In Twenty Seven Words or Less...

"A New Year's Resolution to take and share more photographs. As a picture supposedly speaks a thousand words, I shall endeavour to keep verbal ramblings within the non-standard competition requirement of twenty seven words or less. Please note that I may be prone to image-processing, if it better conveys for me the mood I was in when I took the photograph. All images are my own unless stated otherwise, and may be used for non-commercial use so long as watermarks are retained and credit given. - Colin Chick"

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"Inveresk Rail Yards Blacksmith Shop II"

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“Power Corrupts” Inveresk Railway Workshops, Launceston, Tasmania

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"Johann Sebastian"

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"On Forest Moon of Endor, Riding 74-Z Speeder Bike, Looking Left"

Short time exposures taken out of passenger window of car, driving through rain forest, Mount Field National Park, Tasmania.

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"We Really Need The Rain"

Derwent Valley, Tasmania

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"Derwent Valley Farmland"

It is hard to believe that the river on the left eventually forms the second deepest natural harbour in the world!

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"I've Seen Fire, And I've Seen Rain"

kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Tasmania

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"Paddle"

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"Clouds Are My Daytime Stars XXVII"

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“Jurassic Park”

Being surrounded by Man Ferns, Dicksonia antarctica- a truly prehistoric plant that can be traced back to the Jurassic period- I’m fully expecting to be attacked by Velociraptors on the walk up from the base of Russell Falls to Horseshoe Falls, in Mount Field National Park, Tasmania. The middle level of Russell Falls is in the centre of this shot.

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"Pete Best"

Adult Common Spotted Ladybird(?), Harmonia conformis(?) (Colours seem inverted to images I found on the Google) Mount Field National Park, Tasmania.

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"Still Seeking Aughra"

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"The Late Garry Crimble"

Golden stag-beetle Lamprima aurata, known locally in Tasmania as a Christmas beetle. I thought I wasn't going to see one for Christmas, 2015, but look what turned up at Mount Field National Park! I fear the close up "bug" has set in, and I may need to consider the possibility of forking out money for a macro lens. Still don't think I can justify it; the bug will pass...

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"For Andrei Nikulinsky, The Fun Guy"

Unknown fungi (the top was the size of my open hand!), Mount Field National Park, Tasmania.

Andrei makes my attempts at photographing fungi (and bugs, arachnids, and other things beautiful and tiny) look like hastily taken snapshots- which this one definitely was! His tumblr page is clusterpod.tumblr.com , and his wonderful website is http://www.clusterpod.com .

Yes, I'm a bit of a fanboy!

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“Horseshoe Falls, Mount Field National Park, Tasmania”

It is well worth the steep walk (including 104 or 106 steps, depending on which Triplet you ask) up from Russell Falls to Horseshoe Falls. It can be most spectacular after days of heavy rain or after the snow starts to melt at the end of winter, but is also beautiful when only a trickle of water goes over the edge.

Mount Field National Park was founded in 1916, making it, along with Freycinet National Park, Tasmania’s oldest national park. The area around Russell Falls has been protected for its natural beauty since 1885, when it was set aside as Tasmania’s first nature reserve. The last known wild thylacine was captured in the region in 1933. The reserve was called “National Park” before 1946, but was officially renamed to its present name in 1947.

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“Russell Falls, Mount Field National Park, Tasmania”

Mount Field National Park was founded in 1916, making it, along with Freycinet National Park, Tasmania’s oldest national park. The area around Russell Falls has been protected for its natural beauty since 1885, when it was set aside as Tasmania’s first nature reserve. The last known wild thylacine was captured in the region in 1933. The reserve was called “National Park” before 1946, but was officially renamed to its present name in 1947.

(Excuses time: Taken under almost worst possible conditions. Warm cloudy summer day on public holiday at mid-day. 1.3 second exposure on shakey boardwalk with camera on ultralight tripod, surrounded by gazillions of bustling tourists, and with cheapo variable ND filter that colour-shifted like crazy! Sun slightly ahead of directly overhead just out of top of shot. I’m just glad that there was some water coming over it- just enough to put a goodly amount of micro-droplets all over the filter! So, yes, a fair bit of imag-ineering has been done to this image to get it the way it is- using a cheap tablet and free software. And all things considered, I’m pretty happy with it. Now leave it alone, Colin!)

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"Sansuiga"