GKPE: General Ramblings thread

Nzshrimper wrote in post #2087482
What was the final date for the next GKPE ?

I think it was decieded on the 28th. that got the most votes. I have just updated the topic asking about shooting location.

nzl-g3user wrote in post #2087701
I think it was decieded on the 28th. that got the most votes. I have just updated the topic asking about shooting location.

ok tickets for flights are $288... all up. for that date (arriving 7:30 am Saturday and leaving Sunday 6:30pm

if we can sort out shoot ideas would be great . i take it, it will be Saturday for the main meet. If so i would like to go to Auckland zoo during the other day..

Saturday night a few beers would also be a must may be a club or two,,,,

Yay -- toys are in. Graham is a really nice guy to deal with. I'd recommend him from the transaction I just had.

MHP wrote in post #2087279
o.k. so got a bit of a dilemma. have been here a year building a business and it's going...o.k. as you would expect from any new business starting in a place where you know no one. it's o.k. though. anyway just been offered a job managing a photo biz on a ship going from Greece to Sth America, including Egypt, Africa and Antarctica, Chile, Rio, etc etc. stopping at all places on the way- for myself and partner.


I seriously don't know what to do.

Dilemma? what dilemma? pack now, without delay! there's no way I'd want to look back in a couple of years time and think about an oportunity like that I'd missed. Okay so you'd be working a fair percentage of the time but there's nothing like seeing other parts of the world to stimulate the mind.

have you packed yet

OK honest feedback on this one please:

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nzl-g3user wrote in post #2087701
I think it was decieded on the 28th. that got the most votes. I have just updated the topic asking about shooting location.

Poll closes this week, but it is looking like the 28th.

scotttnz wrote in post #2087821
OK honest feedback on this one please:

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I used my tobacco grad filter for the first time, and like the effect on what would have otherwise been a grey drab sky. But I spent a while removing the effect from the church, and you can stll see the grad on the walls if you look for it.

That is really eye catching! Composition looks good to me, perhaps you could clone the wee bit of trees on the far left.

What happens if you take two shots, one with and one without the filter to enable the church not to become coloured? Not sure how much work that would be?

BTW where is that?

FlyingPete wrote in post #2087852
That is really eye catching! Composition looks good to me, perhaps you could clone the wee bit of trees on the far left.

What happens if you take two shots, one with and one without the filter to enable the church not to become coloured? Not sure how much work that would be?

BTW where is that?

Opps, I ment to clone that bit of tree out!

I think taking 2 shots with and without the filter would be the best way to do it, if I had the tripod.

It is at Port Albert, not far from Wellsford. Kerry-Sue's grandfather is buried there, and it is 5 years since he died, so the whole family went to visit the grave today.

scotttnz wrote in post #2087861
It is at Port Albert, not far from Wellsford. Kerry-Sue's grandfather is buried there, and it is 5 years since he died, so the whole family went to visit the grave today.

it certainly is a beautiful spot, you have done a good job with the capture,

the wire or rope in the front entrance way is that the bell rope?

Nzshrimper wrote in post #2087883
it certainly is a beautiful spot, you have done a good job with the capture,

the wire or rope in the front entrance way is that the bell rope?

Thanks.

Yes it is the bell rope. I thought about cloning it out, but decided against it.

i think the two shot approach would be worth a go..

it may give you better definition in the clouds and allow the church to pop even more.

the bright spot where the sun hits the water - is there a way you could dull this a little. (it is just a tad bright.)

(if you do go back try closing the gate and the front door)

scotttnz wrote in post #2087821
OK honest feedback on this one please:
I used my tobacco grad filter for the first time, and like the effect on what would have otherwise been a grey drab sky. But I spent a while removing the effect from the church, and you can stll see the grad on the walls if you look for it.

Personally I would have gone for 3 exposures and blend. I find that the tobacco filter is good for sunsets and clouds, in places where it dosnt throw a cast as in your case on the white church.

I like the composition of the photo. You are right about getting the basics right.

Scott would that be a good spot for a bright moon light night?

MHP wrote in post #2087279
o.k. so got a bit of a dilemma. have been here a year building a business and it's going...o.k. as you would expect from any new business starting in a place where you know no one. it's o.k. though. anyway just been offered a job managing a photo biz on a ship going from Greece to Sth America, including Egypt, Africa and Antarctica, Chile, Rio, etc etc. stopping at all places on the way- for myself and partner.

I seriously don't know what to do.

In the immortal words of Murray Walker Go, go, go....

My mother told me 'If you don't like, you can always come home.'

Never say 'If only'

On a cruise liner you wouldn't spend much money right? So bascially everything you earn is saved. Double bonus. Bit like working in a pub on a Friday night.

That's a really nice shot Scott. I think if it was just a gray sky I don't think it would have the same effect. Did you managed to take a shot with out the filter?