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I have some "special mission" around the Rocks and City tomorrow evening after 9:00PM, I'll have to hang around those areas until 1:00am Saturday morning, who want to join me a night out shooting?
And perhaps late supper at Chinatown before we head home.

Sorry Thanh, otherwise occupied but always like a night shoot

I'd love to have joined you Birdy (especially as I don't have a 10-second shot yet and haven't used my Gitzo yet), but I really can't make it tomorrow night... Stay safe - The Rocks on a Friday night can be quite a wild place...

Take care out there...there's lots of 'doosh-doosh' cars racing around there at night.

leek wrote:... Stay safe - The Rocks on a Friday night can be quite a wild place...

Thanks leek,
We have some protections by......

Birddog114 wrote:I have some "special mission" around the Rocks and City tomorrow evening after 9:00PM, I'll have to hang around those areas until 1:00am Saturday morning, who want to join me a night out shooting?
And perhaps late super at Chinatown before we head home.

I work near the rocks, where shall we meet?
can i use one of your tripods and arca swiss mount style plates? i lost my manfrotto hex plate last saturday

what is the reason for the special mission?

There is also a big Germanic bash at the Lowenbrau for Oktoberfest

wendellt wrote:

Birddog114 wrote:I have some "special mission" around the Rocks and City tomorrow evening after 9:00PM, I'll have to hang around those areas until 1:00am Saturday morning, who want to join me a night out shooting?
And perhaps late super at Chinatown before we head home.

I work near the rocks, where shall we meet?
can i use one of your tripods and arca swiss mount style plates? i lost my manfrotto hex plate last saturday

what is the reason for the special mission?

There is also a big Germanic bash at the Lowenbrau for Oktoberfest

1/Yes, we can meet if you want to join and you can use my tripod if you're courage enough
2/ Can't leak atm
3/ We might all got drunk aftermath.

Pls. note:
you have to be ontime and can't leave before 1:00am.

tell Gerard 'Glamy' to come along he wants to see how i do my light thing.

I'll be there with my tripod and a desperate hope for a 10 second pic better than the three I have which are good, but not winners!

I'll get onto mission control about this one, sounds like fun!

I'd come for this one... getting out there's easy... getting back... err... how good is Sydney transport to Bondi after one am?!

Nnnnsic wrote:I'd come for this one... getting out there's easy... getting back... err... how good is Sydney transport to Bondi after one am?!

Bud why don't you stay up all night, you never sleep anyway what have you got to loose?

Nnnnsic wrote:I'd come for this one... getting out there's easy... getting back... err... how good is Sydney transport to Bondi after one am?!

I'll drop you off, how's zat sound?

That works well.
I'm there.

With one of Dad's lenses too. Wait... where is it that we're meeting?

Nnnnsic wrote:That works well.
I'm there.

With one of Dad's lenses too. Wait... where is it that we're meeting?

Well call me on my mobile which you have, meeting point is right the corner of the hotel closed to the Harbour bridge pylon, I'll be there around 9:00pm

Nnnnsic wrote:That works well.
I'm there.

With one of Dad's lenses too. Wait... where is it that we're meeting?

Only 1 ?

You're going to give the rest of them back ?????

Birddog114 wrote:

Nnnnsic wrote:That works well.
I'm there.

With one of Dad's lenses too. Wait... where is it that we're meeting?

Well call me on my mobile which you have, meeting point is right the corner of the hotel closed to the Harbour bridge pylon, I'll be there around 9:00pm

The Sebel or the Hyatt?
I may be later i need to go to an opera australia function

wendellt wrote:

Birddog114 wrote:

Nnnnsic wrote:That works well.
I'm there.

With one of Dad's lenses too. Wait... where is it that we're meeting?

Well call me on my mobile which you have, meeting point is right the corner of the hotel closed to the Harbour bridge pylon, I'll be there around 9:00pm

The Sebel or the Hyatt?
I may be later i need to go to an opera australia function

Hyatt

Hyatt at 9:00pm - shooting around CDB till 1:00pm, is that about the long and the short of it ? Mission Control was asking for more info.

