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Coonabarabran!

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:08 pm
by mattyjacobs
Hi, haven't been around in a while.

At the start of July, we took a group of teenagers from my church up to Coonabarabran to experience a bit of country life and to help out with some youth work stuff going on there. It was a great week, I got to take lots of photos and I made a CD of all my pictures for the people who went. Here's some shots for c&c: is the black and white conversion too harsh? I was aiming for something that would evoke good memories, kind of sentimental-ish.

tree
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diesel tank
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hay ride
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munching on wheat
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Re: Coonabarabran!

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:54 pm
by Glen
Matty, like them a lot. Love 1 but would have preferred it taken one step back to get the whole tree and hayseed 4 is great, would be even better without the car in the background. I understand photography was not the focus of your trip.

Re: Coonabarabran!

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:43 pm
by wheels
:agree: Especially on #1. Still a good photo with a nice mono conversion just missing the very top of the tree.

Re: Coonabarabran!

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:29 pm
by Greg B
I think you could clone out the very top part of the tree so that it looked like the whole tree was in the shot, it is an execellent photo. I like
number 2 also.

Re: Coonabarabran!

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:07 pm
by mattyjacobs
thanks for the feedback fellas.

the last three were taken on the back of a moving tractor. hay rides are surprisingly fun!

I agree with the tree not quite all being there. I'm learning the hard way that it's probably better to shoot wider than what you'd like and crop down later on. Thanks for the input!

Re: Coonabarabran!

PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:59 am
by Molly Sheldon
I love the shot "hay ride".
This is an amazing, storytelling shot.
Molly

Re: Coonabarabran!

PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:31 pm
by mattyjacobs
Molly Sheldon wrote:I love the shot "hay ride".
This is an amazing, storytelling shot.
Molly


thanks! I think it's one of my favourites as well - can't remember if they were singing or laughing though.