Lens Test on Sydney Harbour

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Lens Test on Sydney Harbour

Postby LostDingo on Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:11 am

I decided to have a wander and a night shoot on my own with my new lens. Not being the most intelligent person I also decided to go on the Eve of New Years Eve :!:

Anyway I did manage to get on Mrs. MacQuaries Chair although much of the access at the time was very limited and security was everywhere.

On with the lens......I received as a very suprising Christmas pressie a 70-200 vr lens.....very suprised and have wanted once since it's inception.

The photos below are from this and I couldn't be happier with the results. The night was very humid and you may notice the thick/wet and humidity laiden clouds which moved in quickly. The clouds however did add for interesting reflective lighting.

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Postby Killakoala on Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:35 am

Sorry, can't see the images. perhaps a link to the gallery might help.
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Postby nito on Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:37 am

Nice and sharp! Great series of shots.

Out of interest was this handheld or tripod?
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Postby stubbsy on Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:38 am

Paul - can't see the pics - get a go to pixspot to view the image placeholder
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Postby fozzie on Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:39 am

LostDingo - I was enjoying the thread, but unfortunately for me and may

be others, PixSpot.com must be down :(

Moving on, you will enjoy your new lens, 'FAST' and 'SHARP' :)
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Postby thaddeus on Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:41 am

I can see the pics. Well done, especially considering the humidity last night!
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Postby birddog114 on Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:42 am

stubbsy wrote:Paul - can't see the pics - get a go to pixspot to view the image placeholder


Stubbsy,
Go back to the kitchen and ready for the party :lol: :lol:
Happy New Year to you :D :D :D
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Postby stubbsy on Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:45 am

Birddog114 wrote:
stubbsy wrote:Paul - can't see the pics - get a go to pixspot to view the image placeholder


Stubbsy,
Go back to the kitchen and ready for the party :lol: :lol:
Happy New Year to you :D :D :D

Just having breakfast. Then I'm cleaning the house - recovery party starts at 2pm and the air con is on already
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Postby LostDingo on Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:46 am

All....updated with the url so hope it works!

Nito, both were tripod mounted 30s @ f14
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Postby fozzie on Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:49 am

LostDingo - still no results for me :(

First one - 'No image to display'

Second one - 'The page cannot be found'

Must be the heat or heat + humidity :!:
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Postby stubbsy on Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:49 am

Sorry Paul, still no workie :wink: First link takes me to Pixspot, but shows a blank square with "No image to display" Seconde link you've got an extra [/url] at the end, but if I remove that and use it I still get the go to pixspot graphic. This is all very weird that it works for some, but not for others. I'm wondering if Pixspot may have banned hotlinking for certain ip addresses only
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Postby birddog114 on Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:51 am

Paul,
Print them to super A3 size and and post them to each viewer :lol: :lol: :lol:
Happy New Year to you & Ross.
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Postby LostDingo on Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:53 am

Birddog114 wrote:Paul,
Print them to super A3 size and and post them to each viewer :lol: :lol: :lol:
Happy New Year to you & Ross.


I like your idea....not :D I think it's doesn't work for some because of the pirate Hong Kong $2 software and others because of visiting too many porn sites :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Postby huynhie on Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:57 am

Birddog114 wrote:Paul,
Print them to super A3 size and and post them to each viewer :lol: :lol: :lol:
Happy New Year to you & Ross.


My monitor doesn't support A3 paper viewing......... I'll just have A4 instead :lol:
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Postby Heath Bennett on Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:22 am

All I did to see them on my mac was right click (or option+click with single button) and 'copy image address'. Then paste into new window, voila.

By the way, these are fantastic pictures. Really high quality.

Are you open to selling your images? There is a chance that I may need an image of this type in the coming months. A small chance but a chance nonetheless.
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Postby LostDingo on Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:25 am

Heath Bennett wrote:All I did to see them on my mac was right click (or option+click with single button) and 'copy image address'. Then paste into new window, voila.

By the way, these are fantastic pictures. Really high quality.

Are you open to selling your images? There is a chance that I may need an image of this type in the coming months. A small chance but a chance nonetheless.


Thanks Heath, always open for an opportunity even if it's a small chance
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Postby Heath Bennett on Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:51 am

Well even if it doesn't end up eventuating, I can't really give a higher compliment!
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Postby Greg S on Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:54 am

Two lovely images, no 2 is my favorite. BTW The pasted image locations work in IE ok but not Firefox :shock:

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Postby robboh on Sun Jan 01, 2006 11:53 am

Stunning pics Paul. Well done.
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Postby marcotrov on Sun Jan 01, 2006 12:34 pm

Sorry but link is dead for me too lostdingo :( Any other way to see them? :)
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Postby mudder on Sun Jan 01, 2006 1:18 pm

The architecture of the Opera house is fascinating, Sydney harbour is so photogenic... Like the second one with the modern lines of the Opera house sails posed against the old bridge, terrific color...
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Postby Alpha_7 on Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:44 pm

I see them and they are Gorgeous! Great work! Love the blue tones, and also how damn sharp they are!
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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:53 pm

I can’t see them either - I even went to Pixspot users gallery and there isn’t a gallery for LostDingo :!:
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Postby Alpha_7 on Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:01 pm

Weird that I can see all the Pixspots links, so far they have all worked for me.. (so they can't ALL be cached). :shock:
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Postby marcotrov on Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:17 pm

A bit frustrating with pixspot. I had to right click on the url lostdingo gave us, go down to properties and copy/paste the image url into a new window to see that great photo of the operahouse and bridge but then it didn't work for the first url. Who knows? :? I've just joined 'flickr' i'll see how that goes later.
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I even went to Pixspot users gallery and there isn’t a gallery for LostDingo

I tried that too chris and I also couldn't find Lostdingo's gallery :?
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Postby LostDingo on Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:22 pm

with all of the PixSpot issues I have updated a caouple new links which I hope works for everyone :)

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Postby marcotrov on Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:29 pm

'Sweet' images lostdingo :) Lovely atmosphere you've managed to capture.
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Postby moggy on Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:39 pm

Terrific shots now that I can see them. Worth the wait. :wink:

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