Tasmania
44 photos
Photos I've taken in Tasmania while touring around.
Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6/3 OS Contemporary
65 photos
Photos taken using the Sigma 150-600mm lens.
FNQ Trip 2021
51 photos
Photos from our 6,900km Far North Queensland trip over Sept/Oct 2021.
Outback Queensland
23 photos
Shots from our travels in outback Queensland.
Carnarvon Gorge
12 photos
Photos from in and around Carnarvon Gorge National Park, in Outback Queensland, Australia.
Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye
9 photos
Shots taken with the Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 rectilinear fisheye.
Outback NSW trip
20 photos
Photos from our trip to Broken Hill via Canberra and Mildura.
Australian International Airshow - Avalon
22 photos
Photos from my trip to the Avalon Airshow.
All shot on either the Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS USM or Canon EF 200mm f/1.8L lenses with either a 2x or 1.4x teleconverter (or native).
Black & White UK Series
22 photos
A series of Black and White images from our trip to the UK in March 2013.
The series mostly consists of street scenes in various towns and villages.
UK Trip 2013
148 photos
Photos from our three week tour of the United Kingdom (Well England and Scotland at least).
Landscapes
258 photos
Various Landscapes I've shot over the years
Birds
575 photos, 4 videos
(mostly) Australian birds I've seen and thus photographed.
Zoos and Wildlife Parks
26 photos
People
368 photos
I thought it about time that I went through my stream and organised it a bit. Therefore, here are all the people shots (mostly portraits) I've posted.
Black and White Musicians
6 photos
A series of B&W photos of musicians.
2013 in Review
92 photos
A selected set of what I got up to in 2013 as seen through my flickr posts.
Abbey Tournament 2011
10 photos
A selection of photos from the Abbey Medieval Tournament in 2011.
History Alive 2011
6 photos
A selection of photographs from History Alive, Fort Lytton.
The rest of the photos can be found on my site here: clients.degrootphotography.com.au/HistoryAlive/index.html
Sydney Trip Dec 2010/Jan 2011
11 photos
Photos from my Sydney trip over Christmas 2010.
History Alive 2010
8 photos
Selected photographs from the 2010 History Alive weekend at Fort Lytton, Brisbane, Qld.
Air & Land Spectacular - Emu Gullly
24 photos
Photographs from the Air and Land Spectacular at Emu Gully, Helidan Spa, Qld. (near Toowoomba).
This is a weekend long event and well worth visiting if you like military displays and re-enactment...
Tenterfield / New England Area
36 photos
Shots from my excursions to the New England Tablelands area including Tenterfield.
Border Ranges National Parks
30 photos, 1 video
Springbrook, Lamington, and associated parks on the border of Queensland and New South Wales
Bunya Mountains
21 photos
Photos from the Bunya Mountains and nearby surrounds.
Upper Lake Somerset
5 photos
Shots from the upper end of Lake Somerset, Villenueve, Neurum, Kilcoy, etc.
Explore
160 photos
Photos that have made it to the Explore Stream at some stage or another.
Lizards, Frogs, Snakes, etc
57 photos, 1 video
Herp photos.
Sydney - Jan 2010
11 photos
Shots from my whirlwind trip to Sydney in Jan 2010.
BNE-SA10
4 photos
Brisbane Strobist Meet #10 at the Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens, Brisbane.
The Wedding of Tim & Sarah
3 photos
A few select shots from Tim & Sarah's wedding.
History Alive 2009
5 photos
Select photos from History Alive, a reenactment weekend at Fort Lytton, Brisbane, Qld. Australia.
Greenhill Trip - Winter 2009
13 photos, 1 video
Photos from the Central Queensland Coast, Greenhill, Mackay, Eungella, etc.
Oxley Creek Commons
15 photos
Shots from Oxley Creek Commons, between Sherwood and Rocklea.
Cedar Creek Flooding Apr 2009
4 photos, 1 video
Photos and videos of Cedar Creek in flood 13th/14th Apr 2009.
BCG Pullenvale
7 photos
Portraits from the BCG Pullenvale Outdoor Portrait session.
Noosa National Park meetup
7 photos
Shots from the Flickr meet at Noosa National Park - 15th March 2009.
North Pine Dam
8 photos
Lake Samsonvale,
Samsonvale,
Queensland,
Australia.