Alpha_7 wrote:Hyatt at 9:00pm - shooting around CDB till 1:00pm, is that about the long and the short of it ? Mission Control was asking for more info.

Yes, it's! no more info until we meet.

Sounds good, the wife suggested I catch a water taxi over...

but I might just take the long way, and walk over from Pymont..

Alpha_7 wrote:Sounds good, the wife suggested I catch a water taxi over...

but I might just take the long way, and walk over from Pymont..

But you're from Mortdale not from Pyrmont.

The moon will be bright tomorrow night, not full moon yet!

Birddog114 wrote:

Alpha_7 wrote:Sounds good, the wife suggested I catch a water taxi over...

but I might just take the long way, and walk over from Pymont..

But you're from Mortdale not from Pyrmont.

I was orginally going to go from work (Pyrmont) into the City, due to the forecast wet weather I've left my gear at home, if it clears up tonight I'll come in from Mortdale (after dinner)..... don't want to risk getting caught in the rain.

Alpha_7 wrote:

Birddog114 wrote:

Alpha_7 wrote:Sounds good, the wife suggested I catch a water taxi over...

but I might just take the long way, and walk over from Pymont..

But you're from Mortdale not from Pyrmont.

I was orginally going to go from work (Pyrmont) into the City, due to the forecast wet weather I've left my gear at home, if it clears up tonight I'll come in from Mortdale (after dinner)..... don't want to risk getting caught in the rain.

OK, if the weather is not in our favour then don't waste your time, stay home and have REDs instead of.

Life sucks. Never done a night shoot in Sydney. I'm taking the afternoon off work to drive down from Newcastle and what happens Sydney's forecast is for showers developing in the afternoon and not clearing till Saturday morning

I thought it never rained in Sydney!

stubbsy wrote:Life sucks. Never done a night shoot in Sydney. I'm taking the afternoon off work to drive down from Newcastle and what happens Sydney's forecast is for showers developing in the afternoon and not clearing till Saturday morning

I thought it never rained in Sydney!

Blame GregB, he left behind once he left Sydney last night for Melbourne

stubbsy wrote:Life sucks. Never done a night shoot in Sydney. I'm taking the afternoon off work to drive down from Newcastle and what happens Sydney's forecast is for showers developing in the afternoon and not clearing till Saturday morning

I thought it never rained in Sydney!

Peter

When it rains sydney is at it's most photogenic well at least at night
the roads sparkle with a flurry of haphazard melange of clashing colours, the night sky is illuminated by the ambient light from the sydney cityscape
romance is evident in the moist misty air, it's slippery wet, seductive and sexy. Just add water and alcohol to a long week and things go wild!
it will be a blast!


So Birddog are we still on, i am at the rocks now and it's overcast with a hint of iminent precipitation.

If it does rain around 9:00pm and does not stop raining i guess we have to pull out unless you plan to shoot indoors at the many pubs in the rocks.

but if it does rain and then stops at 9:00pm onwards that would be just perfect!

Both of you have the D2X, so a bit of water wont hurt it that much.

Does that mean my d70 doesn't like the water ?

huynhie wrote:Both of you have the D2X, so a bit of water wont hurt it that much.

I was more concerned with my hair, I can't afford another bad hairday tomorrow.

so everyone confirm if it rains and stops around 9 we still on?

if it rains all damn night are we still on?

huynhie wrote:Both of you have the D2X, so a bit of water wont hurt it that much.

I'm never worrying about the wet, last two weeks on one week end I shot at Peat Ridges and it rained all day, just know how to care your gears once you're under the shower

Haven't you read a thread long ago, Onyx immersed his D70 at Niagara Falls

wendellt wrote:

huynhie wrote:Both of you have the D2X, so a bit of water wont hurt it that much.

I was more concerned with my hair, I can't afford another bad hairday tomorrow.

