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Australia Day - What is Australia Day? 2008-01-25 05:40:00 Australia Day - What is Australia Day?Australia Day is the official national day of Australia, which commemorates the establishment of a settlement and penal colony at Port Jackson by Captain Arthur Phillip, who later became the first Governor. Australia Day is celebrated on 26 January annually, and has been declared as an official public holiday in all states and territories of Australia. Known also as Anniversary Day or Foundation Day, Australia Day is widely considered to be an important day in the history of Australia. On Australia Day, the winner of the Australian of the Year award is announced by the Prime Minister; the award is given to any Australian citizen who has shown a "significant contribution to the Australian community and nation", and is an "inspirational role model for th Read more:Australia
Ladybug (Ladybird) on Grass Stem 2008-01-21 05:06:00 Ladybug (Ladybird) on Grass StemFinding a name for this creature was difficult. According to my searches, it is called a Ladybug in the US, but predominantly a Ladybird in the UK and Australia. So I've chosen a compromise here, and called it both! :)Here is an old nursery rhyme we have here in Australia about the Ladybird - can anyone tell me if this is popular in the US too?Ladybird ladybird fly away home,Your house in on fire and your children are gone,All except one and that's little Ann,For she crept under the frying pan.This photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.Shutter speed: 1/124, F4.0, ISO 100
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Fishing Boat and Pelican at Dawn 2008-01-13 16:55:00 Fishing Boat and Pelican
on the Water at DawnI took this photo on a recent holiday to Lake Cootharaba, near Noosa. The shade of a nearby tree gives the photo a blueish tone. You can clearly see the ropes on the deck of the small fishing boat, and the pelican in the background looking out over the water for breakfast.This photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.Shutter speed: 1/350, F4.9, ISO 100
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Best Nature Pictures of 2007 - Happy Birthday, dear "Bloggy".... 2008-01-09 20:24:00 This January marks an important milestone for this blog: it is exactly One Year since the first visitor came to davids-pics.blogspot.com! Since then, the site has received 10,600 visits, and over 400 comments from all over the world. In the past few weeks, the average has been about 75 visits per day, so traffic is increasing quickly as well.Here are some facts and figures from the history of this blog so far:Total visits: 10,681Total pageviews: 16,651Total posts: 171Total comments: 455Avg. Time on Site: 1:05Avg. Pages per Visit: 1.56Most Popular page overall: /2007/04/drought.html - 4.74% of total trafficMost Popular search term: images of nature - 2.76% of total trafficMost Popular referring site: google.com - 44.27% of total trafficI'm certainly happy with the progress made with this bl Read more:Pictures
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Lone Black Rock in Waves - Wordless Wednesday 2008-01-09 01:00:00 Wordless Wednesday
Single Wet Black
Rock buffeted by Waves
at the BeachThis photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.Shutter speed: 1/350, F8.0, ISO 100
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Australian Blue Tongue Lizard - Wordless Wednesday 2008-01-02 04:01:00 Wordless WednesdayAustralian
Blue Tongue Lizard
(Tiliqua mustifaciata) basking in the SunThis photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.Shutter speed: 1/209, F4.6, ISO 100
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Happy New Year 2008! [Fireworks] 2007-12-31 02:26:00 Happy New Year!Wishing you a safe, happy and productive New Year in 2008.
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Weird Clouds Hiding the Sun - Sky Watch Friday 2008-03-13 10:00:00 Sun shining through a gap in the strange cloudsSky Watch Friday
This sky actually looked quite bland when seen in real life, but I somehow felt the urge to take a photo of it. Maybe it was the framing with the tops of the houses at the bottom and the tree silhouette, but regardless of the reason I took the photo. This is what it turned out like. By focusing on the sun and adjusting the white balance for it, the clouds are made to look ominous and threatening, when they are far from it in reality!This was shot with a 28mm (equivalent) lens, making it appear slightly "fish-eyed".This Sky Watch Friday photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.
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Three Leaf Clover - St. Patrick's Day 2008-03-16 19:20:00 Three-leafed Clover
St. Patrick
's DayMarch 17th - St. Patrick's Day. Today I thought I'd share with you a short history of St. Patrick. Some of you might know this already, but a lot of people haven't actually heard the reason we remember him on this day.Patrick was born in Roman Britain. When he was about sixteen he was captured by Irish raiders and taken as a slave to Ireland, where he lived for six years before escaping and returning to his family. He entered the church, as his father and grandfather had before him, becoming a deacon and a bishop. He later returned to Ireland as a missionary, working in the north and west of the island. Legend credits Patrick with teaching the Irish about the concept of the Trinity by showing people the shamrock, a 3-leaved clover, using it to highlight Read more:Three
Good Friday 2008-03-20 21:00:00 The CrossGood Friday
Today is Good Friday. Good Friday, also called Holy Friday or Great Friday, is the Friday before Easter (Easter always falls on a Sunday). It commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus at Calvary. In many English speaking countries, hot cross buns are eaten on Good Friday, with the cross standing as a symbol of the crucifixion. This is the first day of the Easter Triduum, which begins on Holy Thursday night and ends on the evening of Easter Sunday.Information from WikipediaThis photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.
