Oberon Photography Adventure Part One...

[Remorhaz]

My eldest daughter and I had a photography inspired weekend trip away in the freezy Blue Mountains area of Oberon.

All feedback, comments, suggestions, PP, gratefully accepted

We'd arrived at the farm stay just on sunset. A shot from our balcony towards some distant hills just lit by the setting sun.

Smoke Signals


Silhouette with the trees and fences on the ridge

Standing for Sunset


It was a very cool and clear evening (and we were a long way from the light pollution of the big cities) so we figured we'd try some shots of the stars - again from our balcony ...

Oberon Milk


Oberon factory at night

Moonbase Alpha

[Matt. K]

Rodney
Very professional. You have it and the images are simply inspired. And you get up in the morning and go out into the cold! That's the mark of a true image hunter.

[chrisk]

the sky in #3...farrrrrrrkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! outfuckinstanding.
I don't much like the lit foreground though, I find it distracting.

[Sylvia]

Really nice work Rodney.
The second one I would just straighten up the slope of the land and remove the sticks/fence.

The 3rd is an outstanding night sky, with a just slightly distracting foreground. The forth is good just very industrial

As usual Rodney, you are lifting the bar. Well done mate.

[Remorhaz]

Rodney. Very professional. You have it and the images are simply inspired. And you get up in the morning and go out into the cold! That's the mark of a true image hunter.

Thanks Matt - the getting up in the morning and braving the cold is in the next set to come

the sky in #3...farrrrrrrkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! outfuckinstanding. I don't much like the lit foreground though, I find it distracting.

Cheers Chris - I'll take a look at toning down that foreground - we didn't light it specifically - it was just picking up ambient from the lights on inside the place we're staying in (and shooting at ISO 6400 for 15 secs at f/2.

Really nice work Rodney. The second one I would just straighten up the slope of the land and remove the sticks/fence. The 3rd is an outstanding night sky, with a just slightly distracting foreground. The forth is good just very industrial As usual Rodney, you are lifting the bar. Well done mate.

Cheers Sylvia - thanks for the comments

[Remorhaz]

and now I have another favour to ask...

I had taken a couple starfield shots with the 35/1.4 also (two stops faster than my 15mm fish) to see if would be better for stars. Here are two samples - both 10 seconds at f/1.4 - the first at ISO 2000 and the second at ISO 3200 - unfortunately the clouds were coming over

Any preference - between these two (and vs the earlier one with the fish)

[zafra52]

Excellent photography. Each one is beatiful on its own
right on colour, composition, etc. etc. etc.

[Sylvia]

Really well done Rodney. I like them both, the second the most. The cloud cover actually adds to the capture.
Thank you for posting them.

[ozimax]

Excellent Rodney. I was going to ask for the settings for the starry shot, but as I read through the post they were there.

Oberon is not far from my family's roots, at a little place called Burraga. It's maybe even colder than Oberon and is about 35-40 minutes drive south, enroute to Trunkey Creek and Rockley. In fact, you can do a loop: Oberon-White Springs-Burraga-Rockley-Perthville-Bathurst-O'Connell-Oberon. It takes a couple of hours but has some great scenery. My GG Grandfather moved to the Burraga region around 1819-1820ish. He was a convict, did his time in Port Jackson and became a free man, marrying the daughter of free settlers.

Great stuff.

[Remorhaz]

Excellent photography. Each one is beatiful on its own right on colour, composition, etc. etc. etc.

Cheers Zafra

Really well done Rodney. I like them both, the second the most. The cloud cover actually adds to the capture. Thank you for posting them.

Thanks Sylvia and thanks for the preference

Excellent Rodney. I was going to ask for the settings for the starry shot, but as I read through the post they were there

Thanks Ozi - the settings I used for the fisheye shot further up were:
NIKON D600 + 15.0 mm f/2.8 @ 15 mm, 15 sec at f/2.8, ISO 6400
I don't think I got to any of the places you mentioned - we just came across from Katoomba via Jenolan Caves road and pretty much stayed around Oberon the whole time.