tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15236036129358777712012-01-16T20:16:32.079-08:00A blog on everything to do with Australia. From Australian photography tips and images to places to visit, things to do and what to do once you get there!Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-7981546104654192392010-05-27T19:40:00.000-07:002010-10-10T23:15:19.643-07:00<span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">A</span></strong>ustralian imaging technology has come a long way in the last ten years. In-camera digital processing technology of pixels within the Charged Couple Device (CCD) of digital cameras is about to become a whole lot more exciting!<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">P</span></strong>ixel ratio technology about to be released into the general amateur photography market by Photo Shop Australia will result in the most incredible highly-detailed images ever shot by anyone in the history of photography.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">R</span></strong>ecent advancements by us in the realm of CCD technology is set to change the way you view not only your own planet, but the planets in our near universe!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">I</span>ndustrial photographic technology has advanced so much in Australia when compared to the rest of the world that a plug and play device designed and patented by www.PhotoShopAustralia.com called MaxiCCD<span style="font-size:85%;">®</span> is about to be released worldwide. MaxiCCD<span style="font-size:85%;">® </span>will turn any digital camera with a USB connection into a camera capable of capturing images at a resolution of 135,000 Mega-Pixels (Mp). That is 135 Giga-Pixels! With a resolution of 450,000 pixels by 300,000 pixels any old digital camera will be able to capture detailed images such as rocks the size of a baseball on the surface of Mars!<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">L</span></strong>ess than ten years ago we all thought the release of the 1Mp camera was exciting. Well, we've now propelled that technology so high that everyone including you will be able to explore the night-sky universe from your own back yard with such clarity that you'll be able to see in extremely high-detail the surface traverses of the previously-unsighted river systems on planets in our nearest planetary solar system 4.4 light-years away!<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 255px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 175px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/images/FlyEyesFrom2850km.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">F</span></strong>rames shot with our MaxiCCD<span style="font-size:85%;">® </span>technology shown below give you a taste of what you can achieve with our technology. The first image clearly shows the twin eyes of a fly shot with our technology from a distance of 2,850km. We took our camera to Langtang National Park 40km north of Kathmandu in Nepal near the Chinese border and set it up on Mt Langtang Lirung where the elevation is 7426m. At the same time we also set up our test subject - the fly - in our office on the 112th floor of the No 1 Petronas Tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is what we captured with our MaxiCCD® technology when shooting the fly from our camera set up on the summit of Mt Langtang Lirung, Nepal and shooting the fly 2850km away in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 236px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 124px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/images/AlphaCentauri.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">O</span></strong>ptical clarity with our patented photographic technique is so great that we can also reveal this next exclusive image taken of the surface of the 7th planet orbiting Alpha Centauri B. Alpha Centauri B is the smaller of the two major suns in the Alpha Centauri binary star system over 4 light years away in our own Milky Way galaxy. This image of the northern polar ice cap of this planet is so detailed you can see the drainage channels created by melting ice flowing into the valley towards the right of the MaxiCCD<span style="font-size:85%;">®</span> image. All the Hubble Telescope can reveal of the Alpha Centauri binary star system is the two suns and one impossibly fuzzy planet or sun, but we can exclusively reveal to you that we have not only identified 16 planets orbiting Alpha Centauri A and 12 planets orbiting Alpha Centauri B, but we have imaged the surface of both planets in extremely high detail using an inexpensive off-the-shelf digital camera connected to our device. We have named this particular planet (shown below) Alpha Plutos, after our own beautiful distant planet Pluto. Pluto was unfortunately de-listed as a planet by the International Astronomical Union in 2006, so we've resurrected the little guy and propelled his name to the most important interplanetary find this century! The blue hue on the Alpha Plutos image below is caused by the refraction of nitrogen and hydrogen gas in the atmosphere of Alpha Plutos.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">O</span></strong>nly once in your lifetime will you see technology advance so much that it will blow away everything you've seen before. Only once in your life will you ever be this amazed at what you can see around you right from your very own back yard! We shot the next amazing image below from a suburban city back yard on a clear summer's night. The image shows two colliding galaxies 5.8 billion light years away in such detail that you can even see the streaks of hydrogen gas being emitted from the centre of each galaxy as unseen collision-gravity pushes the gas outwards and into the surrounding blackness of deep space...<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 234px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 104px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/images/CollidingGalaxies.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">L</span></strong>onely as most people think we are on planet Earth - we can now exclusively reveal that we truly are not alone in the universe! We have photographed and have seen what are certainly road and transportation networks on Alpha Galaxos - the 9th planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A!<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">S</span></strong>ince the dawn of time man has wondered about the universe. Our amazing MaxiCCD<span style="font-size:85%;">®</span> imaging technology can not only answer that question and more, but YOU can find out for yourself without relying on anyone else by using our MaxiCCD<span style="font-size:85%;">®</span> imaging technology in your own back yard at night!<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">D</span></strong>etailed CCD imaging will never get better than this.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">A</span></strong> myth about new technology is that it is too expensive for the average person to use. So we've turned that in its head too! How? By reverse-engineering the purchase price of this product! We are so sure of our product that we will release the first unit at a price of only $1. Each subsequent purchase of the MaxiCCD<span style="font-size:85%;">®</span> imaging technology will increase in price by $1. This is how it works: The first unit will sell for $1, the 10th for $10, the 100th for $100 and so on.