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Lisa, The Kids and I had a day trip to the Bellarine Peninsula today. We went to Queenscliff for lunch, then over to Ocean Grove for a look around and a paddle in the ocean.

Photos up on SmugMug; check the ‘September 2008 Holidays’ album.

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything on flickr. Most of the photography Lisa and I have done for the last few weeks has been of the kids; they’re growing up so fast, especially The Baby.

Anyway, today I broke that flickr drought. After work last night I dropped into the Montrose Soccer club. One of the people I work with plays there and trains the juniors, so I took a few photos of the training session. It was pretty much dark except for the ground floodlights, but they weren’t particularly bright, so it was ISO1600 all the way, even at f/2.

The result was some fairly grainy shots (the D80 does show lots of grain at ISO1600) but by post processing them to play with that grain rather than hide from it I got some shots I was reasonably happy with.

The weather here was absolutely beautiful today, so Lisa and I took The Kid and The Baby for a walk into town. We planned lunch at KFC to give The Kid a treat. This was unfortunate because the regional football finals were on today and just before we got into town the place was overrun by football yobs. Regardless, we finally got served, had lunch, then walked around to the playground at Lake Victoria. Just like in Ye Olde Days, people were boating on the lake, walking in the sunshine, and generally enjoying a rural town on a lovely spring day. There’s a gallery up on SmugMug, and I’ll probably dribble a few shots up on to flickr over the next couple of days.

The weirdest Thriller remake I’ve ever seen. I just don’t know what to make of this.