Photographic Hiatus - Memories of May

Time passes so quickly. Having been out of action with yet another injury I'm more keenly aware of how far behind I am with post processing. I've been experimenting of late with my Samsung Galaxy III. I was feeling optimistic about some images I shot of bees on gum blossoms, however they look so much better on the phone screen than they do on the computer so I doubt I'll be replacing my SLR anytime soon as my main camera.

Gum blossoms and banksia trees always trigger childhood memories of May Gibbs and her gumnut baby books. 

May loved the Australian Flora and Fauna and has immortalised them with her magnificent illustrations. 

I've endeavoured to photograph them for a few years now but the blossoms particularly have been always elusive, nestled up too high for access. I was lucky enough to locates some bushes this year which were in deep blossom with a bonus supply of juicy little bees.

 

This little blossom still seems to have something interesting to offer a tiny visitor

 This shot provides a good view of the laden pollen baskets on the little fellow's legs.

The Way South

I'm way behind with documenting my trips but there are a few locations I intend investigating again during my days off. I'd like to discover some fresh locations which haven't been 'over photographed'. Athough I am keen on exploring some of the Northern Beaches I realise I need to be in the right frame of mind in order to negotiate the traffic with as little angst as possible. So a little project I'd like to undertake is to create a video sequence of most of the beaches or interesting locations  from Wattamolla as far as Kiama. I generally dont find concrete pools particularly attractive, however there seem to be some hidden rock pools on the route which will make the experience more interesting for me. It is difficult to gauge the optimum time for photography at each of these locations because most of them are tide dependent.  High tide frequently blocks access to many of the rockshelves and unless you're careful it can be difficult to negotiate a way back to safety. I'd recommend visiting each of them at high tide and low tide which makes it quite a time consuming process.

Wannasurf - a great resource for surfing locations with maps .
A map of Wollongong beaches and rock pools 

Some of the locations yet to be explored or re-photographed:

 

 The beach is known as Jones Beach