Finally! My 2x2 Stanley Tops pics

[Matt. K]

Thanks for arranging a great day out Peter! As usual...a fabulous day with a great bunch of photographers!
This is why they do it. It's just bloody beautiful to be a bird!

Stubbsy with some of the usual hard cases. Nice to see Killakoala there! He travelled up from Nowra for the shoot!

I love these pine trees!

You could hear the wind whistling through the wires

[surenj]

Matt,

I quite like the first. It gives a bit of context as well as provide with some background interest while retaining good separation with the background.

[aim54x]

Great to see some pictures from you Matt. I agree with Surenj on the first, quite a unique shot, too bad that the day looks so grey. Can I ask what the guy is carrying???

I am getting more and more jealous about missing out on this meet.

[Matt. K]

Cameron
He is carrying an emergency parachute....an inflatable life raft, small 30 day sea survival kit, GPS, desalinator, first aid kit....the SAS wilderness survival guide, EPIRB and satellite telephone, a Canon G11 and a small diary with first page entry being 'My horrible adventure'....and a Holy Bible.

[Jenno]

I love these pine trees!

...and I didnt even notice them.

That's the good part about meets like this...participants see different things and see things differently.

The haze in the first makes it look as if the background has been desaturated which centres the focus on the paraglider

The last is simple but effective

[surenj]

a small diary with first page entry being 'My horrible adventure'

[aim54x]

Cameron
He is carrying an emergency parachute....an inflatable life raft, small 30 day sea survival kit, GPS, desalinator, first aid kit....the SAS wilderness survival guide, EPIRB and satellite telephone, a Canon G11 and a small diary with first page entry being 'My horrible adventure'....and a Holy Bible.

WHOA...that is a lot of gear!

[gstark]

Cameron
He is carrying an emergency parachute....an inflatable life raft, small 30 day sea survival kit, GPS, desalinator, first aid kit....the SAS wilderness survival guide, EPIRB and satellite telephone, a Canon G11 and a small diary with first page entry being 'My horrible adventure'....and a Holy Bible.

WHOA...that is a lot of gear!

And here was I, thinking that there might have been something as simple and innocuous as a body in that backpack.

[Mr Darcy]

Cameron
He is carrying an emergency parachute....an inflatable life raft, small 30 day sea survival kit, GPS, desalinator, first aid kit....the SAS wilderness survival guide, EPIRB and satellite telephone, a Canon G11 and a small diary with first page entry being 'My horrible adventure'....and a Holy Bible.

No some one as paranoid as that would hedge his bets.
He would have a Bible, Quran, Rig Veda, Tao, torah,.... NO room for all that other guff

[stubbsy]

Matt

While I like #1 greatly, there is something really appealing about the odd randomness in that group shot and I think it's the pick of these despite me being in the shot.

[biggerry]

usual hard cases.

well i reckon that hang glider shot is stunning, i love the way the guys arms are spread like the wings of the glider...or appear to be at least! excellent capture with one of the few patches of blue sky, very nice.

[Killakoala]

Matt

While I like #1 greatly, there is something really appealing about the odd randomness in that group shot and I think it's the pick of these despite me being in the shot.

I agree (Not about you being in the photo Peter, but I)

Lovely shots Matt. I agree about the pine trees. They were magnificent.