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Australian Museum

Jason Benz — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 13:36:07 +0000

This is the Australian Museum in Sydney, New South Wales. The shot was taken from the Sydney Tower.

To process this image tilt shifting was added in Photoshop.

This image has been accepted by Shutterstock for Stock Photography and is available for download here.

Puss Moth

Jason Benz — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:27:34 +0000

This is one of many aircraft we saw at the Bert Hinkler Museum in Bundaberg, Queensland. This de Havilland Puss Moth was modified by the pioneer aviator to break records. Bert was the first to fly from England to Australia in 1928. Today is the anniversary of his final flight in 1933 in which he attempted to retake the record. He crashed on an Italian mountain and was buried with full military honours on Mussolini’s orders.

Exhibition Building

Jason Benz — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:22:37 +0000

This is a view of The Royal Exhibition Building from Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Victoria. It was the first building in Australia to be awarded UNESCO world heritage status as it is one of the last remaining 19th Century exhibition buildings. Today it is the largest item in Museum Victoria’s collection.

This image has been accepted by Shutterstock for Stock Photography and is available for download here.

Perth Museum

Jason Benz — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:19:41 +0000

This building is the Perth Museum in Western Australia. To process this image in increased the saturation of the purples slightly. I also increased the luminance of the reds to lighten the dark wood.

Steam Engine

Jason Benz — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:01:01 +0000

This is inside the cab of a steam engine at the Railway museum in Merredin. This image adds to the newly dubbed series of pictures named Mechanography. A little Orton Effect was used to process this image as well as some selective desaturation. We are spending a little more time in Hopetoun and plan to cross the Nullarbor at the end of February.

Snettisham Torc

Jason Benz — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:51:37 +0000

This is the Snettisham Great Torc. Apparently the most famous object from Prehistoric Britain. We were surprised to find it in Perths Museum today. Even more surprised to find the British Museum had also exported their gift shop along with their touring exhibition. At lease it was nice to find some extra exhibits. When we visited Cairo Museum in Egypt a few years ago we found Tutankhamen was on tour in the UK.

This image was accepted for Stock Photography at Shutterstock and is available for download here.

In more recent news. We have just bought a 1987 Toyota Hiace Campervan. We will be leaving Perth tomorrow morning to begin our own tour of Australia.

Cairo Museum

Jason Benz — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:58:10 +0000

This red building is the back of the Cairo Museum in Egypt. I took the shot from the street looking up. I used Photoshops Filter>Distort>Lens Correction to restore the perspective. Making the verticals vertical.