Brisbane POTN: General Ramblings Thread

[Kelsey-Lee]

Thanks Greg and Paul :D

I used a little bit of healing brush, duplicated the layer, gaussian blurred it then used a mask and various brush opacities to paint it on.

No studio lights, but I had a warm light above and the left of my face. :)

[Meaty0]

Thanks Greg and Paul :D

I used a little bit of healing brush, duplicated the layer, gaussian blurred it then used a mask and various brush opacities to paint it on.

No studio lights, but I had a warm light above and the left of my face. :)


You mean you HAVEN'T finished your studio yet? And with all that spare time on your hands ;)

[-Pleiades-]

I'm now a dot com :D

[wakko]

nice one Kelsey-Lee... :)

kinnon, you are? :D

[-Pleiades-]

yep!

www.kinnonbellphotography.com

Just having a play with the website builder now....

[wakko]

www.kinnonbellphotography.com (http://www.kinnonbellphotography.com)

Heheh and here I was typing www.pleiades.com... then .com.au... then kinnon.com then kinnon.com.au :D hahaha

Did you end up hosting in AU? or overseas?

[-Pleiades-]

overseas with godaddy

Seemed to be what everyone recommended.

Just got to figure out this website builder now.... :S

[Nick C.]

Nice portrait, Kelsey.

The business is starting to take shape already, Kinnon. Look forward to seeing that site in the not too distant future.

[-Pleiades-]

Look forward to seeing that site in the not too distant future.

I'm not too sure about the not too distant future..... I've been playing for an hour, getting nowhere and all I'm acheiving is giving myself a headache! :rolleyes:

[-Pleiades-]

I think I'm waaaay out of my league here :cry:

This is going to look so dodgy and crap, even with the website builder. I think I've wasted my money. Should have just paid someone to do it. :cry:

[wakko]

I think I'm waaaay out of my league here :cry:

This is going to look so dodgy and crap, even with the website builder. I think I've wasted my money. Should have just paid someone to do it. :cry:

I have a friend here who owes me money for hosting... he designs stuff for me in return for hosting/sharing my VPS... if you need help, let me know, and I'll see if he has time to whip you up a quick front end

[Greg_C]

Good to see you are moving forward Kinnon, maybe slowing but you'll get there one way or the other. Don't remind me too much how cr@ppy the front end of my Genealogy web site looks. I looked at the blog front end WordPress a few weeks ago but didn't install it.

[wakko]

I have a friend here who owes me money for hosting... he designs stuff for me in return for hosting/sharing my VPS... if you need help, let me know, and I'll see if he has time to whip you up a quick front end

Had a think about this post on the way to work, and kinda think it came out a bit wrong...

I left out a bit at the start sorta along the lines of... you'll get there.. keep playing...

Have you thought of trying a web publishing tool? Makes life very much easier... such as Dreamweaver etc? Much simpler and makes web design a bit like glorified word processing. Applications like MS Word can do it too, but the code that eventuates from the conversion tends to be somewhat messy.

Greg... wordpress is quite nice and very simple to install. I like movable type too for blogging. I was also thinking of creating a blog type site, but found that I wouldn't type much stuff so it defeated the purpose of having a blog as my front end heheh :)

[Greg_C]

Greg... wordpress is quite nice and very simple to install. I like movable type too for blogging. I was also thinking of creating a blog type site, but found that I wouldn't type much stuff so it defeated the purpose of having a blog as my front end heheh :)

That's part of my reason for not doing it yet either. The theme I have on my carlill site is one I designed myself maybe 10yrs ago. Looked ok then, maybe:oops:, but not now. Oh well another item on the things to do list.

[wakko]

That's part of my reason for not doing it yet either. The theme I have on my carlill site is one I designed myself maybe 10yrs ago. Looked ok then, maybe:oops:, but not now. Oh well another item on the things to do list.

Had a quick skim through. Definitely would've looked AWESOME back 10 years ago. It's only because the style of sites has changed so much that our expectations are so much higher.

Just a note that your Family History link on the front page (not the side menu) isn't working... still pointing to your steadyhands place. ;)

Maybe we should have a webdesign workshop at the same time as the workflow workshop :D and everyone can share ideas and design tips :)

[-Pleiades-]

Well about 2am this morning I got the sh*ts with the web builder and ended up doing my home page through microsoft frontpage. Pretty happ with the results, I was able to do what I wanted which was something plain and simple, which the web builder wasn't letting me do.

I tried to up load the file on here so everyone could have a sticky beak but it wouldn't let me upload a htm file. Bugger.

[wakko]

Heh... frontpage works too...

should check out Dreamweaver if you get the chance... :)

Could take a screenie of the front page, and upload it ;) or just up it into a sub directory on your host.

Geez I'm tired :( I should've taken the public holiday today :(

[-Pleiades-]

I think we have dreamweaver somewhere. But I think I'll stick to the "KISS" technique (keep it simple stupid).

For some reason a little while ago all our accesories disappeared like paint and the games. The only way I know how to take a screen shot is by pasting it in paint?

[Kelsey-Lee]

Hehe, I don't use any programs, I do all the coding by hand. Gives me more control and I can do heaps...
Then again, I've got about 4 or so years of experience.

[Meaty0]

Hehehe! A lady from our daughter's old school just rang me, and these were her exact words, "Hey will you come around and shoot my kids some time this afternoon?"

I laughed and said, "Sure, just line 'em all up and make sure they look nice." Save the undertaker time I guess :-D

[wakko]

I think we have dreamweaver somewhere. But I think I'll stick to the "KISS" technique (keep it simple stupid).

For some reason a little while ago all our accesories disappeared like paint and the games. The only way I know how to take a screen shot is by pasting it in paint?

What you could do is do an "Alt-PrintScreen" and then pasting straight into photoshop. That'd work too... but yeah... Definitely KISS is great. Mine are classic examples of this ;) I don't use any server technologies except a tiny bit of php... but even then that's real basic fundamental stuff...

