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Hi everyone,

Please reply to this topic if you are interested in joining us in a night meet. There will be food and night photo practice

Meet up @ Fed. Square again I guess at 6:30pm?

We can trek down Southbank again as I know down that way, there are some excellent opportunities to capture Melbourne's skyline at night + it really lights up when the fireballs are unleashed.

Alternatively, we could trek down towards the Shrine as the Arts Centre and St Kilda Rd is nicely lit around there.

Cheerio,

Wayne PS. Any ideas for dinner?

Current list of people attending (as of August 22)//
* Alex
* Genji
* Deano
* Mudder (?)
* Embi (?)
* Deano
* Stormygirl
* Baboo
* Endymion
* PlatinumWeaver
* Joolz
* cameraguy21773
* Hudo
* Resnikov
* Kipper

Yes.

Alex

Janette and I should be there. Its her B'day on the 27th though so I'll see what happens

Wayne,

please let me know if this is a goer, and I'll add it to the calendar

I won't be able to make it. Need to get an early night and will be busy finishing packing as we head off to Zambia on the 27th.

Hope you guys have a good time though.

Ah bugger!! I'm out of this one too. I forgot it's my Wedding Anniversary that night.
Maybe next time.

G'day Wayne,
That sounds like fun... I'd love to join in but won't know whether I can or not until closer to the date, due to work... It'd be great to get some city skyline shots at dusk...

mudder wrote:G'day Wayne,
That sounds like fun... I'd love to join in but won't know whether I can or not until closer to the date, due to work... It'd be great to get some city skyline shots at dusk...

mudder,
Hehehe! always with good excuses, join the gang and having fun!

oh man, i dunno i've got a paintball weekend on the 27th so its a early night for me. why not earlier in the day?

redline wrote:oh man, i dunno i've got a paintball weekend on the 27th so its a early night for me. why not earlier in the day?

...night shots?

wayne, count me in!

redline wrote:oh man, i dunno i've got a paintball weekend on the 27th so its a early night for me. why not earlier in the day?

It's a Friday dude earlier in the day and I'll guarantee that it'll be a no-show

redline wrote:oh man, i dunno i've got a paintball weekend on the 27th

Me too!
Where are you going?

wayne

could we also make this a long exposure plus SB800/SB600 CLS meet aswell?

Wayne,

Please sign me up.

Cheers
Dean

genji wrote:wayne

could we also make this a long exposure plus SB800/SB600 CLS meet aswell?

Sure thing, tho I'm not sure what CLS means

waspo wrote:Ah bugger!! I'm out of this one too. I forgot it's my Wedding Anniversary that night.
Maybe next time.

Janette and I should be there. Its her B'day on the 27th though so I'll see what happens

Consider it their Birthday and Anniversary presents

PiroStitch wrote:

genji wrote:wayne

could we also make this a long exposure plus SB800/SB600 CLS meet aswell?

Sure thing, tho I'm not sure what CLS means

Nikon Creative Lighting System !!

Ahh sure thing but I'm not sure what we'd be covering or how as I'm no expert with the SB800.

Hi Wayne,

Put me down as a possible, although have to wait for husband to get home to look after the kids before I can leave!
Should be good though! What are the chances of parking around the Botanic Gardens at that time, and be free?? Or someone might like to give me a lift in if they are coming from the SE burbs.....

<make mental note to self - borrow Dad's good tripod, leave crappy one at home!>

PiroStitch wrote:Ahh sure thing but I'm not sure what we'd be covering or how as I'm no expert with the SB800.

i was hoping to play around with a few SB800's...

I'm no expert either, but this is an opportunity to try CLS

Rofl as long as you don't hog our gear (aka. Kipper vs Nikon Boy's D2X style)

Stormy, if you can make your way to the city, I can give you a lift home as I'll be driving into the city and parking at Fed. Square. I think night rate is $8 flat or around there.

Botanical Gardens walking to Fed Sq. is quite a fair trek.

PiroStitch wrote:
Stormy, if you can make your way to the city, I can give you a lift home as I'll be driving into the city and parking at Fed. Square. I think night rate is $8 flat or around there.

Thanks, I'll see what I can organise! Diary is clear, I'll sweet talk my Husband........

Tell him he gets to use the printer for the night

Dude,

Count me in at this stage.

Ray

PiroStitch wrote:

waspo wrote:Ah bugger!! I'm out of this one too. I forgot it's my Wedding Anniversary that night.
Maybe next time.

Janette and I should be there. Its her B'day on the 27th though so I'll see what happens

Consider it their Birthday and Anniversary presents

Hey, maybe we can have our Anniversary dinner with you guys! Yeah, I'm sure it can work! (wife slaps the back of my head).
Second thoughts...

genji wrote:wayne

could we also make this a long exposure plus SB800/SB600 CLS meet aswell?

