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Restful Waters - Wordless Wednesday
2008-04-29 21:00:00
"Restful Waters ..."Stones reflected in waterWordless Wednesday "Beside restful waters he leads me, he refreshes my soul." Ps 23,2This photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera. Submit Photos to Shutterstock and make $$$! Other blogs: WOWebbs blogs

ANZAC Day - The Dove of Peace
2008-04-24 20:35:00
"The Dove of Peace "Anzac DayAnzac Day, April 25 in Australia and New Zealand commemorates the landing in 1915, during World War I, of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The Allies attempted to take control of the strategic Dardanelles from Turkey, allied with the Central Powers, in the so-called Dardanelles Campaign, which began in February 1915. ANZAC forces landed on April 25 and secured a beachhead at what came to be called ANZAC Cove, on the Aegean side of the peninsula. Despite additional landings by other troops during the succeeding months, the Allies could not capture the strait, and they suffered enormous losses from battle and disease. By December 1915 the Allied troops, including the ANZAC forces, had been withdrawn. Nonetheless, the ANZAC troops earned a reputation for valiant fighting, and they then served with distinction in France and in the Middle East. Later, in 1917, the Australian and the New Zealand forces were separated...

Dragonfly Insect - Wordless Wednesday
2008-03-26 11:51:00
Dragonfly-like Insect clinging to a Eucalyptus leafWordless Wednesday This Wordless Wednesday photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera. Submit Photos to Shutterstock and make $$$! Other blogs: WOWebbs blogs Internet eX-plorer 8
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Easter Sunday
2008-03-22 22:00:00
LifeSun shining through green tree leavesEaster Sunday Happy Easter!Today is Easter Sunday. Easter, also called Pascha, is the most important religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus.. Many non-religious cultural elements have become part of the holiday, and those aspects are often celebrated by many Christians and non-Christians alike. Easter Eggs are a popular traditional food eaten on Easter Sunday. The egg is a symbol of the Resurrection: while being dormant it contains a new life sealed within it.Easter is termed a moveable feast because it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar. Easter falls at some point between late March and late April each year, following the cycle of the moon. After several centuries of disagreement, all churches accepted the computation of the Alexandrian Church that Easter is the first Sunday after the first fourteenth day of the moon (the Paschal Full Moon) that is on or after the ecclesiastical ...

The Cross - Good Friday (Sky Watch)
2008-03-21 03:00:00
The Cross Good Friday Sky Watch FridayToday is Good Friday. Good Friday, also called Holy Friday or Great Friday, is the Friday before Easter (Easter always falls on a Sunday). It commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus at Calvary. In many English speaking countries, hot cross buns are eaten on Good Friday, with the cross standing as a symbol of the crucifixion. This is the first day of the Easter Triduum, which begins on Holy Thursday night and ends on the evening of Easter Sunday.Information from WikipediaThis photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera. Submit Photos to Shutterstock and make $$$! Other blogs: WOWebbs blogs Internet eX-plorer 8
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Reaching out - Pumpkin vine feeler
2008-03-12 07:00:00
"Reaching Out"Pumpkin vine feeler climbing along an Apricot twigWordless WednesdayThis photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera. Submit Photos to Shutterstock and make $$$! Other blogs: WOWebbs blogs Internet eX-plorer 8

Dramatic Sunset in Australian Bush - Sky Watch Friday
2008-02-21 21:00:00
Dramatic Sunset in the Australian Bush (Outback)Sky Watch Friday You probably haven't noticed, but there's something different about today's Sky Watch Friday Sunset. This post has been published automatically by blogger. Last week blogger got a new feature enabling you to schedule posts to be published automatically at a later date, and so I am taking advantage of this new functionality today. This Friday, I haven't actually got on the computer at all. I prepared the sunset photo and post on Thursday, and it has been automatically published for you today. Now, I know this is old stuff for you Wordpress users, but for anyone using Blogger, this is a very handy new tool. Has anyone else used it yet?This sunset is very "dramatic" - the multi-layered clouds and irregular tint give the photo a tense composition. I took this photo at the same time as this other sunset, but you wouldn't be able to tell just by looking at the photos. In one minute, which is the time difference between t...

