tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35708328456385141282024-03-06T13:25:55.511+10:00House of Amsonamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-7298672394758064812012-05-13T12:51:00.000+10:002012-05-13T12:54:07.080+10:00Another beach sunriseWe caught the flu travelling overseas a couple of weeks ago and have all been in bed. It is the first time in years we have been so sick with a virus and I had forgotten just how long it takes to recover. The good news is that we are finally all on the mend. I have postponed our mothers day lunch out at our favourite restaurant until next week (as a courtesy to the other diners lol). <br />
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The worst part of the flu is being confined to the house with no energy or motivation. This morning the dogs woke pre dawn to be let out, so I decided to jump in the car and drive to the beach to photograph the sunrise. So pleased I did. Not a great sunrise as it was too clear but there is always something uplifting in watching a new day dawn. A wonderful start to the day.<br />
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Photos were taken with a graduated neutral density filter which I have just purchased. Great idea except that my camera was on spot metering so exposure was all over the place. Definitely need a clearer head to try out new camera techniques. I can see greater depth to the sky in the shots, which brings it closer to how the scene actually appeared. Will need to experiment more. <br />
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First light. <br />
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Cormorants with wings catching the warmth of the rising sun<br />
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Enjoy your Mother's Day Ladies!amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-52312498214147593702012-03-04T18:30:00.001+10:002012-03-05T07:22:45.403+10:00Beach sunriseFinally managed to get out of bed early enough for another beach sunrise this morning. There was some colour pre dawn which soon disappeared. Still beautiful and worth the effort.<br />
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These are some of my photos.<br />
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Have a wonderful week and I hope that you are all safe from the floods.amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-79432400163389333962012-02-27T21:38:00.001+10:002012-02-27T21:41:12.205+10:00A weekend in the cloudsWe spent the weekend away living in the clouds (Bunya Mountains). It rained most of the time and when it didn't we saw the mist and clouds billowing down the street. It was wonderful! Cooler and a welcome break away. Bushwalking was limited, however we did manage a short 4 km walk on Saturday afternoon between showers.<br />
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Magnificent scenes to photograph but the most difficult conditions to get good photos. Low light with high contrast. I set my camera at ISO1000 and shot at low apertures at anything from 1/15 second. Lightroom has helped somewhat but I definitely have an incentive to return in better weather. <br />
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Tree roots as art. <br />
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Pristine rainforest.<br />
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The walking track deviated through the roots of this wonderful banyan tree. <br />
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Bunya nuts, the size of watermelons, were falling from the trees. The trees set cones every 3 years. Does anyone get hit by falling cones. I wonder.<br />
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The girls loved the Red Necked Wallabies and especially the mothers with babies in their pouches. Such fun to stand on the balcony watching the Wallabies.<br />
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Have a wonderful week everyone.amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-83024781988142383302012-02-24T12:05:00.000+10:002012-02-24T12:05:32.691+10:00Gentle reminderGod's gentle reminder that beauty and joy follow sadness and pain, and that even in times of difficulty happiness may be waiting to shine.<br />
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Yesterday was a day of overcast skies and continuous rain. The skies started to clear just at sunset and this is the beauty I captured. Pure magic!<br />
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And this is the view of the Glasshouse Mountains from a small beach adjoining the wetlands. We are blessed to live in such a beautiful part of the world.<br />
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Have a wonderful week!amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-7730211022905645782012-01-31T07:56:00.000+10:002012-01-31T07:56:36.626+10:00Film vs DigitalMuch as I love the convenience of digital, when I go back through older slides I am scanning, sometimes I wish I could replicate the colouring and overall look of slide film. My favourites were Kodachrome 64 and 25 (my current camera does not even go down to ISO25!) for the blues of mountains, oceans and rivers and Agfachrome 100 for the browns of deserts. Black and white was always shot with Ilford thanks to a friend who had an unlimited supply of this film. These were the days of conserving film and I remember on trips having to ensure I did not shoot more photos per day than my allocated daily quota.<br />
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Here is one photo recently scanned and scrapped:<br />
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I love the light in this photo of the market place in Manakha, Yemen. I was doing what I usually do when travelling. That is finding a vantage point, where I can sit with a camera and long lens and view people without being too obvious. On this occasion, I was sitting on the side of the road running just above the market place. Now if I had had a digital camera back then, I would have taken hundreds of photos instead of the full 36 film on that day.<br />
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Here is another scanned slide, this one from India.<br />
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Now onto digital.<br />
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On photography days now, it is not unusual for me to shoot hundreds of photos. My photography aim for this year is to focus more on lining up and composing photos, rather than shooting away with the hope that one is "acceptable". This seems to be working as I am rarely cropping photos now but with 600 plus "keepers" in my lightroom database for January alone, there is still some work to be done... ;-)<br />
