red fire sky

here is another ridiculous sunrise from harkerville. Just the most fiery sunrise though wouldn't you say? All I have done is tweak the curves and contrast. Haven't fiddled with the colour!






cheers
liam
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new photo blog

hi everyone

ive been playing with a new photo blog at http://coolpix.shutterchance.com/archive.php

its really cool and i get to interact with other photographers...nice gallery setup too. But i will be posting here again soon

heres a recent pic to keep things going. Taken in the transkei at bulungula this was on our last morning there...a lovely pic except for the dog doing his business in the foreground



cheers
liam
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fast cars and padstals

heres one fro ma year back at a friends farmstall...the blue, white lines are the lights of a truck speeding past...quite a trippy effect

Herolds Bay South Africa

heres a few from Herolds Bay in South Africa

More Knysna pics

heres a few more i snapped off yesterday from knysna lagoon in south africa

angleic seagull

a few pics from today at the knysna waterfront

Sunrise 4 HDR

another 2 shots done with HDR from our spot in harkerville near plettenberg bay. Im still learning HDR so any comments would appreciated

I really love the golden syrup colour of the grasses

Garden route sunrise 2

heres another of my more recent pics from george in the garden route

Pic of the day

smell the sea

another very early morning shot with my fx50 on seriously slow shutter...love it when the sea looks like that...Panny FZ50 at keurboomstrand just outside plettenberg bay in south africa

amazing plettenberg bay sunrise

a pic taken by my wife with a panny FZ50 on auto!...i really like it

plettenberg bay (harkerville) south africa

who needs security

this is truly classic...and brilliant at the same time. I'd like to see this on the streets of new york or london...I love africa!

Transkei holiday galleries

here are all the galleries i have updated so far

gallery 1
gallery 2
gallery 3

pls let me know what u think of the shots

Transkei holiday Part 3

here are more pics from the transkei recent holiday i took...posting as i edit each day so about 5 more to go

full gallery to follow

Transkei Holiday Bulungula Part 2

second batch of pics hot off the press from bulungula on the wild coast of south africa

the full series here

Transkei Holiday Bulungula Part 1

These are some pics from my latest trip to the transkei...bulungula

I am posting the full story at my other blog www.garden-route.iblog.com

I have posted all the pics from day one sunrise here

Bulungula

NSA George South Africa youtube links

hi all

quick post before i go. To skate fans here are the vids from the NSA in George, South Africa

these are from bluntmag

...and well wort ha watch

Transkei holiday

this will be my last post until the 14th Of July. I am off to the Transkei on holiday...yiiiipppeeeee! Happy Days

We will be staying at Bulungula which is in the heart of the middle of no-where. This will be the first time we have been with our baby (who at 5 months should make it very entertaining)

For those that dont know the Transkei is a throwback fro mthe bad old days of SA...an old "homeland" where the indigenous population where "kept"...It is the most magical undeveloped place in south africa and a must do for every independant traveller.

Look out for the images when i get back as they promise to be brilliant

here are a few teasers ...mine will of course be far superior (lol) and spectacular

Latest NSA 2007 pics from george south africa

I got a bit more arty with some of these

The full gallery here

NSA skatechamps - george south africa - 2nd pics

The first batch of pics fro mthe NSA in George South Africa...I posted the first round of images last night. u can link to the whole gallery here

NSA skatechamps - george south africa - 1st pics

I mentioned the NSA skatechamps in George today...here are some of the shots. It was overcast so very contrasty...really had to work some of these and may have done too much. The full gallery will follow in a post tomorrow. There are about 100 shots including some nice wipeout sequences and some overall massive tricks and airs...these guys are GOOD!

NSA skateboarding champs George South Africa

Im off the the NSA skatelab champs (skateboarding) so look out for a post tomorrow. Todays comp is a national event so will have the top guys from SA on show so is going to be a good test of my skills

Here are some of my more recent pics of the latest regional comps

the full gallery is here...there 54 shots from that comp

The Knysna Oyster festival

Morning all

I thought I could fill everyone in on the upcoming Knysna Oyster festival that is due to take place in Knysna on the Garden Route from the 7th til lthe 14th of July. This is an annual event in the heart of winter here and draws 10s of thousands of people every year.

As the name implies the festival is based on the oyster which is both gathered wild and bred in the knysna lagoon. There is hardly a restaurant in town that does not sell oysters at this time of year and most have a competition of some kind. One of the most famous restaurants is he Knysna Oyster company who breed oysters.

The event has a host of activities some of which are listed below

- The SA navy ships arrive to join in

- The cycle race...

- The mountain bike race

- The half and full marathon

- Oyster shukking comps

- A sports expo

- An extreme sports challenge in the knysna waterfront

- Golf challenges at most of the golf courses

- Various oyster recipes cookoofs (have you ever had an oyster milkshake?)

And many more.

The festival covers most of knysna and has become the biggest festival in this region. Before it started this time of year was dead in terms of tourism and this situation has now been turned around to the benefit of the whole town. The marathon after party at Crabs Creek has become legendary....no less that 5000 people rock up to party away the festival

Having been a few times it is highly recomended and is suitable for the entire family. If you are around in SA at this time of year it is well advised to stop here and visit to enjoy some of our famous oysters generally with as much Champagne as you can manage.