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Y</span></strong>es, they will be released soon. So get down to your local camera shop and ask them about the MaxiCCD<span style="font-size:85%;">® </span>imaging system by <a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/">Photo Shop Australia</a> and when they plan to stock it. At 135Gp (135 Giga-Pixels) the MaxiCCD<span style="font-size:85%;">® </span>system will blow your world away!<br /><br />Have a great APRIL FOOL's day!</span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">(Read the first letter of each paragraph!!!)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/">http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/</a></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-798154610465419239?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-62454160035717162042010-02-24T17:59:00.000-08:002010-02-24T18:14:34.454-08:00<span style="color:#cccccc;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>How to organize and protect your photo collection</strong></span><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cccccc;">Are you overwhelmed by your photographs? </span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cccccc;">Have you got years and years’ worth of photos that have never even made it out of the film developers’ envelopes? </span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cccccc;">Worse yet, have you got rolls and rolls of film that haven’t even been developed? </span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cccccc;">Are you up to your eyeballs in boxes and stashes of photos that are a jumbled mess? </span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cccccc;">Wondering how you’ll ever manage to organize the old photos you’ve inherited when you’re already frazzled by your own collection? </span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cccccc;">Feeling frustrated by rummaging through your piles in search of a special photograph only to come up empty handed? </span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cccccc;">Have you slowed down or even stopped your picture taking because you just don't know where you'd put any more photos? </span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cccccc;">Are you fed up with feeling overwhelmed and guilty about your out-of-control photo collection? </span></li></ul><a href="http://df063b1aqsrq8z8crn2cjaxbci.hop.clickbank.net/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cccccc;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 95px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 111px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441996801732847442" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_E53C6pY5cWc/S4XbQhwZJ1I/AAAAAAAAABw/TaujUyrT2HE/s200/Jacket.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#cccccc;"><strong>Learn </strong>why your procrastination--and even your attempts at organizing--may be destroying your precious photographs! <strong>It goes without saying</strong> that your inaction may be destroying your precious photographs, but would you believe that your attempts at organizing might actually be accelerating the deterioration of your photographs?</span></span><span style="color:#cccccc;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Here are some typical organizing steps that may actually do more harm that good: </strong></span><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cccccc;">Storing photos in manila envelopes or unsafe photo boxes. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cccccc;">Using plastic baggies, or standard index cards to separate photographs. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cccccc;">Using self-stick notes on top of photographs to keep track of memories. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cccccc;">Using a ball-point pen to write dates and information on the back of your photograph. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cccccc;">Storing photographs in their original photo-developing envelopes. Talk about unfairness! Who would ever imagine that your photos would not be safe in the very envelopes they come in?</span></li></ul><span style="color:#cccccc;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Know the secrets</strong> to organizing photographs -- quickly and easily! </span><br /></span><span style="color:#cccccc;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Many people feel so overwhelmed by trying to organize their photos that they simply give up. For some people it gets so bad, that they actually stop taking pictures because they don’t want to add to the mess! <strong>You’ll never have to worry about this happening to you</strong>, once you understand:<br /></span><br /><br /></span><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#cccccc;"><strong>How to organize your entire photo colle</strong>ction in as little as 10 days, even if you’ve got years and years’ worth of photos and have absolutely no idea where to begin! </span></span></p><span style="color:#cccccc;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>The top 5 reasons why people put off organizing their photographs, and how to overcome them. </strong></span><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cccccc;">How to uncover your unique “organizing profile” and discover which organizing methods will be right for you. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cccccc;">The obvious but commonly overlooked secret to drastically reducing the time you need to spend managing your photos. At the very least, this one secret will cut your work time in half! </span></li></ul><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#cccccc;"><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">Visit:</span></strong> </span></span></span><a href="http://df063b1aqsrq8z8crn2cjaxbci.hop.clickbank.net/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcccc;">How to organize and protect your photo collection to view more</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">...</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-6245416003571716204?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-35011041457272997302010-02-14T21:11:00.000-08:002010-02-14T21:11:00.724-08:00<a href="http://21ba174ciijq7q2mzkdxv6fm42.hop.clickbank.net/"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436850784930613506" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E53C6pY5cWc/S3OS-7SXyQI/AAAAAAAAABg/xlTBZflvpdg/s200/profitable_photography_2.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Imagine doing something you enjoy as your career. Well that's exactly what you will find in the <em>Profitable Photography</em> guide - What to do and what not to do.<br /><br />You'll be shown how to get customers and more importantly, how to keep them. You'll be shown how to market your photo business and make a profit (it must be profitable...right?). You'll also be shown how to set it up.