Brisbane POTN: General Ramblings Thread

[Kelsey-Lee]

Yep, I'm coming on Sunday! :D

Natural Arch usually has water flowing through it and is quite photogenic. But it is a long way to go. But it is very scenic. But there aren't many places to eat. But it's close to the Gold Coast. But not that close really. But....

:lol::D:lol:

[Ospi]

What time/place etc is it on sunday. ill see if i an free up the day.

[catsith]

it's from 11.00, at the qsmee track. I have the invite and directions from them here as a word document reece, pm me your email address, and i'll forward it on. It's at warner, and they have some fantastic trains there. And a nice crowd of people too. You can buy lunch there too if you want. I'll be there for at least 2-3 hours. Hope you can make it, it's been a while!

[Andrew Carpenter]

Found this little guy this morning, luckily for me he just sat there while I constantly took photo's of him. P&S flash was too much so used hand held torch.

[wakko]

heheh the torch is a great effect :) I like it.

[mc41]

[QUOTE=Kelsey-Lee;2667648]Yep, I'm coming on Sunday! :D


Watch for thieves into the cars ALWAYS happening there

[mc41]

That response was regarding Natural Arch :)

[mc41]

2 pics for someone

[wakko]

OMG that's one large snake! :O

[catsith]

That response was regarding Natural Arch

lucky you said that, cause i was going to say i have never heard of a car broken into at the club!

lucky the snake is friendly!:p

cute idea with the spider, the torch light worked well. Only spider i like is one on his own web, out of my way!!

[catsith]

feng, we are now starting to hang out for some news. How much longer for bubs?

[wakko]

feng, we are now starting to hang out for some news. How much longer for bubs?

I really have to get around to taking pics of Helen's bump. She's due (officially) on March 3, but because the bub is in a Transverse Breech position with cord prolapse, we're booked in for a Caeser monday week! :)

Mmmm baby.

I will take pics of her bump before she goes in.

Thanks for the thought though :)

[kendickson]

I really have to get around to taking pics of Helen's bump. She's due (officially) on March 3, but because the bub is in a Transverse Breech position with cord prolapse, we're booked in for a Caeser monday week! :)

Mmmm baby.

I will take pics of her bump before she goes in.

Thanks for the though though :)

You will need to clear all memory cards etc because you are about to enter the camera overload period where as a new dad you manage to give everyone around you flashburn!!

Good luck for Monday to both of you :lol:

[Meaty0]

Okay fellow foto makers,

I'm trying to put together a couple of classes on Studio Portrait Photography and am looking for expressions of interest. It's all very tentative at the moment and I'll keep you advised of progress.

The instructor will be a very accomplished portrait photographer from our camera club who has run many similar courses before.

It's a "basic" course designed to be an introduction to equipment and techniques.

Class size will be around 4 or 5, but there is a possibility of running multiple classes if lots of people are interested.

The proposal at the moment is for two NIGHT classes (one or two weeks apart) on a Saturday or Sunday night. The first will be a three or four hour stint going from 7 to 10 (11). It will cover such things as: what kind of lighting there is and how it's used, how the lights work and how they connect to the camera, how backdrops are setup and which ones should be used, which lenses work best and why..etc.

The second class will use a live model and be about 2 to 3 hours duration. It's more practical to give us a go at using what we learn and finding out a bit about poses etc. (No nudes...sorry fellas. Maybe another course, another day;))

The location is a fully set-up studio (a large separate garage) at a house in Boondall. This may change. If it IS here, the studio is available for hire should we all want to get together later on to try it out by ourselves.

The cost. Not totally sure yet, but we're looking at around $140 -$170 for the first class. A little less for the second one. (Depending on how many we get interested.) I know that sounds a lot, but for a fully set-up studio and instructor, it's not too bad.

Okay....who's interested?

It's BYO cameras and lenses, but between us, we should have all the right equipment if we share a bit.

[catsith]

i'm tentative paul

good luck for monday feng, and especially helen! Which hospital?

[wakko]

@ Ken and Tina: Thanks for the well wishes.

It's they're booking it in Monday week (at this stage)... if she's a good little girl and rotates, then it'll be a natural birth at the start of march... but she's stubborn... so yeah... see how we go :)

@ Tina: Sunnybank Private. Apparently I can take my camera in.... fingers crossed :) hehhee.

[Ospi]

Cant cancel my Sunday appointments unfortunately :(. Wouldn't of had a lens under 70mm anyway since my sigma is in for repairs. Anyway until next time.

[justin carpenter]

Paul I am VERY interested! I really want to go to both classes so hopefully they are on days that I dont have work.

[Meaty0]

Okay Justin. That's you, me, Tina (possible) and most likely Greg. That's four...looking good.

[Greg_C]

best wishes to you and your wife Feng.

Paul, I'm interested in the workshop.

New toy alert!! I picked up a iMate Jasjam 3G PDA/Phone today. Very cool toy, I can do all the PDA things like syncing Outlook at work and home to my phone. I can even surf the net and send email from the phone.

[Meaty0]

best wishes to you and your wife Feng.

Paul, I'm interested in the workshop.

New toy alert!! I picked up a iMate Jasjam 3G PDA/Phone today. Very cool toy, I can do all the PDA things like syncing Outlook at work and home to my phone. I can even surf the net and send email from the phone.

Yes, but does it make coffee?

[Kelsey-Lee]

I'm definately interested Paul!

Best wishes Feng!

[Meaty0]

I'm definately interested Paul!

Best wishes Feng!

Is that going to be you AND Dad or just you Kelsey-Lee?

Well that's the class limit, but there may be two classes. Anybody else? I'll keep you all posted of any changes.

[catsith]

Yes, but does it make coffee?