Storm Clouds - Wordless Wednesday
2008-01-30 11:03:00
Wordless Wednesday Storm Clouds This photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.Shutter speed: 1/220, f/3.6, ISO 100Submit Photos to Shutterstock and make $$$! Other blogs: The Big Byte WOWebbs blogs Internet eX-plorer 8

How to live without batteries
2008-01-28 00:50:00
David McMahon posts another interesting question on his blog this weekend:How efficiently (or inefficiently) would your household function without batteries?For me, the first thing which came to mind was that my camera wouldn't work without batteries. So if I had no batteries in the house, I'd have to go back to the "old-fashioned" film method (some film cameras don't need batteries). But this is more inconvenient than it would seem. If I wanted to change to film, here are some of the costs that would be involved:I'd have to buy a new SLR. Cost: AUD$700+Since September (four months ago), I've taken approximately 9,000 photos. If I were to take these on film, I would need about 375 rolls of film. These would cost over AUD$1,800.To develop the 375 rolls of film would cost about AUD$6,000This brings the total cost of film photography for 4 months to about AUD$8,600! And that's ignoring the storage factor - 375 rolls of film take a lot of storage space.Apart from cameras, there ar...
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Australia Day - What is Australia Day?
2008-01-25 12:40:00
Australia Day - What is Australia Day?Australia Day is the official national day of Australia, which commemorates the establishment of a settlement and penal colony at Port Jackson by Captain Arthur Phillip, who later became the first Governor. Australia Day is celebrated on 26 January annually, and has been declared as an official public holiday in all states and territories of Australia. Known also as Anniversary Day or Foundation Day, Australia Day is widely considered to be an important day in the history of Australia. On Australia Day, the winner of the Australian of the Year award is announced by the Prime Minister; the award is given to any Australian citizen who has shown a "significant contribution to the Australian community and nation", and is an "inspirational role model for the Australian community". Subcategories of the award include "Young" and "Senior Australian of the Year", and an award for the "Australian Local Hero". Recorded celebrations date back to 1808, and i...
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Ladybug (Ladybird) on Grass Stem
2008-01-21 12:06:00
Ladybug (Ladybird) on Grass Stem Finding a name for this creature was difficult. According to my searches, it is called a Ladybug in the US, but predominantly a Ladybird in the UK and Australia. So I've chosen a compromise here, and called it both! :)Here is an old nursery rhyme we have here in Australia about the Ladybird - can anyone tell me if this is popular in the US too?Ladybird ladybird fly away home,Your house in on fire and your children are gone,All except one and that's little Ann,For she crept under the frying pan.This photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.Shutter speed: 1/124, F4.0, ISO 100Submit Photos to Shutterstock and make $$$! Other blogs: The Big Byte WOWebbs blogs Internet eX-plorer 8
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Fishing Boat and Pelican at Dawn
2008-01-13 23:55:00
Fishing Boat and Pelican on the Water at Dawn I took this photo on a recent holiday to Lake Cootharaba, near Noosa. The shade of a nearby tree gives the photo a blueish tone. You can clearly see the ropes on the deck of the small fishing boat, and the pelican in the background looking out over the water for breakfast.This photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.Shutter speed: 1/350, F4.9, ISO 100Submit Photos to Shutterstock and make $$$! Other blogs: The Big Byte WOWebbs blogs Internet eX-plorer 8
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Happy Birthday, dear "Bloggy"....
2008-01-10 03:24:00
This January marks an important milestone for this blog: it is exactly One Year since the first visitor came to davids-pics.blogspot.com! Since then, the site has received 10,600 visits, and over 400 comments from all over the world. In the past few weeks, the average has been about 75 visits per day, so traffic is increasing quickly as well.Here are some facts and figures from the history of this blog so far:Total visits: 10,681Total pageviews: 16,651Total posts: 171Total comments: 455Avg. Time on Site: 1:05Avg. Pages per Visit: 1.56Most Popular page overall: /2007/04/drought.html - 4.74% of total trafficMost Popular search term: images of nature - 2.76% of total trafficMost Popular referring site: google.com - 44.27% of total trafficI'm certainly happy with the progress made with this blog, and I'd like to specially thank all of you who visit and contribute your comments and advice - without you, this blog wouldn't exist today! I hope you are all enjoying the photography posted...
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Lone Black Rock in Waves - Wordless Wednesday
2008-01-09 08:00:00
Wordless Wednesday Single Wet Black Rock buffeted by Waves at the BeachThis photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.Shutter speed: 1/350, F8.0, ISO 100Submit Photos to Shutterstock and make $$$! Other blogs: The Big Byte WOWebbs blogs Internet eX-plorer 8
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Australian Blue Tongue Lizard - Wordless Wednesday
2008-01-02 11:01:00
Wordless Wednesday Australian Blue Tongue Lizard (Tiliqua mustifaciata) basking in the SunThis photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.Shutter speed: 1/209, F4.6, ISO 100Submit Photos to Shutterstock and make $$$! Other blogs: The Big Byte WOWebbs blogs Internet eX-plorer 8

