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This October Long weekend Birddog, Huynhie, their families & yours trully visited Cruickshank & Rosemount Estate wineries in the Upper Hunter. The three pics below were taken at Rosemount Estate near Denman. All were taken with the 24-120 VR. Click a pic for a larger version.

48mm, 1/80 sec, F10


24mm, 1/250 sec, F5.6


102mm, 1/800 sec, F5.6

Second shot appeals to me the most

Looks like a nice spot for a few dribbles of grape juice

I like the 2nd too Stubbsy, a little light for me though, could do with a nice dropped curve ?

Mic.

Second one is my pick, but I don't mind the first one either apart from whatever is in the bottom left frame (maybe some concrete ?).

Hope you, your family and the rest of the convoy all had a good time, looks nice and green up there.

Stubbsy,

Shot #1 brings back fond memories. Many a time and oft prior to the SouthCorp buy-out I flew into Denamn on the Rosemount jet from Bankstown.

Did the run by road as well and went through some lovely valleys.

Did you try to get any shots of the ammo dump up there? It is off-limits but I've often thought that there must be a way.

Cheers, thanks for the memories ...

Thanks for the comments.

Ben - glad shot #2 appealed. It took a lot of work because the day was so damned bright. A bit of PP came into play to balance the highlights and the shadows.

mic - see above. On my LCD this is bright, but not so on my CRT. Can't have a profile loaded for noth so I go with the CRT. The grape dribbles were very nice

Craig - We all had a great time. Restrained myself & only bought 1 case of vino. In #2 the item in the bottom left of frame is a set of paved steps. They originally also had a stainless steel hand rail that I cloned out, but I was too lazy to also clone out the pavers

Sheetshooter - it's a lovely spot. Usually I visit the Lower Hunter since it's closer to home so I'd never been to Rosemount before. The day we were there a train arrived with 100 people on a wine tasting so we got in just in time before they arrived (plus I got shots of the train arriving!)

Re: Ammo dump - these days do you think a bunch of guys with backpacks and cameras would get near it As it was we were talking to the security lady at Rosemount who'd spotted a guy with a large bag "behaving suspicously" near the train tracks at Rosemount with a female "accomplice". When she approached they jumped back in their car and bolted. They went further down the road and stopped near the fence to the army land. The security gurard called up some more security people to check them out. We live in paranoid times.

Peter
These images are just a little too "Postcard perfect" for my liking. Excellent postcards....but they all require another element to lift them beyond the "travel magazine" image. Get yourself back there...try again...and oh, whilst you are there, buy another crate or two.