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Anyone up for a night meet?

It's nearly been a year since our last night photography meet in the city. Last time went off well and everyone seemed to enjoy it. Friday night seemed to work well last time.

Anyone interested? Perhaps later this month.

Daniel

can it be after the AFL season is over?

rookie2 wrote:can it be after the AFL season is over?

Are you a Port supporter? That's quite soon, for some...

Daniel, the crows will be around for a while...

Daniel..despite what michaelangelo rucci (= fully paid Advertiser dickhead) says, the Crows will fight on for at least two weeks more than his team will!

Form and injuries are fickle things (see my latest post)...so at least we banked enough games for finals when we did have our team on the ground!

Nightshoot?

I have little or no experience with night shots so this would be great.
Hope to do something in second week of October maybe?

cheers

rookie2

I am in but will be at the 24hr pedal prix on the 15th, 16th of this month, so that weekend is out for me.. The 22nd of this month is new moon and the 8th is full moon. Moon glare gives nasty results to night shots..

Coun t me in but will need 2 weeks notice before i can have a weekend night off work
i also have little night experience so would be invaluable to me too learning from u guys
warren

This could work for me. I don't do mornings very well, but nights tend to work . Unfortunately I've just been told I have to spend another 2 weeks in Townsville for work - starting Monday..

Any ideas in particular?

DanielA - I can not commit to anything at night at the moment. I will monitor this post in case my position changes in coming week/s.

Big V wrote:Moon glare gives nasty results to night shots..

Unless the moon happens to be the subject of those shots.

If the new moon is on Saturday 22, wouldn't there be just a slither of a moon visible on the 21st and the 23rd? Just a thought.

Well given the constraints I propose a Friday 20th Oct 2006 meet, starting about 6pm.

22 Oct is the New Moon. Crows would have won the final by then. Sun set is 6:34 pm. You've got six weeks to clear your calendar.

We could start at Lights Vision for shots of the city and hills, then head down to Pinky Flat (War Memorial Drive, opp Convention Centre). Heading to Adelaide Bridge would give us the new fountain and St Peters Cathedral. Any other points of interest?

Daniel

Would love to be involved in a night shoot (would also like to pick up some tips from the wise elders on sensor cleaning due to the horrific state of mine). Unfortunately my current 2 on 2 off (weeks) roster has me in the middle of Aus on the 20th.

bouyant_clown wrote:Would love to be involved in a night shoot (would also like to pick up some tips from the wise elders on sensor cleaning due to the horrific state of mine).

I've only used a blower on mine so far. But I know others here have done wet cleaning.

bouyant_clown wrote:Unfortunately my current 2 on 2 off (weeks) roster has me in the middle of Aus on the 20th.

Sorry to hear that. I'm sure we'll have another meet sometime soon.

Daniel

Hi fella's well sounds like a good idea and would love to be there for this, but since i am under the thumb and srews get realy tight if it is not when i have to be up there i hope you have fun.

I will be up in Adelaide on the 22nd of this month for doctors again and well maybe stay the weekend and see what trouble i can get into.LOL

bouyant_clown: if you would like to be shown how to wet clean your sensor or better still I can clean it for you, send me a PM with contact details. *** Best to be done in daylight hours***

bouyant_clown wrote:Would love to be involved in a night shoot (would also like to pick up some tips from the wise elders on sensor cleaning due to the horrific state of mine). Unfortunately my current 2 on 2 off (weeks) roster has me in the middle of Aus on the 20th.

Daniel, Count me in...
John - I am sure we can get into some trouble this month..
Fozzie, when is your next "Thursday" available?

hey big v if u and fozzie dont mind i wouoldnt mind joining u on a thursday i will try 7 get it off need to get out of town for @least a day lol
warren

Well, I'd be interested but it depends on when it is. Virgs, if we go I'll bring the troops and Pete can look after all the kids.

Fozzie, we must organise another meet to get together. Just started building the pool deck yesterday so the next few weekends are out. Netball nearly finished though. YAY!

Marvin, so when is the pool party??????

Big V - Thursday 12 October 2006

Big V wrote: Fozzie, when is your next "Thursday" available?

Marvin - please let us know what dates you are available, and I am sure that we can organise something around that

Marvin wrote: Fozzie, we must organise another meet to get together. Just started building the pool deck yesterday so the next few weekends are out. Netball nearly finished though. YAY!

Aussie, I have every thursday available for photography, so any time you wish to come to the big smoke, I am more than happy to go out shooting. You could even stay down for an evening of using the telescope!!!

Hey Daniel - I'm keen!
Friday 20th Oct sounds good to me, but I am reasonably flexible given enough notice.

nat wrote:Hey Daniel - I'm keen!
Friday 20th Oct sounds good to me, but I am reasonably flexible given enough notice.

Great.

So I think so far we have: Rookie2, Aussichef, BigV, Nat, Dreams
and maybe: Fozzie, Marvin

Sorry if I've missed someone.

Daniel

does it look like being the Friday 22nd october as i will book the day off from work now lol
warren
have to get in early seeing i dont have a releif chef @ the moment or an offsider

aussichef wrote:does it look like being the Friday 22nd october as i will book the day off from work now lol

Warren, the date will be Friday 20th Oct 2006, so you have a month and a half to convince the boss. It's not this month, so more people can attend.

