Ngarkat Images: February 2007

Friday, February 23, 2007

Storm coming?

Storm coming?
Originally uploaded by Ngarkat.

I rather like the way this shot turned out while I was at West Beach with the Scouts and with Claire. The cam was on a tripod, taken at ISO 400, f16 and 2 seconds. It looks like the tripod sunk a bit in the sand while the shot was being taken. It seems to have given a "surreal" even stormy effect.

Claire at West Beach

Claire at West Beach
Originally uploaded by Ngarkat.

Testing the new 12-24 Nikkor. A fun lens indeedy.

Pooch at West Beach

Pooch at West Beach
Originally uploaded by Ngarkat.

Taken at a Scouts evening at West Beach

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My name is Peter (I prefer Pete) Hayward.

I am married to a wonderful lady, Pam. We live in the delightful little suburb of Glenside in Adelaide, South Australia.

Somethings, it seems, are meant to be. And heck I am ever lucky!!!

We live in what must be one of the best locations around with terrific neighbours and the very best of friends. A top spot within a stones throw of the Adelaide city centre.

The names "Ngarkat" and "Boxflat" are taken from a little known conservation park that borders what was my family's farm south of Lameroo in the Mallee country of South Australia.

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I'm a fan of Nikon cameras. It turns out that once one starts with a brand of camera it's very hard to change brands due to the significant investment in lenses and also in learning the control layout and idiosyncrasies of the brand. I have no religious favour of Nikon. Each camera manufacturer make sensational cameras these days. It's just chance really. In my early 'career' in photography my first 'real' camera was a Pentax MX 35mm. I really loved that little camera. From there my life of destitution and want really kicked in. I won't dwell on my penchant for motorcycles, off road of course. They also kept me broke and the Orthopedic Surgeon in the latest model Audi.

When I lived in country SA (Lameroo) I started a significant part time business, particularly in Wedding, Event and even aerial photography. Earlier images on this site have been taken with a Nikon 5700, D200, D600, D610 and later a D750, D500, D810. I've been playing with a 1 Series J3 & V2 however the workhorse cameras are currently a toss up between my D500, D750 and D810. I'm longing for a new mirrorless camera (I do have a the V2 which is sensational for its time, really really good, long story ) however now I'm waiting for Nikon to come out with a mirrorless that is affordable and appeals to me (the new ones don't hit the mark for me). I can dream can't I :) To view my complete profile (including my email address, not shown here to help foil spam bots) click this link:

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