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Australia Day 2017 – some fireworks photos

Australia Day 2017 – some fireworks photos

Yes, it’s now October 2017 and Australia Day was in January, so that makes me something of a slacker when it comes to posting. In between posts, I’ve been painting and doing family things. Oh, and we went on a

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Raw Converter Comparison – Lightroom vs DXO Optics Pro vs ON1 Photo RAW vs Photo Ninja

Raw Converter Comparison – Lightroom vs DXO Optics Pro vs ON1 Photo RAW vs Photo Ninja

For most digital photographers, getting out and making the photo in the field is only the first step in the process, unless you’re happy with JPEG files straight from the camera. Raw converter software takes the raw data recorded by

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Flower Photography from the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Flower Photography from the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Flower photography is a nice relaxing activity to do in the warmer weather, especially in an environment as nice as the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. The gardens used to be a favourite haunt of mine when I was studying at Adelaide

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Best Nikon Lenses on a small budget for Nikon DX cameras

Best Nikon Lenses on a small budget for Nikon DX cameras

This is not an article about what Nikon DX lenses you need to buy to make better photos, or even a definitive list of the very best Nikon lenses. My belief is that one can make great photos with a

Steve April 3, 2016June 5, 2016 Digital Cameras 2 Comments Read more

Pinhole Camera fun on Digital with the Pinwide Pinhole

Pinhole Camera fun on Digital with the Pinwide Pinhole

I posted recently about our trip to parts of the Murray River, and my experiences with the Industar lens I’d packed by mistake. It turns out that I made another mistake that day, but I’ll get to that in a

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