Next Melbourne Meet - July 10, 2005

[PiroStitch]

Hi ladies/gents/gals/guys,

I thought I'd make another thread for this as the other one seems to be getting cluttered.

Next meet details:
Where: Meet @ Time Out Café (café next to 7-11 in Fed Square)
When: Sunday July 10, 2005 @ 9am
Why: Because we haven't had one for a while and we get to meet new people

We'll most likely hang around there sipping lattés and having a few scones before we depart on our merry way to acting like a bunch of tourists

The people who are coming so far - apologies if I've missed out on your name, but feel free to add to it by replying:

* Stormygirl
* Olrac
* Meicw
* Kipper
* joolz & partner (canon fodder)
* Embi & J
* Greg B
* Nicole
* Alex
* Jamie
* Nikon Boy x 2
* endymion
* Hudo
* Bootros
* Mudder
* hangdog
* genji

-- Edit June 22, 2005
Whoa! Looks like it's going to be a great turnout Was in the city today and found the cafe was called Time Out Café

Cheerio,

Wayne

[embi]

Make it Embi & J

[joolz]

I'll be there. I might bring my (Canon shooting ) partner.

[genji]

I'll be there. I might bring my (Canon shooting ) partner.

can we use him as canonfodder?

I'be in!

[endymion]

I'm coming too!!

[Hudo]

Hi, me too....

Mark

[mudder]

G'day,

At this stage I'll be in it Just need to confirm as we get closer to dates due to work stuff...

[Bootros]

Sounds like a plan, stan. I'm in.

Andrew

[kipper]

I'll be there Piro.

[hangdog]

Sounds like fun. Count me in too.

Chuan

[endymion]

Please add me to this list as well.

Bruce

[PiroStitch]

List has been updated

Also note I've added the name of the café now (Time Out Café)

[Greg B]

Wayne, did you get the breakfast menu?

[birddog114]

Wayne, did you get the breakfast menu?

One of the dishes is this:
http://www.d70users.net/viewtopic.php?t ... sc&start=0

[genji]

List has been updated

Also note I've added the name of the café now (Time Out Café)

wayne

can u add me to the list aswell

thanks

[PiroStitch]

Added Sorry I forgot to add you previously genji.

[Greg B]

Wayne, did you get the breakfast menu?

One of the dishes is this:
http://www.d70users.net/viewtopic.php?t ... sc&start=0

Thanks Birdy, love a bit of bird's head on my Special K

[PiroStitch]

Cheeky buggers

Well if you want fresh bird heads, Flinders St station is just across the road Someone bring bait

[waspo]

Well, I'll bring the bait...my wife! Oops, hope she didn't hear that. Count me in, Piro. This will be a new experience for me. Can't wait!! Oh, and I guess I better bring the wife along too.

[Greg B]

From the Bureau of Meteorology,

Trend for Saturday, Sunday and Monday

Few showers clearing. Cool.

[PiroStitch]

Basically... rug up

[mudder]

G'day,

I've just been informed that unfortunately Hel$tra have told my Mgr that apparently I'm not permitted to be anywhere that results in me taking more than 20-30 minutes to login (via either cable or ADSL) for the period of Friday 7pm to Sunday 7pm... Lucky I don't work for them huh... yep yep yep... Ahh, the world of IT huh...

Sorry guys, won't be able to make the week-end, I'll be sitting at home whinging Have fun!

Cheers.

[waspo]

Ah....that's a bummer Andy! We'll have to catch up again at the Zoo or Werribee or Healesville sometime for another photo session.
Take care, mate!
Cheers, Jase.

[PiroStitch]

Bugger! I'm in the IT field and I guess I must be one of the lucky ones not to be stuck on call There's always next time Andrew.

Cheers,

Wayne

[Greg B]

From the Bureau...

Saturday
Few showers. Min 6 Max 13

Trend for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday

Becoming fine. Cool.

[PiroStitch]

Greg, would you like to be called our resident David Brown, David Larkham or Livinia Nixon?

[Greg B]

I'll take Lavinia for $100 thanks Piro.

[embi]

Anyone interested in going to the Bill Henson exhibition after the meet?

Its the last days

[embi]

Anyone interested in going to the Bill Henson exhibition after the meet?

Saturday is the last day

Bill Henson
3 Decades of Photography

Adult: $10
Concession: $7

Closing party -
Open until midnight Saturday 9 July
See the exhibition, meet the artist,
enjoy food, music and wine.

