Brisbane POTN: General Ramblings Thread

[wakko]

Great shot kelsey... cute little thing. :)

[Greg_C]

Hi all,

Paul and I when out a shootin this arvo. High school semi formal. Lots of very pretty girls.:D

No.1 Roxy
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image18790.jpg


No.2 Em
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image18789.jpg

[-Pleiades-]

great shots greg. I think my mum would have killed me if I had that much cleavage showing at my high school formal...:rolleyes:

I love the geisha girl (sp?) in the b/g in the second image.

[Meaty0]

Only got one image done so far out of my lot....

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8030/roxysemiformal007iv1.jpg

[catsith]

nice shots guys, but paul, i hate to say it, but your post is in the way!!

emily is so pretty, must have another go at shooting her.

[Greg_C]

great shots greg. I think my mum would have killed me if I had that much cleavage showing at my high school formal...:rolleyes:

I love the geisha girl (sp?) in the b/g in the second image.

Funny you should say that as Em's mum was standing just behind us. When we changed positions just after this shot Em was on some stairs above her boyfriend leaning down. Her mum made a comment then but it didn't matter as Em's long hair had fallen foward to cover things. Em is a natural in front of the camera - very relaxed and seems to fall into good poses almost without being asked. Thanks for the comments.

[Greg_C]

nice shots guys, but paul, i hate to say it, but your post is in the way!!

Emily is so pretty, must have another go at shooting her.
thanks for the comments Tina. You're right about Emily.

Hey Paul. Just thought of an idea for next time. We shoot a bit of wall as a donner wall to use in post processing. Hindsight - oh well. I shot one as as a lighting test but deleted it in the camera.

[Meaty0]

nice shots guys, but paul, i hate to say it, but your post is in the way!!

emily is so pretty, must have another go at shooting her.

What post? :-D

Tina..I thought you didn't like people photography. Are you slowly being converted?

[Meaty0]

thanks for the comments Tina. You're right about Emily.

Hey Paul. Just thought of an idea for next time. We shoot a bit of wall as a donner wall to use in post processing. Hindsight - oh well. I shot one as as a lighting test but deleted it in the camera.

What's a "donner wall"?

[Greg_C]

What's a "donner wall"?

Take a shot of the wall where I was shooting and use this to clean up the backgrounds. Cut and paste bits into to replace the background.

[Meaty0]

Take a shot of the wall where I was shooting and use this to clean up the backgrounds. Cut and paste bits into to replace the background.


Ooooooh....did you mean "donor" wall? Like donor organs?:D It was just a typo that I didn't pick up on...sorry.

[Greg_C]

Ooooooh....did you mean "donor" wall? Like donor organs?:D It was just a typo that I didn't pick up on...sorry.

Ooops my bad on the typo. More haste and less speed when typing.

Another from yesterday. Lovely smile.
@Paul - 9466

No.1
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image18791.jpg

[justin carpenter]

great shots Greg and Paul. Did well.
Kelsey, nice shot of the Koala too.

Paul I will probably be able to get some black and white film for our portrait class with John, then I can process it at Tafe :D

[wakko]

Great shots of the formal! :)

Em is very pretty indeed with a gorgeous smile :)

[Meaty0]

Got another one finished. Phew! All this cloning out the background crap is tiring.

Ashleigh and Sam
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5652/roxysemiformal011nc3.jpg

[Greg_C]

Nice work Paul. I take it this is the shot you were aiming for.

[Meaty0]

Yup...this is kinda like the shot I had envisaged. If we'd had more time, I had a whole bunch more poses I wanted to try. Maybe next time.

[wakko]

Being the clucky (heheh vicsta) father, here's another one of my little angel. :)

Hope you're all having a wonderful Sunday.

[Ospi]

hi all,

Quick question about customs. iv bought my lens from American and its being held in Sydney awaiting payment from me. Now can i phone them now to pay it or must i wait for them to contact me? And if i can contact them now, is this: http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=4491 the number i must do it with.

[Greg_C]

Gorgeous work Feng. Must be getting close to coming home time soon. The time when you check on them every 5min to make sure they are still ok.

Reese, Sorry I can't help. Paul or Nick might be able to comment.

[Nick C.]

Nice shots, fellas. I particularly like the last one of Paul's and the first post of Emily by Greg.

Reese, who was it shipped through? UPS? Fed Ex?

I see you must have decided on the 300 over the 400. Is that what we're eager to get our hands on?

[Ospi]

yes, very very eager, which is why this wait is killing me. Shipped by UPS. I could write an essay on whats gone wrong with this purchase from day one. Its been one of "those", nothing but problems.

[Nick C.]

Sorry to hear that, Reece. I can't say I've ever had any trouble with ordering from the US (B&H/Adorama I assume).

