A visit to the city

I was attending a business networking event in the City of Melbourne last week. When I’m not taking photos I’m actually working as a Virtual Assistant – a role I enjoy, but I must admit, my camera calls to me every day and there are some days I’d rather be outside all day, and not sitting at my computer :-)

Anyway, below you’ll see the famous Flinders Street Train Station entrance and also a couple of horses waiting for passengers in Swanston Street. And yes, the sky was that blue and it was a beautiful day. We’re now back to wintry weather for a bit.

Flinders Street Station

Two horses

On a beautiful winter's day

My ever patient husband rugged up at the beach while he waited for me to take photos of the sunset. We were returning him to the hospital after a short stay at home.

Graham rugged up at the beach

Sunset from the Elwood Foreshore

Sunset at Elwood Foreshore

This is taken from Elwood Foreshore (Melbourne) looking across the bay towards Williamstown on the horizon.

Sunset with Williamstown on the horizon

A walk along the shore

I love Melbourne’s beaches. There are paths for walkers and cyclists, and others who choose to enjoy the beaches there. At Elwood there’s a separate path for walkers to those on bikes and skateboards.

A walk along the shore at sunset

View of the City from the foreshore

We went for a brief visit to the Elwood Foreshore because it had been a beautiful day and I wanted to capture the sunset. Graham had to be returned to the hospital after a visit home so we thought a quick trip to the beach would be good to do. Very cold but. This is a view of the City of Melbourne from the foreshore in Elwood.

A view of the City of Melbourne from Elwood

Crisp winter mornings

Well, winter has arrived here in Victoria, but then you probably already knew that from other comments made over the past month or two. Anyway, we had the most spectacular week last week. Cold but not windy and wet. Made for some awesome mornings as the sun rose. This shot is literally just outside our gate, across the road from us. I could see it developing from my office window and went outside to witness the changing image as the sun rose up.

I posted this at Flickr and someone asked me if I’d photoshopped it. I expect they meant had I doctored the image? My answer was that I had brightened slightly and sharpened a bit. Nothing else. The rays are real and looks like this on the camera too.

151-365 Sunrise and fog at home