Hehe, I don't use any programs, I do all the coding by hand. Gives me more control and I can do heaps...
Then again, I've got about 4 or so years of experience.

I'm much the same... I remember when I used to work process with tags etc... mmm typesetting... I use dreamweaver for litereally a live preview (using the split set up) and then code in the code section. Just lazy to keep hitting refresh ;) heheh...

Maybe we need an HTML demonstration from Kelsey-Lee :) heheh

Hehehe! A lady from our daughter's old school just rang me, and these were her exact words, "Hey will you come around and shoot my kids some time this afternoon?"

I laughed and said, "Sure, just line 'em all up and make sure they look nice." Save the undertaker time I guess :-D

you should take a toy machine gun with you ;) hehehe

[-spam-]

Just put up some photos i got from the kangaroo point cliffs on saturday night. They can be found here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=3162351#post3162351)

There is more photos from that day in my 24 Hours Of Flickr Set (http://www.flickr.com/photos/-spam-/sets/72157600181921554/) on my flickr.

[catsith]

my god, i leave you guys for a few days, and i have to read pages upon pages of stuff!!
Kinnon, when you have found the best price on the net, ring up photocontinental, tell them what price you found it for, and what can they do it for, and you will get yourself a good bargain. I also think you should go with a proper monitor instead of a laptop. I know greg does his images on the laptop, and they come out very very good, but i won't do mine on my laptop, i use the monitor. In fact, i am going shopping tomorrow for another monitor that i can link to my laptop to do my post processing. I have heard from several places, including kayell labs, that a monitor is better than a laptop. And today is the public holiday, not the 14th.

Well, here is my BIG news!! Home from seqacc,...south east queensland amateur club competition (or something like that). 14 clubs competed (only one person from bcg though, what is with them?) about 1200 entries, with the cutoff for acceptances being about 25-30%. I came home with 8 acceptances, 5 merits, a second place, two first places, and chamption b grade dpi. To say i am over the moon is an understatement, as this is a very big deal at camera club level. paul, justin, kelsey, why didn't you guys enter? You have some very good stuff.

[wakko]

WOW congrats Tina!!! now get posting so we can see what you got for each :) hehehe...

[catsith]

thanks feng, but give me a few minutes!!

[Meaty0]

paul, justin, kelsey, why didn't you guys enter? You have some very good stuff.

Ummm....diorrhea? :D Just kidding. Don't really know much about SEQACC...besides...I'm not real big on competitions.

But you're right about editing on a good monitor Tina. If you can afford it, get an EIZO Coloredge 21. It's a professional standard editing monitor. If you can't stretch to that cost, the next best is the NEC 2190UX. Much less cost.

[wakko]

thanks feng, but give me a few minutes!!

Heheheh... just teasing ;)





(now get posting!!! :D)

[Meaty0]

thanks feng, but give me a few minutes!!

Just post us the winner of B grade dpi.....pleeeeeeez:D

[catsith]

too late, you asked!
i'll just do merits, too many acceptances! you guys have seen all of these anyway i think
this image was canned by the judge at ipswich last month!
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/PBA4305TDweb.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/PBC4305TDweb.jpg

[catsith]

first place and champion!
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/birds%202006/CBB4305TDweb.jpg


another first place
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/birds%202006/IMG_0093psframe2web.jpg

merit
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/birds%202006/_MG_3266tpsframeweb.jpg

[catsith]

merit
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/flowers%2006/_MG_3686tcropframeweb.jpg

second
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/flowers%202007/IMG_2874crweb.jpg

merit

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/birds%202007/IMG_2598web.jpg

i think that's it, it'll do anyway!

[catsith]

actually, that last shot of the grebes is an old version, the comp one is better.
not shooting the parade today paul?

[wakko]

ah i love that eagle one... in fact, I love all the shots... :) and the duckies are just soooo fluffy :)

[Greg_C]

Congrats on the comp results Tina. I think I have a twin of the eagle image, mmm wonder where you got that one;)

[PeacePlanet]

Congrats TIna... Congratulations .. and celebrations ... I love eagles and ur eagle rocks ... Tina, you mentioned Photocontinental ... are they selling high end products only ? how about filters and stuff .. nothing on the website ....

Feng, I live in Toowong ... thanks for the offer ... I am not too worried at present ... I might take you up on that one day ...

[wakko]

Feng, I live in Toowong ... thanks for the offer ... I am not too worried at present ... I might take you up on that one day ...

Hahhahah I'm SURE you told me that the first time you asked... /me slaps his forgetful forehead :)

Yeah no problems either way...

[PeacePlanet]

Be gentle with ur forehead ... I might be using its power yet at some stage LOL ...

[wakko]

Hahah yeah that could be why I'm forgetting a bit more now...

How was/is everyone's day off (cept those like me who are working :( )

[Greg_C]

I got my first Dragonfly in flight (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=3163776#post3163776)this arvo. ;) ;) I had a little assistance.;) ;)

[Meaty0]

I spent the whole day/weekend processing the shots from a formal that Greg and I photographed :-( Just finished the AV presentation of it now...and just in time for a Stella Artois before I drop it off to the girl concerned.

[Greg_C]

Had a quick skim through. Definitely would've looked AWESOME back 10 years ago. It's only because the style of sites has changed so much that our expectations are so much higher.

Just a note that your Family History link on the front page (not the side menu) isn't working... still pointing to your steadyhands place. ;)

Maybe we should have a webdesign workshop at the same time as the workflow workshop :D and everyone can share ideas and design tips :)

Don't know about awesome, maybe just ok-ish. Fixed that dead link, thanks. Don't look to me for this - I'm a hack when it comes to web pages.

[wakko]

Don't know about awesome, maybe just ok-ish. Fixed that dead link, thanks. Don't look to me for this - I'm a hack when it comes to web pages.

