Travelling Lens

A Travel, Photography and Points Blog

Brookfield Winter Lights Festival 2018

Perth's Brookfield Winter Lights 2018

I’m back from my two week trip to Europe, back from settling back into the routine of life. Which means I’m back from my blogging hiatus. I had a lovely European summer over in Santorini, Bulgaria and Budapest. It was a mix of relaxing, exploring the city and spending time with friends (Since i was over in Bulgaria for a friend’s wedding). A great mix of activities, and not my usual holiday itinerary. I also had an awesome time using the Fujifilm X-T20 and Fujinon 23mm F2 (thanks to Fujifilm Australia for the loan). That was the combination in my hands most of the time while I was travelling. More on that in a future post. 

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Golden hour exploring Húsavík, Iceland

fisherman at work at husavik

After a big day of three waterfalls and enjoying autumn colours at Asbyrgi Canyon, we drove onwards to the next town. Husavik is the famous whale-watching capital of Iceland. Since it was quite late in the afternoon, we didn’t manage to do any whale-watching. Instead we walked around the quiet little town and enjoying the golden hour sunlight. These are some of my favourite photos from our walk around town. The golden hour light was spectacular.

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Ásbyrgi Canyon, Iceland

Ásbyrgi Canyon

After hitting the three waterfalls, we had some time left over to visit Ásbyrgi Canyon in the afternoon. Ásbyrgi is a very large horseshoe-shaped canyon. There are several hiking rials in the canyon. Given we didn’t have a heap of time, we opted for one of the shorter loops. Because we were in the canyon, there were deep shadows and bright highlights in the frame. To get a well exposed shot, I ended up taking 3 different exposures and blending it together in Aurora HDR.

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Fuji X Aus Perth Photowalk, June 2018

Walking around Fremantle, Fuji X Aus photowalk

I had a great time meeting up with our (small) group of Perth Fuji X Aus photographers down in Fremantle on the weekend. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon to be walking around Fremantle. We met up at the entrance of Fremantle Markets and spent a bit of time catching up with fellow photographers and meeting new ones. I always find it so enjoyable getting to chat to others about photography and what we shoot. As always we can count on Fujifilm Australia to send in some cool merchandise to our awesome Perth Reps.

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