<br /><br />Making a good income from starting a photography business may seem daunting initially. However, setting it up is quite simple.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">You will need to supply the perseverance and passion. This is not a get rich quick scheme! Although, you can become wealthy over time by being organised and working smart. Make no mistake, you will have to do the work and motivate yourself. However, this eBook can make the journey much, much easier than attempting to fumble through on your own.<br /><br />Your passion for photography can be realized and it can be your living - both at the same time! By default you can become much better at what you do and learn much quicker the quality elements and efficiencies that are paramount to success in photography. Even if you have to start part-time!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">If you're a keen photographer and making others happy sounds attractive, then this information can change your income and job satisfaction for life. Read the News Flash articles at </span><a href="http://21ba174ciijq7q2mzkdxv6fm42.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_top"><span style="font-family:arial;">Profitable Photography</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-3501104145727299730?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-48251447424151662262010-02-12T16:05:00.000-08:002010-02-12T16:05:00.314-08:00<span style="font-family:arial;">If you bought someone a camera or recieved one as a gift over the holiday season, or just want to learnmore about photography, then read on...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Photography Blueprints have photography lessons consisting of over 70 separate video tutorials will have you or your gift recipient mastering their camera and taking fantastic photos in 90 days, and you will start to see results in the first week.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://dbb8f911llji9oe0umkzjibw0e.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_top">View the <em>Photography Blueprint</em> website here!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-4825144742415166226?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-16783851150901801752010-02-11T08:02:00.000-08:002010-02-11T08:02:00.558-08:00<a href="http://e2c3d45zgejp4t2eybxkwb3vcz.hop.clickbank.net/"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 88px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436846265193427122" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E53C6pY5cWc/S3OO319DcLI/AAAAAAAAABY/Nxlb_ueLGyU/s200/painting_landscapes.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">I am sure you wish to learn more about painting landscapes. Once you have mastered the art of realism painting you can then choose to explore your inner creativity. This will information will help you...<br /><br />The book <em>'Painting Landscapes'</em> by Andrew Whyte is not a long read but the information is concise and motivating. This is an introduction to Painting Landscapes. 'Andrew's little gems' will save you time and money! </span><a href="http://e2c3d45zgejp4t2eybxkwb3vcz.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_top"><span style="font-family:arial;">Click here to view Andrew's work and website!</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-1678385115090180175?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-25370599937315469302010-02-10T20:32:00.000-08:002010-02-10T20:47:46.377-08:00<a href="http://6af863x3hsrfcx35-hqk4h2m1s.hop.clickbank.net/"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436840389901609234" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_E53C6pY5cWc/S3OJh2yU6RI/AAAAAAAAABI/BhqQsHb2XH4/s200/lake_louise.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Landscape photography is at the same time one of the easiest and most difficult subjects to approach. It is easy because landscapes are so familiar and accessible - they are all around us, and by now most of the obvious scenic views are catalogued tourist attractions with established viewpoints.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">In addition, landscapes are pretty permanent; they don't move, and so all that is necessary is to get there with a camera. Finally, for the simplest shot, there are no extreme technical difficulties.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">But despite this simplicity, there is an outstanding difference between the ordinary "postcard" views and the finest creative results of landscape photography. Many casually-conceived photographs of interesting views that stimulated the photographer turn out to be disappointing, failing to capture the essence of the scene.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">This is precisely because landscapes are such familiar, accessible subjects. Many photographers do not put a great deal of effort into a shot, yet to lift a landscape photograph out of the ordinary requires considerable perception and technique.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">The Science of Great Landscape Photography is a 216-page ebook in PDF format that educates you on the nuts and bolts of basic photography and provides sink-your-teeth-into-it information on how to take stunning landscape photographs.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://57fee822djkq4n91rmwa2edze9.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_top">Click here to view more details</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-2537059993731546930?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-20763649549095146832010-02-09T07:20:00.000-08:002010-02-10T21:27:26.753-08:00<a href="http://73810528dqrmho9bv6p10r3q0g.hop.clickbank.net/"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 195px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436853103104480850" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E53C6pY5cWc/S3OVF3KF1lI/AAAAAAAAABo/ojJ7DqtR3ME/s200/wedding_photography.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Don't be left behind when you now have the opportunity to change your life and finally do something you love for a living...a real living! </span><br /><br /><div><ul><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Have you ever thought about becoming a wedding photographer full or part time? </span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Have you wondered about how much you can earn doing something you love? </span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;">How would you like to work just a few days a month to earn the same or more as you do now in your current job? </span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Are you having trouble getting your wedding photography to really "pop" and stand out from the crowd? </span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;">How do you produce a portfolio of images that win the contract over other photographers in your area? </span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Where do you start? </span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Think it's too hard...? </span></li></ul><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">The Wedding Photography Blueprint is the most in-depth digital wedding photography tips ebook on the web that is designed to give anyone the chance to become a successful wedding photographer, regardless of experience or knowledge.