Daniel

yes sorry got my dates mixed up
I have already put it in the book @ work so i will be attending
will have my 70-200 by then for sure & maybe just maybe a 17-55 2.8
warren

Probably me. I was reading it as September so I also have a bit longer to get organised.
BBJ - Damn decking taking forever. Pool party in 2008!!!

aussichef wrote:will have my 70-200 by then for sure & maybe just maybe a 17-55 2.8

Very nice, fast glass...

Marvin wrote:Pool party in 2008!!!

OK, mini-meet at Mavin's, Jan 2008.

Daniel

im keen to join the meeting, any run down what we will going to do?

dreams wrote:im keen to join the meeting, any run down what we will going to do?

Great.

This is what I was thinking.

I wrote:We could start at Lights Vision for shots of the city and hills, then head down to Pinky Flat (War Memorial Drive, opp Convention Centre). Heading to Adelaide Bridge would give us the new fountain and St Peters Cathedral. Any other points of interest?

Pinky Flat gives a great night shot of the city. I'm not sure how Light's Vision will go.

Daniel

I got a point Daniel, i will miss it.LOL

Did that route last month but batteries were dying and didn't really get the results I was after. Will confirm later to the date but I'm always keen for a meet, if anyone else is interested I wouldnt mind hitting a few alleyways hehe

So far that date is good for me, hope to see everyone there!

Is it 20th October?
I think I will be alright for that day

tyrone_tong wrote:Is it 20th October?
I think I will be alright for that day

That's right. Evening of Friday 20th Oct 2006.

Daniel

Bugger. Just realised you are talking about a Friday. I didn't read carefully enough. Depending on where and what time I will be there. I will be coaching basketball until 7:30 - 8ish and then a good 2 1/2 hours to get there. Might not be worth it. I'll see when I find out what time you guys are meeting.

Marvin wrote:Might not be worth it. I'll see when I find out what time you guys are meeting.

I suggested a 6pm meet for the 6:34pm sunset. It doesn't sound like it would be worth you coming. Sorry.

Daniel

I hope to be there [makes note in calendar].

Will be my 1st meet!

Hope to learn a thing or three ...

Lee, come on down and we can go and use the scope to take photos of the night sky!!!! The air will be nice and cold and the seeing will be at optimum by then

Bugger......I doubt I will be able to make it now.



I go under the knife for an ACL reco next week. I doubt I will be up for walking around with camera gear by then.



Damn sporting injuries.....

nat - wishing you a successful operation next week and speedy recovery.

nat wrote::cry:

Bugger......I doubt I will be able to make it now.



I go under the knife for an ACL reco next week. I doubt I will be up for walking around with camera gear by then.



Damn sporting injuries.....

Comming from the country 200 klm away you will have to guid me where we are too meet
you know us country bumpkins in the big smoke lol lol
warren

fozzie wrote:

nat wrote:I go under the knife for an ACL reco next week. I doubt I will be up for walking around with camera gear by then.

nat - wishing you a successful operation next week and speedy recovery.

Sorry to hear that Nat. Hope you're up at it soon.
Although, have your thought about the very stable properties of a wheelchair for photographic purposes?

aussichef wrote:Comming from the country 200 klm away you will have to guid me where we are too meet
you know us country bumpkins in the big smoke lol lol

No problems Warren. We'll get you there somehow. How are you a reading a map?

Daniel

I'm fine with reading a map Daniel lol
i even have a GPS & a GPS road map of Adelaide lol
Be able to give my new eqipment out & u guys can show me the tricks of night shots
Probably staying over friday night as i am having a week off work from that date so will be bringing the campertrailer down & staying @ a caravan park
warren

Thanks Fozzie.

DanielA wrote:Sorry to hear that Nat. Hope you're up at it soon.
Although, have your thought about the very stable properties of a wheelchair for photographic purposes?

Thanks Daniel, but the thought of me controlling a wheel chair at the top of Montefiore Hill scares me - especially at night!!

aussichef wrote:I'm fine with reading a map Daniel lol
i even have a GPS & a GPS road map of Adelaide lol

Easy then. We'll be starting around -34.9127482666, 138.593698675.
Or 54H 280157 6133983 if you prefer.

Daniel

Nat, hope you get well soon after the op. Now if you do come in a wheelchair, going down the hill would not take long and if we add a couple of sparklers to the chair, we would get a great effect for the shot!!
Aussie, which caravan park are you thinking of? West beach is one of the closest if you wish to stay by the beach but Adelaide caravan park is right near the city..

DanielA wrote:Easy then. We'll be starting around -34.9127482666, 138.593698675.
Or 54H 280157 6133983 if you prefer.

Daniel

Can we have that in Deg:Min:Sec?

lol Normal directions will do closer to the time Daniel lol
And big v i havent got that far yet deciding which caravan park
Thinking so far is staying in Adelaide over weekend then up to Monarto zoo monday ,
Stay somewhere up there for a few days looking around the river area up around Manum then up around the riverland a cpl of days then back to Kadina for a 4x4 members 40th birthday campover
Then back to the salt mine !st of November
this is all speculation ofcourse @ this stage except for the night shoot & the 40th birthday campover everything else is subject to change
because of work i have had to cancel a 11 day trip to KI with my 4x4 club in 2 weeks t6ime that i had planned for 12 months but i have told them i am having this week off or i wont make it over summer
warren

Bummer, just saw this thread about Adelaide meet up. It is my sister's 18th birthday, so think I've got to do the sisterly thing and take her out on the town in little old Mt Gambier! Otherwise I'd be at the meet with bells on!
(Although the Friday evening is a bit hard to pull off with the 4 hour drive to get to the city - Saturday will be better for me)