This Month’s Desktop Pictures

This month’s photos were taken by ATPM reader Graham Lindsay, who writes:

All photos are copyright protected but available for personal use as desktop pictures. No commercial use without permission of author.

I live in Canberra, capital city of Australia. Lake Burley Griffin is the centrepiece of the city.

1. Carillon on Lake Burley Griffin

   The Carillon is a set of bells that are played much like a pipe organ. There are recitals at lunchtimes on specified days throughout the year. More details are available.

2. F111 and the Sea Eagle

   I was on vacation in Coffs Harbour (Mid-North New South Wales) and wading through Boambee Creek taking a variety of shots. I was tracking the sea eagle and trying to get closer.

   The F111s are based at Amberley Air Base at Ipswich, not far from Brisbane, Queensland and are known to take the opportunity to practise take-offs and landings at Coffs Harbour in the periods when no commercial or private aircraft are about.

   This one sneaked up on me while I was taking the photo of the sea eagle so I adjusted my shot and was fortunate to get both in together.

3. Fire on Water

   Just another sunrise photo! Taken while I was at a conference at Murramurrang resort north of Bateman’s Bay on the South Coast of NSW. It was exactly 7 AM and the angle of the clouds in relation to the slope of the shore and the interesting colours caught my eye.

4. Kookaburra

   Another photo taken at 7 AM in the morning. This one was taken while I was on an early morning walk while at a retreat house in Mittagong (Southern Highlands of New South Wales). I tracked this bird for about an hour. He allowed me to inch up to him over a period of about ten minutes and I was able to get a close up shot.

5. Sydney Harbour

   Photo taken from North Head with a non-Harbour Bridge view of Sydney CBD.

6. Tidbinbilla

   Tidbinbilla Deep Space Tracking Station is about 30km from Canberra City. This shot is of one of the main radio telescope dishes. At the time the photo was taken, Canberra and surrounds, including Tidbinbilla, was just recovering from intense bushfires.

Previous Months’ Desktop Pictures

Pictures from previous months are listed in the desktop pictures archives.

Downloading All the Pictures at Once

Some browsers can download an entire set of desktop pictures at once.

iCab

Use the Download command to download “Get all files in same path.”

OmniWeb

Choose “Save Linked ‣ Images…” from the File menu.

Safari

Use this Automator workflow.

Contributing Your Own Desktop Pictures

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Placing Desktop Pictures