Roark's Sporks

Fight

2010-05-23T19:15:00.003+10:00

Fight, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

I found this in a little store off Flinders Lane in Melbourne.
Look for the lomo cameras in the shop window.

Flicked

2010-05-20T16:31:00.002+10:00

Flicked, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

Yes, I got wet.

Location: Some forrest in Cape Ottway National Park, Victoria, Australia

Paint Me

2010-05-16T00:30:00.002+10:00

Paint Me, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

A Lonsdale Street restaurant wall begs to be revamped with mural goodness.

I used a long exposure to capture the stroke of the paintbrush. Not sure if it was entirely successful I but had fun shooting it.

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Eat me. Love me.

2010-05-11T10:35:00.003+10:00

Eat me. Love me., originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

Eat Me.
Sk. Kilda, Australia

Drifting Life

2010-04-26T13:11:00.005+10:00

Drifting Life, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

The storms that brought the rain also dealt much destruction to many old trees. This one refused to be defeated.

Location: Cape Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia

We have water!

2010-04-19T16:02:00.002+10:00

We have water!, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

Southern Australia got some decent rain over the summer and boy was it much needed. Here is one of the more beautiful reasons why we need water so badly here. I had heard that many waterfalls had simply seised to be over the past couple years yet the falls were flowing all over Cape Ottawa during a recent getaway with my new housemates.

As an aside, my car had been badly damaged in the same storms that brought life back to the falls. Nature has its ways of sending a message.

Curiousity Kills

2010-04-05T15:28:00.002+10:00

Curiousity Kills, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

A cat's curiosity burns ever bright, except at cuddle time.

Glass Frame

2010-04-01T05:23:00.002+11:00

Glass Frame, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

When an empty glass is not empty at all.
Melbourne, Australia

Revel In

2010-03-30T22:54:00.002+11:00

Revel In, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

A harbour bids farewell to truely great year.

New Year's Eve, Sydney.

Starlit people

2010-03-25T12:13:00.002+11:00

Starlit people, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

Two people cross paths in Maroobra, Sydney. The contents of their conversation remain consealed in a foreign language but their emotion is clear as, day.

Graff Can

2010-03-24T11:06:00.003+11:00

Graff Can, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

A wheelie bin in fancy clothes struts its stuff on Hardware Lane, Melbourne.

Wise as a miniature Buddah

2010-03-17T00:30:00.006+11:00

Wise as a miniature Buddah, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

Location: Dongwhasa Temple complex a 40 minute scooter ride outside of Daegu, Korea.

For those unfamiliar with the significance oh this photo's title, you need to watch the film Anchorman. Seriously.

Beer Vision

2010-03-07T15:56:00.002+11:00

Beer Vision, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

Location: A Friday night bar somewhere in Melbourne's CBD.

Flash + Longish exposure + Beer = Weird Photos.
Agreed?

Like Woah

2010-03-05T17:17:00.002+11:00

Like Woah, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

Location: Corner of Queen and Lonsdale Streets, Melbourne.

Like Woah, Woah!

I wonder what they saw.

Smoke on the Water?

2010-03-04T11:38:00.002+11:00

Smoke on the Water?, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

A cloud tears the sky in two over Sydney Harbor.
T.J. took a photo of a similar cloud formation over a Russian city scape a while back.

Does anyone know what its called?

Ferris Tram

2010-03-02T14:20:00.004+11:00

Ferris Tram, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

A tram drives by Melbourne's mini Ferris Wheel one summer night.

I decided to ride my bicycle into the city centre to try out a new GPS tracking App on my iphone. The App turned out to be pretty lame but my camera didn't let me down. For all its foibles it still does almost everything I want it to do nearly 4 years on.

Do you canoe?

2010-02-28T13:05:00.004+11:00

Do you canoe?, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

Location: Tidal River, Wilson's Promontory National Park, Australia.

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Reflection

2010-02-27T18:15:00.005+11:00

Reflection, originally uploaded by sodiumswirls.

No this wasn't Photoshopped.

Hakone, Japan

Pheidole Pegasus

2010-02-26T13:18:00.002+11:00

Pheidole Pegasus, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

Pegasus prances purposefully past pleased patrons, proclaiming peace and power.

Pegasus is my second most favourite character in Greek mythology, second only to Perseus. Both characters are due to feature in the remake of the film Clash of the Titans which is scheduled for release in the coming months. Call me a cynic but after seeing it's trailer, looks to be another Hollywood botch-up of what is otherwise a great tale.

National Museum of New South Wales, Sydney.

Three Women

2010-02-25T12:57:00.004+11:00

Three Women, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

I wish I could remember where this was taken. Somewhere in Melbourne yes, but the name of the street completely escapes me. Perhaps it's one of those poor nameless alleyways, in which case the seasonal street art probably serves both aesthetic and navigational purposes.

What I do remember is that this was a jolly fun day where a friend and I wandered through the CBD for hours with cameras frequently glued to our faces.
Good times.

Swing

2010-02-16T03:19:00.008+11:00

Swing, originally uploaded by sodiumswirls.

I wanted to play, too... But only elementary school kids were allowed :C

Hakone Open Air Museum, Japan

Mr Fugu: Hello

2010-02-11T02:27:00.009+11:00

Mr Fugu: Hello, originally uploaded by sodiumswirls.

Yes, Hello! Sorry I've been a little dead, but I'll be posting more photos from my trip to Tokyo soon. :)

Shimokitazawa, Japan

Time out

2009-11-11T16:34:00.005+11:00

Time out, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

A mosquito takes a break from his blood sucking duties on a recently departed old tree.

Location: Yarra Boulevard, Collingwood, VIC

Below is a Google Street view of the trees only a month or so before they met their end.

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Setting

2009-11-10T18:10:00.006+11:00

Setting, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

I tell you this Toy Camera iphone App is stupendous entry into Lomography.
So much so I am seriously considering buying a DSLR and a F+ adaptor just so I can peer through some of the original plastic that really birthed Lomo.

It it wrong to buy a $4000 camera, namely the Nikon D700, with the primary intention of using $50 lenses on it?

Location: Little River, Victoria

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Science & Tea

2009-10-14T16:09:00.002+11:00

Science & Tea, originally uploaded by ǝıɥɔıɹ ƃuıʌɐɹ.

Planning for science class can be fun.

A love of fire.
A bit or drawing.
A cup of fancy greenish tea.
All in a Collingwood Cafe.