BigV's Visit

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BigV's Visit

Postby adame on Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:14 pm

Guys has been a long time since I posted anything, I've really been super busy (I post a bit more on my blog thesedays). Just had the pleasure of spending the week with BigV , we always push eachother to get out there and I think it shows in the Images we get when he's here.

Besides the sub standard weather we had a great few days.

We did some birding but really didn't get anything worth posting, the rest of the time we were mucking around strobing things.

Some pictures!
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Re: BigV's Visit

Postby aim54x on Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:51 pm

Nice images Adam, did you use flash on the 2nd one of the sculpture?
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Re: BigV's Visit

Postby jammy2 on Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:25 pm

Nice detailed shots of the sculpture, the first two shots highlight the structure well against the fading twilight. In the first we get a sense of scale with the two persons towards the left with the second we see intricate detail.
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Re: BigV's Visit

Postby BBJ on Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:38 pm

Nice shots Adam, like them all and good to hear someone pushers the big fella around a bit.LOL Anyhow mate fix the dust bunny up on #2 shot if you decide to print it about level with the hole in the sculpture to the right.

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Re: BigV's Visit

Postby adame on Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:47 pm

Thanks for the comments guys,

aim54x wrote:Nice images Adam, did you use flash on the 2nd one of the sculpture?


Yes 2 flashes one either side of the sculpture on a wide zoom setting which gave the light a smoother more even look.

BBJ wrote:Nice shots Adam, like them all and good to hear someone pushers the big fella around a bit.LOL Anyhow mate fix the dust bunny up on #2 shot if you decide to print it about level with the hole in the sculpture to the right.


someone has to rough the big bugger up :lol: thanks re dust bunny, hadn't noticed it would do if i was prepping the file for print tho.

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Re: BigV's Visit

Postby V-man on Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:00 pm

Well i like the 3rd for some reason, maybe its the floor. Well done Big V :)
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Re: BigV's Visit

Postby CraigVTR on Wed Jul 22, 2009 2:25 pm

#2 is the shot I like best, but if you print #1 get an axe out and lop the heads of the two people on the left. :twisted: Even though they add some scale I find them very distracting.

I like the lighting in #3 but find the shadow distracting, maybe a flash behind the bale press at 1/8 power lighting the wall may help. Was this in the woolshed in Kinchega?
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Re: BigV's Visit

Postby robw25 on Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:11 pm

adame wrote: We did some birding

yep he always does

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Re: BigV's Visit

Postby adame on Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:54 pm

CraigVTR wrote:#2 is the shot I like best, but if you print #1 get an axe out and lop the heads of the two people on the left. :twisted: Even though they add some scale I find them very distracting.

I like the lighting in #3 but find the shadow distracting, maybe a flash behind the bale press at 1/8 power lighting the wall may help. Was this in the woolshed in Kinchega?



I agree with both comments here Craig, yes thats the Kinchega woolshed we just did a day trip there.

robw25 wrote:
adame wrote: We did some birding



yep he always does

cheers rob


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Re: BigV's Visit

Postby ian.bertram on Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:37 pm

It's a great place to visit and the sculptures are just asking to be strobed well and good. Really nice work. Interesting that the dust is obvious agaist the blue sky but would probably be completely invisible in most other shots. You make me want to get back out there (hell of a long way from Sydney though)
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