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Easter Sunday 2008-03-22 16:00:00 LifeSun shining through green tree leavesEasterSunday
Happy Easter!Today is Easter Sunday. Easter, also called Pascha, is the most important religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus.. Many non-religious cultural elements have become part of the holiday, and those aspects are often celebrated by many Christians and non-Christians alike. Easter Eggs are a popular traditional food eaten on Easter Sunday. The egg is a symbol of the Resurrection: while being dormant it contains a new life sealed within it.Easter is termed a moveable feast because it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar. Easter falls at some point between late March and late April each year, following the cycle of the moon. After several centuries of disagreement, all c
Moon behind a Tree - Sky Watch Friday 2008-03-27 16:12:00 Full Moon behind
a Tree (Eucalyptus)Sky Watch Friday
For some reason, whenever it came around to Sky Watch Friday, I automatically thought of a day-time sky. It never occurred to me until now that a moon landscape is actually a "Sky Watch" photo as well! So, today I have this photo I took the other night of a full Moon behind my gum tree (see my other moon / tree silhouette). I find the layer of cloud interesting in this picture - it serves to split the picture into two parts horizontally, while the tree splits the picture vertically. Not exactly the rule of thirds - maybe more like the rule of fourths!This photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.
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Dragonfly Insect - Wordless Wednesday 2008-03-26 05:51:00 Dragonfly-like Insect clinging to a Eucalyptus leafWordless Wednesday
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Purple-red Clouds at Sunset - Sky Watch Friday 2008-04-03 17:57:00 Deep purple and red Sunset
looking over the cityLast Sky Watch Friday
, just after I put my post up, I went out to listen to a presentation on the Australian Navy. When I was walking in the door I noticed this brilliant sunset lighting up the sky. I happened to have my camera with me, so I was able to snap a few shots. I didn't have a tripod with me and I used about 250mm lens so I had to bring up the ISO a bit to get a clear picture.Purple
clouds at sunsetBy the time I got home from the presentation last Friday it was too late to post these shots, so I'm sharing them today as the Sky Watch for the week.This Sky Watch Friday photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.
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Green Grass - Wordless Wednesday 2008-04-01 22:15:00 Green GrassWordless Wednesday
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A New Day - Wordless Wednesday 2008-04-08 14:00:00 "A New Day
"Wordless Wednesday
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Palm Trees and Moon - Sky Watch Friday 2008-04-10 14:00:00 "Tropical Twilight" - Moon through palm treesSky Watch Friday
This is one of my older photos, taken in 2006 with the Kodak camera. I was experimenting with taking moon photos, and tried out this framing technique with the palm trees silhouetted against the twilight sky, and the fronds reaching from the top of the picture downwards to the moon. I think it turned out fairly well, although the moon is quite small due to the minute 3x zoom offered by the Kodak camera.You can just see the colours of the setting sun reflecting off the top of the palm trees.Original URL: -twilight.htmlThis Sky Watch Friday photo taken with the Kodak C330 digital camera.
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Pumpkin Flower - Wordless Wednesday 2008-04-15 18:02:00 Yellow Pumpkin
Flower with Radiating SpinesWordless Wednesday
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Cumulonimbus Storm Cloud - Thor's Masterpiece 2008-04-17 14:28:00 "Thor's Masterpiece
"Cumulonimbus Thunder StormCloud
at SunsetSky Watch FridayI found this storm cloud photo as I was going through my archives searching for images to enter in an upcoming photographic competition. The huge Cumulonimbus cloud is lit up a light pink colour by the setting sun, while the horizon below is silhouetted against the threatening dark blue clouds around the base of the thunder-head.This photo was taken in Goondiwindi, Queensland. When I entered it into the Goondiwindi Photo Competition, I titled it "Thor's Masterpiece".Original post: Cumulonimbus Storm CloudThis Sky Watch Friday photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.