Agapantha Flower - Purple Sunday
2007-12-02 01:53:00
Agapantha Flower - Purple Sunday Purple is the colour of royalty. As we approach Christmas, we enter the 4 week period traditionally known as "Advent" (from the Latin "to come"). The colour purple, or violet, is used to symbolize joy and expectant hope as we wait for the royal King to come at Christmas.In keeping with this tradition, I have chosen the purple Agapantha (agapanthus africanus) flower for today's post. Last month you saw an unopened bud, but today the flower is fully open and blooming. The stamen are clearly visible, and the small yellow bunches of pollen at their tip are sharply in focus. The green stems in the background also provide a contrasting relief from the soft purple and white of the petals.As we enter Summer here in Australia, and America enters Winter, everyone is preparing for Christmas. But I hope that amongst your shopping and decorating, you can also take time to experience the "joy" of the season, and have a look at the wonder of nature around you.This ...

Lettuce Leaf - Fractals in Nature
2007-11-30 11:27:00
Lettuce Leaf - God's Fractals in Nature Yesterday I was out in the garden checking the lettuce plants we have growing, and I happened to look down from directly above a plant to see this pattern. The lettuce leaves formed a complicated pattern resembling the precise mathematical form of a fractal. The very fine edges of each leaf are curled in a delicate pattern which imitates the fractal's recursive spirals. This is an example of how creation is so complete - the forms which our best mathematicians struggle with are reproduced in nature without any human intervention!This photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.Shutter speed: 1/28, F3.9, ISO 100Other blogs: The Big Byte WOWebbs blogs Internet eX-plorer 8

Thistle Spikes - Wordless Wednesday
2007-11-28 05:07:00
Wordless Wednesday Thistle Spikes - an Unopened FlowerThis photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.Shutter speed: 1/56, F8.0, ISO 100Other blogs: The Big Byte WOWebbs blogs Internet eX-plorer 8
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Dainty Birdwing Butterfly
2007-10-27 07:17:00
Dainty Birdwing Butterfly - Close UpWhen I was walking down the street at Boreen Point (near Noosa) I spotted this butterfly resting in the Sun. It didn't seem to be moving, and presented the perfect opportunity for a photo. Butterflies are normally very hard to get on camera, as they fly all over the place only stopping for about 5 seconds at a time. This butterfly proved the exception however, and stayed still calmly while I got some close-up shots.This photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.Shutter speed 1/149, F3.7, ISO 100Other blogs: The Big Byte WOWebbs blogs Internet eX-plorer 8

