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Posted: **Mon Jan 02, 2006 2:04 pm**

had to work in surfers today so i took the opportunity to snap some pics around surfers ...
happy new year 2006...

Posted: **Mon Jan 02, 2006 10:33 pm**

Great photos. It's amazing how much the place has changed since i was there last when Movie-World opened. Looking at the development and how much more it has become a tourist trap makes me not want to go there ever again. In a way, i am glad you posted these images

The second last with the sun and tall building is my fave of the bunch.

Posted: **Mon Jan 02, 2006 10:36 pm**

Hi Shane,

Some great photos there. I like the high rise building the most. Nice perspective.

Alex

Posted: **Mon Jan 02, 2006 10:56 pm**

thanks guys, the pics were taken with the Pentax DA12-24 f4 ... love the flare resistance of the pentax coating

Posted: **Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:00 pm**

Shane - great pics and a testament to the quality of the Pentax (and you, of course)

Posted: **Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:46 pm**

I like particularly #3, nice perspective here of Surfers Pair-of-dice, Max

Posted: **Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:50 pm**

Excellent Shane

Are you shooting in RAW now?

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:46 am**

yeh, shooting raw now.
starting to get some results with all this extra detail and still finding out what all the extra buttons and sliders do :oops:

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:04 am**

The difference is quite noticeable

Posted: **Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:16 am**

I'd like to say first that I'm feeling grumpy right now...

That said, #1 needs more sharpness to work and #2 needs levelling. Apart from that #2 has good symbolism, with that couple fleeing the scene...

The outstanding one is #8 (if I counted correctly), the high-rise with the sun in the frame. That's a good shot, well composed and exposed! On the technical side, I'm impressed with how well the lens copes with strong light sources, in terms of ghosting and contrast.

Cheers
Steffen.

Posted: **Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:23 am**

I forgot to add, number 3 works well for me, too. The wide-angle upwards perspective and the pavers' pattern in the foeround give it some kind of "Alice in Wonderland" flair that works well with the subject.

Cheers
Steffen

Posted: **Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:09 pm**

Steffen wrote:I'd like to say first that I'm feeling grumpy right now...

That said, #1 needs more sharpness to work and #2 needs levelling. Apart from that #2 has good symbolism, with that couple fleeing the scene...

The outstanding one is #8 (if I counted correctly), the high-rise with the sun in the frame. That's a good shot, well composed and exposed! On the technical side, I'm impressed with how well the lens copes with strong light sources, in terms of ghosting and contrast.

Cheers
Steffen.

thanks for the honesty

1: sharpening is something that i have yet to work out how to do so i cropped that image to be able to read the LED's.

2: the road actually rises from right to left and i haven't allowed for it.

3: thanks.

8: i was really happy that it worked out as well as it did

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some pics from surfers paradise

some pics from surfers paradise