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Some recent pages from recent photos.<br />
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Have a wonderful week everyone!amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-66927955407797696652012-01-25T15:09:00.002+10:002012-01-25T15:13:12.276+10:00Rain, rain and more rain ….My gardens appreciated the rain last week and the beans are thriving but the rain of the last 24 hours has now turned the yard into a bog. Lucky the vegetable garden drainage is OK so for the moment eggplant and beans will survive.<br />
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Between rain storms, we went down to the creek which runs parallel to our street. I always love to take photos when the water is high and flowing fast. It was still raining and quite dark so photos are not the best.<br />
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Our path is now covered in water and there is no way to get close to the river. <br />
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A log has been carried onto the bridge.<br />
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No possibility of walking down to the creek as the path is under water, but looking at the debris in the trees, the water would have been 2 metres higher last night.<br />
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More rain expected.amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-37975086891020924162012-01-23T10:02:00.003+10:002012-01-24T08:07:05.655+10:00Luminance for depth to skiesMore photos yet again taken at the beach. It is summer here and the light is strong with well defined and strong shadows. I usually get an exposure setting, for my photos, on the object I am wanting to photograph, which results in correct exposure for the object I have in focus but unfortunately there is often a washed out sky. Skies have been beautiful over the last couple of weeks here as there is rain around and although sunsets have been without colour, they are truly stunning in monochrome. It is disappointing then to download photos to lightroom and find the less than impressive skies.<br />
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A trick that I use often to give depth to skies is to decrease luminance of blue and aqua in Lightroom. Sometimes I will also bump up saturation but only if required. This is what I have done in the following photos taken late Saturday afternoon.<br />
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In all cases luminance of both colours has been decreased by up to 50. (Lightroom 4 Beta version) <br />
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Have a great week everyone.amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-24212593042933421392012-01-18T19:53:00.003+10:002012-01-19T05:40:30.492+10:00Blacked out ........... for a causeAre you wondering about blacked out sites across the internet today? Show your support. <br />
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Following are some of my 365 photos from the last couple of weeks.<br />
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After the rain (this morning)<br />
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Hope your 366 is going well.amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-43010393463855514572012-01-01T21:03:00.013+10:002012-01-01T21:22:13.859+10:00A New Year ....Last year was tumultuous. I started out with optimism but quickly moved into "back to basic coping strategies" as problems exploded. Two months later and I was treading water. Life was starting to become "manageable". A few bumps but nothing life threatening. Then came the worst day of my life. No words, just tears and back to treading water. On the good days that is. <br />
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Then came light from an unexpected corner. Darkness receded to the power of light.<br />
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This is how we ended the year. Too many changes, too many ups and downs. We start 2012 higher than a year ago, now that is an achievement!<br />
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I wanted to welcome in the New Year with "Light" so headed to the beach to catch the first sunrise of the new year. Sand, water, light - a wonderful combination. Leaving home at 3:30am, I was back before 7am. Here are some of my photos.<br />
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Pre dawn with first light:<br />
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First light:<br />
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Then full light:<br />
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What can be more beautiful than the first rays of sunshine showing you the possibilities of a new day?<br />
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I wish you all a wonderful 2012!amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-51493011993499680982011-12-03T13:55:00.001+10:002015-11-02T01:17:44.368+10:00Free Days of December Templatesamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-8626909466078283422011-11-19T12:08:00.000+10:002011-11-19T12:08:50.504+10:00Macro LoveEasy to while away the time, photography flowers and insects on macro. Photos taken yesterday in the back garden.<br />
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Have a wonderful weekend!amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-62855297317911927722011-11-09T08:55:00.001+10:002015-11-02T01:20:18.908+10:00Designer of the Weekamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-84909953131608007032011-10-22T18:46:00.002+10:002011-10-22T18:48:44.915+10:00Meet Jess aka PJ (Princess Jessica)It started a couple of months ago. “Mum come and look at this” had me looking at yet another web page photo, one of the girls had found, of some poor sad looking dog who was in foster care and desperately needed a home. They wanted another dog and used every ploy. It worked. ;-)<br />
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We are now the official proud owners of Jess an ex racing greyhound. Jess had been in foster care for a couple of months after some critical dental work to remove diseased teeth. (Racing dogs have glucose smeared onto their teeth before races apparently). We adopted her from a wonderful organisation called <a href="http://www.friendsofthehound.org.au/">Friends of the Hound</a>. I highly recommend them. They are totally professional, well organised and have the welfare of the dogs as number 1 concern.<br />
