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Cruiser Charging

Jason Benz — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:52:03 +0000

This amazing looking car is named Priscilla and was put together by the Australian Technology Network, which is a collaboration between five universities in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia. This makes it Australia’s only national team. It arrived in Coober Pedy today at the 2nd charging station for the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. The Cruiser class of solar cars are allowed two charging stops between Darwin and Adelaide. Whereas the Challenger class cars do the whole 3000km with only the power of the sun they collect en route. I met the designer of the body today who is also a mechanic. He offered to tune up the engine in my van as he could hear it was struggling to keep up with the solar cars.

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Eclipse Timelapse

Jason Benz — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 09:44:32 +0000

This week the internet has been flooded with photography of the 2017 eclipse from America. One had a timelapse of the international space station repeatedly silhouetted on the sun. Australia has to wait until 2028 before an eclipse will pass over Sydney so I had to improvise with this composite made in Photoshop.

Surfer Silhouette

Jason Benz — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 01:08:24 +0000

This beautiful sunset appeared through a misty cloud at Goolwa Beach in South Australia. I had positioned myself so this surfer would walk in front of me to produce a silhouette and make the shot. Unfortunately as she approached she saw my camera and put her hand over her mouth thinking she was about to ruin it. I tried to explain it was OK but the moment was lost. Fortunately I had captured a body surfer earlier so I could Photoshop in his head and shoulders. Split toning was also used to create some extra colour.

Sky Palms

Jason Benz — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:37:33 +0000

These silhouetted palm trees were in Negril, Jamaica. I took this almost 10 years ago when I first started experimenting with Photography. I was using an early digital compact camera Ex-Z3 with a LCD display. This shot would be difficult with a DSLR as framing the shot is normally done with the viewfinder. Focusing the sun onto your retina is not the best way to go about improving your photography.

I plan to put up more images of the Caribbean as I move from the old website to the new blog.

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Solar Nuke

Jason Benz — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:19:12 +0000

This sunset was taken in South Australia on this coast.

Parham Sunset

Jason Benz — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 03:17:11 +0000

This sunset was taken in a place called Parham 70km outside Adelaide in South Australia. Very little photoshopping needed here. The sky that night had an intense concentration of colour on the horizon.

Sydney Sunset

Jason Benz — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 02:21:23 +0000

This is a sunset behind the Opera House and Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia.

Streaky Bay

Jason Benz — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 03:39:43 +0000

This silhouette was taken at Streaky Bay in South Australia. We only stopped there briefly as there were no free campsites nearby. So far Western Australia and New South Wales have had the most free campsites and Victoria and South Australia have had the least.

New Stonehenge

Jason Benz — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:04:29 +0000

This is the Esperance Stonehenge in Western Australia which is a full size replica of the Old Stonehenge. I am posting this now for no better reason that we watched a TV program tonight on stonehenge and it reminded me I had not got round to posting it yet.

Fleurieu Peninsula

Jason Benz — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:43:24 +0000

Since leaving Adelaide we have been exploring the Fleurieu Peninsula. This silhouette of two body surfers was taken at Goolwa Beach which is the location of Karen‘s earliest memories. Her parents, Bob and Val, owned a beach house here 40 years ago. We visited Mannum yesterday and took a couple of ferries across the Murry River to reach our campsite at Narrung between Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert. Next we head towards Mount Gambier.

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