David de Groot Photography

Reaching Out

david — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 05:42:28 +0000

A smokey sunset over the heights around Tenterfield, NSW yielded this rich colour band on the horizon, perfect for a silhouette of these two trees.

Caloundra Music Festival

admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:20:53 +0000

David recently shot Caloundra Music Festival – photos will be available soon; click through to get notice when they are online.

The iconic Riverfire Falls

david — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 01:04:59 +0000

Fireworks waterfall from the Story Bridge during Riverfire tonight.

Masked Owl

david — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 12:18:04 +0000

Tyto novaehollandiae.

My Abbey Medieval Tournament photos are now online here: AMF Gallery

This owl was one of the Birds of Prey with Eslite d’Corps at the Abbey Medieval Tournament.

Abbey Medieval Tournament

admin — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:05:02 +0000

I shoot the Abbey, a very popular medieval re-enactment event most years.

This year’s photos of the 2011 Abbey Medieval Tournament are now available for purchase.

Photos of the 2010 Abbey Medieval Tournament are available for purchase.

History Alive 2011

admin — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:14:28 +0000

Each year, I shoot History Alive, a Brisbane recreationist event.

Photos are available for purchase online – view our Fort Lytton History Alive 2011 Photos.

Fuel Dump

david — Wed, 25 May 2011 09:30:09 +0000

As part of the simulated WWII Battle at the Land & Air Spectacular an Allied Fuel Dump is bombed by a Folke Wolf 190.

This is one of many explosions to be seen on the day.

I’ve now finally finished sorting through the photos from the weekend and have posted them up here: clients.degrootphotography.com.au/EmuGully/

Emu Gully Air & Land Spectacular

admin — Sun, 08 May 2011 12:41:56 +0000

I shot the Emu Gully Air & Land Spectacular at Helidon Springs again this year, and it was great!
Reenactment photos are available for viewing and purchase.

St Mary’s in Warwick

david — Fri, 06 May 2011 11:36:39 +0000

We took a trip down Warwick way with J&E on Sat, and on the way back it just happened to be blue hour as we got to St Mary’s.
A good chance to try out the TS-E on some interesting architecture.

Unfortunately the sodium vapour lights are a pretty sickly colour and this was about as best as I could get in LR to tone them down a bit.

St Mary’s was constructed between 1920 and 1926 and is an example of the early twentieth century gothic revival movement in church construction. It was designed by the architects, Dornbusch & Connolly. Construction completed at a cost of Â£40,000.

The 2010 Summer Solstace Lunar Eclipse

david — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:08:19 +0000

A fanciful composite image of the moon phases through the eclipse taken at Cronulla, Sydney, NSW.

The moons here are larger than life size and the placement further to the right than it was on the night, but this allowed for a more pleasing composition.

Base exposure taken about 1 hour before the event down by the beach, moons shot on the knoll next to the beach pool at Cronulla.