:lol: :lol: wish i could find that rolling on the floor smiley!!

greg, u have lost me, but i guess it is a neat toy!!

i bought a new toy too, a pen tablet thingamy.

[catsith]

probably won't be on again today, c u guys tomorrow.

[Kelsey-Lee]

Probably both of us.

[Greg_C]

Yes, but does it make coffee?
I'm sure that if I put my mind to it I could rig something up by connecting the USB port on it to the coffee machine.
:lol: :lol: wish i could find that rolling on the floor smiley!!

greg, u have lost me, but i guess it is a neat toy!!

i bought a new toy too, a pen tablet thingamy.
Show you tomorrow. Basicly its a phone that runs Windows (Windows Mobile) and with it you can browse the net, send email annnddd ..... wait for it make phone calls.:D:D:D:D
Cool, makes a big difference when editing and selecting stuff.

[Kelsey-Lee]

What type of tablet?

I bought mine just over a year ago (had to save up for it myself :)). Takes a bit of getting used to, but they're awesome once you get the hang. I have a Wacom.

[catsith]

it's new on the market i think kelsey, it's an AIPTEK. I havn't used it yet.
c u guys later

[Meaty0]

I'm sure that if I put my mind to it I could rig something up by connecting the USB port on it to the coffee machine.

Make sure you patent it if you're successful.:D

[Greg_C]

Hi all,

We had a great day at the Model Rail Track Day. Even better, I have an excuse to go back next month, we got second prize in the raffle:D :D :D
My Shots so far are in the Transportation forum here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=2688971#post2688971).

http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image18562.jpg

[Carjo]

Hello everybody,

My name is Rob, I was referred to this forum by a couple of people I was speaking to at my miniature train club (QSMEE) yesterday - namely Tina and Tony (?).

I was also provided with some information about the Brisbane Camera Group by Tony (If I've mistaken your name I am very sorry) - don't know about this month but probably the next.

My current camera is actually an EOS 3000N, though if I had the money I'd have a digital EOS =P.

~Rob

P.S. - My father is the editor of the QSMEE's newsletter. No doubt he'll be interested in a few photos...

[Greg_C]

Hello everybody,

My name is Rob, I was referred to this forum by a couple of people I was speaking to at my miniature train club (QSMEE) yesterday - namely Tina and Tony (?).

I was also provided with some information about the Brisbane Camera Group by Tony (If I've mistaken your name I am very sorry) - don't know about this month but probably the next.

My current camera is actually an EOS 3000N, though if I had the money I'd have a digital EOS =P.

~Rob

P.S. - My father is the editor of the QSMEE's newsletter. No doubt he'll be interested in a few photos...
Hi Carjo, welcome to POTN. I'm sure we'll be able to help out with the newsletter. Don't worry about about not using digital ..... hang around here long enough and we'll convert you AND you end up with a heap of lenses also.:D:D

[wakko]

Hi Carjo.

Don't listen to Greg... oh hang on... DO listen to Greg and the subliminal messages to buy Lenses and new toys. <subliminal message>mmmm lenses and toys</subliminal message>.

Welcome to POTN. Great bunch here, full of knowledge and always willing to help out wherever possible.

Oh... nice train shots Greg! :) I'm pretty fond of that conversion you did on the Southport train. Hope you all had a fun day out. Shame I couldn't make it :( Going to be tougher and tougher going forward. :(

[Greg_C]

Hi Carjo.

Don't listen to Greg... oh hang on... DO listen to Greg and the subliminal messages to buy Lenses and new toys. <subliminal message>mmmm lenses and toys</subliminal message>.

Welcome to POTN. Great bunch here, full of knowledge and always willing to help out wherever possible.

Oh... nice train shots Greg! :) I'm pretty fond of that conversion you did on the Southport train. Hope you all had a fun day out. Shame I couldn't make it :( Going to be tougher and tougher going forward. :(

Thanks Feng, Naa, it'll be easier, just sneak out when they are both asleep.;);):D

Tina, if you pass on some contact details for your friend (Dale?) I'd be happy to send on some shots.

[Kelsey-Lee]

Hi Carjo, welcome to the forum.

I'm Kelsey, Tony's daughter.

Bought another memory card. :D So now I have a 2 gig and Dad gets the 1 gig. :lol:
Ran out of memory/storage again. Now that's three harddrives full of photo. Ah well, I can always go out and buy another.

I've had a quick scan of our photos, some good ones, but a few need some PP.

Nice piccie of the Southport Greg!

[Greg_C]

Ran out of memory/storage again. Now that's three harddrives full of photo. Ah well, I can always go out and buy another.

I've had a quick scan of our photos, some good ones, but a few need some PP.

Nice piccie of the Southport Greg!

Ran out of space again!!....

Thanks for the comments Kelsey. Postem when you're done working on them.

[kendickson]

Welcome to POTN. Great bunch here, full of knowledge and always willing to help out wherever possible.



Hi Carjo,

Welcome - hope you can get along to a few of the group outings they sure can be fun.

As Feng we are full of somthing here and for safety sake lets call it knowledge :lol: :lol: :lol:

[kendickson]

Hey all,

Finally catching up on some of my older processing.

Owl Potrait topic - http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=275379

[justin carpenter]

Welcome to the forum Carjo. I'm Justin. I wasn't at the train shoot unfortunately, i had work. Don't worry about shooting film, I started off with a 3000n and its a great camera. You'll have to stick around and come along to some outings with us.

Speaking of outings, we haven't organised the next one (i dont think).
So.....where's it gonna be (cough) Natural Arch (cough) ?

[Meaty0]

Ran out of space again!!....

Thanks for the comments Kelsey. Postem when you're done working on them.