You should only have to deal with UPS. UPS will send you an email/letter asking for the GST and other import charges and they handle Customs for you.
Of course, the impetuous ones (including myself) can ring UPS on 131 877 to try and minimise all that waiting :).
Good luck!

[Ospi]

ok thanks, ill give them a ring tomorrow (assuming they are closed for the day)

[Nick C.]

No problem.
I was looking at your gallery - some great shots in there (especially the wildlife). I noticed you've shot over at the Queensland Raceway. I've been thinking of heading over there on one of their track/race days to get some pics. Can anyone just show up with a camera and take photos or is it somewhat restricted?

[Ospi]

You can show up and do as you please. As far as i know with track days and events like the historics etc you can even drive your car into the complex and park it in the spectator areas.

Im going to try to get there soon to try out the new lens.

[Nick C.]

If you want some company, let me know when you're heading out there and I'll join you if I can.

[Ospi]

Will do, ill try to find out whats going on there over the next month or so.

[catsith]

alright paul, where did your post go??

had a day's outing at redcliffe today, hosted by peninsual club. Got a few nice shots of flowers, not much else. pp starts tomorrow.

[wakko]

Gorgeous work Feng. Must be getting close to coming home time soon. The time when you check on them every 5min to make sure they are still ok.

Hi Greg.

She's home already. Very behaved and sleeping/feeding well. The first night she was home (Friday) I couldn't help but sit up and look at her. Consequently I felt terrible afterward :) hahah....

She's a real gem, and coming along well. Nice temperament. Takes after her mum in so many ways. :)

[justin carpenter]

wow! talktavive bunch tonight. Congrats on the new gear Reece, bet your dying to get it! Paul that last shot looks great, it might have taken you a while to do the cloning but it does look good, nice work.
Thats wierd Tina, dad and I went to Redcliffe this morning to shoot the sunrise! It looked great but by the time I pulled the camera out set it up on a tripod, it didnt look as good. Dad could just pull his camera out of his pocket and start shooting :lol: .

[Vicsta]

Being the clucky (heheh vicsta) father, here's another one of my little angel. :)

Hope you're all having a wonderful Sunday.


Oh No......I can hear the clucking again......breath Vicki breath....

She's gorgeous Feng......and sounds like a little gem. Don't want to put you off or anything.....but wait for teething time.....:rolleyes: ...poor little buggers can go through hell.

Vicki

[Meaty0]

Hmmm....maybe we should start a new thread...this one's kinda getting a bit long isn't it?

[Ospi]

GKPE is to long, this still has a while to catch up me thinks lol.

[Andrew Carpenter]

Here's the sunrise Justin missed.

[catsith]

great shots andrew
justin, we didn't start shooting till after 8.00am. I re-looked at my photos this morning, and have to admit, nothing is exciting me. I thought i had a great hibiscus shot, but something about it is not grabbing me. It's a good shot, but i just don't know what it is. Maybe i am starting to be too critical of my work, i don't know. Or i am just tired!

paul, it doesn't metter if the threasd is long, we all click "last" anyway. and we are all used to the title now too.

[Meaty0]

great shots andrew
justin, we didn't start shooting till after 8.00am. I re-looked at my photos this morning, and have to admit, nothing is exciting me. I thought i had a great hibiscus shot, but something about it is not grabbing me. It's a good shot, but i just don't know what it is. Maybe i am starting to be too critical of my work, i don't know. Or i am just tired!

paul, it doesn't metter if the threasd is long, we all click "last" anyway. and we are all used to the title now too.

The problem arises when you want to hunt something down like an event we are organising or a date and time for the event. Perhaps we should start an extra thread titled POTN Brisbane Group Events. When we decide on something, just post what it is, the date, the time, the location in there. Sound viable?

[justin carpenter]

that is true Paul, maybe instead of having a 'POTN Brisbane Group Events' we could make a new thread everytime we organise something new ? I like both ideas.

[justin carpenter]

or..maybe I could edit my first post with all the latest meeting information so it will be easy to just go to page 1 and find out .

[Nick C.]

Nice shots, Andrew. I've been waiting for a clear morning to get a nice sunrise shot from Redcliffe but the only time I see a cloudless sky at that time of the morning is when I'm on my way to work :(. On my days off it always seems to be cloudy/overcast (or I just sleep in :rolleyes:)

I like the idea of updating the initial post in this thread. It's simple and keeps everything together. Seeing as we are all already in this thread it should be easy to check the first post or ask each other for details of the next outing.
As for your 'Group Events' thread, Paul, don't forget Justin did start this BRISBANE POTN ACTIVITIES (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=225017) thread some time ago. It seems to have fizzled out somewhat though.

[Kelsey-Lee]

Next meeting is Natural Arch this Sunday 4th March. Don't forget!

