Brisbane POTN Coffee Club (3) - Everything From Shutters to Cuppas

I just redid the developing of the Pullenvale shoot photos using LR beta. I have to say it's sooo much better than DPP, and is now on my list of things to buy.

Now to do skin smoothing and then email them to the models... but that can wait 'til I get home from uni.

wakko wrote in post #5380059
yeah but i'm not a fan of 'standard' chargers... i use maha chargers... one portable 'quick' charger, and one battery conditioner. they're both smart enough to know when the batteries are full.

+1 for the Maha chargers - fantastic things

Awwww

wakko wrote in post #5379418
just a quick phototax... jessica having a 'chew'

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heh, num num num num

Glenn-san wrote in post #5379466
The taxman does not leave much in Tokyo. Some people can only afford apartments 1 car wide

lol, at least you still get a balcony

willstar wrote in post #5379560
Nah - we all know it's Lexus FTW!!

pu-lease

We all know they are a rebadged toyota

:p

Trumples wrote in post #5379724
What on earth did you end up buying? Planning on starting a library are you?

Hmm...

/me fills out an application form for a library card from Fengs library

With the talk of the Fong Whale Tails the other day I thought some people might find this interesting

http://cgi.ebay.com.au …ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcm​dZViewItem

And Greg, im looking at some cheapy flash soft boxes on flea bay, where did you get yours from?

leitch wrote in post #5380088
Asian kids on a whole are super cute, though. Especially Japanese school kids in their little sailor uniforms The little girl in the family I stayed with in Japan was just the funniest little thing.

I agree with you. Soooo cute over there, especially when they are dressed for speical events.

These two were taken at Kamakura, where there is a large Shrine. Each year there is a special day where the kids are dressed in traditional robes and taken to the Shrine for a blessing. IIRC it's at ages 3 & 7...

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Not hard to guess where she is from. The headless guy and the lipstick unsettle me a little though.

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DAdeGroot wrote in post #5382702
+1 for the Maha chargers - fantastic things

I had a little 4 cell charger that did nimh and nicad, but gave it to Flav's Aunt with the old Canon powershot. The only other one i had did nicad only, so got one from Dicks that covered both, showed progress etc, but is still a trickle charge/discharge. I'd read that fast charging was detrimental to the batteries but maybe this is not the case??

Have been buying more higher (around 2000-2300) milliamp'ed AA and AAA to replace the older nicad things that are about 100 ma!!

Will move to the eneloops though, I like the idea of a slow discharge rate. Nothing worse than a dead rechargable that's been in storage.

Mmmmmm, we all love a deep blue sky and this weeks present is rather nice at giving us them.

http://www.lightroomki​llertips.com/2008/pres​ets-deep-blue-sky/

-spam- wrote in post #5383031
With the talk of the Fong Whale Tails the other day I thought some people might find this interesting

http://cgi.ebay.com.au …ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcm​dZViewItem

And Greg, im looking at some cheapy flash soft boxes on flea bay, where did you get yours from?

Dunno, will look it up tonight.

So, it's not gone un-noticed that greg and John have changed their respective avatars in the past week or so, but John's also changed his under-name phrase. Gone is the pussy comment (Mrs Slocombe) and in its' place a more topical statement.....

willstar wrote in post #5385428
So, it's not gone un-noticed that greg and John have changed their respective avatars in the past week or so, but John's also changed his under-name phrase. Gone is the pussy comment (Mrs Slocombe) and in its' place a more topical statement.....

Decided to give pussies up for a while

Couldn't find another decent slogan so decided to go back to my roots and re-visit Sesame Street

Official excuse #30059

Trumples wrote in post #5385683
Decided to give pussies up for a while

Trumples wrote in post #5385683
Couldn't find another decent slogan so decided to go back to my roots and re-visit Sesame Street

Official excuse #30059

Official excuse accepted.

Learning logs for assessment are bad. I would be alright with a normal 3000 word essay, but this has to be full of personal reflection on the course. That means using a lot of "I"s and "we"s which doesnt seem right in an assignment...

Trumples wrote in post #5384646
Mmmmmm, we all love a deep blue sky and this weeks present is rather nice at giving us them.

http://www.lightroomki​llertips.com/2008/pres​ets-deep-blue-sky/

Orrr, you could just use a UWA lens and/or CPL filter

willstar wrote in post #5383725
I'd read that fast charging was detrimental to the batteries but maybe this is not the case??

Yes, as far as I know, it's still the case that fast charging reduces battery life.

I love my eneloops (well as much as one can have any form of affection towards a battery).