Category: Photography

  • Pelican on the Lake

    Walking by the lakeI stop to watchA pelicanAs the sun sets I spent a couple of hours in Valentine this afternoon, walking around the wharf and lakefront with my photography group. It was fun and good exercise to boot. I haven’t gone through all the photos yet but I liked this one of the pelican.…

  • Through the Trees

    The sun and the moon Dance forever in the skyAs times marches on The sun setting through the trees this past Monday afternoon. It was a lovely sunset; the light was stunning, particularly off the water, and it was a nice way to end the day. Photo and haiku © CJ Levinson 2016

  • Out on the Wharf

    Out on the wharf A solitary seagullWatches our livesPass by We had gale force winds around Belmont yesterday, so strong they were blowing the bins around outside. Thankfully they eased a little in the late afternoon and I went for a walk along the lake to get out for a while. I wandered out onto the…

  • Belmont Sunset

    Nature’s beauty isImpossible to describe,Like love’s gentle touch I took this by the lake, near Belmont Wharf, on Sunday, a few hours after I took the photo of the kayakers. The light was beautiful and the sun’s dying rays gave the scene a slightly eerie quality, like everything was on fire. It was a beautiful…

  • Kayaking on the Lake

    Oh! To be on the water  With the birds And my thoughts For company I took this down by the lakefront in Belmont yesterday afternoon. It was a little windy and the kayakers were a little hesitant getting in but soon were on their way and looked more comfortable once on the lake. I snapped…

  • On Newcastle Beach

    Coarse sand, crashing wavesThe smell of salt in the air ~The ocean is home I went on a group photowalk yesterday afternoon. There were about eight of us and we wandered around Newcastle Beach and the ocean baths for about an hour or so around sunset, taking photos and talking photography. It was absolutely freezing…

  • Belmont Lions Park

    I went for a walk along the Belmont lakefront yesterday afternoon and ended up near Belmont Lions Park, which is a small grassed area and playground for kids down by the wharf. It’s a very nice, peaceful area, with a beautiful view across the lake, and so I sat there for a while, thinking and taking…

  • New Zealand Painterly

    Blue sky, white cloudsGreen grass, rolling mountains –Nature’s beautyIs timeless I took this photo in New Zealand last year. We were travelling between Rotorua and Lake Taupo and stopped along the way to take in this beautiful, rugged landscape. It was February 2015 when I took the photo but unfortunately it has mostly just sat…

  • Black Swans on the Lake

    Have you ever seen A black swan on the water? Their beauty astounds NSW has had some torrential storms over the last week. Belmont got hit quite strongly – the winds were scary and some of the rain leaked through the roof, leaving us scampering for buckets and towels until it had passed. Once it…

  • Sydney Photo Collage #2

    This is another collage of Sydney photos that I made recently. It’s the third collage in the series and I really like how it came out. Like the second collage, the photos were all taken around places I knew well while I lived in Sydney like Centennial Park and the QVB but I tried to…