Belconnen – What I think, watch, listen to, and eat each week

Reflections on still water on cool still days are a highlight of living in Canberra with this incredibly bright and blue autumn days.

As I walked around Lake Ginninderra, I reflected myself again on living in Canberra.

Physical reflections

The water was still, the sky was bright and blue and the reflections in the water were exquisite this morning. The autumn colours of the leaves on the deciduous trees augmented the naturally saturated vision that is Lake Ginninderra shortly after sunrise.

Click on one of the images and you’ll be able to see a gallery with larger photographs in better detail.

Yellow buoys and seagulls on Lake Ginninderra Reflections Gary Lum — Yellow buoys and seagulls on Lake Ginninderra

Telstra Tower and a balloon on Lake Ginninderra. HDR Processed. Reflections Gary Lum — Telstra Tower and a balloon on Lake Ginninderra. HDR Processed.

Telstra Tower and a balloon Reflections Gary Lum — Telstra Tower and a balloon

Reflections on Lake Ginninderra. HDR Processed. Gary Lum — Reflections on Lake Ginninderra. HDR Processed.

Lake Ginninderra reflections Gary Lum — Lake Ginninderra reflections

Lake Ginninderra and a balloon Reflections Gary Lum — Lake Ginninderra and a balloon

Colourful buoys on Yerra Beach, Lake Ginninderra Reflections Gary Lum — Colourful buoys on Yerra Beach, Lake Ginninderra

Autumn leaves on Lake Ginninderra Reflections Gary Lum — Autumn leaves on Lake Ginninderra

Spots I shot photographs from Reflections Gary Lum — Spots I shot photographs from

Let me know what you think about these photographs. They were all shot with a Sony α7ii with a 24–240 mm f/3.5–6.3 lens at f/8 and 1/1000 seconds with ISO set to auto. I processed all the photographs in Adobe Lightroom and used Luminar and Aurora HDR to make the colours more vivid.

Weekend highlight

Last night I made spam of asparagus spicy soup. If you like soup check out the blog post and video.

This week ahead

On Tuesday, it is Anzac Day. The day that Australians and people from New Zealand remember those brave warfighters who fought and fell so that we can live in freedom and enjoy democracy. While I support anything to keep the peace, I’m grateful for the soldiers, sailors and air people who are willing to sacrifice themselves for our safety.

I’m going to have a go writing a short story

As I walked around Lake Ginninderra this morning I pondered a thought about a short story I thought I might write.

From time to time I mentally jot down ideas for works of fiction. I’ve never written a short story before but I follow enough blogs to admire people who can and do write short works of fiction. Whether I can or not is another thing altogether. I’ve never thought of myself as a good writer. I think I do a satisfactory job for my work, but creative writing is not something I feel comfortable with.

I’m not sure when I’ll make a start or when it might be finished, but I know the trigger for the story and I’m fleshing it out in my mind.

For now, enjoy a couple of photographs I shot this morning. I used a Sony α7ii with a 24–240 mm variable aperture lens. Each photograph represents three frames at three different exposures. I used Adobe Lightroom and Aurora HDR software to merge the images and edit them. I hope you like them.

Buoys on Yerra Beach, Lake Ginninderra

Lake Ginninderra from the south-east Ginninderra Drive bridge. HDR post processing.

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Reflections on Lake Ginninderra and Beyond

Physical reflections

Weekend highlight

This week ahead

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A new thought walking around Lake Ginninderra

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