The billabong is full

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The billabong is full

Postby J.Davis on Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:45 pm

Out the back of our model aircraft field is a small gully that hasn't been full for a while. C&C Welcome
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Re: The billabong is full

Postby !~DeViNe~DaRkNeSs~! on Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:02 pm

plane pics please hehe..
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Re: The billabong is full

Postby CraigVTR on Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:56 am

Last one John. It has lovely reflections and colours in the water.
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Re: The billabong is full

Postby J.Davis on Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:47 pm

Thanks for the comments Craig - the colours are vivid out of the D60, and thats on neutral.
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Re: The billabong is full

Postby aim54x on Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:02 am

J.Davis wrote:the colours are vivid out of the D60, and thats on neutral.


That is a lot more vivid than I have ever seen out of any other D60...what are you using to process/archive/convert your photos? I have a friend that suspects iPhoto auto adjusts stuff that goes through as his compact looks like it has a permanent Velvia mode...but didnt when we downloaded and viewed photos without going through iPhoto.
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Re: The billabong is full

Postby J.Davis on Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:17 am

I used to have a vivid setting but it was very blue, have since gone back to normal. Downloaded through Elements 7 and adjusted levels in CS3, can't see how the colour should change?
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Re: The billabong is full

Postby aim54x on Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:25 am

Hmmm none of that sounds like it would be doing anything to affect the colours...maybe the D60 does have super saturated colours like that? I'll have a look at my mates one and get back to you....I will have to annoy him because he has my tripod QR plate (my only non-Manfrotto one!)
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Re: The billabong is full

Postby Frankenstein on Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:15 pm

Whoa, those colours are rich! For me, the pick is the 2nd image. I'd like to see the same scene with early morning or late afternoon light slanting across the scene - I think that would look special.

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Re: The billabong is full

Postby J.Davis on Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:46 pm

The pics are two seperate days, but about the same time - shadows nearly gone after 4. The subject was in shadow when taken.
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Re: The billabong is full

Postby DebT on Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:40 am

Hi,
the colours of 2 & 3 make them very appealing and commercial as postcards/calendars but I rather like the gums in #1 and the shot looks more realistic to me - just for fun try it as an oil painting in PS

Just out of interest what is the peak in the background ?
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Re: The billabong is full

Postby Frankenstein on Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:30 pm

:shock: Why have the 2nd and 3rd images been replaced with this:

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Re: The billabong is full

Postby J.Davis on Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:51 pm

The pics are still there on my computer - do you have a bug?
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Re: The billabong is full

Postby Frankenstein on Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:08 pm

J.Davis wrote:The pics are still there on my computer - do you have a bug?
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They're back - how strange :? . I don't think the problem was at my end - why would only the 2nd and 3rd pics disappear? I thought there might have been an issue on the server where the images were located. No big deal, I guess.

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