I guess effective websites don't necessarily have to be "Flash"... they can just be effective by being simple to navigate, nice blend in colours... effectively serving the purpose... don't need the "WOW" factor to be effective :)

[catsith]

al, photocontinental have a fair bit of stuff, i just find i get a better price if i look on the net first. They do have high end gear, i don't think they too much cheap stuff per se. I don't really know. I got my camera bag from there, they had a very good range. a friend of mine had an issue with a lens he bought from them, it was swapped without any problems. and they do sell filters etc

haha greg, had you entered your eagle, it probably would have won!

[Carjo]

Oh my I had a big weekend.

Saturday

Work. No photos (naturally ;))
Buddha Birthday Festival - 32 photos (incl. fireworks). Had to buy some sticky tape to keep the camera on my tripod as I left the head at home. My, that was fun. :p

Sunday

Cameraholics Fair. Only stayed for half an hour - lots of good stuff but nothing there for my EOS film camera (all available lenses weren't for EF systems). There were some good-looking Leicas but for $600 minus the lens...
Train Show - 15 photos. Gave my telephoto a good workout.
Buddhist B'day Festival Lion Dance - 3 photos
Caxton St "Seafood" Festival - Saw Little Birdy play live. Didn't take any shots as I was too far back, the stage was too low and everybody else seemed to be taller than I am. I left when they finished their set.

Today

Train Show - 31 photos - 14 from one layout and 9 from another. Both of these layouts had interesting features and viewpoints which given the right moment and locomotive would make for a extremely good shot. Let's hope they turn out as good as I think they are :p
Labour Day March - 13 photos. I have my own special vantage point where you can get shots from a good angle, above the fence and without having to leave the train show pavillion. :p

I was told by a fellow QSMEE member how to push film - a technique I had heard about and that I want to try, and he's going to photocopy his manual of a similar model (a EOS 300) as mine didn't come with a manual when I bought it.

All in all it was a good weekend, the only downside being Caxton St - and the fact that I feel exhausted :p When's the Ekka? :p

[Greg_C]

I guess effective websites don't necessarily have to be "Flash"... they can just be effective by being simple to navigate, nice blend in colours... effectively serving the purpose... don't need the "WOW" factor to be effective :)
Yes, too true. I got into the web as a part of my other hobbie, Genealogy. Web sites are a great way to share your family history and it's surprising the number of unknown distant relations that find me from my web site. It's strange but my genie web site is usually targeted at a much older audience. I've always been a bit of an old one out when it come to Genealogy:oops: research, it's mostly done my retirees.

I've been into for almost 20yrs, well on and off at least. Haven't done as much active research in the last few years since the kids came along and now I'm back into the photography thing again. It's a hobby that the advent of the web has made a huge difference too.

haha greg, had you entered your eagle, it probably would have won!

Honestly it wouldn't have Tina, though the head shot is amost identical yours has a much nicer Bokeh, just a slightly different angle can make a world of difference.

[wakko]

Wow Rob.. you had a full on weekend :)

[Carjo]

Wow Rob.. you had a full on weekend :)

Yeah... it's a bit of a blur but it was worth it. :p I'm hoping it pays off with some decent shots when I get the prints back :)

[-spam-]

You certainly did have a busy weekend. I suppose i did too,

Saturday - 24 Hours of Flickr meet up. Was at south bank, west end, kangaroo point and eagle street from 10-6:30. Walked between each spot.

Sunday- Cameraholics Camera fair. Spent all morning here and came home with THESE (http://www.flickr.com/photos/-spam-/487615783/in/set-72157600186641425/)

Today- Out to archerfield go kart track to try some panning for most of the day.


What did everyone else get up to?

[catsith]

goodness spam, that sure is an old camera. Hope you find some film, and have fun shooting.

[HelenThura]

Spam and Rob, sounds like you both had a fun filled weekend. Big Big Congrats Tina for that swag of awards you picked up.

Anyone up for a Kangaroo Pt photo night one Monday or Tuesday night? (I normally work Mon nights but can change it if needed). After looking at some sunset/magic light photos recently I want to get out and have some fun.

[-spam-]

Id definitely be in for it, if i can talk my dad into taking me.

As far as the 2 cameras i got, the black one is easy to get film for (it just takes 120 medium format film) the other one however takes 127 film which most places stopped making a few years back. But i know someone who can hook me up with all of the film i want :D

[Carjo]

...But i know someone who can hook me up with all of the film i want :D

Ok then... spill? :p

[wakko]

Anyone up for a Kangaroo Pt photo night one Monday or Tuesday night? (I normally work Mon nights but can change it if needed). After looking at some sunset/magic light photos recently I want to get out and have some fun.

That's a great idea Helen. I work normal hours out in Wacol, but could finish early to go for a trek... :)

Count me in, but remind me closer to whatever date is decided... as Tina knows, I'm damn forgetful :) heh... should borrow my friend's 10-22.

[Greg_C]

Anyone up for a Kangaroo Pt photo night one Monday or Tuesday night? (I normally work Mon nights but can change it if needed). After looking at some sunset/magic light photos recently I want to get out and have some fun.
I'm keen, but will depend on the actual date.

[Greg_C]

Some of you may have seen this shot before. I took this back in October last year and it suddenly has a whole new level of meaning. My grandfather depicted here in this shot passed away today. Even back then I was (and still am) immensely pleased I took this. It was a candid I snapped during a family BBQ and I managed to catch the essence I how I remember him. My only regret is that I was going to take some shots of him and my grandmother together this Mothers day. So don't put off those family shots. We shared an interest in photography and he still had all of his Ricoh 35mm gear. He was 2mths shy of 85.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image19185.jpg

[::John::]

Fantastic photo - sad reason for posting it. Greg - that is a terrific 'memorial'.

[Meaty0]

Spam and Rob, sounds like you both had a fun filled weekend. Big Big Congrats Tina for that swag of awards you picked up.

Anyone up for a Kangaroo Pt photo night one Monday or Tuesday night? (I normally work Mon nights but can change it if needed). After looking at some sunset/magic light photos recently I want to get out and have some fun.

