Animal portraits

These photos were all taken during my latest outing to Taronga Zoo.

The family at Muizenberg Beach (Cape Town)

Thanks for the photos, Jo.

There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.  Abraham Lincoln

Photo make-overs with Lightroom

I have become as passionate about processing photos as I am about taking them. Its amazing what you can do with the digital darkroom - much of the information is already in the RAW file (that's all I shoot now, no more jpegs for me); its just a case of knowing how to retrieve it. I've become an Adobe Lightroom addict (it is the best software ever). Here are some of my more recent before and afters. Hopefully you'll think I've improved on the originals!

Movavale Morning Rush


Lion Portrait

Forrester Morning

Turrimetta Rock

The amazing Forresters Beach

 Wow, this beach blew me away.  About an hour's drive from Cape Town, I stayed there overnight and got up early to watch the run rise over the sculptured rocks.  I was the only person on the beach for hours, except for Mack.  An amazing experience.

Mack, the landscape portraitist

Mack showing off some of the amazing features of Forresters Beach. He enjoyed it as much as I did.

Sunrise at Turrimetta

I got up early again to take photos at one of my favourite beaches.  I love the sculptured and carved rock in the second photo and the luminous green moss on the rocks.