I went off for a walk around the back of the Cargill plant and up towards Inland Packing, then back down the Yarrie Lake Road.
I passed a lone sunflower and found that the "P" setting which is supposed to be automatic produces some very interesting colour effects. Looks like more study of the manual needed!
Here is what it really looks like:
Some interesting architecture occurs in these isolated locations.
As always, there were lots of galahs to be seen:
These were the three wise galahs (an oxymoron?)
This is perhaps my favourite shot of the day:
Stunning photos!! The birds are amazing - moreso to us because we don't have any like that.I'm not sure about the P setting, I believe I have that on my camera too, but haven't used it. Normally I use the auto setting or aperature or shutter speed priority settings. I'll see what my book says about that too, it looks like it may be interesting to use that.The architecture of the building is very similiar to what we often see here. We call them "Stilt Houses". Ours are built up high like that because of the hurricanes and high water. The lower floor is usually just garage and storage, living quarters upstairs. That's the kind of building we would like to put up on our property here because of the flooding.
ReplyDeleteWe have houses built up high all over town here also Lois, for the same reason. In fact our council mandates that all houses have to be 0.5 metres above the 1955 flood level- the trouble is that surrounding developments, dams, weirs etc mean that every flood is different and building that high may not mean that houses are actually above the real flood level. Also, people are tending to build up the land to the right level now and then build the house flat on the ground, which means that when we next get a really big flood, the water will not get away, and in fact will be forced to flow in places it's never been before.In Queensland the tradition was to build houses on stilts to try to catch the breeze and also to provide a cool area underneath,The building in the picture, though, isn't a house- it seems to be some sort of office/ storage building. What is unusual is the steps going up each side- it makes it look a little like a railway building.
ReplyDeleteYes, the stairs are unusual. I've seen them here on the stilt homes, but normally there is one stairway coming from the center of the front, then it branches out to the left and right to make two staircases - more often on homes and businesses on the barrier islands.I expect it would have a great cooling effect!
ReplyDeleteWell I sorted out the sepia effect this afternoon when I was trying to take some "Super Macro" photos of the wattle tree blooms. It turns out that you can take various colour settings in "P" mode including sepia. At some stage I must have accidentally pressed the "Function" button and activated sepia.It's now back to normal so I should be able to get some of those great close-up shots in real colour!
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