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">These extensive and easy to understand tips will make your learning curve as easy as "painting by numbers". </span><a href="http://73810528dqrmho9bv6p10r3q0g.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_top">Beginner Tips for Photographing a Wedding</a>.</p><br /><p></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-2076364954909514683?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-10990074264106733552010-02-08T20:01:00.000-08:002010-02-10T20:55:25.263-08:00<a href="http://9adc52t9cmms6m3gkv19y4or93.hop.clickbank.net/"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 111px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436844665795402258" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E53C6pY5cWc/S3ONavu2WhI/AAAAAAAAABQ/kZKINkmvXHU/s200/wedding-ebook.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">Wedding Photography by Andrew Whyte is a paid tutorial. It contains valuable information and ideas from the world of a working wedding photography team.<br /><br />It is aimed at budding professional wedding photographers but amateurs would also gain a lot of knowledge. Have you been roped in to take your first wedding or you do you want to make a viable business out of your endeavors?<br /><br />This is a MUST read as it highlights the pitfalls and will give you the confidence you need! Realistic information has been included, as well as photos and ideas. It is not a long read as the information is concise and motivating.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://9adc52t9cmms6m3gkv19y4or93.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_top"><span style="font-family:arial;">Click here to view more from Andrew Whyte!</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-1099007426410673355?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-599353530040460842009-07-26T18:37:00.000-07:002009-07-26T18:55:09.964-07:00<div id="ms__id14"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a></div><br /><br />I've been working on a project to design fantastic images of battle-damaged flags of the world. I've completed flags for USA Stars and Stripes, USA Confederate Flag and the Australian Flag.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E53C6pY5cWc/Sm0Gc09jjII/AAAAAAAAAAk/JiKoSRjEpm0/s1600-h/USAConfederateFlag.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 131px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E53C6pY5cWc/Sm0Gc09jjII/AAAAAAAAAAk/JiKoSRjEpm0/s200/USAConfederateFlag.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362949823591058562" /></a><br />Here is a USA Confederate Flag put together using high resolution images of a Confederate flag that I shot, plus overlays and aged design layers in Adobe Photoshop.<br /><br />This is one of my current best-sellers with <a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/confederate-patriot-flag-phill-petrovic.html">Fine Art America</a> and at various stock photo agencies across the world. So keep an eye out for them at:<br /><br /><a title="123RF" href="http://www.123rf.com/src_photoshopaustralia" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">123RF</span></a><br /><a title="BigStockPhoto" href="http://www.bigstockphoto.com/?refid=MBTQVEeXxC" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">BigStockPhoto</span></a><br /><a title="Dreamstime" href="http://www.dreamstime.com/res1386000-stock-images" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Dreamstime</span></a><br /><a title="Fotolia" href="http://www.fotolia.com/partner/201070658" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Fotolia</span></a><br /><a title="Shutterstock" href="http://www.shutterstock.com/?rid=92882" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Shutterstock</span></a><br /><br />Enjoy!!!<br /><br />Phill<br /><div id="ms__id14"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-59935353004046084?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-37928273618128035412009-05-28T00:10:00.000-07:002009-05-28T00:10:00.811-07:00<div id="ms__id15"><div id="ms__id14"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a></div><br /><div id="ms__id31"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 274px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/blog/dragon-fly.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">This beautiful image of a Dragonfly was taken on a warm summer's day.</span></div><div id="ms__id33"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div id="ms__id35"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div id="ms__id34"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The flightly nature of the dragonfly lends itself to being difficult to capture great images without a little patience.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Dragonflies are insect predators that eat mosquitoes, and other small insects such as flies, bees, ants, and butterflies.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The female dragonfly will lay her eggs in or near water. Most often on on floating </span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">plants.</span></div><div id="ms__id26"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div id="ms__id28"></div><div id="ms__id25"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a></div><div id="ms__id23"></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-3792827361812803541?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-53873958828947840632009-05-27T00:01:00.000-07:002009-05-27T00:01:00.441-07:00<div id="ms__id98"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/">PhotoShopAustralia</a></span></div><div id="ms__id99"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /></div><div id="ms__id87"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/blog/freeway-traffic-night.jpg" border="0" /></a>Long exposure night photography can be such fun! The night image here was taken from a freeway overpass.</span></div><div id="ms__id100"><br /></div><div id="ms__id91"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">The white streaks of light are the headlights from oncoming cars on the freeway and the red streaks are the tail light of the vehicles as they move away.</span></div><div id="ms__id101"><br /></div><div id="ms__id89"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">The image shown here was taken using an aperture of f8 and a shutter speed of 10 seconds. Some amazing effects can be created at night using long exposure times.</span><br /><div id="ms__id104"><br /></div><div id="ms__id92"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div id="ms__id103"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">So if your camera supports adjustments of the shutter speed then you should see what sort of images you can create.