Andrew, that second shot of the sunrise is gorgeous!

Spent the weekend up at the Sunshine Coast and came back this morning- got to school at 10:30 am. :D Caught in traffic on the highway.

[justin carpenter]

i didnt even realize that the naturaly arch outing was finalized :lol: ... is it?

i edited the initial post of this thread

[Greg_C]

Hi All,

The Sydney guys are trying to organise a sunrise shoot and John suggested we try to make Aussie wide. See this thead here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=274455).

I'm keen if the time/date suits my other plans. Mind you there is no date set yet.

[wakko]

Oh No......I can hear the clucking again......breath Vicki breath....

She's gorgeous Feng......and sounds like a little gem. Don't want to put you off or anything.....but wait for teething time.....:rolleyes: ...poor little buggers can go through hell.

Vicki

Hehehe... yeah she had a tough time last night... up every two hours... but I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to teething time :)


On a side note... i've finally gone to shooting RAW exclusively. Eversince I went from PC to MAC, I've been looking for a good library/raw editor after coming from Raw Shooter on PC.

So I decided to try a whole heap of Mac apps. Standard Bridge/PS combo, Aperture, Capture One, and finally Lightroom 1.0. I must say, Lightroom 1.0 has many similarities with Raw Shooter except with a much better library type system which catalogues you photos for you, can sort by lens, camera type etc etc which is all extracted from the EXIF. I have a few gripes about Lightroom, but for what I do (which is simple adjustments before exporting to CS2), it's great. Exports well... one or multiple as 16bit TIFFs just like Raw Shooter.

So.... just my little splurge for the day. 100% RAW for me from now on ;) yay.

Feng.

PS: Baby's doing well :) hehehe...

[catsith]

i shoot raw and jpeg, because sometimes, my shots only need a little tweeking, and i find the jpeg quicker to do it. I can also download onto any computer if needed, and see what my pictures are like (mainly with family). Easy for me to delete what i don't want, and to burn a cd from that if needed.

can we have some more info on sunday please? God, i am so dead from this w/e, and i have a b'day party next sat night (and it will be a late one!), i really need more hours in my day to get some sleep!

[wakko]

I can also download onto any computer if needed, and see what my pictures are like (mainly with family). Easy for me to delete what i don't want, and to burn a cd from that if needed.

Hmmm.. that's a good point... Didn't think of that one. Perhaps I should leave it in dual mode for a bit longer and ponder over this one. :)

With regard to anything off this computer... no trouble through batch jobs etc... but yeah.. I see your point there.

Hrmmm.... :)

[justin carpenter]

i shoot RAW always :D

I am not sure what is happening this sunday? Are we going to natural arch? What time ? Are we meeting somewhere beforehand?

[kendickson]

i shoot RAW always :D

I am not sure what is happening this sunday? Are we going to natural arch? What time ? Are we meeting somewhere beforehand?

I shot RAW images for all my photos except family type images that are shot on jpeg so that the family can view and use them easier.

I would be interested in a trip to natural arch this weekend, might pay to share cars a bit to make things easier.

[Kelsey-Lee]

Well, time depends on what you want the lighting to be like. I would be thinking 10am til 2pm?

And I'm not familiar with the layout of the place, so someone else will have to give directions to a meeting place.

[Meaty0]

Well, time depends on what you want the lighting to be like. I would be thinking 10am til 2pm?

And I'm not familiar with the layout of the place, so someone else will have to give directions to a meeting place.


Well in that case, I'd like to be there shortly after sunrise, but that's not real practical.

So how about we meet in the car park at 9.30 or sooner? It's a short walk to the arch. My best guess would be about a two hour drive from Brisbane.

Here's a link to a map of how to get there. It's a weekend so it's probably going to be crowded. Actually the whole Numinbah Valley is pretty photogenic. Plenty of photo stops on the way. :-D

http://www.zoomin.com.au/australia/qld/numinbah+valley/

[-Pleiades-]

Just spoke to my other half and he's keen to go with me on sunday (with the promise of stopping off at fishing spots ;) ) because I think if I had to drive there on my own I would get lost.

When you say 9:30 in the carpark you're talking qld time, and it's this sunday? I'm thinking of leaving while it's still dark and driving the back way through murwillumbah and up that way and just stopping along the way if there's a nice capture.

[-Pleiades-]

What road is the natural arch on? Is there a particular road to take to get there?

Looking on the map there's a natural bridge as well, does anyone know what that's like?

[Greg_C]

Hey guys I've been mulling over an idea for a while. It seems we're a very busy crowd and have lots of proposed events coming up over the next month or two. These always seem to get lost some amongst our long threads.

