek Road Bridge, near Bonnie Doon

Mounted Print 2 - Zion National Park

The EDPI theme for this month was "MAIN STREET"


EDPI 1 - Taxin on Times (Square)

EDPI 2 - Rodeo Drive, LA

Hedley's Dahlia Farm (09.04.2012)

I have finally made friends with my new macro lens. Whilst on a camera club outing to Hedley's Dahlia farm it all fell in place and I am sooo happy with the results.
Here are some of my favorites.