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Nature photography is all about being in the right spot at the right time. Having the right camera gear can sometimes help, but more importantly you just got to be there for those magical moments with a camera in hand. As some of you know this takes quite a bit of dedication, I mean you need to be out there during the hours when most others are either still in bed or enjoying a meal, but heck I couldn't think of anything better. Yes there will be disappointment, but sometime you get surprised. Take this morning for example, I was up at 3am to make my way to the Sunshine Coast and when I left there wasn't a cloud in the sky but once we got there the clouds where magical and the sunrise was spectacular.

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This image is licensed under Attribution Creative Commons which means you can distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as you credit me (Samuel Sharpe) the creator of the image. All uploaded images are of reduced quality to save loading times, so if you would like a hi-res original please contact me. Further details about this license can be found here.

You may be wondering what that title means? You’ve heard of photog right (a.k.a photographer), and profile (side on shot), well I basically joined the words together and came up with Protog. Anyways, moving on, this shot was taken from Mt Coot-tha overlooking Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. After recent bush fires there has been allot of smoke creating magnificent sunrises and sunset. There was a bunch of photogs up there thinking the same as me, so I thought I would try something different and shoot them instead of the city and I really liked how it came out. To me this portrays a photographer, you know, up early, talking about the scene, discussing techniques and camera gear, I am sure most of you can relate to this?

About Camera Skills
Camera Skills is a flickr group where the main focus is to improve your in camera skills. They run fortnightly themed challenges where you can only submit photos direct from your camera, so you must shoot in jpg and get things like white balance, sharpening, colour and your framing correct in camera, as you cannot perform any modification to the image except a resize to upload onto the web.

They say an apple a day will keep the doctor away. I guess this has something to do with eating healthy.

I took this photo specifically for the group Camera Skills.

About Camera Skills
Camera Skills is a flickr group where the main focus is to improve your in camera skills. They run fortnightly themed challenges where you can only submit photos direct from your camera, so you must shoot in jpg and get things like white balance, sharpening, colour and your framing correct in camera, as you cannot perform any modification to the image except a resize to upload onto the web.

An Australian Green Tree Frog that somehow made it's way into my kitchen. Judging by the facial expression I am guessing he found what he was looking for. The awesome reflection was cause by the tiles on the floor, which are porcelain if you are curious.

Creative Commons
This image is licensed under Attribution Creative Commons which means you can distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as you credit me (Samuel Sharpe) the creator of the image. All uploaded images are of reduced quality to save loading times, so if you would like a hi-res original please contact me. Further details about this license can be found here.

A bunch of flowers can take on many meanings and are often chosen as a gift for their beauty and fragrance which can trigger happy emotions, making the recipient feel warm and loved. The freshness and wild nature of flowers, whether it is a carefully chosen bouquet or just a stem, often convey an emotion indescribable with words. Research has shown that 92% of women can remember the last time they received flowers, and 97% of people can recall the last time they gave flowers, so weather you are the giver or receiver, it would appear that the gift of flowers is like no other, and it is sure to create lasting memories.

As we all know, like anything living, flowers eventually die, but what I tried to capture here is that the memories and the emotions associated with the gift live on forever. I hope you can relate to the image and it brings you some joy.

Creative Commons
This image is licensed under Attribution Creative Commons which means you can distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as you credit me (Samuel Sharpe) the creator of the image. All uploaded images are of reduced quality to save loading times, so if you would like a hi-res original please contact me. Further details about this license can be found here.