Jeff Koon’s mirror polished stainless steel Venus (2016-20) just inside the water wall at the NGV.
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- ISO: 640
Tag: Statue
Swoop the Big Barrwarrang
The 3.5m tall magpie stands in Euroa’s Seven Creeks Park, on what was once the old Hume Hwy. Barrwarrang is the local Taungurung people’s word for magpie. While Swoop was a popular community suggestion based on what magpies are renowned for at this time of year. Swoop is the work of Longwood artist Steve Tobin and Tank.
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- ISO: 20
Wooly Mali
Another of the 150th anniversary of the Melbourne Zoo Mali elephants, this is Wooly Mali by Mini Goss.
Jimbo – Mali Elephant
Jimbo – Mali Elephant by Janie Fearon. An Asian elephant, orangutans and on the opposite side a Sumatran tiger. All are endangered and helped by the conservation work at the Melbourne Zoo. Janie aimed to highlight their struggle to survive with her Mali.
- Aperture: ƒ/5.6
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- Exposure bias: +5/10EV
- Focal length: 43mm
- ISO: 1600
Mali Night and Day
Graeme Base‘s Night and Day, in the Mali in the City fundraising series.
- Aperture: ƒ/5.6
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- Exposure bias: +5/10EV
- Focal length: 43mm
- ISO: 1600
Mali turns the City Pink
This elephant was part of the Melbourne Zoo 150th Anniversary celebrations. 50 fibre-glass elephant statues were scattered through the CBD in September and October 2012. The models were based on the recently born Mali. The elephants were later auctioned off to fund the Zoo’s conservation work.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 1600
Weary Dunlop
The bronze statue of Colonel Sir Ernest Edward “Weary” Dunlop, AC, CMG, OBE standing in the Domain, looking out towards St Kilda Road. This is the first of a pair of bronzes created by sculptor Peter Corlett. The other is in the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. This statue “commemorates all Australian doctors and medical staff who served Australian prisoners of war in the Asia-Pacific region between 1939 and 1945.”
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 1600
Dairy Cattle Experience
Not sure that this is what the Melbourne Royal Show had in mind for the dairy cattle experience!
- Aperture: ƒ/10
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- Focal length: 25mm
- ISO: 1000
Zoe Showing a Thylacine
A quick recovery from a dangerous situation, and Zoe had the Tasmanian Tiger under control. Zoe has managed to get the exhibit under control and animated, not too sure that she has it stacked properly though.
- Aperture: ƒ/1.8
- Camera: Pixel 3 XL
- Focal length: 4.44mm
- ISO: 48
Zoe and the Gorilla
Next to the Gorilla enclosure in a clump of bamboo is a group of gorilla statues. Zoe seized the photo opportunity!
- Aperture: ƒ/6.3
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- Exposure bias: -7/10EV
- Focal length: 14mm
- ISO: 3200
Gundagai – The Dog On The Tuckerbox
The dog on the tuckerbox at Gundagai. This commemorates the poems, or songs, about the bullock-drivers, bullockies, and the pioneers of inland Australia. It was the bullock drivers that transported goods along mud tracks in all weathers to the early settlers. The bronze dog is the work of Frank Rusconi, a local monumental mason.
- Aperture: ƒ/8
- Camera: PENTAX Optio A20
- Focal length: 7.9mm
- ISO: 64