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Jess is nearly 8 and has settled in well. She was a little thin when she came to us and we have worked on fattening her up. A diet of puppy food, organic eggs and meat and tinned sardines for the last 3 weeks and she is now 1kg heavier. This is a dog who does not mind being cuddled and kissed 24/7, perfect for us and for her. A match definitely made in heaven. Isn’t she gorgeous!<br />
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Here are a couple of layouts, the first of many.<br />
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Have a wonderful weekend everyone!amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-44608230991876802812011-10-17T16:00:00.000+10:002011-10-17T16:00:10.051+10:00Beach SunrisePhotos taken yesterday morning watching the sunrise at Bribie Island.<br />
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Beautiful shades of peach and grey/blue.amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-72186774354412288002011-10-08T22:12:00.000+10:002011-10-08T22:12:39.469+10:00Watercolour Painting with Paintshop ProFor those who commented on my "painting" in the forum earlier this week, I have put together the steps I took to achieve the effect. It uses a combination of techniques from Photoshop tutorials adapted for PSP.<br />
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</a></div> Here is the original image that I was working from. I took this photo in Rajasthan, India in 2006.<br />
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span><span>1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Duplicate your image and blur. (Adjust/Blur/Gaussian Blur of radius 3)</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span><span>2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Duplicate this layer and apply Artistic Effect/ Glowing Edges. (I used default 3.20)</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span><span>3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Invert this layer. (Image/Negative Image)</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span><span>4.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Convert glowing lines to greyscale and desaturate to approximately 40%.</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span><span>5.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Duplicate the layer from step 1 and drag this layer to the top. Invert this layer (as in 3) and set the blending mode to Dodge. The image will be mostly white and this will be the base to paint (i.e. reveal the image with colour below).</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span><span>6.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Now comes the fun part. Using a variety of brushes with colour set to black and opacity at no more than 40% you start painting the brush strokes. As you are working on a dodge layer, the effect of this will be to reveal the underlying colours of the photo. Use a variety of brushes (I used dry brush and van gogh). You can build up colour by going over areas more than once. It is better to work with larger brush strokes and move down to smaller to fill in detail.</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span><span>7.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Lastly you can merge the layers and add a subtle texture effect eg. Canvas fine.</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Vary the parameters to achieve different effects. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -18pt;"> </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Here is another one that took just 5 minutes. Al Hajjar in Yemen.</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><br />
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</ol>amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-32148191054595181842011-09-29T21:43:00.003+10:002011-09-29T22:15:01.822+10:00Playing with TexturesJerry of <a href="http://shadowhousecreations.blogspot.com/">Shadowhouse Creations</a> provided 2 raised effect textures on his blog and I could not resist playing with them. I love adding texture to photos! This is the result. The photo was taken many years ago when travelling in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. I remember stopping late afternoon for a meal in a local inn. This is the first time that a foreigner had ever stopped to eat there. We had a plate of mutton and rice. It was good! The tea was served, as is typical in this area, green with cardomon and cinnamon. This area is the most beautiful on earth. Three mountain ranges collide to provide scenery that takes your breath away.<br />
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Click on photo for texture detail and credits.<br />
To achieve this effect I used the first texture with following layers:<br />
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1. Lightened texture and placed as Overlay 100%.<br />
2. Original texture Colour Burn 31%<br />
3. Original Photo<br />
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Jerry has a great collection of free textures available. They are definitely worth checking out.amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-56038221561748475952011-09-23T16:31:00.002+10:002011-09-27T17:18:02.355+10:00Years at the Spring..Well it was until this week as we now have a foretaste of the heat of Summer. The girls and I took avantage of the earlier milder spring weather to really put some effort into our long neglected garden. Nothing like garden therapy to lift your spirits. We now have 3/4 of the back yard gardens complete and even Harry is enjoying exploring now that the jungle of weeds has been cleared. My vegetable garden for Summer is starting. Coriander which had been flowering for weeks, has been cleared and I have planted cucumber, egg plant, beans, squash, chillies, tomatoes, kale and herbs. I'll see how they go before adding some more.<br />
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There are no distinct seasons here and you have to look very closely to find the presence of Spring. It is there just hidden....<br />
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Mulberries are the first fruit to ripen. There is always enough on the tree for the birds and ourselves. The Koel birds are late this year in their migration. At this time of the year we usually have a pair take up residence in this tree.<br />
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I love the soft green of new leaves. We have pruned trees heavily for the first time in years so watching new leaves emerge from hard old wood is wonderful.<br />
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Our garden is full of the perfume of citrus. Intoxicating!<br />
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This is the first year I have tried growing sweet peas. They have thrived growing with the coriander.<br />
