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Tollgate Islands

Captain Cook named the Tollgate Islands when he mapped Australia's east coast in 1770. This is the view from my local beach, where they do indeed look like the gateway to a wider world. I thought this an appropriate image for World Photography Day 2023. It also places empasis on the oceans - now warming alarmingly worldwide. We, as photographers, can assist by recording changes to our global environment.

The PiP shows my first camera, a Model 2A Box Brownie of about 1932 - it was very much a family "hand-me-down" when it passed to me. With it is my first SLR, a Minolta SR1 of 1964.
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©UdoSm said:

So beautiful and peaceful...
17 months ago ( translate )

raingirl said:

An appropriate and very beautiful photo for World Photography Day!

I also have that particular Brownie along with some other models. The 2A box I have was purchased in around the 1970s (I don't believe the one my mother used growing up survived - I never saw it). I did use it and loved the color richness I got from using a camera with no lens. Your making want to find film for it again!
I have a Minolta close to that one, it's an SRT100. It was my first personal camera (learned on my mom's rolliflex). My mom bought it for me in around 1973 and I had to re-learn how to frame my photos - I couldn't stop my eye from seeing square photos that I had always seen with the Rollei! . It was my only camera until about 2003 when, again, my mother bought me another camera, my first digital.

Okay, sorry, too much on my, not enough on your post.

I like knowing that you have a 'local' coast. How far is it from where you live? Ours is about an hour away, so I don't get to it as often as I'd like.

I love that one can see the green of the ocean in the bit of wave shown in your photo. The blues are gorgeous and the green adds a nice touch.

Thanks for sharing your first cameras also!
17 months ago

tiabunna replied to raingirl:

Thanks for your kind feedback, raingirl. The beach here is about 200 metres walk for me.
17 months ago

Amelia said:

You are so lucky to be able to get to your local beach so easily, George. It takes us almost 2 hours on a good day.

Lovely to see your coastline on an early spring day, and those waves looks so inviting, that I might take my shoes off and have a walk on the beach and a paddle, just to test the water. ;-)
17 months ago

tiabunna replied to Amelia:

Thank you, Amelia. The water is still a little cool, currently just over 17C.
17 months ago

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Bautiful vista George.
17 months ago ( translate )

William Sutherland said:

Beautiful shot and great PIP!

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17 months ago

Malik Raoulda said:

Remarquable et excellente capture superbement rendue avec cette magnifique Pip très représentative.
Bon week-end.
17 months ago ( translate )

Léopold said:

A salted and cloudy blue colour par excellence.
17 months ago ( translate )

Gudrun said:

A fantastic view to have from your beach and a good reminder. The speed in which the changes to our environment occur is quite frightening...
17 months ago

Herb Riddle said:

A very appropriate scene for this special day George. It is always nice to see our Southern Oceans in your collection and it always saddens me to read and see the consequences of our climate warming on these. Very nice Islands too. That Minolta SR1 was a very good camera and lens in its day, I remember them well.

Best Wishes. Herb
17 months ago

Pam J said:

BEAUTIFUL BLUE SEA

MY DADS FIRST CAMERA WAS A BOX BROWNIE LIKE YOURS TOO !!
17 months ago

Günter Klaus said:

Das ist ja ein sehr schöner Blick rüber lieber George,toll hast du ihn festgehalten und deine Kameras sind ja richtige Highlights lieber George :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))
17 months ago ( translate )

J.Garcia said:

Superb image, George!
The camara is a great tribute to photography
17 months ago

RHH said:

Wonderful photo, George, and a great post for the occasion.
17 months ago