Day 81: ...dive and duck and swoop
Following much of the day at home working, the afternoon brought on 'crunch time' for next month's conference paper. Time out needed to think about putting the finishing touches to it. The trouble with writing on current issues is that things keep happening which, naturally, you want to add to your paper. For a paper which compares Japanese and Australian politics, recent elections and protest movements, there is a lot to consider.
An opportunity then to head east to do some thinking at the waterfront. It is a clear space, and photography helps.
There is something about the expanse of water out at Wynnum Manly. It makes for quite 'broad sweep' photos, colours and shapes that allow one to imagine a big canvas. Very easy to take 30-plus pics, how to narrow it down (a common question for the pics, and the paper)? It started with the perfect symmetry of some sailing boats...
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| Sailing symmetry |
...and then, as if to throw up a further challenge from yesterday, after taking a few still shots of the birds wading, I raised the camera to catch them in flight. Enlarging them on the screen offered a different perspective: a blur of sorts on a blue sea canvas...
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| Take flight 1 |
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| Take flight 2 |
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| Take flight 3 |
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| Take flight 4 |
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| Take flight 5 |
Blame my interest in the impressionist painters of another era, but I rather like that the motion is hinted at here. A different perspective...that worked on my paper too.
[Camera : Canon EOS60D 75-300mm, taken between 3.00 and 3.27pm]
