Fabala's Photography: "The Land Down Under"

I'm an amateur at best, but have always found photography to be a good bit of fun. Nearly every art teacher I've ever had has said I have an eye for composition. On occasion I think that's true, and hope that "eye" found or will find its way into my photography.

The following pictures were taken June/July of 2005 during my second trip to Australia. I was using my beloved Canon A80, which has since bitten the dust. Inspired by this forum, I think I'll be looking into replacing it in the near future.


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Harbour Bridge. Sky wasn't the best, but we'd gone to the city specifically for Harbour Bridge photos. Of course it cleared up later in the day ;p

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Odd angle on the Opera House. I was tired of same-old, same-old.

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Harbour Bridge again. Considering this was taken from the back of a ferry, I was pleased with it.

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This is actually taken from the Taronga Zoo. It contains one of the best views of both the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House I've found to date.

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Some random buildings in Sydney. I loved the varieties of color and shape in that particular grouping.

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The coast in one of the many many 'burbs of Sydney. There are occasionally whale sightings from that far ridge in the background.

More to come at a later date from the same trip ^_^

the second one of the bridge and the last one of the cost are my faves. the are all so very pretty though.

You do have a sense for composition - I like 3rd, 5th and 6th pics best (yay for rule of 3rds). Post more pics.

The blue-domey building thing used to be Sega World, I loved that place ;_;

Nice photos ^_^

Really? Nice. I was wondering about that one...so oddly shaped.

So when do I get to have a picture of you? HMMM? I demand artsy ones of you and Beerin' asap.

these are great

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Originally Posted by Dorian Grey

So when do I get to have a picture of you? HMMM? I demand artsy ones of you and Beerin' asap.

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lol. He wants to take pictures together, actually. Or so he said the other day when I discussed replacing my camera. I'm holding him to it!

Gorgeous photos.

A couple more I've dug up. Both are from the same 2005 trip to Aussieland.

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This was taken on my first trip out to the country area where I'm living now, temporarily. I just love these trees. Couldn't tell you what they are.


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Right down the road from where my in-laws live, along a path leading to the water. This was in the middle of winter, mind you. As a resident of northeastern America (thus used to everything looking brown and dead in winter), I was impressed with the colors.


More to come!

Edit: Ended up tweaking the colors on the second a bit after all ^^

I have no idea what that tree is, but we have one lol. Surprisingly, we get a lot of red colours in winter. Share more happy snaps :P

Oh nice work. They're clear and you've chosen excellent views for the first few. And your latest ones are great. =]

Aaand the final lot of the 2005 pictures I've dredged up. One of these days I'll try to track down the ones I took last year ^^

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This was on the shore across from my in-laws' place. What is it about an old decrepit boat that is so interesting?

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Same boat. Experimenting on the angle. Because it's just so fascinating, yo.

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This is towards the top of the path leading to that shore. I was still going wild over how green everything was in the dead of winter. You'd think it was the first time I'd seen it ^^;;;

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The same shoreline, much further down the road.

As a note, aside from altering their size, I haven't edited anything on any of these or previous images. I certainly can, though, if there are suggestions. I'm always up for trying something out.

your
pictures
are
sooooo
nice..
i love
them
all!!!
especially the
last one!!
i love
beaches... it
really takes my
breath
away....

I would try and name the ones I like, but I really can't say. I love to travel, but I don't get to it too much, and it's usually the same place.
Nice photos.