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Its time to dig into that draw where you keep the photos and start posting them up.
Here are a few I shot this week
Dawn across L.B.G. Canberra, photos taken with the camera in my phone.
Paul
BigFella
10-07-2010, 19:14
Here are a couple of the morning sun rise!
And a nice evening view with the sun's reflective powers on the water.
what type of camera were you using Glenn ??????????
Paul
Hmmm I don't know who Drew is or really what this thread is all about, but I'm guessing by the pics we are looking at smooth water with a beautiful view,
So here is my Pic.
Oh hang about, maybe you mean smooth water with a great awesome view with a Sunset?? so I put a second just to make sure I got the Idea laugh1
Cheers
Mark
This is one of my fave fishing haunts. Just north of doug country in the great sandy straights.
Mark,you are a truely a great photographeryippyyippy
This is one of my fave fishing haunts. Just north of doug country in the great sandy straights.
good stuff Andy looks like a great place to spend a bit of time
Mark the photos can be any thing you like from shots of the kids to, well what you have just posted.
Drew, sorry Mark that was my bad spelling should have been draw.
Here is a few pics of a camping trip to Lake Aragan on the NSW mid north coast in 2007.The first pics is on day one,the following two are at 9am a few days later,the annex was actually ripped off and blown half way across the paddock.Needless to say we went home that day, as the water came into the camper floor and all the kids beds got wet!
Pirate Pete
11-07-2010, 09:03
Here is a few pics of a camping trip to Lake Aragan on the NSW mid north coast in 2007.The first pics is on day one,the following two are at 9am a few days later,the annex was actually ripped off and blown half way across the paddock.Needless to say we went home that day, as the water came into the camper floor and all the kids beds got wet!
Bugger thats when camping leads to divorce!!!
Pirate Pete
11-07-2010, 09:18
Here is a sunset from the Mouth of the Rubicon River in late 2003
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee312/Polyboatowner/2003SunsetRubicon.jpg
Pirate Pete
11-07-2010, 09:30
Here is another from Strahan in Nov 2004
Dawn
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee312/Polyboatowner/StrahanDawn.jpg
[QUOTE=Pirate Pete;4763]Here is another from Strahan in Nov 2004
Dawn]
that's a top photo Pete.
2thumbsup Paul 2thumbsup
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg192/Whitty44/P1020015.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg192/Whitty44/P1020065.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg192/Whitty44/P1020035.jpg
Took the boys away for a weekend to Yellowpatch on Curtis Island. Got some good fish and crabs, drank a thousand beers and no women to annoy us. Happy days laugh1
polyFrank
11-07-2010, 13:01
Love the first photo Mark, like all good photo's it makes you want to get right into the subject.
Uploading my first photo, hope it works. It's a picture of our Poly with some of the family, taken at Bribie with Moreton Island in the background.
polyFrank
11-07-2010, 13:14
More photo's.
Sunset at Moreton looking across the bay and the tangalooma wrecks.
Also a shark feeding frenzy in Hervey Bay, there was about a dozen sharks, with tuna swimming around the outside. This was with a charter fishing trip, we came accross them moving from one fishing ground to another.
polyFrank
11-07-2010, 13:20
After a hard fight I managed to play it up to the back of the boat. It was then I realized it wasn't going to fit in the landing net!
this is turning into a great thread, here are a couple from the far south coast of N.S.W.
mid winter greenwell point sun set, taken with the worst camera you could own an Olympus 790sw
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee7/poly2312/bucket02052009_05.jpg
Paul
Some good pics there.
Giffo your 3 look more like a day-by-day history of a piss-up.
Mark is that girl in your first pic named Dawn? The crack of Dawn..laugh1
Here's one for Dave, seeing as there is a rescue chopper in it.
took the new camera out today, first try and they came out shit.
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee7/poly2312/sounder1029.jpg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee7/poly2312/sounder1034-1.jpg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee7/poly2312/sounder1036-1.jpg
Paul
Yes Chin,It was a camping trip with camp fire, so grog was consumed by me.Is your pic of the bloke that tried to beach launch his ship in Newy a couple of years ago ?
A pic of the glasshouse mountains from the bribie passage
orchid beach at the last fraser island fishing classic
the line up for the barge trying to get off fraser
and a 3.2kg australian bass
took the new camera out today, first try and they came out shit.
