My first meal in Australia. Bambinis serves meals and coffee for take-away or to enjoy on the sidewalk, which we did, while trying to blink ourselves awake. This is a poached egg. They must have poached it in a cheesecloth bag. Avocado, spinach, lemon, slivered sea salt and rye toast made it the perfect breakfast.
This is my new favorite kind of coffee. It’s called a Flat White.
Leanne broke me through! I now love working with my DSLR. My battery died, so I didn’t work with it a lot on that day, but I’m no longer reluctant to use it after seeing her use hers with as much ease as I use my compact. I just soaked up her photography habits like a sponge. At first I was intimidated and afraid to take pictures because I was with a “real” photographer. But we talked nonstop and almost immediately on the first stop, Port Lonsdale, I felt I was with an old friend and I just started taking all the weird little photos that caught my eye after getting the big obvious ones out of the way! Leanne understands.
Leanne told me about RAW format. I decided to use it with PhotoShop Elements, a light-weight version of Photoshop that came with my Wacom Bamboo. I just started experimenting with it. The first is the original and the second I increased the black. I am missing some features and it was hard to figure out how I saved this, but I’ve seen enough to know I want the software and I want RAW files. And I love my DSLR. I just keep it on auto. One step at a time. At least now I’m pulling out the big guy and not being intimidated by it.
Which do you like more?
I like the soft coloring of the first one and the detail in the sky of the second one.
This is the Manchester Unity Building in Melbourne. Here is a version with some Nik Color Effex manipulation:
But to see some stunning versions of this building, check out Leanne’s site: http://www.leannecole.com.au/photocart/index.php?do=photocart&viewGallery=12288#page=thumbs.
I am thrilled and honored to announce that my friend Michelle of KidazzleInk.com nominated me for a beautiful award called the WordPress Family Award. When I first found out, I felt recognition, like “that’s exactly how I feel about blogging”. In fact, I now include visiting friends I’ve made through blogging as part of my travel plans and those connections with my worldwide blogging family has made everywhere I visit feel like home.
Like all things in the blogosphere, the “Part of the WordPress Family Award” was created by one of us. I love that we get to just create how we want life to be. Let me introduce you to Shaun @ http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com/, your fellow blogger who invented this award to recognize the families that spring up around the blogisphere. Here is what he says about the award:
‘This is an award for everyone who is part of the “Word Press Family” I started this award on the basis that the WordPress family has taken me in, and showed me love and a caring side as only WordPress can. The way people take a second to be nice, to answer a question and not make things a competition amazes me here. I know I have been given many awards, but I wanted to leave my own legacy on here by creating my own award, as many have done before. This represents “Family” we never meet, but are there for us as family. It is my honour to start this award. Thank you,
Shaun @ http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com/‘
Now for the award rules.
If you receive this award it means someone really values all the hard work you put into your blog and the kind and considerate thoughts and comments you share with others through the WordPress experience. It means you’ve been identified as someone who is part of the WordPress family.
In accepting the award you are asked to:
1. Display the award logo on your blog.
2. Link back to the person who nominated you.
3. Nominate 10 others you see as having a positive impact on your WordPress experience; people you feel are part of your own WordPress family.
4. Let your 10 new “Family” members know you have awarded them
5. That is it. Just please pick 10 people that have taken you as a friend, and spread the continue to spread the love.
In addition to KidazzleInk, I would like to nominate these bloggers who have formed part of my close family by commenting and participating in my world and sharing their beautiful perspectives on their own blogs. Some of you get nominated all the time for me… please feel free to just accept the acknowledgement if you are not up for following the award rules! You are very much part of my blog family so I have to mention you yet again! I always think about you when I’m taking pictures so it can be said you travel with me. Thank you for following and liking. It always makes my day.
And for new friends and occasional visitors, you make my day too! I mean it.
Nicci Carrera 