freo safari

So i had to go down to Freo for a race this weekend and decided to make a bit of a journey of it and so booked a place to stay and took my camera. And then i took a pic of me, meet kath the photographer!

I figured since Freo was renown for its history Id try to take some building shots. Came across this old Boys School and liked the sign and so came up with this.

Then the wording on a wall outside the Freo Arts Museum grabbed my attention. Id been reading in my Photo Index book about using wording to create interest and so have it a whirl.

I dont really like this pic, but i still like the number on the side of the wall for some reason. I think the pic annoys me because of the green window frames, they seem wrong. Anyways its making it onto the blog cos the number is cool, and its my blog and i can have any reason i like.

From this point i wandered down to the Left Bank on the foreshore and thought i might wack on my zoom and try for some shots of people doing stuff. I wandered past the pub first, just snapping away, then set myself up down one end, trying to compose this bum shot. What i really wanted was more bums so i was just kinda loitering around with my zoom firmly focussed on some arse and then a bouncer came and asked me to stop. I mean really? is that offensive that i shoot some bums? maybe it is, i was trying to decide if i would be offended if someone shot my bum and i didnt think i would, well unless it was a sleezy looking dude, but im a girl, and i dont think i look particularly weird. But nonethless, this is all i have cos people are moody bloody things.

So i went back to snapping nature, its so much easier to deal with. A few random bird shots followed, all using the zoom. Im suprised at how easy it is to hand hold the zoom, i thought they would be blury without a tripod.

And as the sun started to set, the colours on the water became really beautiful, this isnt touched up, this is just how it was, it was really tranquil.

This is a different shot, but a similar feel, the water was gorgeous.

Then came across a few assorted jetty's and so tried some shots looking along their length with various focal points.

And then a close focus on the jetty bollard.

As the sun was going down some of the footprints going across the sand really started to stand out so i wondered how a footprint shot would go. Guess these are better done soon after high tide when there is little interference cos it was hard work finding a piece of sand with only 1 set of prints. I quite like this though, id like to shoot a shot of someone walking along the beach on their own with their prints in the foreground. I might have to do that with my sister in Exmouth in a few weeks.

A very cute little sand castle, beautifully decorated in some local flowers and stones!

And then i got very excited!! i discovered what the river debris looked like thru my zoom and i was in heaven. I am so going to love that macro lens when i can afford it. But in the meantime i have reduced 50 bazillion jellyfish shots into my favourite 2.

And this.

Oh no, hang on, i lied, one more, i promise this is it.

And lastly to finish off, before i went back inside to feed my grumbling guts, i shot this one which i really like. Its nothing much just a lump of wood under a jetty, but i like the texture variation and the colours.