I REEEALLLY like this idea. But I'll be away from the 12 to the 22nd so I might miss it.:(:(:(

[Meaty0]

Some of you may have seen this shot before. I took this back in October last year and it suddenly has a whole new level of meaning. My grandfather depicted here in this shot passed away today. Even back then I was (and still am) immensely pleased I took this. It was a candid I snapped during a family BBQ and I managed to catch the essence I how I remember him. My only regret is that I was going to take some shots of him and my grandmother together this Mothers day. So don't put off those family shots. We shared an interest in photography and he still had all of his Ricoh 35mm gear. He was 2mths shy of 85.

:cry: :cry: :cry:


Very sad Greg. It's not just there company you miss but the experience and wisdom they take with them. Coincidentally, my favourite brother-in-law died this morning after a battle with cancer. It was his son's wedding I went to in Coffs Harbour a few weeks back.

[Greg_C]

thanks guys,

Paul, I remember you mentioning this a few weeks ago. My thoughts go out to you and your family.

[wakko]

oh greg :( sorry to hear that mate. great shot, and hope you captured many happy memories.

[wakko]

sorry to hear your news too paul.

[catsith]

sorry for your news greg and paul. I never had grandparents so to speak, as my family emigrated here before i was born, and the grandparents that were still alive stayed in holland. I wish i had grown up with grandparents.

Helen, count me in, but i am only free on mondays,(tuesday nite club nites) and i know bcg meets on mondays, paul, justin and kelsey go there. I can miss the first tuesday of the month though.

i have a sandisk ultra2 4gig card for sale, $80 if anyone is interested. pm me.

[wakko]

ok
first tuesday of the month it is then :D can't not have paul, justin and kelsey... (haven't met justin yet ;))

spam... if you need a ride, where are you? (if your dad isn't going)

[kendickson]

Greg and Paul,

Sorry to hear the bad news for both your families.

My condolences to both of you.

Ken

[HelenThura]

Greg and Paul, my condolences to the both of you as well, always hard to loose a family member.

Night meet - June 5th then?

[Meaty0]

Thanks all. But while Tommo was my favourite B-in-law, I'm glad he's gone 'cos he's suffered enough...but I will miss the animated discussions on who the best Rugby League team is :-D

[Meaty0]

Greg and Paul, my condolences to the both of you as well, always hard to loose a family member.

Night meet - June 5th then?

Can't go on June 5th, because Brisbane Camera Group meet that night (Tina wasn't quite correct I'm affraid.) I can go on the Monday night.

[wakko]

Understand where you're coming from Paul.

Maybe we need to reschedule. ;)

[PeacePlanet]

Sorry to hear bout your loss Paul and Greg. Be comforted that they have gone to better place where photography might just happen in the blink of the eye (maybe).

Peace to you and your family left behind ...

[Kelsey-Lee]

Sorry to for your losses Paul and Greg. Thoughts to you and your families...

My Grandfather died from lung cancer when I was 6, so I never really had one.

[Kelsey-Lee]

ok
first tuesday of the month it is then can't not have paul, justin and kelsey... (haven't met justin yet )

spam... if you need a ride, where are you? (if your dad isn't going)

<blonde moment> What's happening again? </blonde moment>

[wakko]

<blonde moment> What's happening again? </blonde moment>

WOOHOO!!!!!!!!! it's not just me! :D

/me runs and hides :|

[Carjo]

@ K-L and Feng: The following is from post no. 1550, which Helen posted yesterday. It kind of shows how far this thread goes in a day ;)

Spam and Rob, sounds like you both had a fun filled weekend. Big Big Congrats Tina for that swag of awards you picked up.

Anyone up for a Kangaroo Pt photo night one Monday or Tuesday night? (I normally work Mon nights but can change it if needed). After looking at some sunset/magic light photos recently I want to get out and have some fun.

[catsith]

woops, my bad, for some reason i thought bcg met on monday nites. They must do sometime, because it is in my diary somewhere for a monday night. And, of course, my blonde moment too, because kelsey gave her talk, and it was a tuesday night, and i couldn't go!

[wakko]

@carjo : I knew what it was hahahaha :D I was the one who 2nd'ed it straight after ;) but I usually am the one to forget :)

[Nick C.]

Greg and Paul, I know I'm a bit behind the others but allow me to extend my condolences to both you and your families as well.

[justin carpenter]

Greg and Paul, I'm also a bit behind aswell. Sorry to hear the bad news, my condolences to both of you and your families.

[justin carpenter]

Can someone enlighten me on upcoming outings (What,when and where) ? So I can update the first page..that way we won't have to go through pages and pages to find out :lol:

[Greg_C]

Thanks for the support folks.

Mmm what are we doing. 3rd June is Photoshop etc talk at Moorooka, we also never finalised an Oz Zoo trip, was to be for 19 or 20 May. I remember Paul and Ken are in NZ, Tina wasn't going, other than that my memory is soft and spongy.

I'm double booked for that Tuesday night as it is now. Oh well.

[Kelsey-Lee]

Going to Dreamworld for Physics excursion tomorrow. Awesome funness.

I'm definitely up for Kangaroo Point. :D Dad and I go there often for rock climbing.

[Greg_C]

Going to Dreamworld for Physics excursion tomorrow. Awesome funness.
Don't forget your calculator!!;)

[wakko]

Thanks for the support folks.

Mmm what are we doing. 3rd June is Photoshop etc talk at Moorooka, we also never finalised an Oz Zoo trip, was to be for 19 or 20 May. I remember Paul and Ken are in NZ, Tina wasn't going, other than that my memory is soft and spongy.

I'm double booked for that Tuesday night as it is now. Oh well.

I doubt I can make it to Oz Zoo... been earlier this month when friends came from NZ. Haven't had a chance to PP.

[-Pleiades-]

I'm behind the times also. Really sorry to hear about your family Greg and Paul, my condolences.

[-Pleiades-]

Well I'm back after being out of action for a couple of days and I had like 5 pages to catch up on.

I'm out for the oz trip and probably the kangaroo point one as well. But I'd love to go to the photoshop tut. Does elements count? :P But I wont say a definate yes as of about 6pm tomorrow I will be unemployed :D:D:D and not sure what money will be like. But I do have a job interview on friday so fingers crossed!

