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Happy Gnu Ears

Postby gstark on Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:53 pm

Or some such thing.

From everyone here at DSLRUsers, I hope that your celebrations will be safe and happy, and that 2010 will be better for you than 2009.

What plans have all y'all made for the night? Post your plans here. I want to see whose party will be the one worth crashing! :)

Did I mention that St Nik(on) sent us a D300s for review this afternoon?
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby biggerry on Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:48 pm

plans have all y'all made for the night? Post your plans here.


Sweet Romantic night with the petti-coat Government...

wanna come? :shock: :arrow: :?
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby glamy on Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:16 pm

Happy New year :cheers: :cheers:
I'll be by myself... I do not even drink by myself... What a party :cry: :cry:
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby craig.rohse on Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:41 pm

Same to you Gary and the rest of the forum!!!

No plans for the night, but will be at Camellia Gardens in the morning for some photos and relaxation.
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby surenj on Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:06 pm

Um... perhaps workin... might catch the fireworks if I am very very lucky..

Also worked last year. :roll:
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby sheepie on Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:17 pm

No plans here for tomorrow night, but I have somewhere to go on Friday :)

Then it's straight into our year-end, so a busy few weeks ahead :(

My New-Year's resolution, take more photo's, and spend a bit more time here next year - I've really dropped the ball this last 12 months!
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby amashun1 on Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:27 pm

same to you too Gary.

i have to work next day so can't party hard, possibly go to Brighton take some fireworks pic (if i'm able to :lol: ) at 9pm or something (not the 12am one) then go home and drink by myself.
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby phillipb on Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:05 pm

Happy new ears to you too Gary and the the rest of the forum.
No plans at all, but you're welcome to crash my party as long as you bring along the D300s :D
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby aim54x on Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:10 am

Myself and Photomarcs (Marcus) are planning to head out there (probably darling harbour/millers point area) and get some pix. Drop me a line if you want to join us.
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby fozzie on Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:03 am

To Gary and everyone else on the forum Happy New Year :cheers:

Late afternoon going out to see my Mother who is in Residential Care with some goodies, including sparkling Red Wine to welcome in the New Year in, and home by 8:35pm to watch the 'Glen Miller Story' on ABC HD.
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby gstark on Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:46 am

aim54x wrote:Drop me a line if you want to join us.


You and a half million of your closest friends, right? :)
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby sirhc55 on Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:03 am

New year salutations to Mr Gary and Mr Leigh plus all of the mods, key members and the phalanx of dedicated camera heads that make this such a great forum.
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby ATJ on Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:16 am

The hippy knew Yir and other things to everyone.

We're having a quite night at home. We probably wouldn't even stay up until midnight except that our dogs are afraid of fireworks so we have to sit with them until the last of the fireworks finish at around 12:30am. I really hope there are no Queenslanders in the area tonight.
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby Ant on Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:28 am

Happy new year to one and all!

BBQ at the neighbours then probably back home for an early one. No way I am keeping my son awake to midnight.

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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby aim54x on Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:26 am

gstark wrote:
aim54x wrote:Drop me a line if you want to join us.


You and a half million of your closest friends, right? :)


Yes....I was actually thinking the figure would be closer to a million than half a million....but we never know.
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby Wink on Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:47 am

Happy New Year everyone! :D

This is a great forum with great members.
I'm looking forward to continuing to learn and improve through this site in the new year.

:cheers:
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby Chica on Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:07 pm

Happy New Year everyone!! I hope 2010 brings you all you wish for :-)

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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby Steffen on Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:11 pm

And a Happy New Year to you all, too!

I'm still at work but will dash home soon and then join friends in the evening for some good time…

Have a safe night everyone!

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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby Reschsmooth on Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:50 pm

Feliz ano nuevo.

Having some friends over for a bottle of Louis Roederer, a couple of BBQ lamb racks (assuming weather holds out), and peripheral food and drinks.

