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Adelaide meet - today was at monarto zoo - adelaide
What fantastic weather and company
I finally get to take my d70 out for a shoot out

The company was great
Im pretty new at this and I'd like to thank fozzie for his hospitality and the
for the little screen protector.
Thanks rob for lending me the 70-200vr - what an amazing lens
Unfortunately the bus ride meant we had to stay on the bus - and try and shoot thru the gaps in the windows, or the dusty glass
Everyone was in awe of robs bazooka

I hope these pics work btw these are the first pics i have posted to the forum
the 1st pic is with my standard kit lens
the 2nd with Rob's 70-200VR

we didnt a group photo ?? did we ?

cheers rob

No Mate we didn't but i did take a pic of you all up at the table was just looking at it and am about to upload some pics so i will add them very soon at http://www.bbj.smugmug.com very soon. Will put all pics of you all in a folder called D70users-SA in the Main Other folder on main page.
Cheers
John

ok john, i am batching mine at the moment, i only took 119 .... if i get one or two keepers i'll be happy.... got to get myself a web page ... need to ask around to see if someone will either show me or do it for me so i can put more on the net and maybe get noticed... maybe one day i will "be at the right place at the right time" like you were, and if you need any help with photoshop send me a pm

cheers rob

Ok Mate will do for sure, if you could make an action with that frame on the pics you had would be cool but yeh you will hear from me for sure just about to do userpics now.
Thanks
John

Not even the tour guide realised the bus had been infiltrated by D70users......



robw25 with the bazooka, and dciscool in the foreground!

Cheers

I am glad you got a shot of that weapon digitor as i didn't get a good 1, but there is a few of you on my site. LOL

was a fantastic day was great meeting all the adelaidians except for marvin... hope your childs ok ... thanks to leighton ( fozzie ) for the viewfinder protector, and showing us his "toys" and getting some tips from the other guys was good also, trying to photograph through a window wasnt to good ( shared mine with dciscool as hia was dirty ) but i and my partner enjoyed your company and look forward to the next meet

cheers rob

If you know you are going to have to shoot through a window...then take some window cleaner.

Matt, these are old ex Adelaide STA busses and the windows are scratched and so on and was a bit dusty so the windows cleaner may have not made a lot of differance. Oh well was fun anyhow.

Then better take a hammer!

matt, uhmm maybe that bit of dirty glass is better to have that between us and the lions and lepards im afraid, but just to open the window about 4 or so inches would be ok i would think to get clear shot but well thems the brakes.

Hey guys,

Sorry i couldn't attend, I only arrived back from Africa on Wednesday night.

I have been to Monarto though and probably would not have attended this meet as I found Monarto to be a waste of time and money. Crappy old buses driving around a dusty park miles from the animals does not appeal to me. In Africa you can drive your own car and get much closer to WILD animals, it's exhilirating! I'll be sharing some pics soonish (I have thousands to edit and about 400 NEF's that I'm going to try and sell).

Liam =]