GKPE: General Ramblings thread

somethingsimple wrote in post #3346141
mine are too... but they also love everythign else
bushwalks, swimming, beach, rivers, mud, countryside, farms, zoos, birds in trees, bugs, leaves, sticks,stones, shells, money, cooking...

you get the idea

They sound so CUTE! really all round healthy Kiwi girls.
I got my business study papers in the mail yesterday and going to sign up for that course. Thanks for the info

Where's everybody? Tony and Peter I loved your shots. Tony the dune one is stunning!

wendyc wrote in post #3346214
They sound so CUTE! really all round healthy Kiwi girls.
I got my business study papers in the mail yesterday and going to sign up for that course. Thanks for the info

hey thats great - its a good course, tons of info and support

(by the way, one of my 'girls' is a boy LOL)
i dont think i said either: the dune one IS great,another A+
but the low tide one is better IMO
notice how both have great foregrounds and perspective lines?

I knew my 20D would have a purpose in 2 years time, when I have 2 pro bodies...

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weka2000 wrote in post #3341138
Moppie my karekare shots are better than your SI ones

WOW! The MOJO is BAAAAACK!

akiwi wrote in post #3341092
Ok, first couplw of pictures from Italy.
This is Torbole, right at the north of Lake Garda. A sailing, climbing, walking and mountain biking mecca.

Nice ones Peter -- I love the colours!

akiwi wrote in post #3341484
OK, Here's a couple more. I Obviously can't compete with Tony for landscapes, so I will try beach babes
I met this girl on the beach, and asked if she was interested in a photoshoot. Here are a couple I like.

Beach babes??? Oh yeah, it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere! Nice ones Peter

Gouba wrote in post #3341871
little joke for everyone. . . "

Mrs. Smith fainted!!

Wazza wrote in post #3346304
I knew my 20D would have a purpose in 2 years time, when I have 2 pro bodies...

http://www.lifepixel.c​om ….php?m=product_​detail&p=3

Duncan and I looked at that for 1 of his 20D's
Get areal IR camera that you use normally, no filters and long exposures. Some "L" glass produes hot spots other wise.

I'm off to Legoland today with the boys. End of holiday treat. Being a holiday & good weather there will probably be lines for everything. Yippee! It would be something for Manipula. The English like standing in lines.

somethingsimple wrote in post #3346141
mine are too... but they also love everythign else
bushwalks, swimming, beach, rivers, mud, countryside, farms, zoos, birds in trees, bugs, leaves, sticks,stones, shells, money, cooking...

you get the idea

I'll add Mud, mud, Getting dirty, mud, Biking.
Mine do too, though my oldest loves his bike (& the telle) often more than an excursion. It's his birthday on Wednesday so I have been looking for a mountain bike for him. Ouch!! To get a good one you need to fork out a LOT!
They HATE malls & shopping unless it is a toy shop.

Wazza wrote in post #3346304
I knew my 20D would have a purpose in 2 years time, when I have 2 pro bodies...

http://www.lifepixel.c​om ….php?m=product_​detail&p=3

I really can't see what is so cool about IR photography. I'm not a big fan of PS filters & stuff & IMHO IR photography just creates a picture that looks like it has been filtered to bits.
Unless of course you are using it to see through clothes so it makes everyone look naked. Then it would be interesting

Im after a nice wide LCD screen for my editing of photos. About 22"
Anyone got any reomendations. Ive used Philips for yrs.
I have 17" normal LCD at moment

akiwi wrote in post #3346702
Unless of course you are using it to see through clothes so it makes everyone look naked. Then it would be interesting

Dont they take them off for you anymore

With regards to the landscapes having foreground objects, that is also something I have been trying to work on too. It does add depth to the image.
Here are 2 I took the other day where I was trying exactly that. I know the horizon goes through the middle. Which one do you like more? or are both crap?

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Those landscapes are impressive, you could only make them better by avoiding the middle of the day (yeah I know that was unavoidable here)

I got a bike!

Ok, I was processing SI photos, honestly I was.
Then the bike showed up

Now I know how unfit I am, and realised just how long its been since I rode a bike.

Hope it was worth the $33.51

Wazza wrote in post #3346791

Hope it was worth the $33.51

I think I got a bloody good deal! (I actualy gave your mother a round $35).

Dad had a tyre pump in the van, so we pumped the tyres up and Iv been re-learning how to ride again.
Had to make a few adjustments to it as well, it wouldn't go into low ratio, but just needed some fiddling with the derailer.
Im going to replace the back tyre, its to chunky and hits the side of the derailer when in low.
Also had to adjust the rear brakes, and of course the seat and handle bars.
Others its in great condition!

Haha, great stuff.

Nice buy for you then

Hope my mum wasn't too scary. Any resemblance?

Speaking of bikes, Here are a couple of shots of my boys.
On the second one I was experimenting with Longer shutter speed, a little under exposed, but with flash to bring the rider into the foreground & blur the background. I like this one as you see the face. I have better ones composition wise, but the face is hidden by an arm or something.

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