Bought another memory card. :D So now I have a 2 gig and Dad gets the 1 gig. :lol:
Ran out of memory/storage again. Now that's three harddrives full of photo. Ah well, I can always go out and buy another.

Kelsey-Lee! Can you tell us what your ratio of "keepers" to "recycle binners" is?

[Kelsey-Lee]

Natural Arch sounds good,

Would anyone be interested in a shoot of the drought? Like cracked earth and desert type places? Some places like Lake Samsonvale, Wivenhoe or Gold-Bush Lane?

And does anyone know of a carnival/fair thing (that runs aafter dark) where I can find a Carousel? I have a picture in my mind that I want to have a go at.

[Kelsey-Lee]

Kelsey-Lee! Can you tell us what your ratio of "keepers" to "recycle binners" is?

1:5? :lol::D I do delete the bad ones and the ones I don't like... and even some of the OK ones.

[Carjo]

Hi Carjo, welcome to POTN. I'm sure we'll be able to help out with the newsletter. Don't worry about about not using digital ..... hang around here long enough and we'll convert you AND you end up with a heap of lenses also.

Convert? I converted back to film from digital =P. My reasoning concluded that I'd get the grasp of ISO's, shutter speed, aperture etc from a film camera. My 3000N was only $200 when I bought it from the pawnbrokers - that was the primary motivation =P.

Though if I had the money at the time I would have bought a digital SLR. I had a Fujifilm S5500 for a couple of years and it was excellent. The best results have been posted on my deviantART profile - click here to see them (http://search.deviantart.com/?section=browse&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5&q=by%3Acarjo+S5500).

Don't listen to Greg... oh hang on... DO listen to Greg and the subliminal messages to buy Lenses and new toys. <subliminal message>mmmm lenses and toys</subliminal message>.

Will do =)

...just sneak out when they are both asleep.

Tina, if you pass on some contact details for your friend (Dale?) I'd be happy to send on some shots.

haha good idea =P

Oh so Dale's the friend! That makes sense now - I recall him asking Tina how many shots she had taken. He's a good bloke :) . Also, if you think his steam loco (the Southport one) was good - you should see his diesel! Way more detailed.

And I'm rambling =P

I'm Kelsey, Tony's daughter.

The girl who was trying to get the hat of your brother and vice versa? Ah yeah I remember =)

I was the young guy with the grey camera sitting on the orange and green loco having a good chuckle =P

Also, this "shoot of the drought" idea sounds interesting. Let me know if you start organising anything.

@Kendickson - I think I might - the Brisbane River is starting to get boring =P

@Justin Carpenter - They're a great camera, eh? :)

Thanks for the welcomes, it's appreciated :)

[Greg_C]

Convert? I converted back to film from digital =P. My reasoning concluded that I'd get the grasp of ISO's, shutter speed, aperture etc from a film camera. My 3000N was only $200 when I bought it from the pawnbrokers - that was the primary motivation =P.

Though if I had the money at the time I would have bought a digital SLR. I had a Fujifilm S5500 for a couple of years and it was excellent. The best results have been posted on my deviantART profile - click here to see them (http://search.deviantart.com/?section=browse&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5&q=by%3Acarjo+S5500).

Oh so Dale's the friend! That makes sense now - I recall him asking Tina how many shots she had taken. He's a good bloke :) . Also, if you think his steam loco (the Southport one) was good - you should see his diesel! Way more detailed.

And I'm rambling =P

Also, this "shoot of the drought" idea sounds interesting. Let me know if you start organising anything.

Thanks for the welcomes, it's appreciated :)

Feel free to ramble..... that's what this thread is for. I cruised by your gallery. You've got some nice work there. Hang around us here long enough and well convince you to go back to digital again. The 3000 is a great camera to work with though. Soon you'll be able to pick up 300D just as cheaply, just have to take pot luck with the number of shutter actuations though. There is a reasonable chance that it will fail about 20000 - not definite that for sure as there have been many people get 5000+ out of it.

Stop by here or we can PM or email you if you want to come on some of the other outings. I suggested a rainforest type walk and Justin has just mentioned Natural Arch, this can get a little busy with Japanese tourists and I've heard the tour guides are a bit possessive about not letting other in.

[catsith]

hi rob, glad you made yourself known here. I just had a peek at your website, wow, u have some great photos there!
I've been friends with jan and dale for 18 years! This was my third visit to the club.
You prefer film to digital?? oh well, not me, that's for sure.

I had an okay day guys, my photos were not quite what i hoped. I havn't had much time to play, but will post some shortly. I am amazed at what you found out that day about the club greg, my only knowledge of the club was that they build trains, and play with them.

justin, you're funny. you keep asking for outings, and then work!!

how about cedar creek falls? was that mentioned? and not as far.

greg, i'll pm you tomorrow, i am on my laptop right now, and i don't have yours and dale's addresses on it.

[catsith]

kelsey, i am begining to think you must hang onto too many photos. I severly cull mine, and i have only just filled up 100gig. How much hard drive have you filled up?

[Nick C.]

Hi Rob. Like the others have already said, you take some nice photos. Look forward to you joining us on future outings.


Greg, you always seem to be one of, if not the, first poster after an outing. Mind you, with quality shots like the Southport one above, I'd be eager to share them as well.
I meant to ask you but I forgot :rolleyes: You mentioned doing most of or all of your work on your laptop. How does Photoshop and other related programs (Lightroom, etc) run on it? I'm considering an upgrade of my desktop to a notebook and was wondering what sort of specs would be ideal for running PS on it.


Kelsey, you've already filled three hard drives with roughly 17% of the total number of photos you've taken? :shock: Good thing you don't keep them all or you'd have hard drives stacked to the ceiling.