[wakko]

ooo good luck for the interview on Friday Kinnon ;)

[Carjo]

Uhm... I checked the first page of this thread. There weren't any details... do you mean the other events thread (the drought/Australia zoo one)?

I thought I'd have a read of the earlier posts on this thread before I came along. I found two things of note:

I was out your way late yesterday --- we had a blow up of the little transformer that supplies just the substation and a small part of the shops. I was out the there to sus out the replacement.

You were referring to Paul, I think. Greg, I recall the odd mention of standby shifts. Do you by any chance work for Energex?

Don't worry about shooting film, I started off with a 3000n and its a great camera.

I also recalled someone saying they had one after I had posted the first time. I'm after a copy or even a short loan of a manual - is there any chance you'd still have it? =)

[Greg_C]

[quote=Carjo;3177155]You were referring to Paul, I think. Greg, I recall the odd mention of standby shifts. Do you by any chance work for Energex?[quote]

Yep, for more than 20yrs, sad hey. Na, great place to work. I am rostered 1 in 5 during the storm season to assist at our control centre when storms hit. Was a very quiet storm season this year, 2 calls. Normally I do electrical design work, designing the circuitry in the large substations you see around the place.

[Nick C.]

Going to Dreamworld for Physics excursion tomorrow. Awesome funness.
I remember when I went to Dreamworld for Physics. Can't say I learnt a lot but who's going to complain? :)

What do people think about somewhere like that for a meet sometime? Dreamworld, Seaworld, etc?

But I do have a job interview on friday so fingers crossed!
Good luck! Are we privy to what sort of job you're looking for?

[wakko]

I'd love to visit sea world again with my camera... last visit was with a nikon SQ (sucky quality!)...

[HelenThura]

I also recalled someone saying they had one after I had posted the first time. I'm after a copy or even a short loan of a manual - is there any chance you'd still have it? =)

Canon Manuals (http://www3.canon.de/pro/bda/fot/eos/) - Rob that is a link to Canon Germany to a page they have of manuals. Just make sure you pick the files with ENG in them unless you are also rough and ready in German.

[iGerard]

Hi folks, just discovered this thread! I'll keep an eye on it for upcoming outings. I mostly do motorsports photography, but am always keen to try other 'types'. Landscape and wildlife are also keen areas of interest. I've been wanting to get up to O'Reilly's for far too long, so maybe that could be something we might organise one day!

I'm on the northside - Aspley.

cheers

Gerard

[Greg_C]

Hi Gerard, welcome to our little part of POTN. Of course you have read all 106 preceding pages of this haven't you?;) I love O'Reilly's, the birds up there are amazing, as are some of the views. If you check here and in the Aussie thread you'll see there are some subliminal influences around that cause people to lust after more photography gear. Better watch out!!

Speaking of birds;) I've just posted a couple of shots here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=3182181#post3182181). I guess this is going to just reinforce some peoples view about those subliminal influences.

[catsith]

welcome gerard. Do you belong to the aspley camera club?

[wakko]

Hi Gerard. Welcome aboard.... I've said this once, and I'll say it again... watch out for the bad influence people ;) hehehe

[iGerard]

Hi guys, thanks for the welcome.

I haven't quite read through the 106 pages just yet ;) I will keep an eye on the aussie thread as well though. There certainly do seem to be many bad influences around here! :)

catsith, no I'm not in the Aspley camera club. My father is quite active in the club, and he certainly enjoys it. I should investigate it further...

[Carjo]

@ Greg - How bizarre. My dad has been at Energex for something near or above 25 years (i think). He does standby too, though more on mobile generators and such. He's on standby quite often, not just in storm season though. When he's not doing that I think he does EWP (and other vehichle/machinery) electrical testing. Or at least that's where I think he is... ;) Which depot/workshop/place (I've forgotten the correct term) do you work at?

@Helen - The 3000N manual is only in German (AFAIK), but the 3000V one told me all I should need to know. Thanks for the link. :)

[Greg_C]

@ Greg - How bizarre. My dad has been at Energex for something near or above 25 years (i think). He does standby too, though more on mobile generators and such. He's on standby quite often, not just in storm season though. When he's not doing that I think he does EWP (and other vehicle/machinery) electrical testing. Or at least that's where I think he is... ;) Which depot/workshop/place (I've forgotten the correct term) do you work at?


Ahh, your dad works out of Banyo then? I'm in the head office in Charlotte St these days. Been in the city for the last 10yrs, before that I worked out of the Valley Substations depot and left them just a few months before they relocated. I did notice a familiar face on the track day, I'm now guessing this is your dad.

[Carjo]

Banyo sounds familar... so yeah he must be :p Well, if who you're thinking of was driving the orange and green loco (the same one I was) then yeah... that's him. :lol:

[Kelsey-Lee]

@Helen - The 3000N manual is only in German (AFAIK), but the 3000V one told me all I should need to know. Thanks for the link.

I could always translate it for you. lol. :D

[wakko]

Is a 3000N better than a 50E? If not, do you want to have a play with my 50E (which I never use). I have the manual for that too ;) hehehe

[Meaty0]

Hey I just finished another image from ANZAC day. This guy had an interesting face...

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/9435/anzacdaymarch0762zt6.jpg

[wakko]

that's a great pic Paul... and love the conversion...

[Nick C.]

Agreed. I like that one a lot!

[Carjo]

Seeing Paul's latest ANZAC Day photo reminded me of something I've been meaning to do :p

The links point to Photobucket - I don't think I'll post them here on a separate thread.

