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A great combination of lavender & blue, etc on the Opera House during the Vivid Sydney Festival 2013. The third of a series of great colours & patterns projected onto the Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Brilliance thanks to Australian creative innovators, The Spinifex Group. Photographed with a Canon 400D. *Features* Canon DSLR, May 2013. All Things Photographic, May 2013.

At the beautifully manicured gardens known as Withycombe, it's flowers, lawns ,hedges, statues, house & tennis court were all very impressive but my attention was grabbed by this windblown, half wrecked dandelion in the middle of a large lawn. With a constant breeze blowing, I wasn't expecting to get a detailed shot, so was surprised to see this one come up so well. Unfortunately I had to crop it & missed out on some of the more colourful green sections in the background. Photographed with a Canon 400D, Mt Wilson, Australia. This is Withycombe Gardens at Mount Wilson in the Upper Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. *Features* The Group, April 2012. High Quality Images, June 2012. Withered, June 2012. Just Fun, ...

Number 5 in the series of spectacular colour projections onto the Opera House during the Vivid Sydney Festival May/June 2013. Brilliance thanks to Australian creative innovators, The Spinifex Group. Photographed with a Canon 400D at Sydney, Australia. *Features* Canon DSLR, May 2013. Zingers, May 2013. 117 views as of May 30, 2013. 800 views as of Jan 13, 2015.

The fourth in the series of creative colourful images projected onto the Sydney Opera House during the spectactular Vivid Light & Music Festival. Brilliance thanks to Australian creative innovators, The Spinifex Group. Photographed with a Canon 400D, Sydney, Australia. *Features* Canon DSLR, May 2013. Cover Shots, May 2013. Old Farts Of Redbubble, May 2013. Canon vs Nikon, June 2013. Cow Parade & Friends, June 2013.

The idyllic scene of boats on the River Seine near Pont Neuf which is occasionally disturbed by boatloads of tourists enjoying the beautiful scenery. Camera: Canon 400D. Location: Paris, France. HDR Processing: Photomatix. *Features* Superbly Visual, October 2014. Through The Eye Of The Lens, October 2014. European Everyday Life, October 2014. Featured Men Photographers, October 2014. Around The World, March 2017. Pixelations, October 2019. For All Photographers, October 2019.

Number 8 in the series of spectacular colour projections onto the Opera House during the Vivid Sydney Festival May/June 2013. Brilliance thanks to Australian creative innovators, The Spinifex Group. Photographed with a Canon 400D at Sydney, NSW, Australia. *Feature* Canon DSLR, June 2013.

Probably my best photo of the Three Sisters so far I think. The famous Three Sisters as viewed from the Echo Point Lookout at Katoomba in the Blue Mountains National Park, Australia. Photographed with a Canon 400D. *Features* Nature In It's Entirety, Sept 2013. Volcanoes, Earth's Geology & Atmosphere, Oct 2013. 828 views as of Sep 9, 2016.

The Sydney Vivid Light & Music Festival kicked off tonight, May 24 with (amongst other highlights) a colourful dynamic display of lights beamed onto the Sydney Opera House. After about 30 - 40 minutes the heavens opened & most people ran for cover from heavy rain. My view from my vantage point at the Quay was often interrupted by cruise boats & ferries. This is the highlight of the Sydney winter & for those visiting Sydney this is a must see. The display rivals the great entertainment of 2011. Brilliance thanks to Australian creative innovators, The Spinifex Group. Photographed with a Canon 400D at Sydney, NSW, . *Features* Image Writing, May 2013. No. 1 Favourites, May 2013. International Showcase, May 2013. 102 view...

This is the view as you follow the track at Leura past Leura Cascades. The walk down into the Jamison Valley leads you to some great little waterfalls & cascades & then to Katoomba. The mountain in the background is Mount Solitary which is also visible from Echo Point where the Three Sisters are the highlight. I love the colours of the foliage bottom right. Photographed with a Canon 400D at Leura in the Blue Mountains National Park, NSW, Australia. *Features* In His Name, Nov 2013. The Tropical Zone, Oct 2016. 600 views as of Oct 13 2016.

The first flowers on my jade plant after moving it to a sunnier position. Canon 5D MkIII with Tamron macro lens.

