PAPARAZZI
Stick it to the mozzies:
The dry saw the flies, now the wet has brought out swarms of mozzies to do battle with their hereditary enemies – the humans. Citronella candles were pretty much sold out in Dubbo during the past month and some locals have turned to other tried and true methods to whittle down the irritants which turn their backyard barbecues into torture. These sticky strips do a great job.
Supermoon:
Dubbo Photo News photographer Ken Smith was finding that a chance to see a supermoon locally in 2020 wasn’t looking great.
On the scheduled days, the late afternoon / evening would regularly serve up either a dose of bad weather or heavy cloud cover. Finally on Thursday May 7 2020, locals got to finally enjoy the “Flower” supermoon, the final supermoon for 2020 and it didn’t disappoint. Photos were taken from Bourke Hill between 5.29pm to 5.32pm.
Doug Goninan was looking for old machinery or buildings away from town lights to experiment with long exposures and light painting with a torch. A friend of his has a small block just outside Wellington and had an old Massey Ferguson he could go out to practise on.
“I set my camera up on a tripod and a lot of photos later this was the result,” Mr Goninan told Dubbo Photo News.
“This is about five different photos combined with different parts of the tractor highlighted with a torch with an exposure of 15 seconds each.
“I am not a great photographer but have fun with it and got lucky with this one,” he said.
If you’ve been experimenting with your camera, took a great shot or just fluked a great photo, let us know. PHOTO: DOUG GONINAN