Revisiting Australia

[Jan Anne]

He sure was Fons, while the rest was fighting over scraps he was chilling in the morning sun on the beach by himself.

Two ladies in bikinis walked up to him and sat down within 5 meters or so and he just stayed put, when they left I got into action and he was totally cool with me getting close as well even though I wasn't half as sexy as the two women

Only got two shots off when two obnoxious mountainbikers raced onto the beach and scared him off, as I didn't have my morning coffee at the Village Grind yet I might have been a bit rude in focally expressing my displeasure towards the bikers 

[armando_m]

The white pelicans are impressive and quite photogenic, I have shot them nearby, they also gather near a fish cleaning facility

[Erik Lund]

Very nice captures! And great narrative 

[Jan Anne]

Found some time between work and dinner with colleagues to go thru some of the images again and see which are also interesting to post, or at least I hope they are

Here's another shot of the Osprey posted before, where the other was posted to set the scene this one provides a closer look of this impressive bird of prey in flight.

Please be aware that I'm still using Capture NX-D for the processing of all the Nikon files, so there's a bit of a learning curve and I'm not getting the full potential out of these images. The Sony files are processed with a Sony only version of Capture One which I master a lot better, it's still to be decided whether to go all in with Capture One for all cameras or use something else entirely for the Nikon files once I've sold the Sony bodies.

[Jan Anne]

On our way to the whales we encountered a few dolphins hoping to ride our bow wave but as we were getting close to the whales we had to slow down so they disappeared as quickly a they appeared. The image is not as sharp as I would've liked and its cropped heavily but hopefully its good enough to contribute to the travel diary for story telling purposes

Second shot is a mandatory whale tail shot, this one is from the front and plan to find a suitable one from other side as well with the water dripping off.

[Jan Anne]

In the peak hour whales were popping up all around us, this one came straight up just in front of us while I was holding the D500 with 200-500VR so instead of missing the moment by switching cameras I zoomed out to 200mm and got a close up of the tip of the nose.

The image is uncropped and only processed to high contrast b&w to enhance the amazing details of their bumpy skin.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Hello world in a new setting. Marvellous.

[golunvolo]

Thanks Jan for sharing all this wonderful trip and images. I´ve miss you and your work.

   Great images!

[armando_m]

Shooting whales is fascinating , really like the close up of the nose

I like the b&w processing

[Jan Anne]

I knew I captured a dripping tail shot with the 35mm from behind but until now couldn't find, but here it is

[golunvolo]

Oleeee

[Jan Anne]

Thanks Jan for sharing all this wonderful trip and images. I´ve miss you and your work.

   Great images!

Likewise amigo

When I lived in Amsterdam there was a huge internal drive to travel to escape the small appartment and citylive in general but after I moved to the countryside 2.5 years ago that completely dissapeared and so did my involvement with photography as I mainly do travelphotography nowadays.

The last trip I brought a full set of camera gear was in May 2016 for the NG trip in Scotland which is more two years ago 

The plan is to start travelling more so my contributions to the NG community should go up as well

[Erik Lund]

Wonderful whales! I love the one with the bumpy skin, really your style JA

[Akira]

The nose capture is amazing!

[Jan Anne]

Fishermen as shot from the Coogee Beach Hotel balcony.

Shot as framed here at 500mm, really digging the versatility of the 200-500VR but those who own it already figured that out years ago