Paul
Paul, get out your manual and learn how to use exposure compensation. I think you said you had a nikon? I use canon, but I think that dial on the back of the nikon does exposure compensation? Looking at those photos you just need to dial up an extra stop or 2.
BigFella
12-07-2010, 06:58
what type of camera were you using Glenn ??????????
Paul
Unfortunately Poly I only had my phone!
I have a Digital SLR and love it!
Takes awesome photos, great features but too bulky to take to work each day?
yep Andy, these were the very first photos taken with the camera set to full auto just to see the results, and yes the the dial is the compensator to look at it you would think it was for rolling on film
these digi slr cameras are a hole new learning experience for me after using a Fuji stx1 wet film camera for so many years, but its dead and i have to mover on yippy
Paul
BigFella
12-07-2010, 07:09
Here a couple from a trip up to Blowering Dam a couple of years back!
Like to camp under a tarp with my kids, builds character!
BigFella
12-07-2010, 07:18
Here's something a tad different, our old "Six-Wheeler" my old boss owned the six wheeler company in Dalby Qld.
This was Gary's personal ute, sold to us and we then customized it a tad.
Added the storage box, tray cover, driving lights and then the lpg conversion! The lpg was computerized with gas injectors, made a huge difference.
Pulled like a freight train, drove like a sports car!
Gee I miss this vehicle!
4.50_Drifter
13-07-2010, 11:48
What sort of Camera Poly?
4.50_Drifter
13-07-2010, 11:52
I've been taking photos for a while guys, so if anyone needs/wants some tips feel free to ask.
4.50_Drifter
13-07-2010, 11:55
a couple more random ones i like..
BigFella
13-07-2010, 12:31
I've been taking photos for a while guys, so if anyone needs/wants some tips feel free to ask.
Great pics 4.5 Drifter, were they taken on a visit to the ACT?
Politicians love getting their photo taken!!pointlaugh
BigFella
13-07-2010, 12:34
a couple more random ones i like..
The water wheel looks awesome!
That Church reminds me of my childhood growing up in Tumbarumba NSW.
We had a little community church at the bottom of our drive way.
Visited the old farm a few years ago and the church looked so tiny compared to what I remembered at age 5yr.
I guess thats what age does to us?
I've been taking photos for a while guys, so if anyone needs/wants some tips feel free to ask.
Well mate since you offered, I'm interested to know about taking pics in RAW (no not naked), what's the deal and how does that work?
Do you convert the pics back to normal on a program afterwards? What's the advantage?
I really should go to a course on this, but I don't take a lot of pics, would be nice to go one better than "auto" mode though.
What sort of Camera Poly?
Its a D3000 Nikon mate, time will tell how good it is.
Paul
4.50_Drifter
13-07-2010, 21:28
Thanks BigFella,
Living in Cnb for a while, moving back to Cairns soon though!
Poly - always RAW for serious shots mate, you should have gotten an editing program with the camera, I know that Canon gives you one. RAW is able to be modified a lot more on basic editing (colours, sharpness etc).
There's heaps of forums, so I'd recommend finding a Nikon forum that you like and starting there. I wouldn't bother about a course, it's all on the web now-a-days, it's just a matter of looking and reading, particular if you then go and try what you've just learned.
Cheers mate, stick with it. It's a great hobby.
Thanks BigFella,
Living in Cnb for a while, moving back to Cairns soon though!
Poly - always RAW for serious shots mate, you should have gotten an editing program with the camera, I know that Canon gives you one. RAW is able to be modified a lot more on basic editing (colours, sharpness etc).
There's heaps of forums, so I'd recommend finding a Nikon forum that you like and starting there. I wouldn't bother about a course, it's all on the web now-a-days, it's just a matter of looking and reading, particular if you then go and try what you've just learned.
Cheers mate, stick with it. It's a great hobby.
Interesting about the raw comment. I used to always shoot in raw mode. Now not so much. I often hear people saying about shooting with the lowest iso possible too. Then I did spend some time with a pro, who shoots for nat geo among others. He shoots jpg, at any iso to get the shot. I think people spend too much time post processing than learning how to take a good photo. I learnt to take photos using film, digital is great, but post processing wont make a good photo.
