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Night photography in Melbourne

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I’ve been working up to forcing myself to use manual settings only on my DSLR Canon camera, so last night I saw a red sunset and I set out. There were others there, using Aperture priority, but I persisted with my task and my tripod. I ended up not getting a great shot of the sunset, but I ventured further and got a great shot of the Melbourne CBD from one side of the Yarra. Tomorrow night I intend to take shots of the New Year’s Eve fireworks, but from a distance, manually and I will have the assistance of a better tripod. My tripod is about 30 years old. I saw the new types last night. As it happened my son has been given a better tripod which allows me to move my camera around on an extension on the top, something I didn’t have last night. It also shows levels. I had to basically guess at holding my camera straight before.

You can view the night shots of Melbourne on my new Facebook page and it would be nice if you “liked” the page too!

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New DSLR camera

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I registered with the Sydney based photo art site. Then I went through every photo I’d taken with my digital camera except those I’d lost. I lost all of my American shots, damn it. I’ve now backed up all my other photos on a flash drive. You should take note of a posting I did about storing photos online. You can add Ph.Art to that list now as you can upload to a private gallery there.

Then I submitted a few photos. So far, one has been declined because of its subject matter and one has been accepted. You can see my photos  at  PhotoArt here.  Hopefully, by the time you click on that link, more photos will have been selected.

my new canon dslr

Then after much research, I bought a DSLR  from an online site. It is a Canon DSLR (EOS 1000D) for under $1000. Some of the best and most expensive compact digitals were as expensive, so I think I got a good deal. Can’t wait to use it. I’ll need to get out of Melbourne soon.

I love the fact that this new site where you can sell photos is Australian. It just feels better, as many of the photos you see are of Australia. Many of the ones I submitted were of a Tasmanian trip I did a few years ago. You cannot fail to take a good photo in Tasmania.

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