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Postby Big V on Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:10 pm

Visiting Bridgewater bay (very nice spot) and this is just around the corner..

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here is the bay...
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Postby stubbsy on Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:21 pm

Two excellent images ther Virgs

First one is my fave since it's so different, btu I really like the lines in #2 as well.
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Postby leek on Fri Jan 13, 2006 5:37 am

Very nice Virgs... The petrified forest looks to be well worth a visit... I trust that the site is protected to avoid people getting too close.
On the picture of the bay, the lines are good, but I would have preferred to see the complete water line on the right hand side - one degree to the right would probably have done it...
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Postby Killakoala on Fri Jan 13, 2006 6:45 am

Very nice images, the colours are great. The first one i like very much.
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Postby Oneputt on Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:07 am

Big V where is Bridgewater bay?
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Postby Big Red on Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:13 am

love that first one ... where is it ?
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Postby ozimax on Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:09 am

Nice images here. BTW, did you know that petrification of timber takes place relatively quickly, not over eons of years. We have a shipwreck on our nearby neach, maybe 50 years old?, and it is fully petrified.

Again, nice camera work.

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Postby Matt. K on Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:33 am

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Postby marcotrov on Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:43 am

Beautifully exposed Big V. :) Both images are fine examples af your very fine photographic skills.
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Postby Big V on Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:53 am

The petrified forest is just around the corner (3km) from bridgewater bay, which is near portland (vic)...
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Postby ozimax on Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:49 pm

Matt. K wrote:ozimax
That's very interesting and something I certainly didn't know. This forum may yet make me a learned man.


Indeed Matt, it is interesting stuff. Even fossils (plants, animals etc) have to be formed relatively quickly, otherwise they decompose.

We were going to photograph the fossilized shipwreck at Woolgoolga at the last minimeet in Coffs, but unfortunately most of it was buried by high sand levels etc. Maybe next time.

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Postby Oneputt on Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:50 pm

Thanks Big V that is one lovely image, and now I know where it is. :D
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Postby Sandy Feet on Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:38 pm

The petrified forest looks amazing, great image

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Postby avkomp on Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:15 pm

2 good images.

love the colours in both.
never heard of the petrified forest before.
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Postby Alex on Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:52 pm

Well done, BigV. Love the 2nd one.

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Postby kenny12 on Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:54 pm

wow nice color on the water
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Postby Mal on Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:54 pm

I want to go visit picture number 2.... Get away from rainy Sydney :(
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Postby Alpha_7 on Sat Jan 14, 2006 1:53 pm

2 Great and very different images. Love the colours in both, but I find the forest really intriguing, while I just want to run into the water in the second, the water looks so inviting.
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Postby Big V on Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:07 pm

When you are looking at the forest, you have your back to the sea...if take a wrong step, this is what greets you..
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and this is the risk we take to get the good shots..
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Postby Alpha_7 on Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:50 pm

great view from those unstable cliffs!

I'd not been scrambling round there after any heavy rain.... yikes!!
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Postby Big V on Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:16 pm

Alpha, fortunately for us it had not rained there for some time,so all was safe..The view was worth it..
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Postby Marvin on Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:15 pm

You always manage to get my best angle Virgs! :wink:
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Postby Big V on Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:25 pm

At least I have kept them guessing as to who you are..
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