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My eldest daughter and I had a photography inspired weekend trip away in the freezy Blue Mountains area of Oberon.

All feedback, comments, suggestions, PP, gratefully accepted

We'd arrived at the farm stay just on sunset. A shot from our balcony towards some distant hills just lit by the setting sun.

Smoke Signals


Silhouette with the trees and fences on the ridge

Standing for Sunset


It was a very cool and clear evening (and we were a long way from the light pollution of the big cities) so we figured we'd try some shots of the stars - again from our balcony ...

Oberon Milk


Oberon factory at night

Moonbase Alpha

Rodney
Very professional. You have it and the images are simply inspired. And you get up in the morning and go out into the cold! That's the mark of a true image hunter.

the sky in #3...farrrrrrrkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! outfuckinstanding.
I don't much like the lit foreground though, I find it distracting.

Really nice work Rodney.
The second one I would just straighten up the slope of the land and remove the sticks/fence.

The 3rd is an outstanding night sky, with a just slightly distracting foreground. The forth is good just very industrial

As usual Rodney, you are lifting the bar. Well done mate.

Matt. K wrote:Rodney. Very professional. You have it and the images are simply inspired. And you get up in the morning and go out into the cold! That's the mark of a true image hunter.

Thanks Matt - the getting up in the morning and braving the cold is in the next set to come

Rooz wrote:the sky in #3...farrrrrrrkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! outfuckinstanding. I don't much like the lit foreground though, I find it distracting.

Cheers Chris - I'll take a look at toning down that foreground - we didn't light it specifically - it was just picking up ambient from the lights on inside the place we're staying in (and shooting at ISO 6400 for 15 secs at f/2.

Sylvia wrote:Really nice work Rodney. The second one I would just straighten up the slope of the land and remove the sticks/fence. The 3rd is an outstanding night sky, with a just slightly distracting foreground. The forth is good just very industrial As usual Rodney, you are lifting the bar. Well done mate.

Cheers Sylvia - thanks for the comments

and now I have another favour to ask...

I had taken a couple starfield shots with the 35/1.4 also (two stops faster than my 15mm fish) to see if would be better for stars. Here are two samples - both 10 seconds at f/1.4 - the first at ISO 2000 and the second at ISO 3200 - unfortunately the clouds were coming over

Any preference - between these two (and vs the earlier one with the fish)

Excellent photography. Each one is beatiful on its own
right on colour, composition, etc. etc. etc.

Really well done Rodney. I like them both, the second the most. The cloud cover actually adds to the capture.
Thank you for posting them.

Excellent Rodney. I was going to ask for the settings for the starry shot, but as I read through the post they were there.

Oberon is not far from my family's roots, at a little place called Burraga. It's maybe even colder than Oberon and is about 35-40 minutes drive south, enroute to Trunkey Creek and Rockley. In fact, you can do a loop: Oberon-White Springs-Burraga-Rockley-Perthville-Bathurst-O'Connell-Oberon. It takes a couple of hours but has some great scenery. My GG Grandfather moved to the Burraga region around 1819-1820ish. He was a convict, did his time in Port Jackson and became a free man, marrying the daughter of free settlers.

Great stuff.

zafra52 wrote:Excellent photography. Each one is beatiful on its own right on colour, composition, etc. etc. etc.

Cheers Zafra

Sylvia wrote:Really well done Rodney. I like them both, the second the most. The cloud cover actually adds to the capture. Thank you for posting them.

Thanks Sylvia and thanks for the preference

ozimax wrote:Excellent Rodney. I was going to ask for the settings for the starry shot, but as I read through the post they were there

Thanks Ozi - the settings I used for the fisheye shot further up were:
NIKON D600 + 15.0 mm f/2.8 @ 15 mm, 15 sec at f/2.8, ISO 6400
I don't think I got to any of the places you mentioned - we just came across from Katoomba via Jenolan Caves road and pretty much stayed around Oberon the whole time.