Wendellt,

you should get some stunning reflections after the rain with your night shots.

huynhie wrote:Both of you have the D2X, so a bit of water wont hurt it that much.

I was more concerned with my hair, I can't afford another bad hairday tomorrow.

so everyone confirm if it rains and stops around 9 we still on?

if it rains all damn night are we still on?

wendellt wrote: if it rains all damn night are we still on?

Wendellt,
This is a "special mission"! hail, shine, cyclone, typhoon, or even with hurricane Katrina present, I have to go and do it!

Only die once!!!!!!

Birddog114 wrote:

wendellt wrote: if it rains all damn night are we still on?

Wendellt,
This is a "special mission"! hail, shine, cyclone, typhoon, or even with hurricane Katrina present, I have to go and do it!

Only die once!!!!!!

I am out there nearly every night midnight marauding
If it rains, hails or pails i will be there with no raincoat and alot of faith that i don't get targeted by a freak flash of lightning.

Now I have to go to an event tonight in surry hills, I will try my best to be at meet point at 9:00 but most likeky sometime past 9:00 will that affect adversely the mission?

out.

Would it make you appear on time if Thanh's special mission had something to do with the Canon 5D?

Also would you let me photography, if and when you do get struck by lightning ?

Alpha_7 wrote:Also would you let me photography, if and when you do get struck by lightning ?

You wouldn't pull the shutter in time.

huynhie wrote:Would it make you appear on time if Thanh's special mission had something to do with the Canon 5D?

Ah an information leak
I think thanh will have to whack your huynie

so we are going to a canon 5D launch, i don't see why it starts late and ends at 1:00pm unless there's going to be a 60's soiree after the formalities.

Nnnnsic wrote:

Alpha_7 wrote:Also would you let me photography, if and when you do get struck by lightning ?

You wouldn't pull the shutter in time.

I'll have to practice my technique, would you mind holding my makeshift lightning rod for a moment, while I compose the shot

wendellt wrote:

huynhie wrote:Would it make you appear on time if Thanh's special mission had something to do with the Canon 5D?

Ah an information leak
I think thanh will have to whack your huynie

so we are going to a canon 5D launch, i don't see why it starts late and ends at 1:00pm unless there's going to be a 60's soiree after the formalities.

He could also be field testing those new Benbo tripods

Of course I'm only speculating

You guys are too noisy! keep quiet please!

Birddog114 wrote:You guys are too noisy! keep quiet please!

A little "Birdie" also mentions something about a side-by-side comparision of the 5D and the D200

Ok. How about I ask which hotel it is?

Is it the hotel right at the beginning of The Rocks in Circular Quay or the one way at the end of The Rocks close to being directly under the Bridge and was in the Xbox game Project Gotham 2?

huynhie wrote:

Birddog114 wrote:You guys are too noisy! keep quiet please!

A little "Birdie" also mentions something about a side-by-side comparision of the 5D and the D200

Good try!!!!!!!

Nnnnsic wrote:Ok. How about I ask which hotel it is?

Is it the hotel right at the beginning of The Rocks in Circular Quay or the one way at the end of The Rocks close to being directly under the Bridge and was in the Xbox game Project Gotham 2?

Good question, I haven't check a map yet, should do that now..

Nnnnsic wrote:Ok. How about I ask which hotel it is?

Is it the hotel right at the beginning of The Rocks in Circular Quay or the one way at the end of The Rocks close to being directly under the Bridge and was in the Xbox game Project Gotham 2?

we are meeting up at the Grand Hyatt now the question is which entrance, hickson road facing the wall to the bridge or the otherside facing the tall ship?

wendellt wrote:

Nnnnsic wrote:Ok. How about I ask which hotel it is?

Is it the hotel right at the beginning of The Rocks in Circular Quay or the one way at the end of The Rocks close to being directly under the Bridge and was in the Xbox game Project Gotham 2?

we are meeting up at the Grand Hyatt now the question is which entrance, hickson road facing the wall to the bridge or the otherside facing the tall ship?

Hickson Rd.