Perceptive Light

Poppy emerging, I can't help but think that there are not many countries on the planet where real Flanders Poppies flower on and around Remembrance Day michaelward.com.au

The Southern Aurora was presenting a fabulous show this evening! Captured near Clarendon in Northern Tasmania f2 10mm lens Fujifilm XT2

Australian Swallows - daddy and a rather disgruntled chick who still wants supper delivered... the chick can fly and skim the Cataract Gorge basin (lake) but just doesn’t want to! Kids eh! Eat yer broccoli🤣

Its been quite some time since I posted anything but it has taken nearly 18 months to build a new home, studio and an almost completed a darkroom in the last year time for blogging has been a sparse commodity. However I did take a few days off here and there that gave me some time to look around tassie and shoot about twenty roles of film most of which are awaiting the arrival of a LAB BOX from a Kickstarter to dev the black and white. The colour film went off to a local lab THE ONLY C41 lab in Tasmania and they have done a reasonable job even though there is much more spotting to do than I would like. This was shot on Ektar on my 1949 Voigtlander Bessa Its a 6×9 version which is ideal for landscapes… This bay near St Helens is called the bay of fires because of the red and orange lichen on the rocks which under the right light gives the impression of fire on the rocky landscape. - perceptivelight.com.au

At a time when spring is in full swing the colours are the most obvious thing one sees, but as soon as dusk begins to fall on the land all colours turn to grey...

A most splendid wren,  It is such an absolute delight to watch these beutiful tiny birds zipping around catching insects just before dusk...

The much maligned brush tail possum sits waiting for darkness to arrive before its departure to create havoc around litter bins, on suburban roofs veggie gardens and fruit trees all for a feed which makes them pests! Sad but cute!!

Blackbird singing in the dead of night... Cataract Gorge Launceston Tasmania

Decoration for an unmade pot!

The Cataract Gorge entrance by night, interesting that the street light emit different colours. How odd!

We live in hope!