Snowgum.

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There is no where else in the world where you will see Eucalyptus trees (gum trees) covered in snow other that in a few select areas of Australia. These areas have diminished and the number of trees been significantly reduced over the years, particularly by bush fires which have occurred in multiple years decimating them (circa 2003). Note these species of trees, unlike some other gums, do not need fire to activate the reseeding process.

There is some good news tho, they do appear to be recovering and hopefully the coming generations will see these (Eucalyptus Pauciflora) growing back to magnificent sizes like this grand snow gum on the southern reaches of Rams Head.

I love this tree, its just on the lower side of the treeline at about 1900metres and has such gnarly curves and colours. This was a bit after the sun had come over the hill and after a night of nice snow fall.

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Kase Armour Magnetic Filter System Review

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by Gerard Blacklock

Kase Armour Filter Holder - with Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8
Kase Armour Filter Frames and Wolverine Filters
Kase Armour Filter System (Assembled on Nikon 24-70mm f2.8 and Filter frames with 1.1mm Wolverine Graduated filters)
Table of Contents

Introduction

I have been using the Kase K9 filter system for a few years now which has been an excellent system with high quality filters, you can read my initial thoughts on this system here. During 2021 the Kase Armour kit was released and in early 2022 I decided to upgrade to this filter system and give it a go. I have been using the Armour kit for over 4 months now and these are my thoughts on the system. All the sample images are taken from the Kase system using a variety of the Kase filters, there are also some product shots, these are taken recently so forgive the dings, dust and scratches on them 🙂 and there is also a short video (located in the summary and also here) showing how the system works, sometimes video is worth a thousand words.

If you want to skip the gaff and get to the bullet point summary of the pros and cons click here .

The Kase Magnetic Armour filter system is an evolved unique lens filter system that takes a different approach in the way filters are affixed to the camera lens. Filter systems have developed over the years however the concept of how the filters are attached and used has been pretty much stagnant.

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Inspired Run.

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The truth is you can always run faster, but the truth hurts.

I spend alot of time pounding the pavement of this park, turns out its got some very dark areas in here too… lightpainting sure is easier than running.

 

 

Plasma Balls

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It’s been a long time since I have visited Middle head, the last time was for the exact same purpose several years ago, light painting. Rodney Campbell was busting my nuts for a location cause it was past his old man bedtime so this was easy option.

Apparently those microbats are breeding, this place is full of them as well, alot like Boora point on the southern side of Sydney – which makes me wonder, where did/do these bats naturally go if it ain’t crazy bunkers and tunnels from some bygone era military facility ?

This spot is one of the many gun place bays, a neat place since it has nice curves and a platform which is well suited to domes and balls.

So, here are a few shots Rodney swinging his wand in the breeze…