Tina, I'm waiting to see the flower shots.

[catsith]

have to shoot flowers of course!!

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/IMG_1586p2frweb.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/IMG_1623pweb-1.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/IMG_1802pweb.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/IMG_1605pweb.jpg

[Nick C.]

Ha, right on cue!

[-Pleiades-]

kelsey, i am begining to think you must hang onto too many photos. I severly cull mine

I think I'm worse than Kelsey..... in all the years i've been taking digital photos I don't think I have deleted one of them :S I don't want to add up the gigs I have worth but I just can't bing myself to throw any out. I think I really need to do a cull.....

[Meaty0]

have to shoot flowers of course!!





http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/IMG_1802pweb.jpg



Hey Tina, they're all good photos.

I was looking at this one and it made me think that if ever one of these beautiful mini locos blew a boiler (heaven forbid) it'd turn you from a rooster to a hen in no time flat. :D

[Meaty0]

Oh and for our next outing...Natural Arch, Dams..wherever...shall we:

start a new thread (this one's pretty full).
decide on a date.
decide on a place.

I'll open the bidding with the week-end of the 3rd or 4th of March. Sound good?

[Kelsey-Lee]

I do cull them drastically. But I've got them from years ago too.

[-Pleiades-]

Oooh, I've just realised that the place where I work sundays don't want me on sundays anymore so as of this sunday I'm a free agent.

I'm definatley keen for a nature style outing and finally meeting everyone so if anything is happening on a sunday, count me in!

[Kelsey-Lee]

Here we go:
http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=2694658#post2694658

This will still be our main thread though...

[Carjo]

...it made me think that if ever one of these beautiful mini locos blew a boiler (heaven forbid) it'd turn you from a rooster to a hen in no time flat. :D

That's if it doesn't kill you. :p

Most boilers operate at 100psi (700kPa). Using that as an example, for a loco to be allowed to run at a club it must pass a hydraulic test, where water is pumped into the boiler until it reaches twice it's steam working pressure (in this case 200psi). It is then left for 20 minutes, and if it isn't leaking or if the needle on the inspector's gauge HASN'T moved then it passes the first test. Next stage requires that the loco undergo a steam test to test the safety valves with a red-hot fire and the blower (a stimulator for the fire) on full.

Put simply, if it doesn't totally collapse before or at 200psi with water and the pressure safety valves work correctly then all should be fine. Tests are undertaken every three years with copper boilers and 1 or 2 years with steel (not sure which as I don't have much to do with steel boilers) by a qualified boiler inspector.

This boiler inspector also inspects the drawing before construction of a boiler can commence to ensure that the design complies with the national code which is based on physics calculations, which even then are overcalculated, i.e. they are in essence stronger than they have to be.

But in the event that a loco runs out of water, they are fitted with a fusible plug made of solder. if the water runs out and the boiler heats up further (the water naturally cools it down even at operating temperature) the solder melts and the pressure escapes and cannot build up again till it is repaired and goes through both tests again.

So you shan't need worry, we've got the bases covered. :)

BTW... I believe someone has a photo or two of me driving around. Most notably someone who was wearing a grey vest or shirt. I'd like to see it if you'd please :)

[Kelsey-Lee]

That was greg. :)

[catsith]

Ha, right on cue!
:lol: :lol:
and where are yours nick?? I still have to work on the others, only got one done.


good point paul, nicely put, :lol: :lol: and nicely explained rob.

[Greg_C]

Greg, you always seem to be one of, if not the, first poster after an outing. Mind you, with quality shots like the Southport one above, I'd be eager to share them as well.
Thanks Nick. I must have a quick workflow - a while ago I started to record some actions for the tasks that I was always doing to images in Photoshop. I then combined these into one action I call Auto Everything. This runs on just about every image and I then just turn off layers that don't work. It doesn't do Levels, Curves or USM sharpening, but adds Levels and Curves layers. I then tweek these to suit myself.


I meant to ask you but I forgot :rolleyes: You mentioned doing most of or all of your work on your laptop. How does Photoshop and other related programs (Lightroom, etc) run on it? I'm considering an upgrade of my desktop to a notebook and was wondering what sort of specs would be ideal for running PS on it.

Here's the laptop specs. It's Dell bought throught works salary sacrafice deal.

Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology with Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2300 (2MB Cache, 1.84 GHz, 667MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Pro Edition
1MB DDR2 SDRAM
ATI Radon Graphics Card
120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
15.4" Wide Screen XGA TFT Display (1280x800 res.)

It has slowed down a bit since I first got it, but this is usual. It runs photoshop with no problems. I've thought several times about adding another Gig of ram to it about never have. Viewing angle is important, tilt the screen the wrong way and all of a sudden your images are under exposed. The HD is now about 80% full. Just about time to buy an external HD.

I also run IMatch on it. This can be pretty intensive when it is indexing the photos. Can take 2-3 minutes to do several hundred images, but after that its ok. Mind you, when it's indexing you can still continue to do other stuff.


Hope this helps. Let me know if you need more info.

[Greg_C]

@Rob, I may have a shot of you but I was wearing a green long sleeves shirt. Can you describe what you were wearing / look like?

@Tina. Nice shots.

[catsith]

here are a couple of links of the meet.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=276058

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=276053

[justin carpenter]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DAD
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HIPHIP HOORAY, HIPHIP HOORAY, HIPHIP HOORAY
39 today!

[Meaty0]

Hey...Happy Birthday Andrew. I was rather hoping you'd get a Canon DSLR for your birthday though...<sigh>

[Kelsey-Lee]

Happy Birthday Andrew!
Looks like a nice one!

[justin carpenter]

paul i was hoping the same thing, a 5d and some nice L lenses would do me.. i mean dad great .