A balloon going along the Brisbane River (taken before the March) (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/Carjo_3000/potn17.jpg)

A candid taken whist at the Marshalling area (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/Carjo_3000/potn18.jpg)

ANZAC March 1 (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/Carjo_3000/potn19.jpg)

ANZAC March 2 (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/Carjo_3000/potn20.jpg)

ANZAC March 3 (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/Carjo_3000/potn21.jpg)

ANZAC March 4 (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/Carjo_3000/potn22.jpg)

ANZAC March 5 (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/Carjo_3000/potn23.jpg)

ANZAC March 6 (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/Carjo_3000/potn24.jpg) (My personal favourite)

The first 5 were made with Kodak Portra 400VC, the last three were made with Kodak BW400CN. Because BW400CN is C-41 (not true monochrome), they have a green tinge to them, which was fixed using Fred Hunt's method of converting to monochrome (basically, using only one colour channel instead of all three).

[Meaty0]

Very nice conversion in the last one. Fred's a cluey guy isn't he? I wonder how many B&W conversion methods there are?

[HelenThura]

Is a 3000N better than a 50E? If not, do you want to have a play with my 50E (which I never use). I have the manual for that too ;) hehehe

Lol I can go one better than that. I have a 5 sitting round here if you are interested.
I would use it more often but I already have a handful of rolls sitting here waiting to be developed. Need to make a trip over to PC's soon - unless anyone knows of a decent e6 processor on the northside/city that isn't super expensive?

[wakko]

hahah Helen... yeah friend has a EOS5 sitting around too. I doubt i'd ever use my 50E anymore, but i can't really sell it due to sentimental reasons... and for the fact I'd get like stuff all for it ;)

[HelenThura]

Lol Feng, for film I actually had my brothers' 300 which he gave to me when he got a 300d. I loved that machine. I then picked up the 5 probably 5mths ago, I am still on my first roll through it and damm if the 5d is anything like the 5 I will love the 5d!. If only I could put some digital film through the 5, it is one gorgeous camera.

[catsith]

helen, got your pm, will catch up with you.
lovely shot paul, I hope you are entering some of them in people, especially interclub coming up.

[Greg_C]

Mmm, I have 2x Canon T70's sitting around, one of which is the first SLR I bought (1988 ), both have issues. Also have a small, yes I do mean small, collection of FD lenses. I also have a EOS IX (go on, look it up!!) floating around.

Phew, what a day yesterday, grandfather's funeral and all that. The photo I posted earlier featured prominently during the service and I received comments from all of my cousins, aunts and uncles about how much it encapsulated how they remembered him. Makes me feel even better about that shot.

Got to catch up with my all of my cousins. We don't often all get together in the one place these days. Also found a few new models;), this is my cousins boy. That whole side of the family has those big blue eyes.

No.1
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image21118.jpg


No.2
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image21119.jpg

[PeacePlanet]

Cute boy with big blue eyes ... did you ask for the boy's permission for posting ? :d hehhehe

I am sure most of you would be out and about ...

Have a great weekend ...

[wakko]

Greg. Good to know the extended family can appreciate the shot.

Love your cousin's boy's blue eyes... very cute :)

[wakko]

Anything planned this weekend Alexson?

Everyone else?

I wish my contax converter would hurry up and arrive! :( i want to play with my new lens! :(

[Greg_C]

I wish my contax converter would hurry up and arrive! :( i want to play with my new lens! :(

I hate waiting!!. Just to rub it in. I am playing with the new lens.:p A dragonfly (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=3192347#post3192347) with the new 180.

Did the soccer thing this morning with Aaron. Tomorrow is a family gathering for mothers day. Probably a chance for some people shots and to sus out my sisters garden for macro shots.

[wakko]

oh that's not very nice Greg! :) hehehe.... I can't believe the email from the supplier said 2-4 weeks!!! I almost shat my pants :(

Hopefully it comes soon... have the lens already... it's so well made...

[Greg_C]

oh that's not very nice Greg! :) hehehe.... I can't believe the email from the supplier said 2-4 weeks!!! I almost shat my pants :(

Hopefully it comes soon... have the lens already... it's so well made...
My reflector diffuser arrived finally this week also, took 2 1/2 weeks to get here, I was starting to worry. It's a nice size though, folded it's the size of my open hand so it's easy to cart with me for macro stuff. How long ago did you order it?

[wakko]

I ordered it 1/5/07, but they said out of stock... *GRRRR*

It was then shipped according to their email on 9/5/07. And the email said 2-4 weeks :( and that's via USPS Air Mail.

Didn't know air mail took that long :(

[PeacePlanet]

Anything planned this weekend Alexson?

Everyone else?

I wish my contax converter would hurry up and arrive! :( i want to play with my new lens! :(

Just came back ...


I did my errands of food shopping LOL. And again ... I do not leave my camera alone of course.

So, I took pictures of old but beautiful buildings. I went the St John's Cathedral again. Isnt it a beauty ... so stunning inside ...

Why dont we all make houses like that LOL ... No need to go out anymore

I also experimented with white balance and exposure settings. Being a noob, I am just doing the trial and error things at the moment ....

I was planning to try night/sunset photography of the bridge but I was caught up with the shopping. My timing wasnt good. I forget Winter's nights come too early ... Hence, I have to wait for another time. Maybe an old kinda thing, compare the sunrise and sunset pics of the bridge. Not sure I can manage at the moment though ...

What have u been up to ? Tomorrow is a quite at home kinda thing ... but been waiting for caccoon of my caterpillar to hatch ... if I have not disturbed it often enough to stress him/her so it would not come out ever. I read somewhere some might stay until Spring ? what that long ???

Hope it does not wait for that long ... it seems to turn brown and brittle enough to come out soon though ...

Feng, hope yours have been great like everyone else too ... enjoy tomorrow ... you might bring your Mum a nice big of your most favourite photo perhaps ???

[PeacePlanet]

I ordered it 1/5/07, but they said out of stock... *GRRRR*

It was then shipped according to their email on 9/5/07. And the email said 2-4 weeks :( and that's via USPS Air Mail.

Didn't know air mail took that long :(

I am also not patient to wait for my adapter and macro lens orders. Hopefully, next week I would get my second adapter, macro might have to wait a bit longer I think.

I think what is long is the custom. Items got held at custom for checking etc.

You might be surprised to get it early ... they might give you the least favourable time LOL.

Hope you get it before you expect it.