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Here are a couple of layouts from the photos:<br />
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Have a wonderful weekend.amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-89795413293125651912011-09-13T17:43:00.000+10:002015-11-02T01:21:49.517+10:00Ztampf! 6th Birthdayamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-15497469750233099842011-09-12T13:18:00.004+10:002011-09-12T19:48:32.886+10:0010 things you may not know about meThanks <a href="http://snippets-by-esther.blogspot.com/">Esther</a> for tagging me. I've been sitting on this for a few days not knowing what to write so here is what I have come up with:<br />
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1. I was born in Malaysia to Australian parents and have always loved being able to write this as my place of birth on forms etc. It always seemed so exotic to me as a child.<br />
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2. I have been reading continuously since around the age of 5. I usually have 2 books on the go and although we try to live as "green" as possible, this is one area I cannot compromise. A kindle? Never! I just love everything about a printed book from the artwork, typeface and even the smell. I collect antique books.<br />
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3. My heritage is basically Scottish with a little English and one Norwegian sailor who jumped ship just after the Crimean war. Looking into our family history has been interesting. <br />
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4. I love spicy food and especially Thai.<br />
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5. I graduated with degrees in Chinese and Economics but majoring in Maths and Computer Science (as it was called at that time).<br />
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6. Growing up, I always wanted to be a Geologist but when finishing high school, changed my mind at the last minute and ended up after University in Banking then China trade. No regrets or not too many....<br />
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7. I am a qualified Gemmologist and love studying gemstone inclusions under the microscope. So easy to immerse onself in the magic of 80x.<br />
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8. I love mountains and especially the Karakorums. They are new, rugged and totally untamed.<br />
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9. Camels are my favourite animals. They are independent and have a mind of their own.<br />
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10. I lived in Asia (China, Taiwan and Hongkong) for many years. <br />
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Now my turn to tag and I am selecting <a href="http://carinscraps.wordpress.com/">Carin</a> and <a href="http://www.tracyannelittle.com/">Tracy</a> fellow team members of <a href="http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Ztampf/">Studio Ztampf!</a><br />
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Thanks and have a great week.<br />
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Here are some of my camels:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Credits<a href="http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/photopost/studio-ztampf-21-27s-creative-team/p126430-in-love-with-camels.html"> here</a>. </div>amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-58405797094106906962011-08-23T20:35:00.000+10:002011-08-23T20:35:37.042+10:00SoundFhung of Studio Ztampf has just released a wonderful paper pack called "<a href="http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Sound-Paper-Pack.html">Sound"</a>. The graphics on the pages remind me of Leonardo da Vinci sketches. I love them!<br />
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I have been wanting to do a simple page for my All About Me album of my current playlist so started with this.<br />
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I bought my first ipod, a little green ipod shuffle, last year when sick in bed. It kept me up to date with news and at that stage was mostly full of podcasts. The girls used to joke that I must have been the only person who didn't have music on their ipod. Which wasn't exactly true as it did contain a few of my favourite symphonies. I remember listening to Mahlers 5th Symphony just a few hours after coming out of the anaesthetic in hospital. A great choice. Mahler was a total Drama Queen so any of my moans at that time were pale in comparison.<br />
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The shuffle has now progressed and contains lectures from the Teaching Company. I love the music lectures and shop when they are on special, juggling between buying direct from the US or from Australia. It all depends on exchange rate that day.<br />
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Shostakovich is a composer that I have only discovered in the last few months. In the past the snippets of his music that I heard seemed just noise with no purpose or theme. His Cello Concerto No. 1 was then covered in a 45 minute lecture on History of Concertos and I was hooked. I could not believe that after listening primarily to classical music for more than 40 years, I had not discovered his genius. It was as if you are standing in darkness in a room and all of a sudden the light is turned on and you find you are standing in a gallery of magnificent pieces of art.<br />
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There is such joy in discovery.<br />
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Have a wonderful week.amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-90230934867533769012011-08-19T20:49:00.004+10:002011-09-15T15:54:40.147+10:00Recent layoutsWhen times get difficult, I always find that it helps to escape and look back through travel photos which is what I have been doing recently. Mum and Dad, you will certainly recognize some of these places.<br />
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Credit details can be found in the following galleries:<br />
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This is a great opportunity to get to know Fhung!amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-41471251875746104832011-04-11T09:44:00.000+10:002015-11-02T01:35:46.652+10:00Designer of The Week Chatamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570832845638514128.post-84585204836097906972011-04-08T18:00:00.001+10:002015-11-02T01:22:28.219+10:00Life gets in the way...amsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02653356360899312806noreply@blogger.com2