By the Great Spirit of Ansel Adams the photographic lust is upon us in full force.
A confluence of events...the area we are visiting is a very nice, bucolic agriculturally oriented region in the vein of Paso Robles or Sonoma Counties in California. That means nice things to look at in a general sense but not the type of historically interesting or culturally interesting things you would find many other places we commonly visit. So wandering around with photography as the primary focus as opposed to wandering around with history and culture as the primary focus really fits in. Add to this that Wife has been oriented this way. As I mentioned last time, she has been finding tutorials on YouTube that I've been listening to. This has created the perfect storm for photographic focus.
Today we were wandering around the town of Margret River. The town is nice enough but nothing particularly note worthy in terms of architecture or history. For more on the complete history and current environment here is a link to its page on Wikipedia.
Photography
Details for those who might be interested
Today I was working on advice to use a single focal length throughout the day. Our regular, what we call our walking around lens, is a zoom lens that goes from a focal length of 12 to 200. In simple terms that is a short wider angle with greater detail to a longer zooming in with less detail. According to the person Wife was listening to, using your zoom capability makes you lazy in terms of your thinking about how you want to compose and frame your pictures. Working with a single focal length makes you be more selective and requires you to move your feet and body more to get the kinds of shots you want. He further advised that it wasn't necessary to buy a whole set of fixed lens. One could just set the focal length on the zoom and keep it there during the shoot. Today I had it set at 45. I chose 45 rather than the more common 50 because there is a clear mark on the lens at 45 so I could be sure of keeping it consistent. There is one exception to that. The bird picture which was done with zoom.
Bird
Family
Street Art
Candid Shots
Patterns & Other
Ants
Signs Of The World
The Margret River area is proving to be a treasure trove of unique signage
Evidently caffeine is not enough of a stimulant for your typical Aussie!
Also, among a certain age group, there are not enough potential mates to go around
Australian competitiveness in sports is well known. A local Satanic group has offered success if you will sell your soul to them
Retailers have found it hard to find the fixtures they need to keep growing
And, of course, one of the true culinary delicacies of Western Australian cooking
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