Cheers

[Kelsey-Lee]

Howdy all,

Haven't been able to do much this weekend, as I've been at the Andy Cross Photoshop Workshop.
Definitely broadening my knowledge of Photoshop, at least a little bit. Alot of work with Channels and Selections. There are thousands of birds around throughout the day too, so I'm definitely taking my camera tomorrow.
Oh, and it is officially my camera now. :D Finally bought it off Dad... Yay! No more sharing. :p Except now I'm broke...

What's the news on the Kangaroo Point outing?

Sadly I'm missing the Mother's Day Family Picnic due to attending the workshop. Would have been nice to get some photos all together...
Hope all your Mother's Days are enjoyable!

Cheers,
KL

[HelenThura]

anyone who is up for it, I am going to head over to the mouth of Kedron Brook at Nudgee Beach (http://maps.google.com/maps?sll=-27.351186,153.101778&sspn=0.053365,0.080338&ie=UTF8&ll=-27.34745,153.105555&spn=0.053367,0.080338&t=h&z=14&iwloc=addr&om=1) and/or the wetlands in the morning. I plan on been there round 6ish. Late notice but since some mullet decided to punch a nice big hole in my bike tyre today whilst I was at work I won't be going for my usual ride :( If you are up for it send me a pm for my mobile number.

[PeacePlanet]

anyone who is up for it, I am going to head over to the mouth of Kedron Brook at Nudgee Beach (http://maps.google.com/maps?sll=-27.351186,153.101778&sspn=0.053365,0.080338&ie=UTF8&ll=-27.34745,153.105555&spn=0.053367,0.080338&t=h&z=14&iwloc=addr&om=1) and/or the wetlands in the morning. I plan on been there round 6ish. Late notice but since some mullet decided to punch a nice big hole in my bike tyre today whilst I was at work I won't be going for my usual ride :( If you are up for it send me a pm for my mobile number.


Err, what ???? 6 am in Winter ??? Hmmmm I think my bed is too cold and needs my warmth LOL.

Sorry to hear about your bike ... some delinquent(S)...

Hope you have a great day tomorrow ...

[Kelsey-Lee]

Another little self potrait...

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b208/Loquaci/MEEE.jpg

For some reason I seem to like the low saturation.

[Greg_C]

Howdy all,

Haven't been able to do much this weekend, as I've been at the Andy Cross Photoshop Workshop.
Definitely broadening my knowledge of Photoshop, at least a little bit. Alot of work with Channels and Selections.
This is cool, you can do so much with Channels, especially when you start to use them as an aid to selection and layer masks.

Oh, and it is officially my camera now. :D Finally bought it off Dad... Yay! No more sharing. :p Except now I'm broke... Cheers, KL

Congrats, firstly on setting the goal and achieving it, and secondly on getting the camera. Does that mean now dad has bough/will be buying his new one? Get used to being broke:D;), it seems to be part of life. You cycle between having the money in the bank, but tucked away for something, to it being spent on something or other. Nice work on the self portrait.

[Greg_C]

anyone who is up for it, I am going to head over to the mouth of Kedron Brook at Nudgee Beach (http://maps.google.com/maps?sll=-27.351186,153.101778&sspn=0.053365,0.080338&ie=UTF8&ll=-27.34745,153.105555&spn=0.053367,0.080338&t=h&z=14&iwloc=addr&om=1) and/or the wetlands in the morning. I plan on been there round 6ish. Late notice but since some mullet decided to punch a nice big hole in my bike tyre today whilst I was at work I won't be going for my usual ride :( If you are up for it send me a pm for my mobile number.
Normally I'd be in on this but I went to bed REAL early last night, so I'm just seeing this now. Plus it's raining, plus its mothers day - got to stay in the good books, plus last time I went it took weeks to get over the mozzie bits and I had spray on - just not in the right places. :oops:

Is that enough exceses for you?:p Sorry about the bike.

[HelenThura]

Congrats on now owning the camera Kelsey! I did the same thing with my Mum when I got my 350d. Though she never used it just owned a percentage of it.

Had a nice morning out at the beach and have scoped out a few spots I want to go back to when it is clearer.

[HelenThura]

Normally I'd be in on this but I went to bed REAL early last night, so I'm just seeing this now. Plus it's raining, plus its mothers day - got to stay in the good books, plus last time I went it took weeks to get over the mozzie bits and I had spray on - just not in the right places. :oops:

Is that enough exceses for you?:p Sorry about the bike.

Lol Greg, I don't have that problem, my mum is currently somewhere west of Birdsville and will be for another 10 days. The funny thing is there was no mozzies for once and it didn't start raining till I was on the road home.

Have a good Mother's day

[Meaty0]

Hey everybody,

I made it to NZ in one piece. Everything people have said to me about how photogenic Queenstown and surrounds are, is absolutely true. It's a photographer's paradise.

Here's the view from our hotel (well across the street anyway)...

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5941/hotelviewsx3.jpg

I hope it comes out okay. I had to process it on this dinky little laptop of mine and the monitor is less than perfect.

[Meaty0]

Hey Kelsey Lee. Congratulations on getting your own camera! What's Dad going to use? I mean he's got the 580ex and the tripod after all.

[catsith]

where did the time go? i cleanly forgot your trip is here already paul! I am sooo jealous, but canada will be justification enough for not going (and my splurge on getting the macro lens on top of the 100-400!) The picture came out very well, and we hope to see lots of them by the time u get home. Have a marvellous time, and share your knowledge with us on the workshop day on 3rd june. In fact, you should do an AV on your trip to show on the day, (you could then enter that in interclub).

kels, nice shot

helen, sorry i didn't get to read your post, or i would have been there, i like the nudgee beach area. Next time you have late notice, give me a ring.

alexson, winter?? cold?? dear god, it has only dropped a few degrees, winter isn't here yet, and winter mornings are the best for photography!! Good photographers get up early, sleep during the day, and shoot late!:lol:

[PeacePlanet]

where did the time go? i cleanly forgot your trip is here already paul! I am sooo jealous, but canada will be justification enough for not going (and my splurge on getting the macro lens on top of the 100-400!) The picture came out very well, and we hope to see lots of them by the time u get home. Have a marvellous time, and share your knowledge with us on the workshop day on 3rd june. In fact, you should do an AV on your trip to show on the day, (you could then enter that in interclub).

kels, nice shot

helen, sorry i didn't get to read your post, or i would have been there, i like the nudgee beach area. Next time you have late notice, give me a ring.

alexson, winter?? cold?? dear god, it has only dropped a few degrees, winter isn't here yet, and winter mornings are the best for photography!! Good photographers get up early, sleep during the day, and shoot late!:lol:


I have thin frame and skin .. so a bit of drop in temperature freaks me out :D LOL.