Sydney 2008
30 photos, 1 video
Sydney Trip - Dec 2008
Storms and Cloudscapes
29 photos
Photos from my attempts at Storm Chasing, or just nice cloudscapes.
Girraween Camping 2008
16 photos
Photos from the Girraween flickr camping meetup weekend, Girraween National Park, Qld, Australia.
Fingal Heads
6 photos
Dawn Shoot at Fingal Heads
Defence Force Air Show 2008
10 photos
Amberley RAAF Base - Oct 4 & 5 (photos from Oct 5).
Aperture 3 test
1 photo
Macro
99 photos
Macro and SuperMacro photography.
These are shots taken in either Macro or SuperMacro mode on the S2IS, or closeups using telephoto zoom, or more recently real macro shots using a real macro lens...
The many faces of Kara
78 photos
I figured I had enough photos of little miss photogenic that it was time I collected them all in a set.
Besides, she's a handy target to practice taking people photos ;-)
Greenhill Holiday 2008
17 photos
Photos from out trip to Greenhill and surrounds.
BNE-SA7
4 photos
Photoshoot at Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens with Geoff, Richard, Jo, Ben and myself. Model was Ruby (from Peru).
BNE-SA6
9 photos, 1 video
Brisbane Strobist Meet #6 at the Powerhouse, Newfarm.
BNE-SA4
5 photos
Alkira model shoot - Brisbane Strobist Group meeting #4.
Infrared Experiments
4 photos
Canon Photo5 Competition 2008
3 photos
My Entries in the Canon Photo5 Competition.
Helios-44-2 58mm f/2
1 photo
Manual focus, Russian Helios-44-2 58mm f/2 Lens
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX HSM
187 photos, 1 video
Shots taken with the Sigma 10-20mm lens.
Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L
24 photos
Photos taken with the Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L, tilt/shift or perspective correction lens.
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
177 photos, 1 video
Photos taken with the Canon 17-40L lens.
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
99 photos
Shots taken with the crappy kit lens.
Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L
1 photo
Shots with the aforementioned lens. I currently do not own this lens, so these are shot with borrowed lenses.
Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L
110 photos
Shots taken with the Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
407 photos
Shots taken with the Nifty Fifty - Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 Mk II.
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
33 photos
Photos taken with the Canon 85mm f/1.2L II lens.
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
140 photos, 1 video
Shots taken with the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 macro lens. Both as a portrait lens and a true macro.
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
369 photos, 2 videos
Shots taken with the Canon 70-200/2.8L IS, with or without the Canon EF 1.4x Teleconverter.
Canon EF 200mm f/1.8L
158 photos
Shots with the Canon 200mm f/1.8L, legendary bokeh-monster.
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM
11 photos
Shots taken with the Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM lens, with or without the Canon EF 1.4x TC.
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
24 photos
Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS USM
19 photos
Photos taken with the Canon 400/2.8L IS.
Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM
255 photos, 4 videos
Photos taken with the Canon 400mm f/5.6L USM prime lens.
Canon EF 600mm f/4L USM
2 photos
Shots taken with the original Canon EF 600mm f/4L lens.
Canon EF 1.4x Teleconverter
174 photos
Shots taken with various lenses and the Canon EF 1.4x Teleconverter
Canon EF 2.0x Teleconverter
136 photos
Shots with the Canon EF 2.0x Teleconverter.
Canon PowerShot S2 IS
318 photos
Photos taken with the 5mpx Canon S2 IS which I used extensively before going to a dSLR.
Most of this stuff isn't particularly good being early work.
History Alive 2008
9 photos
Ft Lytton, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
Brisbane Zombie Walk 2008
4 photos
Shots from the beginning of the Brisbane Zombie Walk for 2008.
I didn't bother wandering along with the Zombies this year, just shot the beginning and chatted with friends.
BNE-SA2
11 photos
Second Brisbane Strobist Meet photos.
Location: Fort Lytton, Brisbane.
Apr 2008 - Johnno Visit
11 photos
Skydiving at Toogoolawah, dawn shoots of old shipwrecks and lots of portraiture...
BNE-BA1
15 photos
Brisbane Strobist Meet #1
Brookfield Hall and Showgrounds.
March 16th, 2008.
Food
50 photos
Things I've made or eaten or that represent food in some way, shape or form.
Wivenhoe
19 photos
I dragged the family out to Wivenhoe Dam this arvo to take photos and generally survey the sorry state of Brisbane's drinking water supplies.