My idea is this. Why not share the info in a Google Calendar. I've set up the up coming events into a Google Calendar and just PM me if you want the address. It'll display in a normal web page. The neat thing about this is if the location info is filled out the Google maps link will work also. I'm happy to keep this current. Also I can share it properly with any of you that have a Google gmail email address, then others could add stuff also.

What do you think, Is this to techo and complicated?

[Ospi]

Sounds like a very good idea Greg, will make it much easier.

As for UPS, good riddance, so much for the whole 3-4 working days shipping.

[bubba zanetti]

What road is the natural arch on? Is there a particular road to take to get there?

Looking on the map there's a natural bridge as well, does anyone know what that's like?

Hello Pleiades. They are the same thing (to me anyway) Ive been there several times as im from brissy.

Have a look here..hope it helps with directions from NSW.
http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/things-to-see-and-do/natural-bridge-springbrook-national-park/index.cfm

I prefer to go in winter as then there isnt anyone swiming there if its cold.

Good Luck & remember to show what you get.

[-Pleiades-]

Cheers humungus :D

Tell me about the winter thing! I've discovered some really nice waterfall/swimming holes around my area but there's always people swimming and ruining a good photo op. I'm hanging out for winter so I can have the place to myself.

[Meaty0]

Cheers humungus :D

Tell me about the winter thing! I've discovered some really nice waterfall/swimming holes around my area but there's always people swimming and ruining a good photo op. I'm hanging out for winter so I can have the place to myself.

Hi Kinnon,

Yes, Natural Bridge=Natural Arch.

If you're coming from Murwillumbah/Tweed way, just go through the roundabout and across the Tweed into Murwillumbah town centre. Just keep going straight ahead down Wollumbin Street and turn right into Brisbane Street and then left into Murwillumbah Street and then right again into Queensland Road. Just follow this all the way until you cross over Rouse River and the road veers left and changes its name to Numinbah Road. And you're on your way!!

That's a spectacular drive. One of the best in Queensland. The township of Chillingham is on the way and well worth having a little look around. Also Crystal Creek has a few good spots as well as the town of Numinbah itself. If you go early in the morning, keep your eye out on the left side for Egg Rock (I think that's what it's called). Just keep going until you see the sign for Natural Arch (or Bridge).

[justin carpenter]

I'm NOT obsessed I tell you! Now give me back my B&H catalogue...quick!


:lol: you crack me up Paul!

We are thinking of staying the night in the area, that way we can shoot early :D . Right now its just a thought.

[catsith]

i think i will be a party pooper guys, i really will be too tired to drive all that way. I have a birtday party to attend, and i don't think i will get home till the wee hours, and to leave by 7.30 at the latest will be too much me thinks. If i can come, i'll ring either paul or greg.
I joined aps, and got my paperwork today, god, some of it is confusing. Trying to log in and can't find all the info i need. Too tired to go through it all again! sent an email, hope it then becomes a bit clearer!

[-Pleiades-]

Thanks for that paul, I'll pass those instructions onto my other half

justin, you just gave me an idea. My other half and I both have monday's off.... I wonder if there's any camping ground in the area?

Does anyone know what the roads are like? My car is probably the better but it's been lowered so it doesn't do so good on dirt roads, we have a 4wd, but it's a bit of a slow pain in the arse.

[justin carpenter]

I did a quick search and found this :
http://www.numinbahtrails.com/numinbah_trails_camping.html

[Meaty0]

Thanks for that paul, I'll pass those instructions onto my other half

justin, you just gave me an idea. My other half and I both have monday's off.... I wonder if there's any camping ground in the area?

Does anyone know what the roads are like? My car is probably the better but it's been lowered so it doesn't do so good on dirt roads, we have a 4wd, but it's a bit of a slow pain in the arse.

The roads are just MADE for a lowered car:mrgreen: Nice and windy!

[-Pleiades-]

I have some bad news.... :cry:

I can't make it this sunday any more. Bunnings called me in for work and unfortunatley I'm in a position at the moment where I can't say no. I was really looking forward to it, but of course the only sunday I have something on they call me in for work. :(

[Meaty0]

I have some bad news.... :cry:

I can't make it this sunday any more. Bunnings called me in for work and unfortunatley I'm in a position at the moment where I can't say no. I was really looking forward to it, but of course the only sunday I have something on they call me in for work. :(

Just go some other time by yourselves but don't miss the drive...it's worth it.

[-Pleiades-]

I will Paul, I was just looking forward to meeting everyone. I'll keep my fingers crossed for the drought outing.

[catsith]

just 2c worth, next sunday would have suited me better.

[-Pleiades-]

just 2c worth, next sunday would have suited me better.

Me too now Tina, maybe we could have our own POTN meet? ;)And if Bunnings rings me next weekend I'll tell them to bugger off!

[catsith]

i'll pencil it in!

hey kelsey, has voting finished for the book? i only did one!

