Tasmania Photography

Entries for March, 2009

Seaweed

Feeling kind of basic today so it is seaweed for you!

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From the window

I have shots with and without the window frame but liked it better with. Today’s shot is from one of the windows of the Hospital at Port Arthur which shows a few different buildings from left to right, part of the Paupers Mess, The Museum (formerly the Asylum) and the Seperate Prison. Tweet This Post  [...]

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The Seperate Prison

Today’s photo is from inside the Seperate Prison. When it was built new ideas were being considered in reforming prisoners. It was considered that physical punishment only hardened a man but in an atmosphere of quiet and order the man could consider his sin and change his life. To achieve this a new type of [...]

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Empty

With the shops closed Bicheno can at times seem pretty empty. I only see one person in the shot with my own unintentional self portrait which some how works better for me than if i had got my original shot right

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Worn Steps

Todays shot is of the worn steps outside the Commandants House at Port Arthur. I can only wonder how many sets of feet have walked up these! Tweet This Post 

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Summers Day

With summer fast becomign a distant memory i thought for today’s post I would include a shot from a summers day with people making the most of the time at the beach.

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The Hospital

I am continuing my Port Arthur themed series for a couple more days. today’s shot is of the Hospital from the side. Like yesterday you can see the signs of work done to stablise the building. Tweet This Post 

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Leaves at dawn

Photographing around dawn or dusk can have the special reward of interesting light like shown in this shot of some leaves taken around dawn.

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Restoration Work

The last prisoners left Port Arthur in the 1870s and the penitentiary was subsequently damaged by a bushfire in 1897 but until the 1960s little was done to preserve Port Arthur. Today inside the penitentiary there has been much work to allow the building not only be accessible but also to support the building to [...]

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