Good!!! I'm getting my SB 800 from Birddie on Monday!
Alex

In the light of some comments made by myself on this forum in the past week, and some members getting rather hot under the collar about them i dont think it would be a good idea for me to come along.

Have a good one!

Jamie

stormygirl wrote:Hi Wayne,

Put me down as a possible, although have to wait for husband to get home to look after the kids before I can leave!
Should be good though! What are the chances of parking around the Botanic Gardens at that time, and be free?? Or someone might like to give me a lift in if they are coming from the SE burbs.....

<make mental note to self - borrow Dad's good tripod, leave crappy one at home!>

I can give you a lift back home from the city. If the meet started around 7-7.30 I could also give you a lift into the city but with the meet starting early I think I'll have to go to the city straight from work (Laverton)

Alex

Jamie wrote:In the light of some comments made by myself on this forum in the past week, and some members getting rather hot under the collar about them i dont think it would be a good idea for me to come along.

Have a good one!

Jamie

What comments? Jamie don't let any heated debates put you off from attending mate. Everybody has a point of view and everybody on this forum respects the other person's point of view regardless of whether they agreed to it or not.

Come to the meet

Geez.....I think I can remember the posts Jamie but its water under the bridge and like Piro said everyone has thier own opinions.

My opinion - Get off ya butt and be there for the night mini meet.

Alex wrote:
I can give you a lift back home from the city. If the meet started around 7-7.30 I could also give you a lift into the city but with the meet starting early I think I'll have to go to the city straight from work (Laverton)

Alex

Thankyou for the very kind offer Alex, Please don't travel half way across Melbourne for me! I'll work something out....might even drag my Hubby along as my assistant! Thankyou anyway

Jamie, I attempt to read most posts, and I seriously do not have any problem with people expressing their opinions! Come along and have a good time like the rest of us!

Yeah Jamie, don't sweat it mate! Voiced opinions are just that and everyone is entitled to them. Just get out there have some fun with a bunch of great guys. I'm sure you can share some tips as well, going by some of the night images you've taken in the past.
Hey Wayne, I hope this goes well and you set-up another night meet in the coming months.
Have fun!!

not sure where the paintball thing going to be held but i think its about 3-4hours away from town.

still not sure if i can go though so i guess it a question mark for me.

I'll be there but will have to go home to get my camera so I'll be a bit late perhaps.

Bruce

Yeah so apparently I don't know how to keep track of my appointments very well.. I'm actually out for the weekend on the 19th -> 21st so I should be able to make it to this..

Stormy.. I live in Rowville and will be coming in by car, is this easier than Alex coming and getting you?

I will be coming from Laverton (work) so I dont think I can pick up Stormy, sorry. I can give her a lift back home though as I live in Clayton.

Cheers
Alex

I'll be flying back from Tassie that night. The flight is scheduled to land at 6:30, so I will hopefully be out in the city by about 8:00. I'll have to give someone a call to find out your whereabouts.

I'd like to join in if possible. I will be in Canberra on business til Thurs, 25 and should be able to get to Melbourne (by train?) on Friday. Please Advise.

Mike,

Feel free to come by No special invites or skill required

Unfortunately you will have to count me out this time. I have to start work at 0700 Saturdays.

Regards
meicw

cameraguy21773 wrote:I'd like to join in if possible. I will be in Canberra on business til Thurs, 25 and should be able to get to Melbourne (by train?) on Friday. Please Advise.

Mike

You can travel to Melb via train, the train service is called Vline, I have never travelled by train to Canberra, so cant advise.

If you are staying in a hotel in melbourne, they can advise you on the best way to get to Federation Square. It should be a short walk from any of the hotels in the city.

I will be in the city early 5:30ish, travelling via tram.

So ... if everything goes right in Canberra and I can get to Melbourne on Friday I can meet you guys (& gals?) in Federation Square at about 5:30pm? Any particular place in the Square?

cameraguy21773 wrote:So ... if everything goes right in Canberra and I can get to Melbourne on Friday I can meet you guys (& gals?) in Federation Square at about 5:30pm? Any particular place in the Square?

Make sure you carry a placard or a small banner to ID

cameraguy21773 wrote:So ... if everything goes right in Canberra and I can get to Melbourne on Friday I can meet you guys (& gals?) in Federation Square at about 5:30pm? Any particular place in the Square?

mike

we are meeting at 6:30pm as per wayne's first post in this thread.

Hi,

Count me in. I have a shoot on that day and my folks are visiting from Sydney but any reason to get out and away from the kids is all I need ..lol.... Ohh and take some pics as well.

Mark

roughly how long will it go on for?

Until everyone leaves...sorry I know that sounds vague but that's how long it will take

Usually meets go for about 2+ hours. The last meet we had during the day went for about 3+ hours

cheers just need to factor in a few things.
My wifes due early Sept so trying to figure out if i can be out for a few hours

count me in. I got my pink slip to say i'm allowed out