Editorial
Why is it important for me to keep the Landcruiser? See below.
As you may have noticed I'm trying to catch up with the chronicles now, it
will take a while but with three posts in the last week I'll get there if I
can keep posting at a regular rate.
Till next time then, and remember,
Don't Dream it, Be it!
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Sun 06 Aug 2023
Another shoot out at Eidsvold today.
To be honest I'm pretty much over going to gun ranges but in Australia you
have to compete a number of times per year (depends on what calibers you own)
if you own hand guns and one place I shoot is at the Eidsvold range. In many
ways I don't mind because they are good people in these clubs and also I take
the opportunity to take some photos and also visit a cattle farmer friend of
mine who lives out that way.
On the road out to Mount Perry.
#35229 - Old yards, Boolboonda, QLD
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Without a vehicle like my Cruiser I could not take this photo because I need
to be elevated and with the Cruiser I can just climb up on to the roof and photograph
from about 2 metres up in the air.
This functionality is important to me, and it would not be practical (or even
possible) if I had a nice new SUV or sedan.
But this is not the only reason a vehicle like my Cruiser is important to me,
more about that later.
I wander around for a while and take a few shots of this horse.
#35214 - Horse and old yards, Boolboonda, QLD
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Then I get to Mt Perry.
#35216 - Junk in yard, Mt Perry, QLD
| #35217 - Old yards and dam, Mt Perry, QLD (zoomable image)
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And evenatually out to Eidsvold.
#35218 - Sagging shop, Eidsvold, QLD
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After the shoot I go out to my friend's property. He has has quite a few 1000
acres and with that sort of land you need a lot of equipment, including an old
grader it seems.
#35219 - Old grader, nr Eidsvold, QLD
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I sometimes stay here over night but today I just have a chat and a cuppa then
head off home.
On the way along Kerwee road I spot this old farm house in the distance.
I take this photo but it's hardly worth the effort, I need to be a lot closer.
Then an old ute turns up, the driver gets out and asks me what I'm doing. To
which I reply that I'm a photographer and I liked the look of that old house.
He mellows a bit and we chat for a while, to some extent I can talk the talk
with a farmer (I did grow up on a dairy then a sheep farm) and with the old
Cruiser and work boots I look like I fit in out here in the bush, which I do
to be honest.
It turns out that he is the owner of this property, he actually lives in Monto
which is miles away but just happened to be here now to check up on the cattle
and water. He says I can go down to the house if I want to get some better photos.
So I do.
#35220 - Derelict farm house, Kerwee Rd, QLD (zoomable image)
| #35221 - Derelict farm house, Kerwee Rd, QLD (zoomable image)
| #35222 - Derelict farm house, Kerwee Rd, QLD
| #35223 - Derelict farm house, Kerwee Rd, QLD
| #35224 - Derelict farm house, Kerwee Rd, QLD
| #35225 - Derelict farm house, Kerwee Rd, QLD
| #35226 - Derelict farm house, Kerwee Rd, QLD (zoomable image)
| #35227 - Derelict farm house, Kerwee Rd, QLD (zoomable image)
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Note that all these photos bar two are taken from the roof of the Cruiser,
they would not have worked if taken from ground level. Note also that me having
a beat up old Landcruiser gives me "street cred" out here in the bush,
if I was driving a BMW and looked like a Wall Street banker there's no way people
would warm to me as they do.
Which is why I need my old Cruiser, assuming of course that I want to continue
taking photos of this nature, which I do, partly because I just like to, and
partly because I have an idea for a photo essay and/or exhibition and photos
of this nature would be prominant in that venture.
Tue 08 Aug 2023
Meanwhile back at Wallaby Ridge the building is coming along slowly.
Wed 09 Aug 2023
I said before that the new camera will probably not be very good for wildlfe
photography, the jury is still out on that for fast movers but for slower more
static subjects it is pretty good.
The lens maxxes out optically at around 500mm (depending on various factors)
which is long enough for general use, but for a lot of wildlife photography
you need more and these modern cameras mostly (all?) have digital zoom. Now
digital zoom has historically been pretty useless and by and large I would say
still is, but on the other hand have a look at this photo.
#35234 - Goanna on tree, Moolboolaman, QLD
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Unfortunately I can't say what focal length this is because the camera doesn't
report that when in digital zoom mode, but the camera is capable of around 1000mm
depending on the aspect ratio you are using and other factors and I think that
I did have it maxxed out.
The resultant file is smaller as well in this mode, but this photo is pretty
sharp and very usable for a small print and with other software I use (Topax
Gigapixel) I can enlarge it 4x or more for quite a large print with no discernable
loss of quality.
Thu 10 Aug 2023
One of our resident turkeys inspecting the workmanship on the Cruiser's roof
rack.
#35235 - Bush turkey on my car, Moolboolaman, QLD
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Sat 12 Aug 2023
Geri and I are back down in Hervey Bay and we go for an early walk to a local
coffee shop. As mentioned the new camera is small enough to carry just in case
and I see this crow.
#35236 - Crow on palm tree, Point Vernon, QLD
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I leave Geri in the Bay and return home, seeing this view of the old Booyal
hall on the way.
#35237 - Macadamia trees and old hall, Booyal, QLD
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And while dodging the traffic to get that photo I see a pattern in the young
macadamia trees on the other side of the road.
#35238 - Young macadamia trees, Booyal, QLD
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Macadamias are the big thing around here these days, There has been established
orchards for ever but everywhere you go now you see new orchards of young trees
and land being cleared for even more.
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