[justin carpenter]

kelsey sneaking in to the P.O.T.N forums while in class eh? You should be doing your work :P

[Kelsey-Lee]

Hehe, I'm taking a sickie. ;)

[justin carpenter]

hahahaha now thats funny :lol:

[catsith]

happy birthday andrew. God to be 39 again! hmm, maybe not, the kids would still be too young!!

[rhid78]

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to come here and say g'day and that I'm from Brisbane also. I'd be interesting in coming along to any shoots that you organise - am presently on the north side.

I've been into photography for a long time and it all started when I took photography as a subject in Grade 10. I thought it would be my 'bludge' subject and it turned out to be the one that I worked the hardest in because I loved it so much.

I got my 400D for Xmas and I have been unable to put it down since. Am still learning the ropes but am always willing to learn - and practice!

Anyway, just wanted to say hello.

Rhi

[Kelsey-Lee]

Hi there Rhi. :D

Welcome to the club

We're organising an outing to Natural Arch, as well as an outing to somewhere affected by the drought, so those will probably be in the near future.

[justin carpenter]

welcome Rhi, make sure you stick around here, and keep checking info about upcoming shoots etc. Nice story about how you got into photography. I got into it at the end of 2005 and read lots of books from the library, searched for a photography forum in google and joined up to this one in January (2006) :D I got my 350d in April last year and like you, I can't put it down. I was in year 10 last year and unfortunately my school didn't have photography as a subject and that is all I want to do. So this year I am doing Certificate IV in Photo Imaging at tafe and really looking forward to it!

[Meaty0]

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to come here and say g'day and that I'm from Brisbane also. I'd be interesting in coming along to any shoots that you organise - am presently on the north side.

I've been into photography for a long time and it all started when I took photography as a subject in Grade 10. I thought it would be my 'bludge' subject and it turned out to be the one that I worked the hardest in because I loved it so much.

I got my 400D for Xmas and I have been unable to put it down since. Am still learning the ropes but am always willing to learn - and practice!

Anyway, just wanted to say hello.

Rhi


Welcome Rhi,

I note from your posts that you are interested in portrait photography too. That's a field that's fast becoming my favourite too. Hopefully there'll be a couple of "portrait outings" in the not to distant future for our group.:D

[justin carpenter]

wow this group is getting big ! I have counted 21 of us. Soon we will need our own forum :lol:

Me, Andrew, Kelsey-Lee, Tim, Tina, Paul, Ken, Greg, Shay, Reece, Nick, Helen, Anthony, Kinnon, Vicky, Rob, Rhi, Mike also I have forgotten your names wakko, mc41 and Liveengineer. (I think thats everyone).

Mike you have been very quiet ?

[Kelsey-Lee]

wakko is Feng, mc41 is Bill

[Kelsey-Lee]

We have become a large group.

We need to get a time and place that everyone can make it to. :D

[anthonyl]

Hey! Decided today to return my 70-300 IS which I bought a week ago and exchange it for a 70-200 f/4 IS. I have read that it is considered to be the "finest 70-200 that Canon has ever made". (According to this review:- http://www.photozone.de/8Reviews/lenses/canon_70200_4is/index.htm).

Thank God for Jason at Photocontinental, he's such a great guy to deal with!

[kendickson]

Welcome Rhi!!

[Greg_C]

Hi Rhi, welcome.

oooh, nice deal there Anthony.

I think Mike (sharnbrook) is busy doing reno's on his house.

[justin carpenter]

woo hoo! i'm a senior member , im a senior member!

[Kelsey-Lee]

^^ Congrats Justin!

[catsith]

senior!! so old justin!! congrats.

hi rhi, looking forward to chatting to you here, and meeting you at one of our meets.

justin, you left out steve and dion, but who is tim? Some people sign in, and then disappear. There's a jade somewhere too. I loose track!

[justin carpenter]

i thought I would of forgotten some people. Tim introduced himself and suggested shooting at a car dump. His POTN User name is 'suspectim' .

[rhid78]

Welcome Rhi,

I note from your posts that you are interested in portrait photography too. That's a field that's fast becoming my favourite too. Hopefully there'll be a couple of "portrait outings" in the not to distant future for our group.:D

Hi Paul and thanks for the welcome!

Yes I'm into portraits at the moment. I don't seem to be able to see the story or the beauty behind landscapes at the moment. I think I mentioned in another post that they just 'don't do it for me' haha.

That may change though and I'd be happy to go along on a landscape shoot if it meant I could take pics! haha.

Rhi

[rhid78]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcomes!

I'll try and remain active on the forum and will hopefully come along on a shoot and meet you all!

Rhi

[justin carpenter]

Hi Paul and thanks for the welcome!
I don't seem to be able to see the story or the beauty behind landscapes at the moment.

Yes, but other photographers can easily inspire us :lol: like this (http://www.photo.net/photodb/member-photos?user_id=1353935) guy or Ken Duncan . (http://www.kenduncan.com/gallery.php)

It's funny though because I am getting into portrait photography at the moment. Last year I really got into bird photography but this year I think I will going with Portrait photography.

[Nick C.]

Goodness, hasn't this thread been busy today.

Greg, thanks for the info - just what I was lookin' for.

Happy birthday, Andrew!

Hi Rhi, welcome.

[Meaty0]

Mike you have been very quiet ?

Shhhhh! Mike's taking his afternoon nap!;)

[Meaty0]

Hi Paul and thanks for the welcome!

Yes I'm into portraits at the moment. I don't seem to be able to see the story or the beauty behind landscapes at the moment. I think I mentioned in another post that they just 'don't do it for me' haha.

That may change though and I'd be happy to go along on a landscape shoot if it meant I could take pics! haha.

