Intriguing name for a plunge pool – seems the name means powerful demon king. A quick search on trove indicates it has been called this since back in the 1890’s and references not ‘pool’, but ‘pools’ maybe its part of a series of pools. In any case, its a pretty cool read if your into historical stuff (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71197434?searchTerm=Asmodeus%20Pool)

Its also now a popular part of the canyoning route down to the very familiar Empress falls, to which these canyoners were headed.

Here’s a picture of one contemplating the jump into the powerful demon kings pool 🙂

Its a pretty easy spot to get to (now, not so much in the 1890’s apparently 🙂 ). its less than 1km from the Conversation hut at Wentworth falls, albeit with a bunch of stairs, you can do it from the other side as well, same vertical ascent/descent but would appear to be an easier gradient.

Definitely alot less busy than the empress falls and other ones below so if your looking for some less busy on the weekend.. check it out.

My puns are like moon landings, still debated by some if they’re real. these peeps gotta chill and dont be such lunartic’s.

So onto the technical side of things here, ya’all gotta be a bit critical in your thinking, particularly what you see on the internet, and moreso now when it comes to moon shots.. and i’m not just mooning around.

Rodney Campbell and I went and checked out this month’s super moon coming up over north end of Bondi. Pretty challenging given it was a tad windy and getting a decent sharp shot was kinda hard, not to mention being in the right spot.

All these shots are single exposures, no blending ( TBH i cannot be bothered ) and the colour is pretty much what is was and what you would see with your naked eye, even the kids when ‘wow’ thats a cool moon. Rodneys dog probably did too but he cant talk.

I think next time I gonna have to bring a telescope and a concrete block (to weigh it down) to make sure the wind does not continually vibrate the camera causing blurry shots and get close enough to really see the people against the moon.

These are all taken with the sigma sport 150-600 with 1.4TC at 840mm f9 or f10 with ISO ranging from 800 thru to 5000 and shutter speed of about 1/2 second. I have included a shot of the moon from a few nights ago on a really nice and clear night, same lens, same focal length, gives a good comparison of the detail when shooting straight up compared to across the horizon, which is obviously gonna be more hazy and dirty due to more atmosphere etc…

more curves then a….

Nikkor 50mm 1.4 AIS.

I love it so much i took some pictures of it.

B-Sides – Church of the Good Shepherd in New Zealand

I don’t need a miracle… I just need some church puns to make my day

This place (Church of the Good Shepherd in New Zealand) was a tough one to shoot on this evening, bland sky, windy, tourists everywhere and ugly fence to boot.

I am proud to say tho, i only cloned out two things, a plastic yellow A-frame sign and a tiny bit of the fence down the bottom right which I could not composition out. This was taken up on the path above the entrance to the church to get a high viewpoint to avoid the fence…

Don’t just survive, thrive like a tiger.

Best ‘burb in Sydney I reckon

Thats me at Waterloo station, up and down the escalators just to see the sights 🙂

This station is pretty cool, its kinda in the middle of nowhere in Redfern, but guaranteed to be a hit in coming years I reckon.

I love the super tall concrete pillars at the station exit, its amazing how just a bit of LED lighting can really change how they look.

Quite similar to the previous one I posted, but just missed the timing on the step I reckon..

A few from Wynard Train Station – I had forgotten how cool this place was, love the escalator jumble!

Fantastic conditions this morning, could have sat out here for ages watching them 🙂

you know there are people who walk among us who believe in chem trails and that government is controlling the weather ?

I picked up a really nice old manual focus 50mm 1.4 at the Sydney camera market, my kids are really disappointed now since that means more portraits 😉

goes a bit like this.. ‘are we done yet dad ?’

me “no, just trying get the focus right’

20 shots later and I get a half decent expression without a finger or tongue pointed at me