Bill Henson is one of Australia's leading contemporary artists. His powerful and edgy photographs approach the painterly and the cinematic, bringing together the formal and classical with the gritty, casual dramas of the everyday. Henson defines and redefines his subjects with a rigour that is inseparable from his technical command. He is a master of the use of light and dark in the tradition of the great European masters. Beautiful, confronting, and unforgettable his images capture a universal essence and enliven our own sense of being.

This landmark exhibition, which is organised by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, is the first major survey of Bill Henson's work and includes more than 350 works from more than a dozen series since 1974.

[Greg B]

The Bureau just called.....

Saturday
A few showers. Min 6 Max 13

Sunday
Shower or two. Min 7 Max 13

Trend for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday

Mainly fine and cool.

[stormygirl]

It's not looking terribly good, Greg! There are conflicting reports from different models as to how much rainfall we will get, as it all depends on the positioning of the developing low in the next few days. Saturday looks to be the worst day for rain, but we are talking about Melbourne here, and who knows??? Anything is possible!

Today my cards will be cleared, glass cleaned and batteries charged up and ready to go. All I need to do is shake off this coldy thingy I seem to have developed, and I'll be ready!!

Looking forward to it.....but not the prospects of rain .

[Greg B]

A shower or two isn't bad Stormy, hopefully. But let's face it, Melbourne, July, it isn't going to be shorts and t-shirts!

[PiroStitch]

That's what the AW bags were developed for

[baboo]

Please count me in as well at this stage.

Cheers,
Ray

[Nicole]

Yes showers shouldn't be too bad...and it is supposed to ease off so I reckon we'll be ok.

[Greg B]

Just in from the team at the Bureau.....

Saturday
Showers. Min 6 Max 13

Sunday
Shower or two easing. Min 7 Max 13

Monday
Morning shower or two then fine. Min 5 Max 14

[embi]

I'm such an idiot....for some reason i thought this was on saturday

[Greg B]

You would have been disappointed at the poor attendance

SUNDAY 10 July

[PiroStitch]

There's one in every crowd.

[Alex]

Sorry guys, I've been away for two weeks in WA and just returned this morning. Managed to pick up some nusty bug while over there and still recovering. I'm sorry but I don't think I can make it to this one Really disappointed. Anyway, I will keep myself busy catching up on reading the posts and doing the post processing.

Hope to make it to the next one.

Appologies
Alex

[endymion]

Sorry to hear that your ill Alex and that you won't be able to make. Hopefully we'll have another one soon so we can all catch up.

Cheers,

Bruce

[Greg B]

Bugger the bureau, have you been outside at all today?? Sheesh.

I am hereby placing myself on the "not sure" list for tomorrow. Will decide in the morning.

Have fun if I don't make it.

cheers

[stormygirl]

I'm also on the 'not sure' list. I have a coldy thing with a nasty cough, and perhaps really shouldn't be out in the cold air and rain. I can't afford to get worse with 2 young kiddies to look after!

If I'm there, I'm there. More than likely I won't be. I will decide in the morning......

[hangdog]

I'm still keen to go. Depending on the severity of the weather, my D70 could mysteriously morph into an old film SLR instead.

--Chuan

[Nikon boy]

Hey , Whats wrong with a little rain and wind,i went out with my New
Nikon today ,yes i got a little wet(it was pouring rain and blowing a gale) but i also got some images that suited the weather, these were taken at the old North Wharf in melbourne,which is diagonally opposite the Polly Woodside,basically a derilict crane and warehouse,where once many people worked, i visited here when i was a young boy(a long time ago!) and remember it as a hive of activity, i took quite a few images both inside and outside of the building, these were shot with the X,
and a Sigma 15-30 @100 asa 1/100 sec, jpeg fine, large file,
Hope to see Melbourne group at the meet,unless i sleep in !

[waspo]

Yes, I'm putting myself on the 'not sure' list too. Will be watching the weather closely in the morning. Been looking forward to meeting up with you guys, but if it's pissing down...I'm out on this one.
Cheers, Jase.

[Alex]

Well, the weather turned out great, didn't it? Wish I was there. How did it all go? C'mon show us your pics!!

Alex

[embi]

Just working on them now.....I can say that I dont think this D70 member took too many images though.

[embi]

Ok here is a couple of mine and J's....just random shots

[Alex]

Thanks for the quick response, embi. Great shots. The first one is my favourite. Well spotted.

Alex