Melbourne meet

[Nikon boy]

And another one from today.

[PiroStitch]

Where are the photos from the shootout

[genji]

And another one from today.

is that
from left to right ( I recognise from Toto's)..Dean (Platniumweaver) Darryl (Kipper)..I dont recognise the right guy??

[Nikon boy]

will post a couple from the ''shootout'' tomorow !!!

[kipper]

The guy on the right is Bruce (endymion?), he's fairly new to the forums.

[Alex]

These are a couple I took.

Alex





http://agitlits.m6.net/NikonD70/2005041 ... 021big.jpg

[Alex]

The last one didn't work.

[meicw]

Here a couple from me.

Meicw

[BBJ]

Happy looking bunch u lot are. Now is that bordem or is someone there with a realy big lens and u all just cant handle the lust.LOL
Glad u had fun.hahaha
Nice pics as well meicw and Alex.
Cheers
John
BBJ

[PiroStitch]

Great shots there everyone!

Meicw, those are some fantastic shots of the flame and statues

Here's my pick of the bunch.





Possibly too artsy fartsy for something like the Shrine




Duck shooting at ye old pond (complete with a potential cure to some disesases)


Amazing how contrasty and interesting pond scum can make a postcard photo

[Matt. K]

You Melbourne mob drink water? Ever heard of wine? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Greg...is that a sewerage pond you D70 shooters are sitting above? What's the target? :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Greg B]

Matt, that was some heavy duty pond scum, but the ducks seemed to love it. Those ducks, lucky they taste good because they aren't too smart.

I have a macro of the scum, will post shortly.

[sirhc55]

Looks like the Melbourne Mob had a good time with lots of good pics

[Greg B]

It was a good time Chris, and I sold 7 more Pro Loop Straps to some very happy buyers. (4 left in Melbourne people, be quick )

[Greg B]

Pond scum.....



It is hard to believe this is sitting on top of the water, it looks like soil or rock or something else.

[stormygirl]

Great pics everyone. (mine are crap, but will attempt to PP them later and post).

Thanks for the strap, Greg, went out shooting later that afternoon, and was wonderful around my neck. Very comfy!!

[kipper]

I've got a few ok pictures. Couple of flowers, statues, and the city, food shots, and one that I was quite happy with of a little winged critter on a flower. The rest were fairly ordinary.

[Matt. K]

Alex
I like your shot of the building but I think you've fallen into a bit of a trap with the empty foreground. There are no rules in photography but empty foregrounds do weaken an otherwise good image, (most of the time).

[Nicole]

Great shots. My personal favourite is the pond scum....

Meicw and I went and took some shots of the Bell Miners in the tree around the lakes afterwards. Saw some other birdies of interest but they were too far away.

[kipper]

Same shot, different crop. One of my favorites from the meet.

Lens: 18-70MM DX (Kit Lens)
Focal Length: 70MM
Shutter Speed: 1/160th
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 200
Mode: Manual
Flash: None
Technique: Handheld
WB: Auto
Sunglasses Required: Yes
PPing: Curves, Saturation, Hue Shift, Brightness, Contrast, Shadows/Highlights etc.

Click for larger images.


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[Alex]

Superb photo, Darryl!! Colours look very saturated! Did you do much PPing? Was it a macro lens?

Alex

[kipper]

Alex, the shot was taken with the 18-70MM DX. Probably should of adjusted the ISO to 400 or 800 and gone a faster shutter and a slightly smaller aperture (probably F8 would of been better).

PPing, yes I've updated the image details so that it shows what adjustments I made. Not putting down exact adjustments as I really can't remember, was a +/- 5-15 here and there. Curve was a slightly one sided shallow S. The overly saturated look is all flipfrog/dees fault

FYI, the subject is not a bee, it's a really tiny little winged insect that looks like a bee but is only about 5-6mm in length.

[Alex]

Thanks, Darryl. I didn't notice there was an insect till you mentioned it

Cheers
Alex

[kipper]

Another one, this time of the Red Flowers near the shrine. Think it was Stop #1.

Lens: 18-70MM DX (Kit Lens)
Focal Length: 70MM
Shutter Speed: 1/250th
Aperture: F4.5
ISO: 200
Mode: Manual
WB: Auto
Meter: Matrix
PPing: Hue/Saturation (to remove saturation from certain channels), Brightness, Contrast, Shadows/Highlights etc

Click for bigger image.


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[endymion]

Here a couple from me.

Meicw

Meicw,

These are superb images. Congratulations. I had meant to comment before now but the images seemed to disappear from the thread for a while.

Cheers,

Bruce