[justin carpenter]

this might help ya Tina

"The current plan for the Project is as follows:

Fri Jan 5 - Submission of Images Starts
Sun Jan 28 - Submission Ends
Mon Jan 29 - Panel Selection Starts
Sun Feb 11 - PM culling ends
Mon Feb 19 - Public Forum Voting Starts
Sun Mar 11 - Public Forum Voting Ends
Mon Mar 12 - Committee and Panel Review of Voting
Sun Apr 1 - Announcement of Winners posted to all shares
Sun Apr 1 - Galleries of all winning photos made publicly available
Sun Apr 1 - Book layout begins
Sun Apr 22 - Book uploaded to Blurb.
Thu May 3 - Proof checked
Mon May 14 - Book made publically available through Blurb
Wed May 23 - Books received in POTN Shop. "

[Kelsey-Lee]

No, it shouldn't have ended...

I haven't received any notes about it ending either...

[Greg_C]

Missed a photo op today. I went out to an Energex Depot at Richlands today. Sitting on a front counter was a very small bat (flying kind not the cricket type). It was probably only 50mm (2") long. I've never seen one of these before and it would have been nice to get a shot of it. The noise in the office scared it and it disappeared to elsewhere in the office. How it got in the first place nobody knows. They were going to call the wildlife people to come and get it.

[Ospi]

sigh, now im genuinely ticked off. I bought this bloody lens over a week ago on a 3-4 business day delivery. However it isnt even here yet and from what im seeing on the tracking thing its been in Sydney for 4 days. It doesnt take 4 days to get something from Sydney to Brisbane....

[HelenThura]

ohhh I hope it arrives soon for you Reese, is it from BH? My flash is sitting in Sydney at the moment and is meant to arrive to me tomorrow.

[Ospi]

ohhh I hope it arrives soon for you Reese, is it from BH? My flash is sitting in Sydney at the moment and is meant to arrive to me tomorrow.
Got this one from Adorama since we were having CC authentication issues with B&H for some reason. Iv had so much trouble with this purchase its not funny, just hope it all ends tomorrow.

[Meaty0]

Got this one from Adorama since we were having CC authentication issues with B&H for some reason. Iv had so much trouble with this purchase its not funny, just hope it all ends tomorrow.

FYI Reese. If you order something from B&H that is over $1500 USD in value, I don't think they will accept CC payment. You have to do a telegraphic transfer. (At least that's what happened to me last time.)

[Ospi]

is that $1500 USD? It came to about 1400 USD so i didn't think it was that, the error was kinda weird and i dont think it was related.

Going to try and sort that out with them over the next week or so anyway.

[bubba zanetti]

FYI Reese. If you order something from B&H that is over $1500 USD in value, I don't think they will accept CC payment. You have to do a telegraphic transfer. (At least that's what happened to me last time.)
I have tried several times & the last was just weeks ago. they want you to fax a copy (both sides) of your credit card. Andorama are exactly the same. They didnt put a $ figure on the request.

Im pretty ok with using my CC online but no way on gods green earth am i going to fax a copy of my my CC number plus my 3 digit security number on the back along with a copy of my signature to an over seas fax number.

[Ospi]

Yeah i was very nervous about that as well, but after phoning then and talking to them for awhile i felt it was safe enough to send to them. However Adorama wanted a copy of a bank statement as well to which i replied nicely to bugger off.

[Meaty0]

I have tried several times & the last was just weeks ago. they want you to fax a copy (both sides) of your credit card. Andorama are exactly the same. They didnt put a $ figure on the request.

Im pretty ok with using my CC online but no way on gods green earth am i going to fax a copy of my my CC number plus my 3 digit security number on the back along with a copy of my signature to an over seas fax number.


No, that's not what happened to me. I had to do that (fax CC copies) to become a customer for the first time and I bought many things after that without having to fax the credit card again (verification department). My problem occurred when I ordered ONE item (a lens) that cost more than $1,500 US. There 'was' a store limit of $1500 for credit card orders from Australia before the card transaction was rejected. I rang the store to find out why and he said something about 'store policy' and I had to wire the money to their account. It was no big deal really.

Adorama don't have this store limit thingy.

[catsith]

I have to say, that is why I buy here. Too much hassle, and if you shop around, the prices are pretty close.

well, i had a great yesterday, my work was postponed, so I headed off to mt C. gardens, to get some shooting in whilst tripping around brissie. Weather was great, nice and cloudy (and rain at one stage, though that was not so good!)
a couple here, but not my comp ones, they can wait till after. I have a couple of brilliant lillies, can't wait for the next comp!
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/flowers%202007/IMG_2534web-1.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/flowers%202007/IMG_2554jppfrweb.jpg

[catsith]

anda cute duckling
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=283655

[Greg_C]

Nice shots Tina.
Reese, bit of a bummer all the trouble you're having. I've bought my bigger ticket items from D-D photographics in Sydney.