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Free Access to Encyclopedia Britannica for Bloggers 2008-04-21 00:13:00 Encyclopedia Britannica is well-known as a reputable source of information. Over 4,000 editors who are recognized as experts in their field help to maintain well-written and accurate articles in this classic reference. Unfortunately the encylopedia has been somewhat neglected nowdays, with the advent of Wikipedia which offers free access to all articles. For every article viewed on the pay-for Britannica Online, an estimated 187 articles are viewed on the free Wikipedia.This may be set to change though - you can now get access to the online version of Encyclopedia Britannica for free through a new program called Britannica Webshare - provided that you are a “web publisher.” Bloggers are included in this invitation: “This program is intended for people who publish with some regularity Read more:Access
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The Calm Before the Storm - Wordless Wednesday 2008-04-22 17:19:00 "The Calm Before the Storm
"Wordless Wednesday
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Thunder and Lightning! Strike at Night 2008-04-24 14:00:00 "Thunder
and Lightning!"Lightning striking in a thunder storm at nightSky Watch FridayWow! That's what I thought when I saw this lightning bolt strike last night. We had a thunder storm here (fairly rare, I might add) and so I went out, like I did during our last lightning storm, in the cold and wet, to get some lightning photos. The noise of this particular strike nearly deafened me! It struck less than 1km away, so the thunder came almost instantaneously.I took this picture on "B" shutter mode with about a 20-second exposure at F6.4. The lightning you see in the picture is actually the result of two strikes - one huge lightning strike (the large ball of white lightning on the left), and another smaller one almost directly after.Because of the long exposure, and the brightness of the ligh Read more:Night
ANZAC Day - The Dove of Peace 2008-04-24 13:35:00 "The Dove of Peace
"Anzac DayAnzac Day, April 25 in Australia and New Zealand commemorates the landing in 1915, during World War I, of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The Allies attempted to take control of the strategic Dardanelles from Turkey, allied with the Central Powers, in the so-called Dardanelles Campaign, which began in February 1915. ANZAC forces landed on April 25 and secured a beachhead at what came to be called ANZAC Cove, on the Aegean side of the peninsula. Despite additional landings by other troops during the succeeding months, the Allies could not capture the strait, and they suffered enormous losses from battle and disease. By December 1915 the Allied troops, including the ANZAC forces, had been withdrawn. Nonetheless, the AN
Restful Waters - Wordless Wednesday 2008-04-29 14:00:00 "Restful Waters
..."Stones reflected in waterWordless Wednesday
"Beside restful waters he leads me, he refreshes my soul." Ps 23,2This photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.
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Glowing Orange Sunrise (Silhouette) - Sky Watch Friday 2008-05-01 14:00:00 "Don't worry about the future...."Sky glowing orange as the sun risesSky Watch Friday
On Wednesday I got up around 6am, just before the sun rose, and was able to capture this shot. Once again, this sunrise is different from all my previous shots. Watching the sun rise helped me to stop and forget all my worries of the future, just take a moment to relax and enjoy the present. I hope you can also take some time one day soon to watch the sun rise. Each one is different, so you'll be guaranteed of a fresh show every day.This Sky Watch Friday photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.
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Related Posts - New Feature 2008-05-01 05:02:00 I'd like to point out a new feature that I've added to this blog recently - related posts. If you click on any post, you'll find a list of related links at the bottom of the page, just below the comments section. You might like to check out some of these - the photos go back to late 2006.
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Blogger Buzz: Blogger now schedules future-dated posts 2008-05-03 19:44:00 I know some of you are have been using Blogger
in Draft to schedule your posts
recently. This functionality is now available in the standard blogger interface. Simply create a new post, and click "Post Options" to access the date settings for your post. Set a date in the future, click "Publish", and your post will automatically be scheduled for posting on the date you chose.This feature can be very handy when you have "writer's block" and can't manage to write to a deadline, or just want to take a break for a while. I encourage you to give this feature a try - you might find it comes in useful some day.
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Watchful Otters - Wordless Wednesday 2008-05-06 14:00:00 "Watchful"Two Otters out of the waterWordless Wednesday
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Sunset at Brisbane Golf Club - Sky Watch Friday 2008-05-08 17:49:00 Sunset at the Brisbane
Golf ClubSky Watch Friday
I was at a baptism in Brisbane this week, and the service ended with refreshments available at the Indooroopilly Golf Club. It was late afternoon by the time we arrived, and in the "Jacaranda room" I had an excellent view out to the west, where the sun was setting over the golf links. Somewhat surprisingly, the best framing I could find for the sunset was to zoom right in to 300mm, excluding the golf links entirely and silhouetting the mountains in the distance.Mountains in the distance withthe setting sunThe photo above was taken at about 4:30pm, before the sun began to set properly. I was walking through a doorway, and caught a glimpse of the mountains through the leaves of this plant. So, out came the camera for a quick shot! The leaves gi Read more:Sunset
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