Down at the farm

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Down at the farm

Postby ozimax on Wed May 15, 2013 9:20 am

Took a few days off to visit my brother on his cattle farm in the Gunnedah district. Only took the X10, but wished I had taken more gear and the tripod. It is a brilliant place for photography. Oh well, next time.

All photos handheld (obviously except for the self portrait).

Man's best friend. (The chainsaw, that is).
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Landcruiser country
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Self portrait of an ugly old coot near barbed wire fence
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Wide brown land (with blown sky for added effect :))
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Re: Down at the farm

Postby Remorhaz on Wed May 15, 2013 9:58 am

Ozi - the big head dog was a bit strange at first but I'm coming to like it
I don't think the self portrait works for me with that fence down the middle (although I expect you did that so the post would hold the camera) - I reckon with all that nice brown grass at the bottom it would have made a pretty nice portrait without the fence.
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Re: Down at the farm

Postby gstark on Wed May 15, 2013 10:32 am

Oz,

In #3, I see no ugly coots, but two lots of barbed wire. :)
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Re: Down at the farm

Postby ozimax on Wed May 15, 2013 10:33 am

gstark wrote:Oz,

In #3, I see no ugly coots, but two lots of barbed wire. :)


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Re: Down at the farm

Postby ozimax on Wed May 15, 2013 10:35 am

Remorhaz wrote:Is that an externally stitched pano in the last or in camera?


In camera. The more I use the little X10, the more I am impressed with it. With indoor shots using EXR mode, it is sensational in low light. I don't know what the little Japanese engineers do in their laboratories, but whatever it is, it's amazing.
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Re: Down at the farm

Postby ozimax on Wed May 15, 2013 10:42 am

Remorhaz wrote:I don't think the self portrait works for me with that fence down the middle (although I expect you did that so the post would hold the camera) - I reckon with all that nice brown grass at the bottom it would have made a pretty nice portrait without the fence.


Old coot self portrait Mkii
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Re: Down at the farm

Postby gstark on Wed May 15, 2013 11:42 am

ozimax wrote:
Remorhaz wrote:I don't think the self portrait works for me with that fence down the middle (although I expect you did that so the post would hold the camera) - I reckon with all that nice brown grass at the bottom it would have made a pretty nice portrait without the fence.


Old coot self portrait Mkii
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Shit: more barbed wire. :)
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Re: Down at the farm

Postby biggerry on Mon May 20, 2013 1:43 pm

ozi, the first two are quite nice, but at that size its hard to comment further, any chance of linking to high res version.
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Re: Down at the farm

Postby Matt. K on Mon May 20, 2013 6:08 pm

That dog is looking at your camera and thinking, "That's NOT a camera".
But I still have a serious soft spot for the X10. It just had some kind of magic that popped out at you every now and then.
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Re: Down at the farm

Postby zafra52 on Mon May 20, 2013 6:31 pm

The dog is the one! Though the couple by the truck
is not bad either. So that's you!
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Re: Down at the farm

Postby ozimax on Mon May 20, 2013 6:37 pm

biggerry wrote:ozi, the first two are quite nice, but at that size its hard to comment further, any chance of linking to high res version.


I'll see what I can do Gerry. I am seriously hampered by lack of time at the moment. Like everyone else!
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Re: Down at the farm

Postby ozimax on Mon May 20, 2013 6:38 pm

zafra52 wrote:The dog is the one! Though the couple by the truck
is not bad either. So that's you!


The dog or the bloke? Nah, the ugly coot here is my brother and his wife. The other ugly coot is me, but that's obvious. :D
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