[wakko]

great shots Tina... :)

[Ospi]

Great shots tina, wondeful colours. I think i should take advantage of the fact the Botanical gardens are right next to my uni.

Ahh well the lens arrived today so finally i can put the issues behind me. Ill certainly be thinking rather hard at where ill buy from now on though, i made the wrong decision this time but i guess you can put it down as a "life lesson".

Bottom line is this lens is gob smacking. Heres some shots from it this arvo, no sharpening done at all and the last was at 1/125 handheld :S.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/17/kookaburra2hz2.jpg

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/663/buster10tq2.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2843/cassy2mx4.jpg

1st was with the tc as well.

Got tomorrow off, so i think i know what ill be doing.....after some study :(

[kendickson]

Tina - love the first picture of the yellow flower. The background on the second seems to play funny tricks with my eyes!

Reese - Love the Boxer photo - my absolute favourite dog. My dad always says they are a playful puppy until the day they become a senile old dog!

[Ospi]

lol hes still a bundle of energy at 11.

[catsith]

reece, good shots. What lens did you get again?

you're right ken, not sure why the background turned out that way.

[HelenThura]

Tina, Reese got the 300mm f/4. Such a pretty lens. Those photos are gorgeous Reese.

What is the current plan for Sunday???

[catsith]

sorry, but you'll have to count me out, I know i am going to be too tired after the party sat night.

[Ospi]

My friend popped by again just before, got one shot off before he flew off. Heavy crop at 420mm with the tc.

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5804/kookaburra6uf3.jpg

[Kelsey-Lee]

I'm sorry to say that I won't be making it to Natural Arch on Sunday. I've just been hit with 5 assignments all due in 3-4 days.

[Greg_C]

What is the current plan for Sunday???

I think we are meeting there at 9:30am.

My friend popped by again just before, got one shot off before he flew off. Heavy crop at 420mm with the tc.

Nice Reese, works well with the TC I see.

I'm sorry to say that I won't be making it to Natural Arch on Sunday. I've just been hit with 5 assignments all due in 3-4 days.
I gotta to be mean and say ha ha. At least you have your priorities sorted out the right way. I get assignments from work also, usually to write some form of manual. At least I'm getting paid for these.:p

The drought one is the following weekend, so you might have a chance at that one.

[justin carpenter]

great shots reece, you are very lucky to have that lens!

So who IS going to Natural Arch this Sunday?
I will be there at 9.30. Is there one main carpark and will be easy to find everyone?

[wakko]

nice shot reese :) Mmmm fuzzy birdy :)

[catsith]

i am definitely in for the following w/e, where are we going? Lake coominyah is a long drive, but very dry! Have a good day tomorrow. I am shooting swanbank tomorrow evening. Power is coming up, and there is a shot i want to try.

[kendickson]

great shots reece, you are very lucky to have that lens!

So who IS going to Natural Arch this Sunday?
I will be there at 9.30. Is there one main carpark and will be easy to find everyone?

Justin,

I am still in for it. From what I remember there is a main carpark and also a notice board type of thing near the start of the trail leading down there.

I guess we meet up around there at 9.30am.

[Greg_C]

I'm going also.

[justin carpenter]

so its me, greg, paul, helen, ken and maybe tina? Is Reece coming ?

[Greg_C]

I've just been informed by humungus (from the Gold Coast) in an other thread that the bitey things are in abundance all around Natural Bridge. Remember the Aeroguard.

Don't know about Reese.

[HelenThura]

I'm going so don't worry about the aeroguard, I will be a personal mozzie repellent for the lot of you.

Will anyone have a spare seat in a car? As I am more than happy to car pool down there as it would just be me in my car (think of the planet, the fuel etc). I live at Kedron but am more than happy to meet someone somewhere and you will also get petrol money out of it as well.

[-Pleiades-]

Do you mind picking me up on the way Helen....:p Kidding!

Have fun everyone!

[HelenThura]

Lol Kinnon, I think you are a wee bit out of the way.

Helen drives up to Bunnings.
"Yeah mate, I'm here to pick up some 2x4s for my brother. He told me to speak to a Kinnon"
Bunnings person "Why certainly, let me just call Kinnon for you"
Kinnon arrives "Hi Helen, I spoke to your brother, let me just take you round to the timber yard"
Kinnon jumps in Helen's car never to be seen at Bunnings again

[Ospi]

i wont be able to come, got to pop into work to help with a delivery then pop back home for the v8's. Im like a snake trying to get to water, if you get in between me and my motor racing, ill bite :D

Have a good one, i look forward to the results.