These are some of the photos I took there.
Film
45 photos
New and Old photos taken with real film.
The b&w stuff is probably new, whereas the colour is from the archives (or possibly new, as I'm currently shooting a roll of colour).
Creeks and Rivers
143 photos, 3 videos
A collection of water shots, mostly creeks and rivers but the odd lake might end up in here too.
Cars and Trucks
44 photos
Cars, Trucks, Automobiles.
Glasshouse Mountains Meetup
14 photos
Breakfast at my place,
Wild Horse Mountain Lookout,
Dularcha National Park,
Mt Tibrogargan.
Samford Show 2007
8 photos
Photos from the Samford Show.
Bulimba Meetup
11 photos
for the Brisbane Grid Project.
Photowalk with Ming
5 photos
Abbey Tournament 2007
10 photos
Select photos from the Abbey Tournament.
All colour shots taken with my Sigma 10-20mm lens.
There are also some b&w film shots with a 300mm f/4 lens, but I haven't yet had them developed and...
James St Meetup
4 photos
Small meet at the Vroom Cafe on James St, Fortitude Valley.
Attendees:
* Shaun
* Pam
* Kara
* Myself
Indooroopily Meet
16 photos
Brisbane Meetup / Brisbane Grid Project / Historic Brisbane Project gathering and photo walk.
World Press Photo Meetup
4 photos
Brisbane Flickr Meetup at the Powerhouse, Newfarm for the World Press Photo Exhibition.
Rosie's Fourth Litter
17 photos
Puppy photos from Rosie's fourth litter.
Sad news, one of the puppies didn't make it. I found it wheels-up in the puppy box with a sad Rosie.
More puppy photos here.
5th May 2007 - Brisbanites Flickr Meet
6 photos
From Southbank to Kangaroo Point, to the Story Bridge and back to Kangaroo Point Cliffs.
Mad Ass Folk - Flickr Meetup
4 photos
Flickr Meetup at the Muddy Farmer for the Mad Ass Acoustic Music Club.
Forlorn Footwear
2 photos
Photos of forlorn forsaken footwear found by me.
2007 Studebaker Nationals
8 photos
At the Gold Coast International Hotel, Southport, Queensland, Australia.
Zombie Walk Meetup - Brisbane City
7 photos
The second meetup for the 1st of April, 2007. This time following a large collection of zombies as they march from Roma St Parklands, through the CBD to the Botanic Gardens.
Post march beers also...
Steam Train Sunday - Flickr Meet
7 photos
April Fools Day, 2007.
Shots from Ascot, Brisbane for the Steam Train Sunday Meet.
There was another meet later in the day for the Zombie Walk. We're so social here in Brisbane we've gone from 1...
Xenedis Visit Flickr Meet
39 photos
Brisbanites Flickr Meet for Johnno's visit (up from Sydney). Actually a meet weekend, since we shot both days.
St Patrick's Day Parade Meetup
16 photos
Short-notice Meetup for the St Patrick's Day Parade.
Eyecandy for the Broken Hearted - Alibi Room...
7 photos
Photos from the flickr meetup for Kate's exhibition opening at the Alibi Room, Newfarm.
Brisbane Flickr Meet - GoMA
20 photos
March 3rd 2007 flickr meet at the Gallery of Modern Art.
We even had an interstate visitor - Ana (aka Vucko1000).
Chinese New Year Flickr Meet
19 photos
We ended up with a reasonable turnout despite the so-so organisation ;-)
Attendees:
* Rachel
* Chris
* Paul
* Lachlan
* Pam
* Albert (+ kidlets)
* Kara & Myself
Brisbanites Flickr Meet - Feb 2007
15 photos
For the 3rd Birthday of Flickr.
Australia Day - Samford Museum
14 photos
We went to the Samford Village Museum today for Australia Day.
They had a steam tractor, various old cars and tractors, wood cutting and fence building displays, blacksmith, and the usual museum...
Australia Day Fireworks
6 photos
at Southbank, Brisbane.
We drove into town tonight to see the fireworks and wandered over to the Goodwill Bridge at Garden's Point.
This is a small selection of the shots I got there.
Sydney Trip - 2006
23 photos
Christmas in Sydney, 2006.
At the Airport
12 photos
Kara and Jono fly to Nanna and Grampy's for a four day holiday before me meet them there (we're driving).