Question: Have you ever Ego-Googled?
2007-10-25 11:40:00
David McMahon posts an interesting question on his blog: Have you ever Googled yourself?My answer to this: Certainly. I think that just about everyone who uses the internet frequently is overcome by the desire to find themselves in the vast realms of cyberspace. But for most people, the answer to the following question will be the same as mine:Did you find anything?: NoOf course not all of us are famous, so we may not be within the first 30,000 odd pages of a Google search for our name. This really depends on how obscure your name is. When I Google my fake name which I sometimes use for dubious registration forms, I am at the top of the list. That is because nobody famous has that name. However, in a search for "David Webb", I'm nowhere.What about you? Have you ever Googled yourself? If you want to answer this question, I encourage you to vote using the poll on the right hand side of this page. Next week we'll see how the votes fall - so keep posted!Other blogs: The Big Byte WOWeb...
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New Life - Green Leaves with Sun Shining
2007-10-24 06:30:00
Wordless WednesdayGreen Leaves with Sun Shining Through - New Life This photo taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.Other blogs: The Big Byte WOWebbs blogs Internet eX-plorer 8
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After the Rain Part 1 - Jasmine Flowers
2007-09-15 08:22:00
It's been raining here lately, so I though I might post a few of the photos I got just after the rain stopped.These photos all show jasmine flowers at their various stages of development. The Fujifilm S9600's super macro mode helped here to get really close up shots. The two pictures on the left hand side show water droplets hanging off jasmine buds, while the photos on the right show fully opened jasmine flowers.These photos taken with the Fujifilm S9600 digital camera.Related Photos:The Blossom of the Pond (Water Lily Flower)Balloon Vine Flower with Water DropletsSilverbeet Leaf with Water DropletsOther blogs: The Big Byte WOWebbs blogs Internet eX-plorer 8
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Bumble Bees in Motion
2007-09-07 08:13:00
Bumble Bee in Flight - Landing on Rocket FlowerThe First Photos from the new Fujifilm S9600!It's amazing how the best moments for photos seem to appear when you least expect them. Yesterday I was outside as soon as it stopped raining, taking pictures of the flowers & leaves all wet and bristling with dew drops. I got a few good photos which I'll get up here soon, but just as I was leaving I noticed some bees flying around the Pak Choy plants. I snapped some photos at a relatively high shutter speed, not expecting to get much out of them as the bees were moving very quickly. But it seems I had underestimated the new camera. The photos turned out quite well, even after I digitally cropped them to less than half their original size.I've included two of the best bee photos here. The first one (above) shows a bee hovering in the air mid-flight, about to land on a yellow Pak Choy Flower. You can actually see the bee's wings as they flap through the air at top speed.In the second phot...
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4000 A.D.
2007-09-07 07:07:00
Special Announcement: The 4,000th visitor arrived at this blog today from Papua New Guinea at 3:57:34 pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time).Statistics:Most popular search term: hairy caterpillars.Average visit length: 3 minutes 47 seconds.Average pages viewed per visit: 1.58.Most popular page: The Sunflower that's not a sunflower.I would like to thank all those who have contributed to this blog either directly or by giving feedback by comments or emails. It is great to share the wonder of nature with other people through the medium of the internet and photography. Thank you all for you support!Other blogs: The Big Byte WOWebbs blogs Internet eX-plorer 8

