2012.04.25 Anzac Day Sunlight

It is Anzac Day - 25th April 2012... I had grandparents that put their lives on the line for us, so in memory of them all...

The Ode

The Ode came from 'For the Fallen', a poem by the English poet and writer Laurence Binyon and was published in London in The Winnowing Fan: Poems on the Great War in 1914. The verse which became the League Ode was already used in association with commemoration services in Australia in 1921.

For the Fallen
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flash of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres.
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Source(s):

http://www.rslwahq.org.au/ode.html

There wasn't too much sun in the rise this morning, so it became about capturing the light and cloud formations as I saw them.

Enjoy...

Namaste

2012.04.23 Currimundi Lake Sunrise

It has been awhile since I have headed specifially to the Lake to catch the Sunrise.  Now that the sun comes up a little later (after 6am) it gets a bit late for me to process before I head off to work, so through Autumn and Winter my Sunrise captures usually become the weekend task!


This particular morning I had been procrastinating about excercise... do I go for a ride on my new bike (which my hubby says was a waste of money - cos I never use it), do I go for a walk along the lake with the dog (the dog looking up at me with those pleading big brown puppy dog eyes), or do I jump in the car & head to the beach (which would also keep the dog happy - but I would be unlikely to walk the beach as I get caught up in taking photos)??? Hmmm hard decision.... not really, I just have to stop procrastinating!


So I grabbed the dog, Alex's little Fujifilm camera (just in case I saw something I wanted to capture-and its much lighter to carry..), and headed out the door down along the lake.  As I was heading on the home stretch the sky light captured my attention so I headed across to the bridge, bringing back memories from many years ago as this was where the sunrise captures first started.


It was also coming up to Anzac Day, and Mother Nature did not disappoint, with the cloud band providing some interesting visual effects!!!


Enjoy... 

I couldn't get over how straight and square this reflection on the lake was and with the thin eye slit through the clouds it created the bright shape of a cross... just amazing!

I wanted to stay longer to see what sort of light show would come out from behind the cloud band... but it was getting past my point of no return (to get ready for work in time)!

Namaste

2012.04.21 Selfies...

Got a haircut... needed a new pic... no one else around to do the honours - so selfies it is!  


Was trying to play with the sunlight coming through the palm trees in backyard...


These were the end results... (that I was willing to publish anyway) :)

Namaste...

2012.04.19 On my way home...

Heading home from work this day (19th April 2012) I spied the sun setting behind a cloud and giving that cloud an absolutely amazing silver lining... 


It is always a bugger when I am stuck in traffic, I look up at the sky and my jaw drops... I ask myself "is the camera in the car?" nodding... I look around, 'hmmm, can I just jump out in the traffic while the lights are red?' ahhh, maybe not!  So I head to the bridge at Currimundi and make the most of what is left.


So then with the light fading, and the traffic humming past on their way home from their busy days... I had a bit of a play with the light...


Enjoy!

There is a silver lining behind every cloud

Gorillas in the mist... or is that cloud?

Not sure if these were starlings or bats or both, but there were lots of them!

and on the other side of the bridge - 'tis amazing how the colours can be so different ...

in the traffic..

Suburbia - heading home.

tail trails...

oncoming traffic at magic hour..

and this was my fave... 'The bus' that didn't stop!

Namaste

2012.03.02 Wurtulla Sunset

Finally I glimpsed the sunshine through the lens again... no two doubts about it, I have been sleeping in - well deserved I thought, but missing any glorious sunrises that have been peeping through the clouds.  Holidays on the Goldie in a week will be good timing to catch some glorious Autumn sunrises... but for tonight, I spied the sunset and I had to stop and play.  There were some nice orange tones, with a clean background, but I wanted to play with the silhouettes - shapes of trees and grass darkened in the brightness of the Sun's presence.


These were taken looking southwest over the Baroona Canal at Wurtulla, hope you enjoy...

TREE OF LIGHT

 SUNSET OVER BAROONA CANAL, WURTULLA QLD

SPIKEY WEED SILHOUETTES

MY FAVE OF THE DAY - "NATURES LIGHTBULB" 

AS THE SUN SETS...

Magic tip: the orange tones were only a band across the horizon as seen above, 

but by zooming in on the coloured parts you capture just that area which gives 

the illusion of the whole sky being like that!

The sun now below the horizon, that time just before the 

'magic hour' looking up to the sky through the trees...

Welcome to Autumn...

Namaste