If you are using a entry level slr, then raw v jpeg is irrelevant. Learn to take a good photo first.
BTW, I have a photo that I have sold taken with a 3mp point and shoot sony in the early days of digital. That photo has made me a fair amount of cash to date. See attached. That was shot in jpg, post processed to b&w. Can post the original if wanted. Taken when I was bored one weekend exploring new angles of a place I have photographed a million times before.
Interesting about the raw comment. I used to always shoot in raw mode. Now not so much. I often hear people saying about shooting with the lowest iso possible too. Then I did spend some time with a pro, who shoots for nat geo among others. He shoots jpg, at any iso to get the shot. I think people spend too much time post processing than learning how to take a good photo. I learnt to take photos using film, digital is great, but post processing wont make a good photo.
If you are using a entry level slr, then raw v jpeg is irrelevant. Learn to take a good photo first.
BTW, I have a photo that I have sold taken with a 3mp point and shoot sony in the early days of digital. That photo has made me a fair amount of cash to date. See attached. That was shot in jpg, post processed to b&w. Can post the original if wanted. Taken when I was bored one weekend exploring new angles of a place I have photographed a million times before.
Actually, there is challenge. Look closey at that photo I took. Its a picture of the old shark proof enclosure at shorncliffe, brisbane. There is a couple of key visual aspects that critics would say makes it a good photo.
This is what I was told a while ago about digital photos,
"The problem with JPG format is that each time you open and edit a jpg file, there is a loss in the quality, they are referred to as lossy..
Take the photo and then transfer to computer, open and then save as a TIFF file. Then edit that TIFF file and then save as a jpg again."
I have found this works well for me with no loss of quality
Yep, that's my understanding of the situation with jpg files as well, Dave. The losses occur because there is a degree of compression (decreasing file size) which occurs each time you save a pic as a .jpg
But you should only be saving once :P copying a photo from a memory card to harddrive does not affect quality.
With memory cards as cheap as they are I cannot see a reason not to save in RAW format.
Having said that unless you have professional-grade equipment the quality loss due to compression is negligible compared to artifacts introduced by the camera.
4.50_Drifter
14-07-2010, 16:04
Interesting about the raw comment. I used to always shoot in raw mode. Now not so much. I often hear people saying about shooting with the lowest iso possible too. Then I did spend some time with a pro, who shoots for nat geo among others. He shoots jpg, at any iso to get the shot. I think people spend too much time post processing than learning how to take a good photo. I learnt to take photos using film, digital is great, but post processing wont make a good photo.
If you are using a entry level slr, then raw v jpeg is irrelevant. Learn to take a good photo first.
BTW, I have a photo that I have sold taken with a 3mp point and shoot sony in the early days of digital. That photo has made me a fair amount of cash to date. See attached. That was shot in jpg, post processed to b&w. Can post the original if wanted. Taken when I was bored one weekend exploring new angles of a place I have photographed a million times before.
I'm only using RAW but don't do too much post-processing, but it helps to have that little bit of flexibility. Completely agree with the lowest iso possible though.
Here's an other one from the Olympus 790sw,i carry this camera with me all the time , you just never know when that special shot will present its self. This was not one of them.
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee7/poly2312/bucket13052009_03.jpg
Paul
4.50_Drifter
15-07-2010, 10:33
a couple more quick ones..
BigFella
15-07-2010, 20:20
Here's a couple, sorry for the poor quality.
Only had my phone.
polyFrank
15-07-2010, 21:29
Three more pics.
Two of humpbacks in Northern Moreton bay.
One of our old Quintrex with the wife and kids in Horseshoe Bay, South Peel island
Canberra sun rise, Dave hope we are not using up to much room on the site
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee7/poly2312/bucket16072010_43.jpg
Paul
4.50_Drifter
16-07-2010, 16:43
Here's a couple, sorry for the poor quality.
Only had my phone.
that's a nice little rig BigFella!
hay Glenn, a good photo is a good photo, and any photo of a poly is a good photo.
yippy Paul yippy
4.50_Drifter
17-07-2010, 12:10
you should start a thread with everyone including a picture of their poly on the same thread. maybe one side picture and one picture from stern to bow? it may lead to some interesting discussions??!?!? I'd start one but don't have my poly yet...soon though..
