A gorgeous moonrise from Manly this evening, catching some glow from the setting sun.
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Small is beautiful
I always smile when I see a real mini.
Big Tuesday at Manly
Ex-cyclone Oswald brought some big swells to Sydney beaches today. Manly was looking pretty messy early this morning after last night’s storm, with a torrent of dirty brown run-off spewing out of Queenscliff lagoon into the sea. South Manly offered some decent waves for those who were game. Here’s a few photos I took this afternoon.
Hello summer, where’s the sun?
It was hot and humid in Sydney overnight so I woke up feeling murky and grey and nothing was in focus. A bit like these pictures from my morning swim. But it was beautiful none-the-less and I even got to say hello to a ray.
I love how small waves look big when you get down low with a wide angle
A nice face wash first thing
Half in, half out
See weed everywhere
Hi Ray
Ok that’s enough. Back to dry land for coffee.
Glassy eyes
An alternative angle on sunrise. Here are some shots we took a couple of weeks ago (before the weather turned wild) experimenting with new ways to photograph the sunrise. What do you think?
Wake up!
Looking sideways
Coffee time?
Waiting for the sun
It’s the spring equinox today (according the Australian Bureau of Meteorology), which means that day and night are equal duration. Technically it’s when the Earth’s axis is perpendicular to the sun. I think! Anyway, we had a beautiful sunrise at Manly at around 5:43 this morning.
Spring equinox sunrise at Manly
Spring flowers
It’s been a very warm start to spring – the flowers are loving it! Here’s a shot I took with my iPhone of Sydney Harbour.
Spring flowers at North Head, with Sydney Harbour and the city in the background
Stormy Weather
Big winds this weekend – enough to blow dogs off chains…. or yachts off moorings.
A 35-footer grounded at Manly’s harbour beach
Angry Sky
A visitor from the south: a big storm front rolls in over Manly Beach
My absolute favourite subject matter for photography is clouds — so here’s a warning in advance: you’ll see lots of clouds on this blog. This particular beauty rolled in with a ‘southerly buster’. The southerly usually signals a cool change and is common in Sydney in the summer, particularly after days of stable, sunny weather. A cool front gets pushed up from the south, bringing unstable, gusty weather. Big grey clouds roll in and the temperature drops rapidly. They usually come in the late afternoon and you can almost set your watch by it. All of a sudden our back windows start rattling — ah, that’ll be the southerly buster. Some Sydney weather nerds (myself included) often tweet when the southerly hits – you could map it’s progress from south to north across the city.
Big and beautiful: Is it just me, or do storm clouds make great photos?
Coastal Dweller 