A sample of my local shots.

[scarlet-rain]

Someone noted the other day that I "adore taking photographs of the more picturesque sights in the *cough* LOVELY city I live in". There are (and I saw Auki mentioned this too) a lot of beautiful things in the top end that the locals consider a part of their everyday lives, and that we take for granted. It might not seem like it at first glance, but these shots were all taken in the Darwin area.

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs16/300W/f/2007/127/4/a/Don__t_B link__by_scarlet_rain.jpg (http://scarlet-rain.deviantart.com/art/Don-t-Blink-53731467)
The crocodile at the wildlife park (the one in the fishtank thing).

http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs16/300W/f/2007/208/4/a/Celestia l_by_scarlet_rain.jpg (http://scarlet-rain.deviantart.com/art/Celestial-60746549)
The moon from the showgrounds on Darwin Show day.

http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs15/300W/f/2007/099/7/3/Flit_by_ scarlet_rain.jpg (http://scarlet-rain.deviantart.com/art/Flit-52804756)
A dragonfly at Charles Darwin Nature Reserve.

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs15/300W/f/2007/055/8/2/Sky_High _by_scarlet_rain.jpg (http://scarlet-rain.deviantart.com/art/Sky-High-48182590)
A building opposite the ABC station in town.

http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs14/300W/f/2007/102/a/7/Subtle_E legance_by_scarlet_rain.jpg (http://scarlet-rain.deviantart.com/art/Subtle-Elegance-45878241)
A wedge-tailed eagle at the wildlife park.

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs17/300W/i/2007/245/f/a/Emerging _by_scarlet_rain.jpg (http://scarlet-rain.deviantart.com/art/Emerging-39459178)
Lillies at the water gardens. Somehow, I managed to avoid getting any of the rubbish or mould in this photo.

http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs12/300W/i/2006/285/6/c/Sunset_N ightcliff2_by_scarlet_rain.jpg (http://scarlet-rain.deviantart.com/art/Iridescent-34568158)
Sunset from the carpark on the opposite side of the park next to the Nightcliff jetty.

http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs15/300W/f/2007/079/2/8/Green_Tr ee_Frog2_by_scarlet_rain.jpg (http://scarlet-rain.deviantart.com/art/Gazing-34565978)
A green tree frog after a wet season shower in my front yard.

http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs13/300W/f/2007/005/9/d/Angelic_ by_scarlet_rain.jpg (http://scarlet-rain.deviantart.com/art/Angelic-46010941)
Some kind of fish (I think it's a copper banded butterfly fish) at the wildlife park aquariums.

[Ausadian98]

Wow they are really cool well done.

[Aukiman]

The crocodile and the eagle are my absolute favourites there but theyre all great!

I should say too that fish came out really well - as if there wasnt glass there !

[Revhed]

Yeah, Nice work on the eagle. The Frog is not bad either

[rx2re]

Wow - Well Done, keep it up.

[jyo]

Confirms why I live in "paradise"

[CyberCrypt]

awesome work Brooke... doing well!!

[Reklaw]

You must have a *really* expensive camera. The shots are very good.

[kizzaaa]

fabbo

[scarlet-rain]

You must have a *really* expensive camera. The shots are very good.

I have a fairly expensive camera.

However, allow me to point out that it wasn't all my camera's doing:

http://www.golivewire.com/images/ib/141068_f.jpg

The top one is what my camera did. The bottom one is what me + Photoshop did.

[underdone]

still looks awesome to me, the eye looks so cool

[Reklaw]

The top one is what my camera did. The bottom one is what me + Photoshop did.

Ok, if I wasn't impressed before, I am now.

Any chance of a master class or a workthrough?
I would love to know how to use photoshop better...

[scarlet-rain]

Ok, if I wasn't impressed before, I am now.

Any chance of a master class or a workthrough?
I would love to know how to use photoshop better...

I could help you out on a case-by-case basis if you like, but there's so much to learn about photoshop that it'd take a year to sum up everything I know about it. I could guide you through just the croc image, if you like.

[orsum]

very VERY cool scarlet !