Thats a good idea but start it in the showcase area.
Everyone can add a blurb with just a couple of pics but leave chat on another thread. It will ruin the thread if we end up with loads of .... Hmmm how do ya put it.... Waffle about nothing & end up getting off topic.
I like it so Much, Ill start it right now. Dave feel free to monitor it & clean it up if ya need. Ya have my vote to do it. What is everybody else's opinion on it?
Cheers
Mark
4.50_Drifter
18-07-2010, 21:49
Thats a good idea but start it in the showcase area.
Everyone can add a blurb with just a couple of pics but leave chat on another thread. It will ruin the thread if we end up with loads of .... Hmmm how do ya put it.... Waffle about nothing & end up getting off topic.
I like it so Much, Ill start it right now. Dave feel free to monitor it & clean it up if ya need. Ya have my vote to do it. What is everybody else's opinion on it?
Cheers
Mark
Noice work Mark.
polyFrank
21-07-2010, 21:16
More pic's. The last one is a picture of a fish I got from flickr.I did a search "ugly fish" and this was easily the winner. It's my avatar and I squashed the photo into a square to fit that format. So the fish is wider and lower than it appears in the photo. Does anyone know what fish it is, or is it a severed head or something.
Does anyone know what fish it is, or is it a severed head or something.
Double-check with giffo and chin, but I'm fairly sure it's called a Doug-fish. More recently netted specimens have been found with a scooter.
Double-check with giffo and chin, but I'm fairly sure it's called a Doug-fish. More recently netted specimens have been found with a scooter.
dohlaugh1
http://www.eons.com/groups/topic/1332489-The-Blobfish
Rubbish - my eyes are much closer together, and my scooter is still in transit from Melbourne (or Taiwan - nobody's sure yet).
And Sweeden, you better be wearing your flame-proof underwear next chat-night!
And Sweeden, you better be wearing your flame-proof underwear next chat-night!
No worries doug - i normally chat naked, but for next week i'll make an exception.
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee7/poly2312/19072010_010.jpg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee7/poly2312/19072010_002.jpg
Pirate Pete
22-07-2010, 17:48
More pic's. The last one is a picture of a fish I got from flickr.I did a search "ugly fish" and this was easily the winner. It's my avatar and I squashed the photo into a square to fit that format. So the fish is wider and lower than it appears in the photo. Does anyone know what fish it is, or is it a severed head or something.
Dare I say it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Its a TASMANIAN BLOB FISH
http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2010/02/18/128761_fun-weird-news.html
Pirate Pete
22-07-2010, 17:58
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ePjErwy054/SfAH-TcHzBI/AAAAAAAAAyo/6Q7VAW1x-OA/s400/raros+-+blobfish+2.jpg
polyFrank
22-07-2010, 18:44
Very funny guys, I never thought that would cause so much fun.
I was thinking of editing it in paint to make it look more like me, er I mean Doug.
polyFrank
22-07-2010, 18:49
With a kilt and bonnet, or maybe a black and white bonnet and a bottle of Newcastle brown ale.
And Sweeden, you better be wearing your flame-proof underwear next chat-night!
Don't worry Sweeden,I can get you some fire resistant clothing that will take Dougs heat, and somelaugh1laugh1
Hi All hope this comes out, a lot of sand and no water in the Middle East on a job Fred
polyFrank
22-07-2010, 19:49
Do you have any colour photo's?
trying but alls not going as well see what happens Fred
How do I post the sound of Banjo's playing ?laugh1laugh1
Just comes with living in them there hills.
BakerBill
22-07-2010, 20:53
Pt Broughton, SA
How do I post the sound of Banjo's playing ?laugh1laugh1
4.50_Drifter
23-07-2010, 13:19
Thursday Island Sunset
ahhh you're taking me back now Dave... here's a couple more of TI, excuse the poor quality as I was younger and dumber.. also Friday Island tide..
and yes that was a tinnie and no I don't own it anymore.
Thats the worst part of up here at this time of the year. The tides are always low during the day and when they go out if you are not quick the boat gets stuck on the beach. Travelling home in the dark is not fun... esp in 4 foot waves on a jetski...