[catsith]

helen, ken was talking of car pooling, send him a pm
i am still sitting on the fence

[Ospi]

Tina, iv noticed your gallery link in your sig doesnt seem to be clickable, not sure if you did this on purpose or not but if not replace this with that link in your sig.

[*url=http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f24/ottine/]Gallery[/url]

Just remove that star at the start for it to work.

[wakko]

With all that's been going on with me and the bub etc... i seriously doubt my availability for this shoot. :)

Just another shot to show... little baby Jessica was having trouble burping last night, so i gave her the "colic" position :) hehehe... such a cutie :)

http://stuff.planetslackers.com/imageshare/private/2007-03-03_burping.jpg

Enjoy ;)

[Andrew Carpenter]

Feng, those baby shots are really fresh, It's good to see your getting plenty of great shots of this stage cause their growth is amazing and fast.

[catsith]

that is so cute feng!

thanks reece, i just re-coped the link. Not sure why it didn't work, cause it did originally.

have a good day up at n.a. guys.

[wakko]

Thanks Andrew/Tina for your comments.

@ Andrew: Yeah... she's growing so fast already and she's not even 2 weeks old yet :) Seems like we've had her for ages!!! :) changes in mannerisms, expressions... *sigh*

@ Tina: Sometimes when you re-edit your signature, the linking can go stupid because of it's "advanced" editor. I tend to revert them all back to straight BBCode these days and not use the fandangled editor :)

[shayb]

Wow alot happens while your laptop is away being repaired!!!!!

[wakko]

HEY welcome back shay!!!! :) long time no see :) hope you're keeping well :)

[Meaty0]

A panoramic of Natural Bridge I did today...

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/6798/naturalbridgepanokv9.jpg

[Greg_C]

Ooh nice work Paul. I love the greens.

I've just posted mine over here. (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=2811358)

[kendickson]

Paul,

Nice image. Greg yours are great as well.
Thanks to everyone who turned up - it was a great outing I though.

[catsith]

lovey image paul.
I slept in this morning, i was so tired. If i hadn't made a commitment to head out this avo with a fellow club photographer, i might have made the effort, but the thought of driving all that way today was just too much. Hope you all had a great time.
I had a good time shooting out the back of swanbank, under the power lines. Still have to check my shots, but i hope i got some good ones. Beautiful full moon too, looked stunning as it rose, but my moon photography is hopeless, and didn't get any good shots.

hey shay, thought you were a bit quiet!

[justin carpenter]

nice shots Paul and Greg.
It was a good day today thanks everyone :D .

Here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=2811711#post2811711) are a couple of mine.

[Carjo]

Very nice shots, guys. :)

[rhid78]

Hi everyone,

Well I've been MIA for a little bit, things have been hectic this week at work and uni started back on Monday (grrrr). I finally got a friend of mine over yesterday for a shoot with my new lights and it was great to take photos of someone else for a change rather than myself haha.

Here's the link to some finished shots http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=2813889#post2813889

I know that a lot of people don't like the high key stuff but I love it. My friend was looking at these last night and she said to me that she never though she could look so good! There are varying amounts of pp done on them, some have 100% airbrushing, others just 50% etc and I think I altered her eye colour in each to reflect what she was wearing at the time.

Anyway - let me know what you think. Still a long way to go but at least I'm happy to go forward instead of being frustrated.

Cheers :-)

Rhi

[wakko]

welcome back rhi! :)

great shots...

[Greg_C]

Thanks for the comments on my natural bridge shots guys.

Nice shots there Rhi, you certainly putting those lights to good use.

[Greg_C]

Hi Guys,

Here's another from yesterday. I really tried to push the envelope here with the colours:D , and it may be over done.:?: Same Image was process twice in DDP with Autumn Hues Picture Style and then these merged with layer masks in CS2. I ended up with a 200+ Meg file. :oops: I don't normally use picture styles and usually just tweak thing in CS2.

Honest opinions please.

PS you should have seen the Tungsten version. Very Purple!

No.1
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image18996.jpg

[-Pleiades-]

Hi Greg, great job, I quiet like it, the only thing that looks a tad overdone is the ultra green water

[catsith]

your water is still purple greg!

[Greg_C]

your water is still purple greg!
ha, how do you know that it wasn't purple water, you weren't there!!:p

one a more serious note, it is a little purple and this is from the colour changes.

[wakko]

I love the deep greens greg, but the purple water is somewhat interesting :) hehehe...

[Meaty0]

Hehe...Hey Greg, I think I remember seeing a scene like that in a science fiction movie once:-D

[catsith]

a couple more lillies
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=285497

[kendickson]

Greg,

Like the greens but as mentioned the purple water seems to be the penalty paid.

Maybe the water is like from all the people swimming the creek!

Cheers

[Greg_C]

All right seeing nobody wanted to get their eyes recalibrated to remove the purple from the image here it is again.

