
Photographer: Robert Whiteley
Shooting subject: Nature, landscape
Equipment: Canon Powershot G9, Canon EOS 5D, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM lens, Canon EF 300mm IS USM lens, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens, Canon Speedlite 420EX flash, Lowepro Mini Trekker AW, Manfrotto 055PROB tripod and RC322 head, Manfrotto 679B and 484RC2 head, Hoya UV, ND8, CP and IR filters.
Brisbane-based Robert Whiteley is a nature and landscape photographer who sees his hometown as the perfect photography location; accessible to beaches, mountains, and a bay of islands bound by the Pacific Ocean.
Beginning to shoot seriously in 2005, he uses photography as an outlet after spending his days in an office dedicated to predominately non-creative tasks. Although preferring his digital SLR for flexibility and creativity, he carried a point-and-shoot camera almost everywhere.
Robert is self taught and prefers to experiment in the field rather than page-turn books. He also prefers to get it right on the camera rather than spend time with Adobe Photoshop.
Since July 21, 2005, Robert has been posting an image a day on his photoblog, Neverhappen.com. The tag line of the site is "Photo daily from Australia, New Zealand and sometimes elsewhere".
Neverhappen.com was the winner of the Oceania division of the Photoblog Awards in 2006 as well as being nominated for Best Australian/New Zealand Photoblog in both the 2006 and 2007 Photobloggies.

Manhattan dusk
Taken from the observation deck of the Empire State Building, mid winter. When you're up 86 floors in the cold, time is of the essence. Tripods are not permitted so this 1-plus second exposure was held by jamming the lens in the viewing fence.
Credit: Robert Whiteley, Never Happen.com
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canberra_photographer
02/04/2008 06:03 PM
Great work. You've invested in some fine equipment and are reaping the benefits. Good equipment coupled with skill, some fine shots here. The competition has closed for this year but you should enter them (if you haven't) into the Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year comp. International exposure and some great price money on offer, three of the macro shots in this gallery would have a good chance.
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