4.50_Drifter
23-07-2010, 17:14
Thats the worst part of up here at this time of the year. The tides are always low during the day and when they go out if you are not quick the boat gets stuck on the beach. Travelling home in the dark is not fun... esp in 4 foot waves on a jetski...
LOL! not up there mate, not up there!!
Thats the worst part of up here at this time of the year. The tides are always low during the day and when they go out if you are not quick the boat gets stuck on the beach. Travelling home in the dark is not fun... esp in 4 foot waves on a jetski...
now that would be a real hoot Dave,there would be a lot of people out there willing to pay good money for a ride like that.
:D Paul :D
snow in in the hills around Canberra
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee7/poly2312/790sw029.jpg
polyFrank
03-08-2010, 20:08
My dog blue on a horse.
strike my, that's one ugly hose, dogs not bad looking !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Paul
The dog is saying..... "awwwww fair dinkum. Gimme a break!!!" He has that longsuffering look on his face. Humans - who'd own one????
4.50_Drifter
04-08-2010, 18:47
Pt Broughton, SA
Nice one Bill, every time I see your avatar I get hungry..
Catch a carp
http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/autoairsteer/Murray%20River%20from%20Yarrawonga%20weir%20to%20U lupna%20Island/P1010154.jpg
Use carp to catch shrimp
http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/autoairsteer/Murray%20River%20from%20Yarrawonga%20weir%20to%20U lupna%20Island/P1010171.jpg
Use shrimp to catch yellowbelly
http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/autoairsteer/Murray%20River%20from%20Yarrawonga%20weir%20to%20U lupna%20Island/P1010198.jpg
A long walk back to camp after breaking the propeller shear pin trolling through timber,
http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/autoairsteer/Murray%20River%20from%20Yarrawonga%20weir%20to%20U lupna%20Island/P1010499.jpg
Poly dreaming
http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/autoairsteer/Port%20Phillip%20Random%20Winter%202010/IMG_00621.jpg
Birds chasing whitebait
http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/autoairsteer/Port%20Phillip%20Random%20Winter%202010/P1010597.jpg
The winter sun breaking through over hobsons bay
http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/autoairsteer/Port%20Phillip%20Random%20Winter%202010/IMG_00581.jpg
2knt zepher off Campbells cove
http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/autoairsteer/Port%20Phillip%20Random%20Winter%202010/IMG_00681.jpg
4.50_Drifter
05-08-2010, 12:34
nice pics Gary.
great stuff mate keep them coming, the winter sun photo looks great
:) Paul :)
Pirate Pete
05-08-2010, 17:59
A long walk back to camp after breaking the propeller shear pin trolling through timber,
http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/autoairsteer/Murray%20River%20from%20Yarrawonga%20weir%20to%20U lupna%20Island/P1010499.jpg
Looks like you didnt die from dehydration with that can in your hand . . . laugh1 laugh1
OK, if you a'int guessed already someone has signed up to Photobucket. Now that now I have found the collage button here is just a few more pics, for scientific research purposes only.
A few shots of Ulupna Island on the Murray, incl, chainsaw street furniture yobo style, a happy Koala (cos every koala for miles around got a bit of action every night)
http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/autoairsteer/Murray%20River%20from%20Yarrawonga%20weir%20to%20U lupna%20Island/P1010270-1.jpg
Mt Dissapointment 30 minutes nth of Melbourne, 5 months after "Black Saturday" as the first significant rain since the fires was approaching.
http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/autoairsteer/Bushfire/IMAGE_021-1.jpg
Sunset Friday night on the bay in July
http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/autoairsteer/Port%20Phillip%20Random%20Winter%202010/IMG_00861-1.jpg
A view from camp on the Murray @ Yarrawonga
http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/autoairsteer/Murray%20River%20from%20Yarrawonga%20weir%20to%20U lupna%20Island/P1010511.jpg
Pirate Pete
05-08-2010, 20:47
Now that now I have found the collage button here is just a few more pics, for scientific research purposes only.
"The collage button" ??????? Ive never found that. doh doh doh
were is it ,I want it and I want it now,that collage button.
yippy Paul yippy
BigFella
06-08-2010, 18:41
I recognize that camp site! Great spot, we have spent many weekends camped there for the Cod Classic Opening held the first weekend in December!
We have also camped up the Ovens river some fantastic spots in he wooded area!
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