Fong > Asiatic Lily. Photograph taken with DMC-FZ10 by David Fong.
Fong > Photograph taken with DMC-FZ10 by David Fong. I have no idea what flower this is!
Fong > Asiatic Lily. Photograph taken with DMC-FZ10 by David Fong.
Fong > Like much of the New South Wales coast, there are lots of nice beaches around Newcastle! This was one of hte first photographs I took with my DMC-FZ10 digital camera. Fairly harsh lighting conditions...this image is unprocessed.
Fong > Shortland Beach, Newcastle. There are plenty of beaches around Newcastle to surf or swim, many of which are patrolled by lifesavers. Stay between the flags! 14 Jan 2005.
Fong > Corner of Pacific and Hunter Streets in Newcastle central business district (CBD). Newcastle suffered from an earthquake 28 December 1989. Since that time, the CBD has struggled to attract shoppers compared to newer shopping centres in the outlying suburbs. 14 Jan 2005. Picture taken by David Fong with DMC-FZ10. My first serious use of a polarizer filter!
Fong > Newcastle Surf Club, Shortland beach. Picture taken from the Noah's On the Beach hotel. I had been warned that the night-life around Newcastle's central business district was somewhere between seamy and dangerous. However, in the past few years, there has been a mini-explosion in inner-city apartment development in Newcastle (just as there has been in both Sydney, Melbourne and other Australian cities). Plenty of fairly normal people seemed to be enjoying an ice-cream on the beach on both warm and not-so-warm summer nights! (I hope to re-take this photo again one day, my hand must have been trembling...) A photo of the same scene, taken during daytime, is elsewhere in the gallery.
Fong > Shortland beach, Newcastle. Beach volleyball courts can be seen on the right hand side. Photo taken by Stephen Fong with Sigma SA-300N from a hotel room (Noah's). January 2005.
Fong > Canoe Pool, Shortland beach, Newcastle. Canoe Pool is a wading pool. Ocean Baths, a swimming pool, is just around the corner to the left. You can see some of those coal ships in the background, waiting to be filled up! Photo taken by Stephen Fong with Sigma SA-300N. January 2005.
Asiatic Lily. Photograph taken with DMC-FZ10 by David Fong.
Fong > Asiatic Lily. Photograph taken with DMC-FZ10 by David Fong.
Asiatic Lily. Photograph taken with DMC-FZ10 by David Fong.
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