</span></div><div id="ms__id102"><br /></div><div id="ms__id94"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div id="ms__id105"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Ideas for night photography include photographing the stars, car lights, buildings, the moon, beach scenes and landscapes by moonlight and other fun ideas like playing with a torch whilst the shutter is open!</span></div><div id="ms__id106"><br /></div><div id="ms__id96"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-5387395882894784063?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-614146926452619382009-05-26T00:01:00.000-07:002009-05-26T00:01:00.087-07:00<div id="ms__id47"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a></div><div id="ms__id49"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div id="ms__id50"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">We have had a lot of enquiries asking how we designed the stunning Australian image that features on most of the Photo Shop Australia web pages.</span></div><div id="ms__id52"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div id="ms__id51"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">So here it is - some secrets of the design!!!</span></div><div id="ms__id53"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></div><div id="ms__id46"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><p><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 393px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/blog/amazing-australian-lightning.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The main silhouette was shot during a thunderstorm. The tree and the water tank have since fallen over and only the windmill remains in place, but it's currently on the verge of collapsing as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">A couple of the lightning bolts were taken with the image during the thunderstorm. Usine Adobe PhotoShop we added other lightning shots as layer overlays to the image.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The blue swirl background is an abstract that was also created in PhotoShop. The Photo Shop Australia web pages also include the addition of the Southern Cross which is a star formation seen in the southern hemisphere.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">You may have seen the southern cross feature on the Australian flag.</span></p><p><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><div id="ms__id45"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-61414692645261938?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-88968184292865752142009-05-25T00:05:00.000-07:002009-05-25T00:05:00.964-07:00<div id="ms__id24"><div id="ms__id22"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/">PhotoShopAustralia</a></div><br /><div id="ms__id23"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/blog/black-swan.jpg" border="0" /></a>The Swan River that runs through Perth, Western Australia, was named by Dutch explorer, Willem de Vlamingh in 1697.</div><div id="ms__id139"> </div><div id="ms__id35"></div><div id="ms__id25"></div><div id="ms__id26">In 1697 Willem de Vlamingh along with a small party sailed upstream to around Heirisson Island. </div><div id="ms__id140"> </div><div id="ms__id38"></div><div id="ms__id27"></div><div id="ms__id28">Herrison Island is a small island about 1km upstream from the central CBD of Perth city.</div><div id="ms__id141"> </div><div id="ms__id36"></div><div id="ms__id29"></div><div id="ms__id30">Also French expedition under Nicholas Baudin sailed up the Swan River river in 1801.</div><div id="ms__id142"> </div><div id="ms__id37"></div><div id="ms__id31"></div><div id="ms__id32">This photo of a Black swan was taken in the Queens Gardens in the south-eastern central CBD of Perth city.</div><div id="ms__id39"></div><div id="ms__id33"></div><div id="ms__id34"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/">PhotoShopAustralia</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-8896818429286575214?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-61379128283814922882009-05-24T00:01:00.000-07:002009-05-24T03:55:56.261-07:00<div id="ms__id37"><div id="ms__id36"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a></div><br /><div id="ms__id38"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 156px" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/blog/city-of-melbourne.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The city of Melbourne in the state of Victoria, is the second-largest city in Australia behind Sydney.</span></div><div id="ms__id39"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div id="ms__id40"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Melbourne is renowned as being the Australian centre of fashion, culture, sports and the arts.</span></div><div id="ms__id41"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div id="ms__id42"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Established in 1835 by free settlers Melbourne was originally a pastoral town along the banks of the Yarra River. It was declared a city in 1847 by Queen Victoria.</span></div><div id="ms__id45"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div id="ms__id46"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Melbourne held Australia's first sitting of Parliament in 1901, held the 1956 Olympic Games and the 2006 Commonwealth games.</span></div><div id="ms__id49"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div id="ms__id50"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-6137912828381492288?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-38509830003439127752009-05-23T00:01:00.000-07:002009-05-24T03:58:34.620-07:00<div id="ms__id12"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a></div><br /><div id="ms__id11"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 204px" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/photography-images/P0081WebLge.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Its amazing what you can photography from your own home. Your own garden and your own back yard can be just as amazing place for a photographic expedition as any other place on the planet.<br /><br />This bee just happened to land on a flower during a shoot of flowers, so it was incorporated into the shoot!<br /><br />The Australian Native Bee (not pictured here) is much smaller than the introduced European species.<br /><br />The sting of the Australian Native Bee is usually not as potent as the European variety, however it can usually sting more than once which can cause an allergic reaction that can be as serious and any bee sting on anyone that is allergic.<br /><br />The honey from a Native Australian Bee is more tangy than honey from the European variety bee.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-3850983000343912775?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-34015263005356285752009-05-22T00:01:00.000-07:002009-05-22T00:01:00.702-07:00<div id="ms__id102"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/">PhotoShopAustralia</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 278px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 221px" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/photography-images/P0040WebLge.jpg" border="0" /></a>Just how close can you get with macro photography and an average off the shelf camera?