New Camera! [Fujifilm S9600]
2007-09-05 08:26:00
Finally, the days of 3x zoom are over!Yesterday I bought a new camera to replace the 4.0MP Kodak C330 that has served me faithfully for the last two years. Although I wasn't quite ready to make the jump to a (d)SLR, the model I selected has full manual features and most of the benefits of an SLR.The new camera, a Fujifilm FinePix S9600, features a 9MP Super CCD sensor with 10x optical zoom (equivalent to approx. 28mm-300mm on a 35mm camera). From my preliminary testing, the image quality is excellent, especially in low-light conditions. The Fujifilm also has a "Super Macro" mode which enables it to focus down to 1cm, so you'll be seeing a lot more macro photography soon. (Guess which label will be the biggest in a month's time!)Today I'll be playing with the new camera a bit, so expect to see some new photos any time now. After I've used the Fujifilm for a while I'll also try to post a review with the real life Pros and Cons of the camera, so keep an eye out for that later.Ov...
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Labeling the Clouds
2007-09-02 07:34:00
Some of you may have already noticed the "Label Cloud" I recently added to this blog's sidebar. Where there used to be a simple list of categories, I have added a fancier, more aesthetically pleasing "cloud" of categories. If you look at the coloured bar on the right hand side of this page, you should see something like the following (you may have to scroll down): Basically, this "cloud" is just a list of all the photographic categories in this blog, but with a twist - the categories with more posts in them appear bigger in the list, while the less populated categories show up smaller.I hope that this new addition, along with the content rating system at the bottom of every post will help you to enjoy this blog more. So have a browse! Just click on one of the categories on the right to get started. And if you like a post, you can give it a rating simply by selecting your choice on the bar at the bottom of the post.Other blogs: The Big Byte WOWebbs blogs Internet eX-plorer 8
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Amazing Grace - The Splendour of Light [Sun bursting through clouds]
2007-08-28 08:17:00
Amazing Grace - Sun Bursting through clouds and treesSun bursting through cloudsRecently I watched the movie “Amazing Grace”, an excellent movie about the abolishment of the slave trade in 18th century England. It follows the political work of William Wilberforce, a politician in the House of Commons. This photo reminds me of the theme of the movie – through all evils and tribulations of this world, God and goodness will triumph. The bright Sun, shrouded by cloud, seems to be bursting forth from its corner of the sky, spreading the Light to all corners of the globe.This photo gains its impressive and triumphant effect mainly because of the parabolic nature of the image – the picture seems to have been taken with a “fish eye” lens, creating an effect of bulging in the centre. Surprisingly, I took this photo with a simple point-and-shoot Kodak C330 digital camera, and didn’t use a fish eye lens at all!The trees in this photo create a natural frame for the picture. The gu...
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Green is God's Favourite Colour [Green Weeds]
2007-07-18 09:30:00
Green Weeds contrast in Shade and SunlightGreen Weeds"Oh no!", I hear you say. "Not another contrast picture!" Yes, this is yet again a photo which has two contrasting sections of colour. I found this photo when I was walking around the yard, everything is so lush and beautiful right now after the recent rain - just the right time to get a close-up of what seems to be the Creator's favourite colour - Green.This photo could be said to use a diagonal variation of the "rule of thirds," as the illuminated, lighter weeds occupy about two thirds of the picture, and the darker, shaded weeds the other third. Notice how the sharp distinction between light and dark even within the lighter section itself helps to break up the monotony of an all-green picture.Note: For the Americans out there, this title would be spelt "Green is God's Favorite Color"This photo taken with the Kodak C330 camera.Related Photos:The Glory of the Morning (Sun breaking over vine stem)A Sign of Contradiction 2 (Dead...
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The Glory of the Morning [Sun Breaking over Vine Stem]
2007-07-16 08:00:00
The Glory of the Morning - The rising Sun shines it's rays over a Vine Stem Sun shining over balloon vine stemThis indeed is a glorious shot. The rising sun is just peeking it's rays past the shining edge of a Balloon Vine stem, highlighting the fine hairs running along the side of the stem. The rainbow shower of light falling from the contact point shines out over the lavender flowers in the background, and the green leaves at the sides of this magnificent photo complete the image. This image has to be seen to be fully appreciated.The structure of this image roughly follows the popular "rule of thirds" approach, placing an imaginary grid over the picture to determine the placement of the primary features. The contact point between sun and stem occurs about two-thirds of the way up the picture, and the green leafy frame occupies about a third of the horizontal space on either side. The weighting of this photo is obviously toward the top, with the bright contact point in the center ...
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A creature from below... [Earth Worm]
2007-07-13 03:46:00
Earth worm with grainsEarth Worm Here's some variety - an animal is featured as the subject of this photo. This earth worm is shown lying on the dirt beside some chicken-feed: various grains including cord and sorghum. We found him under a tarp we had out in the yard, and after the photo he died a noble death - he was fed to the Chooks!The natural structure of this photo draws the eye firstly toward the worm, which occupies the greater portion of the image, and secondly to the grains in the lower-right corner. The picture itself is not designed with a specific composition in mind, the only notable aspects are the main focus-points where the eye rests. It is interesting, though, how the eye follows a rough "zig-zag" course along the curves of the worm, and doesn't follow the smooth line of the worm's body.This photo taken with the Kodak C330 camera.Related Photos:The Modest BlossomClose-up of a hen-pecked chook's feathersOther blogs: The Big Byte WOWebbs blogs Internet eX-plorer 8
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