When I saw the graffiti on this bamboo at the Perth Zoo, I had to stop and take a photo of it.

bamboo graffiti

Perth Zoo, Western Australia
Canon EOS 350D, 70-200mm f/4L @70mm, 1/25 sec, f/4, ISO200

Molten metal is poured at an industrial plant in Tasmania. I could feel the heat, even though I was standing well back!

hot pour

Bell Bay, Tasmania
Canon EOS 350D, 17-85mm IS @41mm, 1/320 sec, f/5, ISO200

Taken in my shed last week while replacing bulging capacitors in an LCD monitor. I thought the smoke from the soldering looked interesting enough to warrant some photos.

I put the camera on the bench, with a bit of scrap wood under the lens to lift it up slightly. A 580EX II was on a light stand at camera left, firing into a reflective umbrella, and a 430EX was at camera right, bouncing off the shed wall. Both flashes were triggered with a Canon ST-E2.

soldering smoke

back yard at home, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 24-70mm f/2.8L @45mm, 1/100 sec, f/5, ISO250

There's another photo taken from a slightly different angle here.

At the end of a recent business trip in Adelaide, some colleagues and myself finished our customer meetings at about 4pm on a Friday afternoon, and headed to the airport, with most of us booked on a Virgin Blue flight scheduled for 7:15pm.

When checking in, we were told our flight was delayed by about an hour, and we were told to listen for announcements about boarding times for our flight.

One of my colleagues was booked on a Qantas flight that evening, and managed to get us all into the Qantas Club lounge. It just felt wrong walking into the Qantas Club lounge with a Virgin Blue boarding pass in my pocket, but I wasn't about to complain - I would much rather spend a few hours in the lounge enjoying the free food and drinks, than out in the airport.

discarded

Adelaide Airport, Adelaide, South Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 50mm f/1.8 @50mm, 1/30 sec, f/2.8, ISO640

A sign, rusted by the salt spray of the ocean, points the way at Albany's Whale World.

This Way

Whale World, Albany, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @22mm, 1/160 sec, f/7.1, ISO100

Snow-covered trees line the road in this photo, taken in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada, earlier this year.
You need to view the larger version of the image to better appreciate it (click the image to navigate to a larger version).

winter road

Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @17mm, 1/200 sec, f/7.1, ISO200

Today is Remembrance Day, where we commemorate the sacrifices of members in the armed forces and civilians during war, particularly the First World War.

Remembrance Day is observed by many countries in the Commonwealth, and is celebrated on the 11th of November, because that's the date in 1918 when the First World War ended.

Roll of Honour at the State War Memorial

Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia
Canon EOS 350D, 17-85mm IS @33mm, 1/160 sec, f/4.5, ISO100

We normally try to observe a minute of silence at 11am, but in Australia, Remembrance Day is not a holiday. This morning, I was in the middle of a teleconference with a client at 11am, and didn't have an opportunity to observe the minute of silence (the client was in another timezone, and also didn't consider the fact that it was 11am).

Remembrance Day is known as Armistice Day in Europe, and Veterans Day in the United States.

Inspired by Todd's photos created by hanging his camera out the car window while driving at speed on a gravel road (recent attempt here, and an earlier attempt here), I had to try something similar when I encountered a gravel road recently.

leaving dust in my wake

Yandin Lookout, Cataby, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 24-70mm f/2.8L @24mm, 1/100 sec, f/6.3, ISO125

A padlock on a well-worn door somewhere in Fremantle.

locked!

Fremantle, Western Australia
Canon EOS 350D, 10-22mm @22mm, 1/60 sec, f/4.5, ISO200

For some reason, many people seem to take photos of pegs on a clothes line when first using a lens with a wide(ish) aperture. I took this photo when I first got the 70-200mm f/4L lens last year, taken with the aperture wide open, and at full zoom.

hanging around

back yard, Western Australia
Canon EOS 350D, 70-200mm f/4L @200mm, 1/1250 sec, f/4, ISO100