<br /><br /><br /><br />The image here is verging on the edge of microphotography. Microphotography is the realm of photography that uses a microscope or similar instrument to shoot images of extremely small subjects.<br /><br /><br /><br />This shot of a face to face confrontation of a March Fly was taken using a hand-made super macro lens. The lens was made up by combining the high quality and high precision lenses from a pair of binoculars and a telescope!<br /><br /><br /><br />Depth of field is extremely small at 2 to 5mm due to the magnification of the lens. To get a greater depth of field use the maximum aperture that your camera will allow.<br /><br />Fortunately the fly in this image was inquisitive enough to hang around whilst the image was taken.<br /><br />View more images like this, and download them for free at: <a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/">PhotoShopAustralia</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-3401526300535628575?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-40426628955482455262009-05-21T00:01:00.000-07:002009-05-21T00:01:00.884-07:00<a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 241px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 184px" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/photography-images/P0028WebLge.jpg" border="0" /></a>Looking like its come straight out of a spooky scene from some ghostly horror film this infrared photograph of the Old Lunatic Asylum, now the Fremantle Arts Centre in Western Australia could just as well have the image of a real ghost in it.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Ghost hunters will frequently use infrared film to attempt to capture other-worldy images for us to speculate over.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Take a close look at the infrared image of the Old Lunatic Asylum (Fremantle Arts Centre) and you may find at least one! An historical fact is that many people believe the Fremantle Arts Centre has up to 10 ghosts within its walls and within the grounds of the building.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">It was built from 1861 to 1868 and operated until the early 1900's as the Fremantle Lunatic Asylum.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Take a close look at the ground in front of the pillar to the left of the central ground floor window. Is that a ghostly figure standing there? Decide for yourself!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Infrared photography is used by ghost hunters, so why couldn't this be true!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Check out a larger version of this image at: </span><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-4042662895548245526?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-77928811154223330842009-05-20T00:03:00.001-07:002009-05-20T00:22:20.548-07:00<div align="left"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Queensland and Brisbane have recorded some massive rainfall readings over the past two days. Brisbane has recorded over 150mm of rain in the past 24 hours, with more forecast over the coming days. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">The Australian Bureau of Meteorology provides the official up-to-date Australian weather forecasts, and includes very interesting weather statistics for the Australian region of the Antarctic. Check out the Antarctic weather at the <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/ant" target="_blank">Australian Bureau of Meteorology</a> website. </span><br /></div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><div align="center"><br />This image here shows snowfall at the top of Mt Wellington, Tasmania. </div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 326px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 159px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/photography-images/L0004WebLge.jpg" border="0" /></a> <p align="left"></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/">PhotoShopAustralia</a> </span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-7792881115422333084?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-62314369887479448242009-05-19T23:28:00.000-07:002009-05-19T23:52:49.648-07:00<a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br /><div><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 195px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 149px" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/photography-images/P0067WebLge.jpg" border="0" /></a>This photograph of the vivid heart of a pink tulip was taken at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.<br /><br />The gardens would have to be one of the most beautiful in Australia. There are dozens of gardens within the grounds that you can walk through and get ideas for your own garden at home.<br /><br />Not as well known as the gardens themselves are the Historic Heated Walls around the original boundary of what was then known as the Colonial Gardens. Governor George Arthur in 1829 ordered construction of heated walls around the garden to protect plants that were susceptible to frost and to extend the growing season of fruit trees. <a href="http://www.rtbg.tas.gov.au/" target="_blank">Visit the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens</a>.<br /><br />If you're looking for ideas on what to shoot with your camera then try something similar to the amazing image taken here.<br /><br />Download this and dozens of other amazing images for free at <a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/">PhotoShopAustralia</a>.<br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-6231436988747944824?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-58115197035722457362009-05-18T00:48:00.000-07:002009-05-20T00:26:18.797-07:00<a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/blog/earthquake-sandstone.jpg" border="0" /></a>At 08:09:36PM 17th May 2009, local time in Los Angeles an initially assessed magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck. Initial reports of damage were little and injuries were none. The quake was centred only 15km southwest of downtown Los Angeles at a depth of only 13km.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br />Australia sits in a relatively stable geological region of the world, although it is not immune to earthquakes. The strongest on-shore earthquake recorded in Australia was a magnitude 7.2 on 29th April 1941 at Meeberrie, Western Australia, 500km north of Western Australia's capital, Perth.<br /><br />A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Newcastle, New South Wales at 10:27am local time on 28th December 1989 killing 13 people and damaging up to 50,000 homes and businesses.<br /><br />View USGS maps and information on current world earthquakes at: </span><br /></span><a href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Time of the earthquake in Perth local time: 11:39:36AM Monday 18th May 2009.Time of the earthquake in Sydney local time: 1:39:36PM Monday 18th May 2009.