No.1
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image18997.jpg

[wakko]

hehehhe :)

/me pats greg :) i love those greens though ;)

[kendickson]

hehehhe :)

/me pats greg :) i love those greens though ;)

I think that is a special green colour called - slime green!

Nice work on the rework Greg.

[Meaty0]

This is my HDR attempt at Natural Bridge. I had to work on it A LOT to stop it from being washed out. I'm not sure if it's worth it...
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/9898/naturalbridgehdrhm7.jpg

[Meaty0]

Oh yeah...my other shots from Natural Arch/Bridge..(whatever!) are IN THIS THREAD (http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=285558)

[kendickson]

Hi all,

Here are a couple of my images of the Rocket Frog (I think it is Broad-palmed Rocket Frog).

This fellow sure was hard to spot, in one of the pictures you can see a green leaf I put down next to him to aid finding him when the eye wandered away.

[kendickson]

This is my HDR attempt at Natural Bridge. I had to work on it A LOT to stop it from being washed out. I'm not sure if it's worth it...


Paul,

That works well in my opinion.

Cheers

[Meaty0]

Hi all,

Here are a couple of my images of the Rocket Frog (I think it is Broad-palmed Rocket Frog).

This fellow sure was hard to spot, in one of the pictures you can see a green leaf I put down next to him to aid finding him when the eye wandered away.

A great shot Ken. Looks like it's about 3" long?? Where was it, and how on earth did you see him it the first place?

[kendickson]

A great shot Ken. Looks like it's about 3" long?? Where was it, and how on earth did you see him it the first place?

Yes about 3" would be right. Greg, Helen and I were working along the bank of the stream just after the water comes out of the cave. I was looking at some fungus there and moved a small twig and it was enough to make this fellow give away his position.

I would never have found him otherwise and you couldn't take your eye of him for a moment. Greg also got some shots of the same Frog.

[catsith]

cool shots guys!

[kendickson]

Of course during the visit to Natural Arch there was another strange animal type in evidence - both male and female specimens were seen of the humble "Canonus phothogus - POTN family".

These creatures tend to travel in flocks or packs (commonly called Lowepro's).

Often seen with dirty knees these animals can be heard chattering about shutterspeeds, f-stops and gadgets.

While normally a peaceful animal, they can be prone to fits of grumbling about the ruined shot thanks to the inconsiderate tourist.

Spouses should make an effort to keep their photo inclined loved ones away from these animal as it can lead to the bank balance being raided for the latest 100-10000mm lens (L-series of course). :lol: :lol:

[justin carpenter]

nice shots Paul, and nice frog photos Ken. Nice lillies too Tina!

[Nick C.]

Nice shots, Ken. I can certainly understand the need for the green leaf. Which one of you on-the-ball photogs managed to spot the sneaky fella in the first place?

Paul, while your HDR is a nice shot I'm not too sure the HDR process has achieved much. It still looks pretty close to a single exposure shot to me.

[Nick C.]

Ah, as I move to the 50th page of this thread I notice that it was indeed your own keen eye, Ken, that managed to get a fix on our little amphibious friend. Well spotted!

[Greg_C]

Yes Ken get all the credit for the Froggy. Nice shots of the frog there Ken. I need to wear a different coloured hat and shirt to blend in better don't I.

[Meaty0]

Nice shots, Ken. I can certainly understand the need for the green leaf. Which one of you on-the-ball photogs managed to spot the sneaky fella in the first place?

Paul, while your HDR is a nice shot I'm not too sure the HDR process has achieved much. It still looks pretty close to a single exposure shot to me.

Yeah. I think I agree that the end result looks better if you simply mask all the crap out of the 7 or 8 exposures and fuse all the "good" stuff you're left with using layers.

[kendickson]

Yes Ken get all the credit for the Froggy. Nice shots of the frog there Ken. I need to wear a different coloured hat and shirt to blend in better don't I.

Just a snap taken during the day but a good example of how hard it was to shot any great distance in the bush there due to the differences in the lighting.

[justin carpenter]

Here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=2818114#post2818114) are a couple more photos from the meet.

[justin carpenter]

and one more

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/183/411340161_83448dab53_o_d.jpg

[Greg_C]

Nice work Justin.

Been doing some Macro stuff this morning. Golden Orb Weaver (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=2820663). Don't look if you don't like spiders, I was about 3-4" away from her.

[Greg_C]

Here's another from this morning. Hoya Flower (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=2820938). A little surprise in this one.;) ;) ;)

[Meaty0]

and one more
Well done Justin. I didn't think of doing that shot...I ditched all my Stinging Tree photos:( You showed good creativity there. And it's sharp too; I can see the stinging hairs on the main stem even. <Thumbup>