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Silver princess eucalypt in the rain
Eucalyptus caesia, Silver princess or gungurru is a species of mallee. It’s always been a favourite of mine because of its unique looks. It’s whitish-silver bark that transitions to that deep red.dish brown. The fruit have three or four different shapes and stages and it has those umbrella-like pink stamen and yellow anthers on the…
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Trying to break the image stabilisation on the iPhone
I spent some time at night shooting stars while playing with the 10s exposure time on my iPhone 14, trying to push the limits of the image stabilisation. It was about 9-10pm on a dark night at Denham, WA on the coast. The small-ish town from the top of the main hill, has small groups…
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Hayakawa Hamonoten 早川刃物店 knife sharpeners in Kyoto
In 2019 I visited Kyoto with a goal to purchase a better さばき包丁 (sabaki knife) for fish and some veggie use. I’ve been to a few houchou artisans in Kyoto and wanted to try somewhere different. After visiting several and being mostly ignored, one guy had a friendly customer approach and we got chatting. Their…
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Kotouen (小陶苑) a beautiful pottery gallery and tea ceremony classroom Arashiyama, Japan
Kotouen (小陶苑) is a beautiful pottery gallery and tea ceremony classroom in the heart of Arashiyama, Japan. I visited the couple who’ve run it for over 50 years, a business passed down from the owner’s father. The atmosphere was still and I didn’t want to leave. Sitting in the garden with beautiful hand-built pottery everywhere, I…
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The salt pans near Newdegate-Ravensthorpe
I was fortunate to have some time to get the drone airborne over the salt pans near Newdegate in WA, search up Lake Grace to find them. It’s the end of January and a 40c degree day, super hot and dry. I made the poor choice (yes, I’ve made this mistake before) of stepping out onto the…