Taken whilst visiting Litchfield, Northern Territory, Australia. These guys were everywhere. Anyone know their scientific name? My super brainy friend, Smathi, tells me this one is a Painted Grasshawk, Neurothemis stigmatizans stigmatizans – male.

I also have a short post about the processing of this photo in the blog section.

On our way up from Adelaide to Darwin (4,000km!) we visited Ayer’s Rock. This picture was taken on the first day we visited, just as the sun was receding.

During this first night, we went cheapo and camped at the resort. Unfortunately my air-mattress went flat, and it was an uncomfortable night. What did we do? We booked into the most expensive room at the resort the next day! Woohoo!

The Olgas are a group of rock formations near Uluru. For such a well frequented tourist destination, I was surprised that I had never heard of them before – I only learnt about them when we were at Uluru, and they were in the background.

Taken on our American trip. If any New Yorkers could kindly tell me which bridge, it would be much appreciated. Looking at the EXIF, this was not bad for a hand held photo on a boat at 1/25!

Taken on an autumn day a couple of years ago when we visited New York. This park must be fantastic for the local residents. I guess we often take our parks for granted, coming from the ”City of Gardens” where parklands are an integral part of the infrastructure (our parklands are three times the size of Central Park, even though the city is much smaller).

I think it is a sea sponge, although I stand to be corrected. Taken whilst walking around Henley Beach, near my house. I was specifically beach-combing that day, after reading Chromasia.

One of the first captures with the Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 lens. Taken out the front of my house, where these flowers were growing like weeds.

A winter night at Henley Jetty. I was so impressed with Henley Beach that I later bought a house near here.

A juicy succulent found at mom’s house whilst testing out the then new (now sold) Nikkor 70-300mm lens.