There is a marvellous bunch of dawn tweepsters in these parts, the #612tweepsters, the people who listen to 612ABC in the early hours of each morning. We're not all Brisbane-based, some listen in from overseas too. It is one of the joys of twitter. 612ABC probably has the best bunch of presenters, journalists and producers who get twitter too. It has certainly has added to my twitter life.
Anyway, early this morn, tweepster @dobboinaus alerted the photographers amongst us to get out there at 6.00am to capture the pink sky. Pink? Yes, very pink, almost on fire. I grabbed this on the big camera because the fruit phone just didn't capture it. It's the far horizon over the ridge from my back verandah.
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| Dawn light |
I spent the day again in the archives, back to the future, retracing correspondence between Japan and Queensland governments over immigration and other issues. No murders or prostitution today, but a very annoyed Japanese Consul in Townsville, frustrated by delays...all the while exchanging salutations about being 'humble and obedient servants' to everyone, everywhere. I think this is where bureaucratic sarcasm started.
As I was driving home, I marvelled at the sky again, and thought about the contrast from this morning. I wondered what the contrast might look like. So what does a photographer do? Go for two pics, because there should be an occasional educational element to all that I do...
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| Twi-light... |
Eleven hours apart, both on 1/50, f5.6, ISO200. What a difference a day and 120 years in the Archives makes...
Thanks @dobboinaus and @shelleymlloyd and all the #612tweepsters. It's Friday, have a good one.
[Camera : Canon EOS60D, 18-55mm, 6.22am, 5.16pm]