Rhi

Then, may I direct your attention to this thread. http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=226672

I was emailing Jackie Rankin today and she told me there may be room for just one more in the May course, so if you're interested, act now!

[catsith]

off to camera club tonite, fingers crossed!! (comp nite)

[rhid78]

Then, may I direct your attention to this thread. http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=226672

I was emailing Jackie Rankin today and she told me there may be room for just one more in the May course, so if you're interested, act now!

Oh wow, that does look fantastic doesn't it! It looks like there's a few of you planning to go too which is great. Not sure I'll be able to afford it though - have a few things coming up that I need to budget for.

Might keep the October one in mind though... Thanks for the heads up!

Rhi

[Kelsey-Lee]

What's the May course? :o

Never mind...

[Kelsey-Lee]

Good luck Tina!

[Carjo]

@Rob, I may have a shot of you but I was wearing a green long sleeves shirt. Can you describe what you were wearing / look like?

Might have been green... hard to tell when driving a loco. It was a long-sleeved shirt though :). Did you have a light-coloured lens? Like a white or grey maybe?

Anyway, I was wearing a dark blue short-sleeved shirt with faded blue cargo shorts. I had a white badge on my left shirt pocket and was not wearing a hat (I have short hair). I was driving this loco:

http://www.geocities.com/carjo_3000/trackandtentsunday59edit.jpg

My father was driving it too, so you might also have some of him. He was wearing a light blue cotton corporate-style shirt with long sleeves, dark trousers and black boots. You'd probably have more of him - he drove it longer than I did.

lol it's like playing Guess Who :p

[catsith]

woohoo, i scooped tonight! come home with 7 merits!!

[Carjo]

kelsey sneaking in to the P.O.T.N forums while in class eh? You should be doing your work :P

hehehehehe... most of my year 12 IPT classes were spent just browsing the internet. Purely because for about a term we had a hopeless teacher, the other 3/4 of the time (with the original teacher) the material was taught quicker than the teacher had expected. I have a photo of the teacher (who was the IT HOD or "God" as she has been referred to as) looking on while four or five people play some multiplayer internet game! During her class! But she was a good teacher - she has that "gift" which makes students want to go to her class. :)

What grade are you in Kelsey, if you don't mind my asking? :)

[Carjo]

woohoo, i scooped tonight! come home with 7 merits!!

Go Tina! :) is there any way I could see those pics? :)

[kendickson]

woohoo, i scooped tonight! come home with 7 merits!!

Good work Tina - almost becoming routine!!

[wakko]

omg well done Tina! :) hehe...

[Liveengineer]

Hi Everyone,
Congrads Tina.
After my 6+ years of dealing with Jason from photo continental it's good to see he still looks after everyone the way he always has, Professional.
Is anyone here going to the Adobe Lightroom seminar on Wed 21 at the Carlton Crest?

Cheers,Ricky

[Greg_C]

woohoo, i scooped tonight! come home with 7 merits!!
hence the tag name. well done again.

[Andrew Carpenter]

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes, as far as photography goes, I did get a 250gig external hard drive from Justin and his two older brothers, and my biggest files are all pictures, so I can now go crazy with my 5mp p&s.

[justin carpenter]

Congratulations you Mighty Award Winner!

Today I will have my first proper classes at Tafe and I will be getting one of my textbooks this morning, can't wait!

[catsith]

thanks all. Justin, i am very keen to hear about your course as it progresses. Keep us up to date.
ricky, i am not going, didn';t even know it was on.

rob, i'll have to go chase up the links, but one of them is my avatar.

[Meaty0]

'Onya Tina! I see "A" Grade heading your way. You'll be swimming with the big fishies then...but I think you're good enough to beat them as well...easily! :-D

[Meaty0]

Oh and for those of us who don't already know, it seems our own "Dimitri" (a real Scottish name if I ever heard one) has started a new forum of his own.

It's well worth a visit and probably joining...just what we need...ANOTHER forum to occupy all that spare time we have;)

http://www.inspiring-photography.com/forum/

see y'all there!

[catsith]

'Onya Tina! I see "A" Grade heading your way. You'll be swimming with the big fishies then...but I think you're good enough to beat them as well...easily!

thanks paul! funny you should mention that, the judge last night hinted i should be in a grade (mind you, only over my white rose, and she still didn't give it an honour!), and i'm going, no way! There are friendly murmurs amongst the ab graders, but i intend to see the year out in ab, as i really am not 'a' grade standard. There is a big difference! and big between honours and merits, and i am only getting merits. But... it is my aim though.

[catsith]

a couple of intrepid shooters. Dig that look in nick's eye! pure analysis!

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/IMG_1717web.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/IMG_1715web.jpg

rob, i have so little time, if you want to see my photos, click on my avatar, and look for posts started by..., you'l see a lot of my photos there, or have a look at my website.

[HelenThura]

ohh Happy Birthday Andrew!!

Way to go Tina, very well done.

I would have liked to have gone on Sunday but I spent most of the day asleep as I had a big night on Saturday at a charity concert. Looks like you all had a fantastic time and those trains look quite amazing.

Paul, if there is still room I wouldn't mind putting my name down for studio weekend. If not this time, next time for sure.

ahh the days of IPT, we always had to do work in IPT but we used to have this "study lesson" called tech tutes - which was 2.5hrs a week of free computer or chat time.

I am off to NZ tomorrow for a wedding get back on Tuesday morning. I hope to get quite a few nice photos whilst I am there.

This is one of my favs from the other night. This is Emma Dean, a gorgeous local singer.
The lighting at the Troubadour is very shall we say patchy. Since it has a really low ceiling, there is no lights from above just lights on the floor plus lamps. Lots of fun.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/386222012_3bff1a0437_o.jpg

Welcome Rhi and Rob.