Number 7 in the series of spectacular colour projections onto the Opera House during the Vivid Sydney Festival May/June 2013. A 5 second exposure produced an image that is a little different to the one we saw with our eyes. Brilliance thanks to Australian creative innovators, The Spinifex Group. Photographed with a Canon 400D at Sydney, NSW,Australia. *Features* Canon DSLR, June 2013. Art For Sale, June 2013. Focus On New South Wales, June 2013. Old Farts Of Redbubble, July 2013. Featured Mens Photographers, September2013. Cow Parade & Friends, April 2015.

Number 6 in the series of spectacular colour projections onto the Opera House during the Vivid Sydney Festival May/June 2013. Brilliance thanks to Australian creative innovators, The Spinifex Group. Photographed with a Canon 400D at Sydney, Australia. *Features* The Addicted Photographer, May 2013. Your Country's Best, June 2013. Zingers, June 2013.

This is the great view you get if you take the steep steps down into the valley at Katoomba instead of choosing the motorised route. This photo was looking a bit ordinary so I transformed it into a portrait version. Photographed with a Canon 400D at Katoomba in the Blue Mountains National Park, NSW, Australia. Sold 3 greeting cards June 29, 2014. *Features* Wild Oz, July 2018. Volcanoes, Earth's Geology & Atmosphere, Aug 2018.

My beloved Hanging Rock near Blackheath in the Blue Mountains of NSW, Australia from a different perspective. See the Most Popular gallery for more photos of this wonder of nature. Photographed with a Canon 400D. At the end of Ridgewell Rd, Blackheath there is a car park & the walk takes you to Baltzer Lookout. The Rock is visible from the lookout but you need to climb down the cliff to get a good view. It takes about an hour to get there unless you have a mountain bike & watch out for the rocks & slippery gravel. *Features* Rural Australia, May 2013. National Parks of Australia, July 2013. 100 views as of May 18, 2013. 221 views as of July 12, 2013.

Located near Blackheath in the Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia. The rock hangs into the Grose Valley. This spot is 2 hours drive west of Sydney & then an hours walk to this site (quicker if you have a mountain bike). The area is not fenced or well signposted. You need good hiking boots because of the steep surfaces & loose gravel. I wouldn't recommend taking children there. At the end of Ridgewell Rd there is a car park & the walk takes you to Baltzer Lookout. The Rock is visible from the lookout but you need to climb down the cliff to get a good view. The rock is much bigger than it appears here, but I wasn't game to get too close to the edge of the cliff. In spring the walk becomes an avenue of wi...

This is Somersby Falls in the Brisbane Waters National Park on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Photographed with a Canon 400D. I like the way the water on the left seems to be dropping straight into the pond below as well as the lush greenery in the background. *Features* All Water In Motion & Reflections In Water, Feb 2012. Scenery, Feb 2012. Peace, Love & Tranquility, Feb 2012. All Things Aquatic, Feb 2012. A Place To Call Home, Feb 2012. Rural NSW, Mar 2012. Canon DSLR, Feb 2012. All Countries - Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes & Rivers, Mar 2012. Inspired Art, Mar 2012. National Parks of Australia, Mar 2012. Explore Page, Apr 2012. Just Pure Nature, May 2012. Lakes & Inland Waterways, May 2012. Alphabet ...

Vivid Light Festival Sydney 2014 kicks off on a warm autumn night with fascinating & varied light & music displays around Circular Quay. My favourite screen is obviously the Opera House. *Features* Canon DSLR, May 2014. Your Country's Best, May 2014. All Things Artistic, Poetic, Philosophical, May 2014. No. 1 Favourites, May 2014. Superbly Visual, Oct 2014. Destination Australia, Oct 2014. Light Up My Life, July 2015. 1000 Plus, May 2016. Spectacular Featured Photography, July 2016. 3251 views as of July 31, 2016. This year, Vivid LIVE has commissioned award-winning international artists 59 Productions to create a new projected artwork for the sails of the Sydney Opera House, Vivid LIVE’s most public event. Lauded fo...

Sylvia Falls near the Valley of the Waters at Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains National Park in Australia. This is on one of my favourite walks & the track goes around the cliff to Wentworth Falls before you climb a steep cliff to the top of the falls. My other good shots of Sylvia are portrait format. I thought I'd try landscape format to show off the greenery surrounding the falls. Photographed with a Canon 400D, ISO 200, 2.5 seconds, F18.