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br />Photo Shop Australia has a list of major Australian earthquakes on the <a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/major-australian-earthquakes.htm">Major Earthquakes</a> </span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">page. Photo - Sandstone</span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-5811519703572245736?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-34043482556758959852009-05-17T00:43:00.000-07:002009-05-20T18:59:17.143-07:00<div id="ms__id19"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/">PhotoShopAustralia</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/blog/stock-photography-worker-graph.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">There are a number of realms of photography. One of the most widely commercialised spheres is stock photography. Stock photos and images are used by graphic designers and artists, publishers and advertising agencies.</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Purchasing stock photos and images is a far cheaper option than commissioning a photographer to create images for your use. However, the limitations are that you don't have any control over the final designed product.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Stock photography images can be purchased from a large number of agencies across the Internet. Purchased images will always carry with them copyright and other usage agreements that the purchaser must abide by for legal and correct use.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 227px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/blog/stock-photography-graph-arrow-up.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The price of stock photography can vary immensely and usually depends on your intended final use whether it be in web page design, print and digital media advertising, product backgrounds or simple Microsoft PowerPoint backgrounds.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The two stock photo images here show two style of stock photography image generation. The first is a completely digitally created stock image and the second contains both digital artwork and usual photography methods combined to produce a stock image that graphic designers or advertising agencies may use.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Some of the major stock photography agencies that sell these types of images are:</span><br /></span><a title="123RF" href="http://www.123rf.com/src_photoshopaustralia" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">123RF</span></a><br /></span><a title="BigStockPhoto" href="http://www.bigstockphoto.com/?refid=MBTQVEeXxC" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">BigStockPhoto</span></a><br /><a title="Dreamstime" href="http://www.dreamstime.com/res1386000-stock-images" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Dreamstime</span></a><br /><a title="Fotolia" href="http://www.fotolia.com/partner/201070658" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Fotolia</span></a><br /><a title="Shutterstock" href="http://www.shutterstock.com/?rid=92882" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Shutterstock</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">If you are artistically inclined and enjoy creating digital images or enjoy photography you have the opportunity to make money from that by signing up to these and other stock photo agencies to sell your work online. All from the comfort of your own home! The stock photo agencies listed here are just a few of many agencies selling royalty free stock photography across the Internet.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-3404348255675895985?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-10776310297796403492009-05-16T01:44:00.000-07:002009-05-19T23:49:12.895-07:00<div id="ms__id36"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a> <div id="ms__id34"><div id="ms__id27"></div><br /><div id="ms__id35"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 149px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/blog/neutral-density-filter.jpg" border="0" /></a>Neutral density filters will allow the photographer to modify the aperture or exposure time, especially during bright light situations that would otherwise not allow the shutter speed to be reduced significantly enough to great effect.</span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br /><div id="ms__id33"><br /><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 149px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/blog/neutral-density-filter-nd8.jpg" border="0" /></a>The two images here show a direct comparison of the effect of a Neutral Density (ND). The first image was taken without the ND filter at 1/18 sec f8. The second was taken at 1/8 sec f8 with an ND8 filter.</div><br /><div id="ms__id30"><br />The day was overcast, which allowed for the slower shutter speed anyway, but with the ND8 filter I was able to slow the shutter speed down further to create the smooth cascading effect of the water.</div><br /><div id="ms__id32"><br />I have other daytime long exposures of 5 seconds of more using infrared filters. Some amazing effects can be created using long shutter speeds during daylight. I'll post more over the coming weeks, so bookmark this page &amp; check regularly.</span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-1077631029779640349?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-9221542711356931502009-05-15T00:01:00.000-07:002009-05-19T23:49:24.507-07:00<div id="ms__id34"><div id="ms__id25"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a></div><div id="ms__id26"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><br /><div id="ms__id86"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 166px" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/blog/mt-field-national-park.jpg" border="0" /></a>A visit to Tasmania would not be complete in the winter time if you didn't get to experience the awesome beauty of the highlands under snow cover.</span></div><div id="ms__id87"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div id="ms__id64"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div id="ms__id39"></div><div id="ms__id40"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">This image was taken at the height of heavy snowfalls at the Mt Field National Park.</span></div><div id="ms__id83"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div id="ms__id84"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The track up the mountain is gravel and winding for many kilometers to the top, but once there you will be treated to an amazing sight during snowfalls.</span></div><div id="ms__id88"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Be very aware of the road conditions. The mountain track may be closed during heavy snowfalls so check with the local authorities before your journey. The track may not be suitable for two-wheel-drive vehicles in wet or snowy conditions, and you will need a National Parks Pass. </span><br /><div id="ms__id85"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></div></span><div id="ms__id34"><div id="ms__id25"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-922154271135693150?