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The reflective and pondering mood always visits wh

The reflective and pondering mood always visits when I have gone through a sad day. I am glad yesterday has come and gone. I can close that chapter off and hope over the course of the next 12 months, the memory subsides a little more. I have been very highly strung and stressed over this past month. It has been hard not only dealing with my own demons, but carrying the weight of some that belong to others. Not that I mind offering help and support to someone I care about who was in need. But the stress levels have been high and I found myself in hospital twice this. year. (and only once ever in the last 50 years!)

And the weird thing is, after a 12 month long battle with strange allergies that 20 visits to a specialist and thousands of dollars later could not find the source of... my body is finally recovering and I am about 85% normal again.

#self

Take To The Sky II #melbourne #bnw #monochrome #m

Take To The Sky II

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Unfortunately due to an infected leg, I haven't be

Unfortunately due to an infected leg, I haven't been able to hit the streets with my camera as much as I would like of late, so in an effort to quench my creative thirst, I thought I'd have some fun with some of the Action Figures I have laying about the house.

I thought I would photograph one of my Batman Hot Toys figures. The beauty of these is that the attention to detail and quite possibly the BEST 1/16 scale figures. They are incredible and always photograph amazingly!

Step 1:

I needed a shot of Gotham City so I found a very lo-res image on Google. It was only 200 pixels wide but I upscaled it to 5,000 pixels which made it as gritty as hell. I then applied a nice blur to the upscaled photo and then made it my Mac Studio's background image. It looked the perfect background for what I was wanting to achieve.

Step 2:

Posing Bats. The beauty of this figure is you can move the eyes and you have different jaws/mouth you can attach. I only shot with one jaw but will try some of the others. I'll also pose him a little different but geez, these test shots turned out amazing!!!!

As stated, the detail level in these figures is astounding. In many instances, the figure will come with multiple heads so in this particular version of the Dark Knight, you also get a Bruce Wayne head. As you can see, it looks identical to actor Christian Bale.

A couple of these I lit front on with my iPhone so it was a little tricky holding the phone with one hand and the camera with the other. Not too much light or they'd really get over-exposed.

In post, all are underexposed (I do that for nearly 100% of the shots I shoot - street and live).

Couples #melbourne #bnw #monochrome #mono #street

Couples

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Lunch By The Vespa #melbourne #bnw #monochrome #m

Lunch By The Vespa

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Everyday Lives #melbourne #bnw #monochrome #mono

Everyday Lives

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Little Collins Street #melbourne #bnw #monochrome

Little Collins Street

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Keep Melbourne Clean #melbourne #bnw #monochrome

Keep Melbourne Clean

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Merry Christmas From The Big Issue #melbourne #bn

Merry Christmas From The Big Issue

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The Protector II #melbourne #bnw #monochrome #mon

The Protector II

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High Rise #melbourne #bnw #monochrome #mono #stre

High Rise

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Queen Victoria Market #melbourne #bnw #monochrome

Queen Victoria Market

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Transaction #melbourne #bnw #monochrome #mono #st

Transaction

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Organic #melbourne #bnw #monochrome #mono #street

Organic

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Desecrator - shot in the car park Mad Max was film

Desecrator - shot in the car park Mad Max was filmed in!

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Desecrator - shot in the car park Mad Max was film

Desecrator - shot in the car park Mad Max was filmed in!

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Zombie Love #melbourne #bnw #monochrome #mono #st

Zombie Love

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Unfinished Business #melbourne #bnw #monochrome #

Unfinished Business

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Vespa House's Frank Anyone who owns or knows of a

Vespa House's Frank

Anyone who owns or knows of anyone with a Vespa certainly knows who Frank is and his incredible Vespa House. The last time I had seen Frank was back in 2008 when @spinstertoo first bought her Vespa. Today, I had the opportunity to ask if I could take his photo. He obliged with a smile and a tale to tell. This man has motorbike oil pumping through his veins and is the King of Vespas throughout Melbourne and Australia. An absolute icon of Melbourne and the Vespa community.

Thank you for today sir!

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Signs Of Life #melbourne #bnw #monochrome #mono #

Signs Of Life

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