In 1999 I Went to Australia

And it was amazingly awesome.  If I didn't have these photos, it would swear it was only dream.  But no, it wasn't!  I pushed my little Samsung point and shoot hard back then and came home with 600+ images.  That was A LOT back in the film days.  Before this trip, I didn't take many photos.  After, I couldn't stop.  Enjoy the best from those three months or so nearly 17 years ago.  My goal?  Take the family back in 2019, 20 years after my first visit.

-Tom

Exploring the Light with Pentax K1000 and expired Konica-Minolta Film

Images taken in July 2011 at our home in Worthington, Ohio, the Columbus Zoo, and the Franklin County Fair, Hilliard, Ohio.

Sulphur Crested Cockatoos, Canberra, Australia

Canberra, Australia, January, 1999.

I've been scanning negatives from my 3-month long Australia trip back in 1999 with Hiram College.

Here's a shot of sulphur crested cockatoos, which were as common as crows in some areas of Australia. The sky was a bit grainy, so I blurred it and used a layer mask to exclude to the blur from the birds themselves.

Shot on Fuji 200, using my first real camera, a Samsung Maxima Zoom.

I thought this would be nice another mid-day addition to Misty-Dawn's camera critters meme.