This is the cream of 80 "keepers" I shot while waiting for the kidlets to board...
Lightning and Storms
2 photos
Photos of Storms, Lightning, Severe Weather that I manage to catch.
Monday Walk
8 photos
I had to attend site today over on Edward St, so walked back a different way, via some parks, and town hall.
Dec 2006 Brisbanites Meetup at Fort Lytton
18 photos
Red Crates
1 photo
Mostly Red Crates, but I might shove some other red things in here too.
Lake Samsonvale Photo Expedition
9 photos
Kara and I went on a Photo Expedition today to Lake Samsonvale.
Here are a few of the shots I took.
To see more, check out Kara's Stream.
Brisbanites Nov 2006 Flickr Meet
19 photos
Pre-Christmas / First Year Anniversary Drinkies at the Pavilion, West End, Brisbane.
Bush Stone Curlew Family
11 photos
These Bush Stone Curlews nested in the carpark of Ferny Grove Railway Station between Sept and Nov of 2006.
Mt Glorious not-a-meet
8 photos
The flickr meet that wasn't. But then it was almost wet, and somewhat cold.
We still had a nice bbq of kangaroo sausages on buns with bacon. And I got these great closeup pictures of kookaburras...
Qld Geocaching Spring Picnic trip
7 photos
Shots taken while at the Qld Geocaching Spring Picnic (2006) or on the way to/from the event.
Lunchtime Walk - Riverside Walkway
6 photos
I took the ferry to the Sydney St terminal and walked back to the City via the Riverside Walkway. It's about a 1.5 to 2 km walk. These shots were taken along the way.
Redcliffe - Harvest Moon
7 photos
I went out to Redcliffe to watch, and hopefully catch the Harvest Moon.
Weather conditions had been doubtful all day (heavily overcast), but late afternoon cleared and things were looking...
Brisbanites Meet - 30th Sept 2006
10 photos
Photos from the Brisbanites Flickr Meet, on Sat 30th Sept. 2006 at the Kangaroo Point Cliffs.
The focus on this meet was to get some evening/twilight shots of the city.
Studebaker Run to Southport
4 photos
The Sept. 2006 Studebaker Car Club (of Qld) run was to Southport and the Gold Coast International Hotel (which will be the location of the 2007 Studebaker National Meet in Easter 2007).
Contained...
50th Anniversary of the RSL
5 photos
Photos from the celebrations in ANZAC Square for the 50th Anniversary of the Returned Serviceman's League.
Brisbanites September Meet - Dutton Park Cemetary
23 photos
One of several meets during September for the Brisbanites crowd, this one was at Dutton Park Cemetery.
26Things::September::2006
9 photos
The September 2006 26Things challenge.
Items are:
overcome
at the top
pile of
coated
button
soft
strange
package
team
fly
words
traffic
fresh
craving
town
small...
4wd
13 photos
Pictures taken while out off the tarmac.
There aren't many here as most of them turn out blurry due to excessive bouncing.
Australian Heritage Festival 2006
14 photos
The 30th Annual Australian Heritage Festival at Jondaryan Woolshed started on the 26th of August and will run until the 3rd of September.
Jondaryan is about 45kms west of Toowoomba (on the road to...
Brisbanites Meet, August 2006
14 photos
Photos taken during the Brisbanites Flickr Meet in August of 2006.
GeoCaching
15 photos
Photos taken while geocaching.
GeoCaching is a worldwide sport played outdoors with a GPS.
See geocaching.com/
or
geocaching.com.au/
for more details.
Brisbane
212 photos, 1 video
Shots taken in and around Brisbane, Qld, Australia
Pyrotechnics
50 photos, 2 videos
Fireworks and other fire related photos.
HDR
4 photos
Photos enhanced by the High Dynamic Response process and Tone Mapped back to jpegs.
These photos are created with multiple exposures and combined with tools such as Photomatix or Photoshop to...
The Duyfken
7 photos
Photos of the Duyfken on it's visit to Brisbane in July 2006.
Information about the ship can be had from it's web presence.
www.duyfken.com/
Many more photos that I took of it can be seen here.
Trip to Greenhill, June-July 2006
9 photos
Some of the 700 odd photos I took when we ventured north to Greenhill to see my parents new place up there.
Puppies
21 photos
Pictures of our puppies
Nature
804 photos, 2 videos
Pictures from Nature