What is it about waiting?

What is it?  I am always waiting for something but sometimes the "something" is a bit more special.  Today is one of those days.

Today I'm waiting for news from Sweden as my dear friend (and ex exchange student) is about to have  a baby.  It's been coming for months (as they usually do, nothing different about this in Sweden) but as the last few days get narrowed down to just a single day, I am thinking about what's happening and waiting on some news.

I've also been waiting on my Nik Silver box to be delivered.  It has been a few days since it was ordered and I can't wait to see what magic it can do with some more of my images.

It's raining - actually it's pouring and so heavy that somewhere close by on the low lying areas, there have to be overflowing creeks.  I'm a bit partial to rain and we haven't had much this month so the last 2 days of May are putting that all to rest.

My fingers are itching to get out in the wonderful light and start snapping away with my camera.  I occupied myself a little while ago by hiding undercover in the carport and taking a few snaps of the last leaves on my maples and seeing light that reminded me of European light.  Such a change from the harsh bright Australian light we usually have at this time of the day.

And suddenly, just like that! one of the three "waiters" have arrived!  The postal delivery bloke (who now remembers my first name) has just knocked on the door with my Nik silver!  Yeah!!!  Now to open and install.

Something has changed here in Australia with the way we do business or where we look for a bargain.  (Eat your heart out Gerry Harvey!) No longer are we stuck with the inflated and ridiculous prices that some of our long time stores charge, we can now hunt them down online.  Even buying online from a group that has an Australian outlet (or address) offers so much more in competitive prices than do the local stores.  While I want to support local jobs, there comes a time when the obvious mark up and the company profits that some of our bigger traditional distributors announce, make it very easy to go online and buy at a far better price.

If anyone is interested, here is where I look for a bargain photographically speaking.   None of these places have ever let me down and they have always offered a far better deal than the local mall.

http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/

http://www.d-d-photographics.com/


http://www.dwidigitalcameras.com.au/store/index.asp

http://www.adorama.com/

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/

http://shopping.netsuite.com/

http://gicleemedia.com.au/


And as is my usual want, a couple of images I've taken over the last day or so as I have been "waiting".  These were all taken in or around my home.

Enjoy!

And so it was Autumn

Love Autumn!  Love the light, the colour, the aromas that begin to come from kitchens working and wood burning (sorry I know that's not good for the environment but I do love the smell of logs burning slowly).

I always dream for months about what I will shoot next Autumn.  Autumn comes and I'm still dreaming, planning, waiting... The local trees are never quite "right" .... another day, another week, another location...

The story is the same each year and suddenly, rather than waiting for Autumn to come and be at its best, I'm chasing images because Autumn is leaving and I wasn't on the bus again!!

However, when I look back at my collections from previous years it is this late Autumn bloom that I really love the most.  Less leaves on the trees, more blue skies, more light paths thru the branches, more shades of colour.

And so it is this year as it always is.  Panic sets in that I've missed the darn event again so off I head to see what is left.

I've recently spent a week with my elderly mother driving around the  country, enjoying the beautiful Autumn weather and seeing some of the country thru new eyes.  I'll add a post about the whole Thelma and Doris trip a bit later but today, I just want to celebrate Autumn.

A few images here that I grabbed a couple of days ago when a bunch of retired women were up at Norman Lyndsay's Gallery in the Blue Mountains planning a photographic workshop that we are running in September and as we were leaving we saw some wondrous mushrooms that we've not seen in these parts before.  http://www.normanlindsay.com.au/

I headed back in the mid afternoon and as I'm wont, I ignored the mushies and followed my heart to chase down wispy Autumn impressions.  Just a few attached here.

Enjoy!

(Above) Impressions from one of the fountain pools with bubbles from the water drops and colour from the overhanging Autumn foliage.

This one (above) is my favourite.  I've just printed it and I'm about to frame and hang in the house.  It looks stunning (if I can be so bold?)