Facades - Photo Blog

Facade 95 - Organ Pipe National Park

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:22:00 PST

This is a view with so much Australian landscape in it: Arid plant species, stagnant still water, ancient rock layers and unique geography.

The natural weathering has sculpted this work of art. Yet, there were a number of wombats dead in the nearby waters!

Facade 94: Weathering rocks at Sea

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:24:00 PST

These rocks have names.

Beehive rocks as they are called.

Somehow I found these natural wonders become a beauty in the most severe form of weathers. The scene was captured under the canopy of thick cloud and storms. Still, the white sky really dissapoints many of my friends in the trip.

Somehow the colour of green from moss adds some colour to the shot. Hence, I preferred this image out of the whole batch of snaps in my SD card.

There was a barricade to the entrance of the walkway to this particular coast and we all walked straight through it...

Facade 93 - Angry sky

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:06:00 PST

This view reflected a panic mood on the very day that the horrendous storm came over us like a doom's day. My house power went out as well as phone line connection. The whole place was dark like a midnight sky. The experience was rather horrific as the lightening striked a number of people in my street.

After this image was taken, the pouring rain flooded my street as if we were about to swim in the metropolitan melbourne!

Thank God that some of the pest birds - Myena managed to die with the storm. At least there is something good out of this whole drama.

Facade 92 - Whale rock

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:05:00 PST

I know what you are thinking... This rock looks nothing like a whale but a boulder stone and it is what it is you are looking at. Sometimes I wonder whether Australians really lack imagination. Maybe the early explorer were concrete thinkers or had never seen a real life whale before.

This image was taken on Olympus E520 with ZD 11-22/2.8

Surprisingly both gear were long gone from my cabinet but I started to miss this lens actually.

Facade of the whale rock is almost like an irony of inaccurate naming of most things I see in my home country.

Facade 91 - Beauchamps Waterfall

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:34:00 PST

Sometimes waterfall cleans one's soul. Many Japanese monks love to sit at the bottom of the fall, taking the impact of force and toughen their own bodies.

It strikes me that waterfall makes me feel alive again. There is wind generated by the water splash. The whole experience is quite surreal. Every time I feel down, I head towards a fall.

The trip is often well worth it even in a rainy day

Facade 90 - Estuary

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:55:00 PST

This was a standard view from wilson prom. The land was recently baptized by the pouring rain we had all been expecting for a long time.

The view is really typically Australian and I missed this vision for a long time.

And finally I had gone for a bit of driving and photographying again out of my clinical blues.

Facade 89 - Abstract Water

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:54:00 PDT

The light can really do wonder. Sometimes a facade of illusion can turn out as delusion.

Love the work of nature

Facade 88 - Blue Blue Blue

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:23:00 PDT

The exam is finally over for me and time to update some of my travel images. This is located in Lorne of Victoria Australia.

The storm always adds mood and sentiment to the scenery and I enjoy the reflections of the cloud very much.

Facade 87 - Caprie Island of Italy

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:01:00 PDT

Beautiful blue sea surrounded by wonderful looking architecture. A touch of medieval feel with such a clarity to the image.

The image was taken by Astia coloured film using Canon EF 24mm f1.4 stopping down to f16

This is truely a place that I forget about worries and stress. Hope you like this wonderful part of the world :)

Facade 86 - Cherry Blossom in the City

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:02:00 PDT

This is an image taken during cherry blossom seasons. A bit of O-cha and a bit of chilly wind makes the day rather special.

Sometimes doing nothing on a Sunday can be a real pleasure.

Facade 85 - Floral dream

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:49:00 PDT

This is a capture with my camera lowered to the ground level. The world seems so much bigger and the light seems to be more overwhelming.

This is not entirely a landscape photo but it has captured the essence of a facade including sentiment, abstract and flora.

I hope that your day is as fragrant as the rich variation of colours this picture imparts on your day ahead :)

Here is an article about

Types of Bokeh

Wish you a very happy week!

Facade 84 - Coastline variation

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:08:00 PDT

This is an image taken by Pentax Fa 31mm ltd f1.8

The water appears green. Yet, the rock is yellow. This natural colour combination is almost unheard of against blue sky. The ability to render shadow details is never an easy task through Canon or Nikon lenses. This pentax 31mm is a gem to do this job well.

The scenery is along the coastline of Taiwan. The region was reported to be a result of ocean floor surfacing to the surface. Now the place is filled with vendors selling picked crabs, shellfish and alike.

Facade 83 - Weribee Wetland

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:08:00 PDT

This is a land filled with sewage and fertilisers. Stench fills the air and the flies hover around my lips.

The view is simply spetacular. However, there is this smell that is unbearable.

