Photo Shoot: Roma Street Parklands

April 22, 2008 | 1,627 views | Trackback | |

Today marked the official handover of my old faithful friend and first digital SLR camera, my Canon 10D, to my Dad while I began a hopefully long and fulfilling relationship with my new equipment - a Canon 40D and 17-85mm USM IS lens kit (Click to view kit).

To mark the occasion, Dad and I took off to the Roma Street Parklands in Brisbane's central business district and set about snapping some of the inner city fauna and flora on offer. There was a fair amount of construction going on throughout the park including the massive excavation (that means a huge hole in the ground in the grassy section we used to kick the footy around in) to install a big rain water tank.

We were still, however, able to get some decent shots of colourful flowers, insects buzzing around and of course some of the curious Eastern Water Dragons that litter the area. Click on the lead image above to view the rest of the shots.

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5 Responses to “Photo Shoot: Roma Street Parklands”

Comment by Jeremy Latham on April 23rd, 2008 @ 9:23 am

Congrats on the new camera - I can't wait to see all the "I got a new camera" inspired pics you'll be taking!

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Comment by Jen on April 23rd, 2008 @ 3:04 pm

great shots as per usual my friend!!!!!!

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Comment by jen on April 25th, 2008 @ 9:04 am

There are some beautiful pictures there. I'm envious of your new camera!

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Comment by Chris Lucas on May 20th, 2008 @ 5:58 pm

Hiya - wot's your opinion on the Roma Street Parklands as a possible wedding venue? the photos look great and as my daughter loves flowers and colour, your photos inspired me to think as this as a possible wedding site. its not till next year, so hopefully the hole will be filled by then.
good luck with your camera - looks like the macro really works!!
Chris

Comment by Masey on May 20th, 2008 @ 7:06 pm

@Chris

Mate, the gardens certainly have the potential to be a great location for a wedding given the right time of year. I guess the only potential downside would be lack of privacy - it would be kind of hard to keep nosy bystanders from having a good ol' goosey gander during the ceremony etc.

For more information on holding a wedding at the Roma Street Parklands, check out the EasyWeddings.com.au website.