[justin carpenter]

well today we just learnt about film sensitivity and pros and cons between digital and film, light, how it makes a picture on film and sensors basic stuff like that.

I couldn't wait to see this room where we can borrow equipment so I had to ask the teacher what lenses there are and he said theres a 17-40 L, can't wait to borrow that out for the weekend :D

[Meaty0]

Paul, if there is still room I wouldn't mind putting my name down for studio weekend. If not this time, next time for sure.


I am off to NZ tomorrow for a wedding get back on Tuesday morning. I hope to get quite a few nice photos whilst I am there.

Hi Helen,

I'm still waiting for a reply from the guy who will be doing the instruction. I think he has to go and check out the studio. I'll let you know as soon as I know more.

Oooo...NZ. Exactly where will you be going?

[Kelsey-Lee]

What grade are you in Kelsey, if you don't mind my asking?

I'm in Grade 11. :)

Congratulations Tina! :D The Mighty Award Winner prevails once again!

I did get a 250gig external hard drive

You better go crazy with that! :lol: :p

I will be getting one of my textbooks this morning, can't wait!

Justin excited about TEXTBOOKS? Never! :lol: :D Have fun at TAFE.

[Kelsey-Lee]

a couple of intrepid shooters. Dig that look in nick's eye! pure analysis!

Nice shots :D (and great subjects :lol:)

Have fun in NZ Helen!

[Carjo]

Got the film from Sunday developed today, plus two extra rolls:

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/Carjo_3000/potn01.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/Carjo_3000/potn02.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/Carjo_3000/potn03.jpg
Name the goddess and you get ten points =P (btw I do know the answer)

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/Carjo_3000/potn04.jpg
Don't know about everybody else but I like Street photography. I purposely set the shutter to stay open longer in order to get the motion blur of everyone else... do you think I had it open too long?

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/Carjo_3000/potn05.jpg
a friend of mine on deviantART requested a photo of a homeless person.

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/Carjo_3000/potn06.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/Carjo_3000/potn07.jpg
The old convict treadmill at Spring Hill

They were all scanned on a flatbed scanner - I forgot to ask for a CD. Trust me, they all look way better in print.

EDIT 16/02/07 - I got trusty ol' Kmart to scan them to cd for me. Well I am surprised - I shall reverse the last statement - they look better on the cd :D

[-Pleiades-]

Um...Paul, you might want to have a look at this.... http://photography-on-the.net/forum/announcement.php?f=14

I just saw it and wouldn't want you to get banned.

[wakko]

Hi Kinnon

Paul should be okay in that one. It wasn't a mass PM to members type thing which is what Pekka is referring to.

[-Pleiades-]

Ahh ok, that's good then :D . I wasn't too sure so I just assumed recruiting of any sort.

[catsith]

some interesting shots there rob

many of us belong to different forums, i don;t see what the problem was. and on that note, i have just joined an aussie forum, and met the moderator at the camera club last night, lovely lady. If anyone is interested, email me, don't pm me.

[Nick C.]

Congratulations on the merits, Tina!

a couple of intrepid shooters. Dig that look in nick's eye! pure analysis!
That definitely calls for a look at the master in action:

147272


Have a safe trip, Helen. We'll be hanging out for some pics on your return.

Rob, I like the amount of motion you've captured in your people shot. Just right, in my opinion.

[Nick C.]

I see an avatar change :D

[Greg_C]

Nice work Rob, the motion shot would have to be my fav of the bunch.

Hey Nic, I have the follow up shot to yours --- when Tina was chimping the result. Bit of a weird look on here face so I won't post it unless Tina asks :)

Have a good trip Helen. Nice work on the Nite club shot also. The only thing I would suggest is a 8x10 crop that ends about waste level and starts from top left just above the curtain.

[kendickson]

Yes - like the new Avatar justin

[Meaty0]

Um...Paul, you might want to have a look at this.... http://photography-on-the.net/forum/announcement.php?f=14

I just saw it and wouldn't want you to get banned.

Hmmm....it seems DV2004 (Dimitri) was a naughty boy and spammed huge numbers of members to join his forum...probably not a nice thing to do. I don't think it's a sin to point out other forums out there provided you're not trying to steal members from here. They (the other forums) do exist believe it or not.:D POTN contains a great bunch of helpful people and I've learned a hell of a lot from here, but ....


dpreview.com
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/
http://forums.overclockers.com.au/forumdisplay.php?f=48
http://www.zuga.net/forums/index.php
http://retouchpro.com/
http://dslrusers.com/

These are also great sources of information too and are a different style to POTN. There's info in them that you won't find here. So there...I guess if I'm going to get the chop, this post will do it:cry:

[catsith]

huge numbers?? i don't think so, from what i could see by his list. Probably not even 1% of the number of members this forum has. Here is the link to my latest forum. the workshop was what first caught my eye, but i am too busy to go. Hope i am not banned with you paul!

http://www.digitalslr.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3042&highlight=workshop

err, you got my bald spot nick!! Post away greg, i can take it! I'll post the shot i took there as well.

[catsith]

hey kelsey, i just relooked at my shot of you, and something clicked in my mind for a future comp, so remind me when we next get together.

[Kelsey-Lee]

hey kelsey, i just relooked at my shot of you, and something clicked in my mind for a future comp, so remind me when we next get together.

Will do. :D

[Nick C.]

err, you got my bald spot nick!!
I'll be sure to PS in some extra hair next time ;)

Okay Greg, permission has been granted, where's the funny face?

[wakko]

Okay...