Thanks for reminding me about best times to take photos though.

Wonder what would make us become, sleep during the day and active when it is darkish ... :D

[PeacePlanet]

Hey everybody,

I made it to NZ in one piece. Everything people have said to me about how photogenic Queenstown and surrounds are, is absolutely true. It's a photographer's paradise.

Here's the view from our hotel (well across the street anyway)...

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5941/hotelviewsx3.jpg

I hope it comes out okay. I had to process it on this dinky little laptop of mine and the monitor is less than perfect.


I surely love the serene look of this picture. Great stuff ! Need to prepare for myself for NZ trip too.

Thanks
AL

[PeacePlanet]

Another little self potrait...

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b208/Loquaci/MEEE.jpg

For some reason I seem to like the low saturation.


Great portrait ... :D

Thanks for showing yourself :D
Isnt it great to own something ... after a bit of wait ??? Nice feeling ...

[lycan]

http://image-cache.boostcruising.com/database/members/files/SITH120070504224536pslfile1_orig.jpg

Here was a photo i took a week ago at Mt Coot-tha look out. It is a first try at HRD.

[wakko]

great shots everyone...

kelsey.. nice self portrait.
paul.. great NZ shot... helen and I are thinking of popping down to the south island when we go home for Christmas!!! can't wait to go home for a holiday *sigh*...

[Nick C.]

Helen, if it weren't for work I would've come along just for a bit of a walk.

Kelsey, nice portrait - I'm a bit of a fan of the washed-out look in some photos too.

Lovely shot, Paul. I didn't realise the trip was so soon either. Hope to see plenty from you upon your return (or sooner).

I like the cityscape, Luke. Very colourful. How many exposures did you use?

[Greg_C]

Great shot Paul, have fun over there.

Nice work also Luke.

[catsith]

nice shot luke. It is a little blown out in areas though, maybe another try at hdr so it is a little darker?

[-Pleiades-]

I made the hugest impulse buy on friday...... I bought a laptop! I went into the shop and it was just sitting there waiting for me, exacly what I wanted and for the price I wanted!

I've only just got the internet working on it and I've been able to look at some of my photos on photobucket and also look at the people's photos on here and all I can say is wow!

I've only just realised how crap my old monitor really is. I knew it was bad, but not THAT bad. So now my next purchase is going to be a monitor for my comp!

[Greg_C]

ooooh, nice Kinnon. How's the web site going?

[-Pleiades-]

Uploaded it today. Noticed a few mistakes that I'll have to fix up and I also had a problem with godaddy so there's a huge advertising banner above my site that I will have to get rid of.

It didn't turn out too badly. Nice and simple. When I'm actually making money out of my photography I'll pay someone to make me a decent one!

[-Pleiades-]

For some reason the message before posted twice....so just ignore this one

[wakko]

nice impulse :D sounds like something I'd do ;) hahahah

um... i quite like the front look of your site... clean cut...

thing I don't like is the ad at the top :( I realise it's free. I can offer you hosting on my vps if you like (and don't do too much throughput ;)) Flick me a PM if you're interested... and anyone else in BNE POTN.

edit: just saw your post... what was the problem with GoDaddy? Do they usually offer free hosting bannerless?

[-Pleiades-]

Welll....what's happened with godaddy is when I got the package ($180 aus worth) I got the website builder with it but I couldn't do what I wanted to do so I just built my own through front page. When I went to upload it it said In couldn't because I was using the website builder.

I deleted the website builder from my account so i could upload what I want but it ended up deleting my whole account. So that's why it says I'm hosting it for free, even though I have already paid to have it hosted for 12 months.

So I've sent an e-mail to the tech team at godaddy and hopefully they'll be able to reinstate my account, otherwise that was one expensive mistake

[wakko]

Oh I didn't realise you were paying that sorta money for hosting... otherwise I would've got you to just rego your domain and chuck it on my vps while you're developing it... until you're ready.... Drat!

anyways... either way... hope you get it sorted with godaddy... and if they can't sort it (which I doubt... they're pretty good), then flick me a PM, and I'll hook you into my VPS... so you can just upload what you've created in FP, and redirect your domain over to my vps... that way... for you won't lose out for your money ;)

[-Pleiades-]

Cheers, thanks for that Feng. Hopefull godaddy can sort me out :S

[-spam-]

Kinnon, hope you get the site sorted soon.

I just made a thread over HERE (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=3197672#post3197672) containing a set of black and whites i took of the story bridge the other weekend. hopefully ill be able to get back out and re do it with the yashica and some 120 black and white film.

[PeacePlanet]

Lycan ... stunning colour there :D

Thanks for sharing ...

[-spam-]

http://image-cache.boostcruising.com/database/members/files/SITH120070504224536pslfile1_orig.jpg

Here was a photo i took a week ago at Mt Coot-tha look out. It is a first try at HRD.

Good job, just shooting the city at night from there when you are after a normal shot is pretty difficult. This (http://www.flickr.com/photos/-spam-/377378371/in/set-72157600203664206/) was my best attempt.

[-Pleiades-]

Rightio, well I've heard back from godaddy and they've actually been really helpful.

The fellow I 'spoke' to said he was going to contact the credit department to see if he can refund my money. That's a lot better than what I was hoping for, I just thought I was going to have to write of nearly $200