Digital Photo Gallery of Ted Szukalski
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Rainbow and an Eucalyptus Tree

I don’t know how many times I have tried to photograph the rainbow. Each time the photos turned out quite dull and the rainbow barely visible. This time however I had quite a bit of luck and quite a bit of time to do it properly as this rainbow appeared just in the valley in front of my house. Dramatic clouds and low light provided for a quite spectacular landscape.

Ice Hockey - Pee Wee - Liverpool Saints vs. Central Coast Cyclones

Any one who has ever photographed an ice hockey game will be familiar with the fact that rinks despite all the white ice are quite dark. I photograph my son’s games and spend endless hours correcting the colours of each photo. The light in most rinks we attend tends to require Colour Temperature adjustment to about 3300K. I decided to be adventurous with my camera today and instead of using Automatic White Balance I’ve dialed the 3300K temperature. This proved to be spot on. All photos turned our with correct colours.

The short lesson from this story: if you photograph at a venue that gives you constant trouble with colour and that constant is definable, like in this case temperature adjustment it is worth taking notes about this adjustment and use them directly as camera parameters at that venue.

PS: Cyclones lost to Saints 1:6

Girl with multicolour hair

Here is a simple street portrait of a girl with multicolour hair. Nice smile and pretty face was enough for this photographer to take notice. Her conservative, elegant jacket was a bit at odds with the radical hair, but together it seemed to fit well.

Street Step Dancer

This street performer mesmerised the public for a very long time step dancing opposite the Sydney Town Hall. Not only is step dancing rare as a street act but his selection of music was quite surprising too: classical. The arrangements were upbeat and performed on modern instruments but the tunes were unmistakably of the old masters.

I think his muscular body raised few smiles amongst the female audience too.

Waitress in an empty outdoor restaurant

Middle of the lunch time and this outdoor eatery is totally empty. Not a good sign for the business and rather unhappy face of the waitress reflects it quite well.

Somerby Falls - after a rain - 6

This Wednesday we had over 120mm of rain overnight. I went to visit Somersby falls in the morning to see the effect the rain would have on the otherwise very placid picnic area. I did expect a lot more water but nowhere near as much it proved to be. The fall was alive with huge volumes of brown water gashing through the stones. Usually you can walk right to the main face of the fall, that would be very dangerous on the day. I have added few new photographs to the Somersby gallery. Explore and enjoy.

Bush Turkey, Alectura lathami,

Bush turkey is common on the eastern coast of Australia. It inhabits rainforest, including dry scrubs, from Cape York Peninsula south along the coast to about the Hawkesbury River (Central Coast) in NSW. It is a large bird, reaching 60–75cm in length and has a wingspan of 85cm. Males and females are of similar size.