My first decent photo of my favourite Sylvia Falls with the new camera. The last time I was here was just after a mini cyclone & there was so much water coming over the falls you couldn't stand in front here without getting drenched from the water spray. Not a lot of water coming over the falls after a bit of a dry spell but still beautiful. Sylvia Falls in the Blue Mountains National Park, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia. Canon 5 MkIII

Marlbourough Tower at the Farm at Versailles, France. Canon 5D MkIII. The Queen’s Hamlet, Marie Antoinette’s quaint little village and farm which is also known as the L’Hameau de la Reine, is one of the highlights of Versailles. The hamlet was created in the style of a minature Norman village. It contained the farm, twelve thatched cottages, a dovecote, mill and tower, all of which Marie Antoinette had built in 1783 by her favourite architect, Richard Mique and landscape gardener, Andre Le Notre. She loved the simplicity of coun...

When you follow the track at Leura past Leura Cascades & the waterfall some know as Weeping Rock, you get to a series of beautiful trickling small falls like this one. I love the orange coloured rocks & soil & the framing fernery. Photographed with a Canon 400D at Leura in the Blue Mountains of NSW, Australia a few years ago. *Features* Your Country's Best, February 2014. Canon DSLR, February 2014. The Great Outdoors, February 2014. You Got It, We Want It, February 2014. Our Planet's Scenery, February 2014. Superbly Visual, February 2014. Australia's Tracks & Trails, February 2014. Raindrops & Water Art, March 2014. Featured Men's Photographers, March 2014. Volcanoes, Earths & Geology & Atmosphere, April 2014. Ferns & M...

The view into the Jamison Valley near the start of the National Pass walking track in the Blue Mountains National Park. A seven vertical photo stitch panorama. The National Pass is one of the most beautiful walks in the park. It takes you past the amazing Sylvia Falls & onto Wentworth Falls & parts of the walk are fairly steep. Canon 5D MkIII Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia. *Features* Going Green, May 2016. Volcanoes, Earth's Geology & Atmosphere, May 2016. Wild Oz, May 2016.

The magnificent Sylvia Falls in the Blue Mountains, this time in black & white. As much as I love colour, I thought I'd give this beauty a go in monochrome. This view is on the track known as the National Pass & takes you from the Valley of the Waters all the way around to the huge waterfall which the suburb is named after. Photographed with a Canon 400D in the Valley of the Waters, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia. *Features* Canon DSLR, Sept 2014 (No banner). Perfect Harmonies, Sept 2014. All Water In Motion & Reflections In Water, Sept 2014. Nature In It's Entirety, Sept 2014. Superbly Visual, Sept 2014. Our Planet's Scenery, Sept 2014. Raindrops & Water Art, Sept 2014. The Tropical Zone, Sept 2014. Australia At La...

Photographed with a Canon 400D, ISO400, F22, 1.6 seconds , RAW Mode. This is the famous Sylvia Falls in the Blue Mountains National Park in Australia. This is the view as you approach the falls from above. After hundreds of shots of Sylvia Falls I thought I had photographed it from every angle but this view looked so nice with the ferns & orange coloured rocks that it begged to be photographed. The walking track starts from the Valley of the Waters at a place called Wentworth Falls. The waterfall that the place is named after is at the other end of the walk. *Feature* A Paradise Somewhere, Jan 2012. A Little Bit Country, Feb 2012. The Group, Apr 2012. Ferns & Mosses Around The World, Nov 2012.

This is one little waterfall at Somersby that hasn't been photographed a million times due to a fallen tree close by. I liked this angle with the moss & the overhanging rock. Photographed with a Canon 400D at Brisbane Waters National Park on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. *Features* The Group, July 2012. Your Country's Best, July 2012.

Château d'Amboise at Amboise in the Loire Valley, France. The royal Château at Amboise is a château located in Amboise, in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France. Confiscated by the monarchy in the 15th century, it became a favoured royal residence and was extensively rebuilt. King Charles VIII died at the château in 1498 after hitting his head on a door lintel. The château fell into decline from the second half of the 16th century and the majority of the interior buildings were later demolished, but some su...

