ROSS RIVER DREAM

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Here is the Panorama shot I was looking to do when I discovered the Dog Collar...!

Note in the pic that the collar is on the rock where I found it straight after!

LOST DOG on the mouth of the Ross Creek

I was very lucky to find this dog collar on the rock while I was shooting the sunrise at the mouth of the Ross Creek.

It just seemed to be the perfect shot to take as it gave interest in the foreground as well as the fantastic interest that the sunrise was creating.

TONY IRELAND STADIUM TOWNSVILLE

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Panoramic photography is quickly becoming a favourite of mine and I was so happy to be able to photograph a venue that I had not even stepped foot on yet!

I had tickets to go to the opening cricket match (QLD Vs VIC) on NYE last year but unfortunately I had to play a DJ gig on NYE in Airle Beach to 5000 people! so couldn't make it....
The grounds are very well kept and a pleasure to walk on if you are lucky enough to be able to do so.



I actually took ALOT of photographs on this shoot and ended up with 3 really good panoramic shots. Each panoramic photograph consists of over 6 photographs! just to give you an idea of the sort of effort that goes into the making of the panoramic shot.

THE WILLOWS GOLF CLUB hole #17 PAR 3

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I was a member of this golf club for about 10 years or so and I played "A" grade Pennants as well as Junior Pennants for the club. I was Junior Capt for a year and Won several club trophies as a youngster.

This is not where my passion with the club ends.

I think the course is one of the best in the country and this is backed up by the countless amounts of visiting golfers from prestige golf clubs giving the course and its members a tongue lashing when they finish a round on this testing course.



I really hope I have given the course the justice it deserves with the panoramic photographs I was able to take with thanks to Don for giving me the chance to get out on the course to shoot the photographs.

The Strand Pier @ 8:30pm

Colour reflecting off the water is a really beautiful thing to capture and can really make a photograph so I jumped at the chance to get the beautiful reflection of the purple and blue lights that shine every night off the Strands Pier which is great for fishing off.

The Pier is perfect for tourists and locals alike as it comes with fishing bays complete with cutting and filleting benches as well as seats for sight seeing tourists :)

Here is two shots taken with my Canon 1000D DSLR camera at about 8:30pm

ROSS RIVER DAM Townsville

This Panoramic View was taken at about 4pm in the arvo when storm clouds were rolling in.

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I walked up the dam wall with just my camera and a tripod... only to find out that I had no memory card.... = no photographs......

A quick 3 min drive back to my house and I returned with my whole camera bag and all the stuff I would need to take any photograph ever!

The Ross River Dam has a massive amount of wildlife including birds and rock wallabies as well as one of the best views ever.

WATER FEATURE @ The Strand, Townsville QLD

Here is another pic from the Strand in Townsville.

This water feature is often victim to Townsville's youth playing practical jokes by throwing Washing powder, Detergent, Food die or all of the above into this beautiful water feature which makes it froth, bubble and go green, red or whatever.... LOL.

Aside from that, It is a great bird bath and not bad for tourists as well.... to look at that is. They bath at the rock pool.... Normally.

The photo was taken on my Canon 50D DSLR camera.

Pallarenda Townsville

Well this is my first post in my blog even though I have thousands of photos from shoots over the last few months.

This particular trip was to the beautiful beach area at Pallarenda which is located at my hometown of Townsville NQ Australia.
Pallarenda is 35-45 min from my house and is the location of some very old quarantine buildings which were also used in world war 2 as hospital buildings.

The buildings were located on Magnetic Island originally and then moved to Townsville mainland sometime around 1915.
There is some great sites in the area to see including old gun emplacements and grave sites not to mention the million dollar views of the ocean and magnetic island.