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I stumbled across a quote from Douglas Adams on Australians which I thought was amusing, and probably very accurate:
As a result of all this hardship, dirt, thirst, and wombats, you would expect Australians to be a dour lot. Instead, they are genial, jolly, cheerful, and always willing to share a kind word with a stranger, unless they are an American. Douglas Adams - English
I have been really busy recently, but have taken some photos over the past few weeks, so thought I’d share a few of them
This little toadstool was taken with a flash each side to light it up, triggered with cactus radio triggers (flashes set to about 1/16th power i think, and quite a small aperture on the macro lens)
I have also been taking some photos of a friends’ band The rivers of sound
Also, following comments on a recent post I decided to get out in the garden and try some photos of the insect life that lives there. Most of these had an off-camera flash on E-TTL auto, though manual actually works better with a little practice (if you get the exposure wrong, the flies are gone before you get a second chance (probably cooked by the power of the flash that close) so E-TTL is easier to start with)