My other landscape images are in the following gallery

http://www.roentarre.com/Gallery.aspx

Regards

James

Facade 82 - Water stagnation in beech forest

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:38:00 PDT

This is an image taken at the end of a long hiking. 12 km into this beech forest located in southern victoria of Australia.

The mosquittos were as large as the size of black widow spider. Scary as hell. The moisture in the air were damp and suffocating.

Dreamy and spooky as I look at this small creek. I felt that there must be a lot of spirits nearby gently touching my face and spine...

Facade 81 - Falling sun in an abandoned field

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Mon, 18 May 2009 01:24:00 PDT

An image like this tends to go well with whisky. Despite a chilly wind hitting my face really hard, I felt my stress was temporarily relieved in one of my hiking trip few months back.

The light is so warm visually but skin was chilled to the frosty state. The best part was that there was no mobile phone reception. I had all this to myself. The cooked congee helped me feel the awe of nature and I was absolutely in love with Australian landscape.

Facade 80 - Morning variety

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Sun, 17 May 2009 00:42:00 PDT

This facade is not a landscape but a candid image of 3 people. A little amusing with an unflattering woman yoaning in the background. A cyclist finally got off the bike to walk towards the market while a young funky man eats his breakfast roll - A Turkish delight that is very well known locally.

I have an artist friend who asked me why I only stuck my facade photos blog to landscape images only. I decided to see the feedback from my audience :)

Thank you for all your hard support for me so far :)

Facade 79 - Grampians National Park

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:48:00 PDT

This image was taken by my voigtlander rangefinder camera R3A. The lens used is ultra wide 12mm f5.6 where the perspective is soooooo wide.

The place is filled with ancient rocks and texture. Beautiful part of victoria where I live.

Facade 78 - Mapple and water

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:35:00 PDT

This is Omni Waterfall. A place where free ocha is offered to people to enjoy the natural beauty, mixing the anion in the air with the antioxidant in the tea.

Beautiful place and cleanse one's mind

Facade 77 - Anderson Park

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:45:00 PDT

This is a park where weekend sports activity filled every corner of the ground. The place was immediately in front of my mum's house.

The only time to get some sense of serenity is the evening where all the unleashed had finished their pooing exercises in the park.

I have appreciated that so many people have supported my facade photo blog over the past 2 years. A fellow photo blogger suggested to me that I should start posting facade images of various topics other than scenery.

Help me to decide by voting the question on the right of the blog page :)

Thanks!

Facade 76: Beauchamps Waterfalls at Otway Ranges

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:12:00 PDT

This is one of the major three waterfalls in Otway Ranges. This one is located north to Apollo Bay along the coast of Victoria, Australia. The drive takes about 3.5 hours one way.

The region has more rainfall comparing to Melbourne CBD. This particular waterfall is surrounded by beech tree forest.

There are a lot of chunky big mosquittos that have fangs like elephant seals. (Yes, I am exagerating). Lucky that Dengue fever is not prevalent around here. The walk is quite challenging as I carry so many camera bodies and lenses up and down the stairs that are rather wobbly.

The recent bush fire had brought the whole place down to ashes. The falls is now no longer there now.

Facade 75 - Autumn Falls

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:25:00 PDT

This is located at central Japan. A local taxi driver took me to this very location where only locals would have known this place.

A warm sake wine and daifuku (Red bean paste inside a dough bun) makes the viewing in a very Japanese way. The colour of the autumn is reflected by the carotene element inside these leaves without chlorophyl.

It was a wonderful time

Facade 74 - Sunset colour

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:04:00 PDT

There seems to be some sort of glow in the mist of yellow hue. There is oyster farms in the foreground. These tiny sydney rock oysters had suffered a history of hapatitis outbreak. 1 case of acute liver failure was reported at the time.

Facade 73 - Traditional housing

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:25:00 PDT

This type of scenery often reminds me of my own childhood. The struggle to eat 3 meals a day is rather a scary thought. The hookworms come through our feet to travel to our lungs.

Haemoptysis as doctors would have called it. Blood in the sputums.

This field is filled with all types of worms that could make me sick. However, the facade of this country scene does remind me of the difficult past turning into nostalgia

Facade 72 - Mornington Peninsula

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:21:00 PDT

The beach is serene. Though very warm weather, this place is always a place to visit on the weekend. A plate of fish n chips also helps.

Facade 71 - Ferret Falls

noreply@blogger.com (roentarre) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:28:00 PDT

This waterfalls usually appears after a torrential rain. I guess I was so lucky with my photography pals. A long trek in the mud with slippery rocks around.

There were numerous horse flies that were sucking blood out of me!