January late afternoon on the beach

While some of my friends are enjoying (or hating?) winter in the Northern hemisphere I get the pleasure to walk barefoot on a sandy beach in Queensland.


Vivitar 135mm f2.8  @f5.6  1/125sec

I never tire of a walk before dark, sometimes I am gifted with a spectacular sunset.


G-Lumix 14mm    f5.6  1/10sec 


Vivitar 135mm f2.8  @f5.6  1/350sec


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Before the rain

There was rain in those clouds but nothing could get in the way for an evening run on the beach.


M.Zuiko 17mm f1.8  @f5  1/2500sec

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Last catch

They dragged the net into the sea one more time and then gathered to see what they caught.


Sigma 60mm f2.8 DN  @f5.6  1/180sec

Australia Day weekend attracted a lot of people to spend time with their family, outdoors.

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Spencers creek

A few minutes of the golden hour illuminated the puffy clouds above our camp.


G-Lumix 14mm f2.5  @8  1/15sec to 1/180sec (composite image)

Granite spires

Granite spires of the high country in the Australian Snowy Mountains.


G-Lumix 14mm f5.6  1/500sec

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Company

Photography for me can be an almost spiritual experience.
When the light is soft in a calm setting I get to experience a dream.
Looking down on the screen of my camera I create images of moments that later I can relive.


SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4  1/6000sec

I love to have company with me, to share the experience and later recall it.

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Top dog

Like in an old-school duel: at dawn, on the edge of the sea cliff they established who is the top dog, err.., top kangaroo.
A few kicks, a couple of punches (really) but no loss of blood, to verify the pecking order.


Meyer Optik Trioplan 50mm f2.9  @f5.6  1/750sec

Sheltered camp

Paddling along the Northern outer fringe of the Åland archipelago we always looked for a campsite that would offer shelter from the wind and potentially increasing swell.


M.Zuiko 14-42mm EZ    f5.0  1/160sec

Boulder hopping

Endless hours can be spent exploring the granite shores polished by the glacial action.
High above the shore large boulders lay in the crevices where only winter storm waves can reach them to tumble them.


M.Zuiko 9-18mm  f4.0  1/320sec

Late sunset in Åland

After a day of rough seas, pulling into this little natural harbor was a real relief.
I called it the Japanese Garden, where ponds and low vegetation is arranged in almost a made-made form. The small gentle waves were only a reminder of the big seas earlier in the day.


M.Zuiko 14-42EZ  f4.5  1/6sec (handheld)

The sun seemed to never set, just skirted to horizon, hiding behind the light clouds
We were tired and half asleep when the light outside the tent changed and started to glow.

Finally winning

After a day of loss finally the sun won over the clouds, just before sunset.


M.Zuiko 14-42mmEZ  f3.5  1/320sec

Catamaran

She came, fast, across the bay, carried by the wind.
In the late afternoon sun, silently, landing on the beach at low tide.


M.Zuiko 14-42mmEZ  f7.1  1/4000sec

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Starfish

Water and light fading; a rough night for the starfish


M.Zuiko 14-42mmEZ     F9.0   1/25sec

Bagnasciuga

Wet-Dry: Italian word for the foreshore where the waves meet the beach.


M.Zuiko 9-18mm f5.6  1/1000sec


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The difference

I see two types of photographs: the ones that mean to record an event or place so the mind can be later jogged, and the other, more involved and profound, that are an artistic expression of one's creativity.


M.Zuiko 9-18mm (at 9mm) f7.1 1/80sec

I find myself drawn to the latter.
As light and shapes are constantly evolving in front of my eyes, sometimes present for only a split of a second, my skill to capture the moment is tested; I have to think fast and move swiftly.

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