A relatively short track in the Brisbane Waters National Park near Gosford in NSW takes you past many great little waterfalls & beautiful rainforest. This is a beautiful part of the country & gratefully, not too far from home. This is Somersby Falls in the Brisbane Waters National Park near Gosford in New South Wales, Australia. Canon 400D

The spectacle Heaven Pillar structure looks more impressive from the angle where it looks more like a mushroom rising out of the valley but this angle had slightly less fog on this day. I didn't get to see it on a clear day. Zhangjiajie National Park, Hunan Province, China. Canon 5D MkIII

A sunny Sydney Harbour as the southern hemisphere moves towards autumn. Ferries stream across the harbour & private boats are moored in a harbour inlet at North Sydney. Sydney icons .. the Opera House, Luna Park & the Centrepoint Tower (on the right) are visible This is Sydney Harbour in Sydney, NSW, Australia. Photographed with a Canon 400D . *Features* Postcards - Destinations, March 2011. Theme Thursday - Feature Friday, July 2012. Destination Australia, October 2014. Harbour Life, March 2017. Stunning Scenic Favourites, October 2017.

The iconic Australia Rock at Narooma. A gap in a rock which slightly resembles a map of Australia. Narooma, South Coast of NSW, Australia. Canon 5D MkIII HDR by Photomatix. *Features* Holiday Sights, Apr 2016. Earth's All Natural, Apr 2016.

The sun rising through the iconic Australia Rock at Narooma. A gap in a rock which slightly resembles a map of Australia. Previously uploaded in closer format. Narooma, South Coast of NSW, Australia. Canon 5D MkIII HDR by Photomatix. HDR by Photomatix to deal with the light & shade. *Features* Going Coastal, Apr 2016. Perfect Harmonies, Apr 2016. Mother Nature's Finest, May 2016. Volcanoes, Earth's Geology & Atmosphere, May 2016. Our Planet's Scenery, Oct 2016.

This beautiful arch stands between The Louvre & the Tuileries Garden in Paris, France. Photographed with a Canon 400D. The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel (firmly anchored to the tradition of the ancient triumphal arches) was built by Percier and Fontaine in circa 1806 to 1808 to celebrate the Napoleonic victories of 1805, and it was originally intended as a monumental entrance to the Tuileries palace. When that palace was destroyed by fire in 1871, it was generally agreed that the arch stood well on its own; nor was the palace greatly missed in that an exceptional view of the Champs-Elysées had been opened up. The proportions of the arch were directly drawn from those of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome. I didn't note the ...

My favourite section of the Grand Canyon walk near Blackheath in the Blue Mountains National Park in NSW, Australia. This has been a favourite walk for decades. On my last walk here I saw that the tree on the right had been damaged by storms so that only half of it remains. Photographed with a Canon 400D, RAW Mode, ISO 400, F10 & 0.4 seconds in February 2012.

The walking track past Bridal Veil falls at Leura takes you to this beautiful little waterfall which I think is called Weeping Rock falls. Photographed with a Canon 400D. 16 features as of Nov 16, 2012. This is the Blue Mountains National Park in NSW, Australia. I sold an 8" x 12" print of this photo to a work colleague on July 15, 2011. *Features* Beach, River & Lake Treasures, April 2011. Photographic Excellence - from the Outback to the Coast, April 2011. Artist's Universe, April 2011. A Little Bit Country, April 2011. High Quality Images, June 2011. Islands of the World, June 2011. Canon Photography Only, June 2011. Quality Art & Photography, June 2011. The World, July 2011. Sticks & Stones & Living Things, Aug...

This is Hanging Rock near Blackheath in the Blue Mountains National Park in New South Wales, Australia. From the carpark on Ridgewell Rd you follow the track to Baltzers Lookout which is about an hours walk. In spring there are lots of wildflowers to check out. Camera: Canon 400D. Location: Blue Mountains National Park, Blackheath, NSW, Australia. HDR Processing: Photomatix. This image of Hanging Rock at Blackheath appeared in the UK Daily Mail on October 24, 2011 thanks to representation from Chris Balcombe of the Solent News Agency. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2052525/Living-life-edge-Its-picnic-Hanging-Rock-couple-perch-inches-800-FEET-fall.html I sent about 7 images to him & while the UK Sun was the money spi...

Another scene from the beautiful Grand Canyon walking track at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains National Park in New South Wales, Australia. After a little rain & extensive repair work, this area was looking great again. Photographed with a Canon 400D. *Features* A Place To Call Home, April 2011. Art & Collectables Sales, April 2011. Photographic Excellence - From the Outback to the Coast, April 2011. Colour Me A Rainbow, May 2011. Nature & Man, May 2011. Alphabet Soup, August 2011. The Heart of The Forest, September 2011. Green, October 2011. Explore Page, October 2011. Art for Sale, November 2011. Ferns & Mosses Around The World, May 2012. Your Country's Best, May 2013. A Gorgeous Green, May 2013. Featured For A ...