Hopefully 2010 will allow me to make more time to take, process and post photos than occurred in 2009.
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby DebT on Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:04 pm

Was planning on heading into the city and shoot the fireworks (did a shocking job last year) but it's 41 today and it's really difficult to think of mixing it with thousand of others ...most likely a glass of wine, a dip in the pool ,and watch an old movie (thanks Fozzie for the hint) - be lucky to make it to 12 at this stage ..
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby digitor on Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:32 pm

Happy New Year to all! :cheers: :cheers:

The closest I'll get to fireworks tonight will be watching them on TV - we're having a dinner party with a few friends, Indian theme, I'll be in the kitchen for the rest of the afternoon cooking a curry 8)

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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby joet on Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:44 pm

Happy New Year to all forum members from Chryssine and Joe

Chronya Polla :cheers:
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby Matt. K on Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:19 pm

Happy New Year Gary & Leigh and all the forum members! Congratulations on another great year for the forum and some fantastic photography. Perhaps the focus for 2010 is to get some of this imagery seen by a wider audience....perhaps in the form of a gallery exhibition? Let's throw some ideas around next year.
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby gstark on Fri Jan 01, 2010 8:09 am

OK ... Good morning, and welcome to 2010.


Now fess up ...

Who is up?

And who is still up?

:)
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby fozzie on Fri Jan 01, 2010 8:29 am

Thank you Gary.

Went to bed at approx. 1:30am today and up at 6:40am :)

Celebrated with a total of 2 x Scotch and Soda with ice around midnight at home, so feeling fine this morning. Might even go out and shoot some frames during the course of the day.
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby ATJ on Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:53 am

Happy New Year one and all.

I have been up for over 90 minutes. I just got home from a 3.8km run.

I went to bed at 12:30am after sharing 2 bottles of wine with my wife over the course of the night. We watched the Top Gear boys drive across Bolivia and Chile and then we watched "The Boat That Rocked". As soon as most of the local fireworks died down (and Harry was feeling a little calmer) we went to bed.
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby Geoff on Fri Jan 01, 2010 10:25 am

Happy New Year everyone!
Hope it's a successful, healthy and happy 2010!

I do like Matt K's idea of a gallery showcasing some of our members work!! :up:
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby CraigVTR on Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:32 am

Happy New Year to everyone. Were there fireworks somewhere last night? :)
In bed by eight up at three (am) for work, have just finished so will now think about a couple of drinks.

All the best for 2010. Cheers. :cheers:
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby radar on Fri Jan 01, 2010 2:41 pm

Happy New Year everyone, been up for a while walked the dogs, went for a swim, going over photos :D

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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby Reschsmooth on Fri Jan 01, 2010 2:51 pm

Went to bed at 2am, up at 5:30am; down at 11 am; up at 12pm; down at 12:30pm; up at 2pm :biglaugh:
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby aim54x on Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:45 pm

Happy New Year to everyone, Marcus and I hit the hay about 2.30 this morning and were on the move home by 8.30. Since then I have been out Campbeltown way and back. Hope everyone drank wisely last night and do not have the pleasure of beginning the year with a spectacular headache as many of the ppl around us last night looked like having.

I do like the idea of showcasing some work...
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby colin_12 on Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:59 pm

Happy new year all,
Spent the evening camping with a mate, and the last two days hiking up and down some interesting hills.
I also like the idea of some gallery hangings.
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby gstark on Sun Jan 03, 2010 6:41 am

The odea of showcasing some of our members' work has always appealed to me, but we have a few issues to deal with.

1: Printing of the images

2: Framing/mounting/presentation.

3: Where

I think we should tackle the these in a new thread, starting with the Where.
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Re: Happy Gnu Ears

Postby phillipb on Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:24 pm

gstark wrote:The odea of showcasing some of our members' work has always appealed to me, but we have a few issues to deal with.

1: Printing of the images

2: Framing/mounting/presentation.

3: Where

I think we should tackle the these in a new thread, starting with the Where.


Wendell may be a good person to talk to about this, didn't he have an exibition of his work in Glebe from memory if I'm not mistaking?
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