As some of you may or may not know, wifey is due to have a baby. The original due date was 2 March 07, but due to the baby being in a Transverse Breach lie with Cord Prolapse, it's due for a Cesarean section on Monday 19 February 07.

Here's some "before" shots of her... one with her being somewhat itchy and not knowing I was taking a pic, and the second of her posing the roundness :)

Now the quality is very very very poor for some reason... Did POTN drop their image allowances for attaches? or has it always been 100k? Normally don't attach but on transition to the Mac, i misplaced my host's password :(

Edit: Infact, itchy was soooo poor, i removed it. Will up them again when my host has been restored so to speak.

[catsith]

lovely shot feng. Being pregnant is a wonderful thing (even though i am very glad i only did it twice!) The human body is amazing.

here's that shot i was taking
didn't turn out how i hoped

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/IMG_1698web.jpg

[Meaty0]

Hey Tina,

We should organise a get-together at the Ipswich Railway Museum. I went there a while ago now, but reckon it's time to go back. And it's in your backyard too.

[catsith]

it is too, and i have never been there.

[Carjo]

Neither have I, surprisingly.

Nice shot once again, Tina. Did you sit on the loco to take it or stand beside or behind it?

[Greg_C]

Post away greg, i can take it! I'll post the shot i took there as well.

Okay Greg, permission has been granted, where's the funny face?

Well maybe not a funny face but certainly a serious one.

No.1
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image18565.jpg

This was one of my fav trains from Sunday. So much of the running gear was visible.

No.2
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image18564.jpg

[catsith]

gee greg, you could have done a bit of cloning out my freckles and a bit of gaussian blur for my face, make me look better!!
Rob, the shot i just posted is the picture i took when these guys took a shot of me. (dale's boiler)

Wow greg, that photo is stunning, and i am sure the owner would love a copy. I'll see if i can get his address for you. I tried to get one that day, but everytime it was stationary, i just couldn't seem to get it together.

[Carjo]

Rob, the shot i just posted is the picture i took when these guys took a shot of me.

Ah I see. Now that I think of it, sitting on the tender might have been too close to get it at a decent angle. That's the reason why the cabs of most locos have a sliding section in the roof - it's too hard to see otherwise - us humans are so darn tall ;)

[Nick C.]

I agree Greg, that one was one of my favourites as well. I think he was the F-111 pilot too, if I remember correctly.

Here are a few signal/signs from the day (I really like the first one :)):

http://prezique.smugmug.com/photos/129780544-L.jpg

http://prezique.smugmug.com/photos/129780533-L.jpg

http://prezique.smugmug.com/photos/129780537-L.jpg

[Carjo]

I agree Greg, that one was one of my favourites as well. I think he was the F-111 pilot too, if I remember correctly.

Here are a few signal/signs from the day (I really like the first one :)):

http://prezique.smugmug.com/photos/129780544-L.jpg


Yeah he does fly F-111's. He's a good example of how many people from the hobby comes from such diverse walks of life.

The photo is typical of the humourous tone of the club :) The ants moved their crossing 1 metre north during the workday the previous week according to my father. That explains the two ant trails - there is usually one. :)

[catsith]

i was told he has the slowest train there, which amuses me, cause he fly's the fastest plane! He zooms thru the skies, and put-put's on his train!

good shots nick

[Greg_C]

Nice shots Nick, that first one is real good. Strangely enough it look just like a miniature model! This shot and some of mine remind me of that technique people use to make shots look like miniatures - except ours are real.

thanks for the comments Tina.

[justin carpenter]

nice photos everyone, have we organised our next shoot yet?

[-Pleiades-]

I caught the end of getaway tonight and there was a segment on the Binna Burra Lodges and it looks veeery nice! Is there still a camp being organised for that?

Oh oh and I've got another very interested buyer in my business so fingers crossed this one doesn't fall through then I'll have a lot more time and energy for photography.

[Nick C.]

Thanks guys.

This shot and some of mine remind me of that technique people use to make shots look like miniatures - except ours are real.
I know just what you mean, Greg. I love the results people come away with using that miniature technique.


Here's a few more of my shots (of the actual trains this time) over in Transportation. (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=277146)

[Greg_C]

Nick work Nick.

Here's some more of my people from Sunday.
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=2712104

[Greg_C]

how cool is this new phone i've got. right now I'M on the train on the way to work and able to look at POTN. won't do it all the time though.

[catsith]

too cool greg! there's a potn member that does that in finland, or where-ever up that way.

here are my valentines day flowers, they smell divine!

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/IMG_1967pweb.jpg

[rhid78]

Hi everyone,

Ok well I did it. Last night I bought studio lighting. AAAAARRRRGGGHHHH! Very scared now, I wonder if this now takes my photography beyond being just a "hobby" and more into the "obsession" category. haha.

Anyway, it should arrive in about a week. Very nervous :-)

Rhi

[Nick C.]

That's a nice photo, Tina.

What did you end up ordering, Rhi?

[rhid78]

That's a nice photo, Tina.

What did you end up ordering, Rhi?

I'm not sure of the brand (gee, that's a good start!) but it's a kit - 2x 300W flash lights, 2x stands, 2x softboxes, 2x silver umbrellas, 2x white umbrellas. I also bought a background stand along with a black and white muslin backdrops.

$957 in total which I didn't think was too bad considering backdrops are about $199 at Photocontinental...

Just an ebay purchase, hence the nervousness. I now need a light meter... And the wish list goes on ;-)

[-Pleiades-]

how cool is this new phone i've got. right now I'M on the train on the way to work and able to look at POTN. won't do it all the time though.

Lol Greg, you remind me of me when I got my first PDA. I was all excited about being able to surf the net where ever I was. But then I got my first phone bill which was about triple what it usually was, but it definatley was fun! :rolleyes: