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Sunset at Cooks Beach, a secluded beach in Freycinet National Park, facing towards the sheltered Great Oyster Bay on the east coast of Tasmania, Australia.
Camera: Ricoh KR-10 Super.
Lens: ?
Fujichrome slide film.
Scanner: Nikon LS-5000 (by jetzt-digital).
Edited with GIMP.
Soufflé au fromage. Cheese Soufflé
1/3 cup butter
4 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 ½ cups milk
5 large eggs, separated
1/2 cup (packed) grated Gruyère cheese
1/2 teaspoon salt
Pinch of ground nutmeg
Pinch of cayenne pepper
1. Position rack in lower third of oven and preheat to 350F.
Butter 2 quart soufflé dish.
2. Then, make a sauce béchamel: melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and whisk until mixture is well blended (do not allow mixture to brown). Pour in warm milk, whisking until smooth. Cook, whisking constantly until very thick, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat; add cheese and stir until incorporated. Whisk in seasoning.
Add egg yolks 1 at a time, whisking to blend after each addition. Scrape soufflé base into large bowl. Cool to lukewarm.
(This can be made 2 hours ahead. Cover and let stand at room temperature.)
3. Using electric mixer, beat egg whites in another large bowl until stiff but not dry. Fold 1/4 of whites into soufflé base to lighten. Fold in remaining whites.
Transfer batter to prepared dish.
4. Place dish in oven. Bake until soufflé is puffed and golden brown on top and center moves only slightly when dish is shaken gently, about 35 minutes (do not open oven door during first 20 minutes). Serve immediately.
The setting sun catches the side of the vertical retort building (1932) at the site of the old Launceston Gas Company. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launceston_Gasworks
In 1826 Launceston, like most cities was running on sperm whale oil for their lamps. But in 1844, Dr William Pugh (a pioneer of anesthetic medicine) produced a means by which he could convert coal into methane gas to light his house. This was an idea that took off quickly around the world and gas companies were formed to mass produce methane gas from coal.
In 1858 the Launceston Gas Company was formed and on 5 April 1860 the city turned on its gas powered street lights for the first time. In 1932 the vertical retort building we see here (where the actual conversion process was carried out) was built. It was a far more efficient and larger means of producing more gas. Most of the coal was actually shipped in from the Hunter Valley and down the Tamar to the wharf directly outside the main entrance to the gasworks.
By the 1970s LPG had become more convenient and a cheaper form of gas and so the conversion processing plant was shut down.
So this is my tribute to yesteryear. Enjoy it while it lasts. It was also part of my personal challenge to only use a 50mm lens.
Construction began in the spring of 1907 in Rhyolite, NV and by 1910 the Cook Bank was closed. The bank was three stories tall and housed the local Post Office in the basement. The inside had marble staircases and all the modern conveniences, like electric lights and indoor plumbing. A financial crisis at the time caused banks across the country to go bankrupt.
A helicopter taking off from the Mount Cook airport - a small airport with huge views!
© Dominic Scott 2026
Aoraki / Mt Cook reflected in the milk pond flat Lake Pukaki on a very fine late afternoon. I have rarely seen the lake this mirror like.
This is a stitched pano of 6 hand-held portrait images.
Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand. It's height, as of 2014, is listed as 3,724 metres. It is situated in the Southern Alps, the mountain range that runs the length of the South Island.
Lake Pukaki is the largest lake in the area, and it proudly shows off New Zealand’s tallest peak, Aoraki/ Mount Cook, from the many lookout points around its shores. The water colour of the lake is a bright turquoise due to glacial flour, made from extremely fine rock particles that have come from the surrounding glaciers. The lake is fed at its northern end by the braided Tasman River, which has its source in the Hooker and Tasman Glacier. When the sun hits the surface of the lake, it reflects off the particles transforming it to a brilliant blue. The combination of the magnificent lake, surrounding peaks and wide open skies are a dream for photographers and pose the difficult challenge of capturing the grandeur of the ever-changing landscape.
The sun sets above with the clouds over Mammoth Hot Springs there in Yellowstone. It was incredible view to behold. Tried to do it some justice with this handheld capture.
Along with a large number of pebbles and boulders is this lovely ice cold stream that runs wide and strong when the rain and snow melt comes.
Tasman Valley, Aoraki Mount Cook area, New Zealand
Another 3 shot pano stitched together in Lightroom taken along the Cook Inlet in Alaska
Sorry metadata isn't there. I don't know why it didn't export. It was taken around 3:30 to 4 pm
Canon R5
Lens RF 28-70mm
28mm focal length
1/400th of a second with ISO @ 160
f / 8.0
Aperture Priority
3 photos taken in a row, moving left to right and then combined in Lightroom
I found this guy during my walk around the streets of Bietigheim. You would expect a cook at the entrance of a restaurant but as far as I remember he stood in front of a boutique. :)
Half way between Mount Cook village and the Hooker Glacier we came across this old hut. As can be seen all the way up the valley New Zealand's high point dominated the approach.
Mount Cook, New Zealand.
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Taken from SH 8 on the golden hour at about a 60 km distance away (as the crow flies) on the shore of Lake Pukaki. Due to the use of the 105 mm prime this is a heavy crop in pp. My initial plan was to shoot a wider view but decided during pp it looked a lot better cropped as the foreground was just too much water.
ペニンシュラの前ではクリスマスマーケットをやっています。
飾り付けられた歩道ではコックさんがケーキを売っています。
There is a Christmas market in front of the Peninsula Hotel.
A cook sells cakes on the decorated sidewalk.
The beautiful milky blue-grey stream of the Hooker River cuts its way through the verdant valley beneath Aoraki, South Island's highest peak.
The Hooker Valley Track leads you through the Hooker Valley to here - the beautiful Hooker Lake in Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand.
Wall Art or Digital Image available:
Whitby is a seaside town in Yorkshire, northern England, split by the River Esk. On the East Cliff, overlooking the North Sea, the ruined Gothic Whitby Abbey was Bram Stoker’s inspiration for “Dracula”. Nearby is the Church of St. Mary, reached by 199 steps. The Captain Cook Memorial Museum, in the house where Cook once lived, displays paintings and maps. West of town is West Cliff Beach, lined with beach huts.