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-54771973564426743262009-05-14T00:02:00.000-07:002009-05-19T23:49:35.882-07:00<div id="ms__id47" align="left"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a><br /></div><div id="ms__id48"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 153px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/blog/severe-lightning-thunderstorm.jpg" border="0" /></a>Australia being such a dry continent its usually a welcome sight when the winter rains arrive in the southern half of the country. The south-west of Western Australia should finally see some well-deserved winter rains in the coming weeks.</span></div><div id="ms__id29"><br /></div><div id="ms__id25"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><br />While I'm on the subject of winter rains and storms and things I thought I would share this fantastic lightning image that I took during some severe thunderstorms in central Western Australia.<br />It was taken using an 18mm wide angle lens. The top of the lighting in the shot was almost directly overhead and it hit the ground only a few hundred metres away.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-5477197356442674326?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-63770017288571311062009-05-13T06:58:00.001-07:002009-05-19T23:49:47.118-07:00<p align="left"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a></p><div align="left"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 199px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 144px" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/blog/Infrared-Photography.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Professional photographers will most likely tell you that using an infrared filter on a digital camera is the cheats way of producing infrared photos. But it is still a fantastic realm of photography that you can experiment with.</span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><div id="ms__id63" align="left"><br />Did you know that some digital cameras will pick up the infrared spectrum whilst others won't! How can you check this? It's easier than you might think!</div><div id="ms__id61" align="left"><br />Turn your digital camera on and view the LCD screen. Grab your TV remote control and point the LCD light end at the camera and press a button. If your camera shoots in the infrared spectrum you'll see the infrared light beam of the remote control show up as a blue light. I totally found this out a few years ago with an old FujiFilm S7000 digital camera. I did some research then found out more information on infrared photography and became more interested.</div><div id="ms__id62" align="left"><br />I purchased a Hoya R72 Infrared Filter and began to shoot away! I've take some amazing images in the infrared spectrum. The only downside is that to be able to take decent images the shutter speed has to be slowed down dramatically, and infrared photography can only be done in full daylight.<br />The result can be stunning long-exposure daytime images like the one here that I took at Minnawarra Park, Armadale, Western Australia.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-6377001728857131106?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-66070159923025390042009-05-12T21:49:00.000-07:002009-05-19T23:49:58.745-07:00<p align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#009900;"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#3333ff;"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/">PhotoShopAustralia</a></span></span></p><p align="left"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335167417075699682" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 209px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_E53C6pY5cWc/SgpSf7gJD-I/AAAAAAAAAAU/d0mSCMce_44/s320/Walpole-Western-Australia.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Australia has an amazing depth of landscapes across the vast continent. From winter snow-capped mountains in the wilderness of Tasmania and the Blue Mountains of New South Wales to extreme temperatures and open spaces of the interior and the tropical beauty of the north of the country. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I shot this image at Walpole, on the southern coast of Western Australia. The image was taken at dawn looking south across the Walpole inlet after a night of heavy rain and severe thunderstorms.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I've travelled across most of the continent of Australia and have seen some amazing landscapes. So bookmark my blog and check up on it every now and then as I plan to post many of my images on this blog.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Or visit my website at: </span><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Photo Shop Australia</strong></span></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-6607015992302539004?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523603612935877771.post-49584456926128465862009-05-11T07:12:00.000-07:002009-05-19T23:50:13.935-07:00<div id="ms__id64" align="left"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">PhotoShopAustralia</span></a><br /></div><div id="ms__id33"></div><br /><div id="ms__id28" align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 195px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 154px" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/blog/Australian-Redback-Spider.jpg" border="0" /></a>The Australian Redback Spider is one of the most menacing spiders in the world! At least to many Australians anyway! People have become seriously ill from the bite of a Redback.</span><br /></div><div id="ms__id34"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">It's one thing to have a camera that has a lens that shoots good macro images, but how much farther can we push that? I have tried, and succeeded extremely successfully.</span><br /></div><div id="ms__id35"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/blog/Australian-Redback-Spider-Eyes.jpg"></a>I pulled apart an old telescope and an old pair of binoculars and experimented with the lenses. I ended up combining the lenses of both into basically a super-strong magnifying lens!</span><br /></div><div id="ms__id36"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I chose the telescope and binocular lenses because of the high-quality and extremely clear glass that each instrument holds.</span><br /></div><div id="ms__id22" align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px" alt="" src="http://www.photoshopaustralia.com/blog/Australian-Redback-Spider-Eyes.jpg" border="0" /></a>Most basic cameras would be hard-pressed to produce a clear image such as the one above, but to get the detail that I have to such an extent that you can clearly see the eight eyes of the spider was a great moment for me! The second photo here is cut from the first one above at 100% view ratio.</span></div><div id="ms__id23" align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">I have many other shots like this which I plan to share with you over time. So check back regularly, or even better - Bookmark my blog (Ctrl-D)! Cheers.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1523603612935877771-4958445692612846586?l=photoshopaustralia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994085434784742750noreply@blogger.com0