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Hi,

we had a great time in Mudgee, even if rained most of the day on Saturday. Just a quick PP to show that we did have one nice morning and that was Monday. It was very chilly, -2C. This one taken with the sun rising, you may be able to see some of the mist starting to lift off the pond.



D70s, Tokina 12-24 at 15mm, f11, 1/8s.

C&C welcome.

Cheers,

André

Nice shot. Sure looks cold there...
I would probably have tried to leave a bit more of the foreground bush visible if possible instead of chopping it off.

Great shot Andre.

This must have been taken on Monday, because the other days definately didn't look like this when I woke up in Mudgee.

Nice André. Of course that's way too early to have been out of bed on such a cold day

You can see a smidge of blank grey/black where you rotated this to straightn that pesky horizon in the top left and right top side corners so a recrop is needed. I'd also be tempted to push the sat a little or the colour temp a touch too.

You've got very shrps eyes there Peter. I did not notice the crop lines on the edge of the pic.

stubbsy wrote:Nice André. Of course that's way too early to have been out of bed on such a cold day

I agree, it was way too cold to be up and about!!

You can see a smidge of blank grey/black where you rotated this to straightn that pesky horizon in the top left and right top side corners so a recrop is needed. I'd also be tempted to push the sat a little or the colour temp a touch too.

Oops , I'll fix that and try with the saturation changes. Thanks Peter.

Terminator, I've got one with a bit more foreground, but because the bank of the pond was basically at water level, I was losing the top of the trees in the reflection. However, I'll get it PP and see which one comes out better.

Andrew, certainly was Monday

thanks,

Andre

Okay,

fixed the rotation blip and increased the saturation. Not taking into account the rotation crop oversight in the first one, does this one work better with the increased saturation?



thanks,

André

Andre

beautiful the colours are fantastic, reminds me of the loire valley

could you try one where the house is centred by re-cropping?

Andre - VERY nice touch up

I think the new version is better, but then I'd have to say that wouldn't I.

Has my Dad been painting the trees red in Mudgee as well?!
Nice shot and the second edit is better imo, where in Mudgee was this taken?

Hi Belle,

belle wrote:Has my Dad been painting the trees red in Mudgee as well?!

If he was up that early on Monday morning, he probably was

Nice shot and the second edit is better imo, where in Mudgee was this taken?

At the Evanslea B&B not far from the yellow house.

It was great to meet your family, it was easy to spot your Dad. We had all three of them with us at dinner on Sunday.

thanks for letting them know we were coming,

Cheers,

André

Nice, real nice.
Cheers
John

Nice one Radar!

On the way back to Sydney at the early hours on Monday, I spotted lot of photogenic scenes along the road to Lithgow.

Will return to Mudgee one day in the near future.

Hi Birddog,

birddog114 wrote:On the way back to Sydney at the early hours on Monday, I spotted lot of photogenic scenes along the road to Lithgow.

Will return to Mudgee one day in the near future.

Fully agree, it is a beautiful region. At dinner time, Sheryl was mentionning Turon Gates. It is about 80kms south of Mudgee, beautiful cabins that can sleep up to 8. It is in a beautiful bush setting, close to get to Dunn's Swamp that we didn't get to go due to weather and also Hill End, etc, etc. As you say, lots more to explore.

http://www.turongates.com/index.html

Nothing wrong also being based in Mudgee, nice restaurants, vineyards, ...

Cheers,

André
edit: add link to Turon Gates

radar wrote:Hi Birddog,

birddog114 wrote:On the way back to Sydney at the early hours on Monday, I spotted lot of photogenic scenes along the road to Lithgow.

Will return to Mudgee one day in the near future.

Fully agree, it is a beautiful region. At dinner time, Sheryl was mentionning Turon Gates. It is about 80kms south of Mudgee, beautiful cabins that can sleep up to 8. It is in a beautiful bush setting, close to get to Dunn's Swamp that we didn't get to go due to weather and also Hill End, etc, etc. As you say, lots more to explore.

Beautiful cabin and sleep up to eight? not for me sorry!

I rather stay at a hotel or motel with individual room & facilities.

Not much bothering anybody else.

I think I have said it before, but I know the Turon Gates, Capertee, Newnes and Glen Davis areas very well. I used to cover it all as part of my patrol. You can take a nice drive via Capertee -> Turon Gates -> Sofala -> Hill End and then back to Mudgee. Would suit a four wheel drive the best.

The areas down around Newnes are good for bushwalks, the ruins of the old Shale Oil refineries and cliff lines. You can get dropped off at Newnes and walk back to via the Glow Worm Tunnel to the Newnes Plateau, behind Lithgow. There is a great camping ground at Newnes that is in a culdasac canyon, with towering cliffs all around. It's also in the Wollemi National Park, which is pretty special.

The areas around Glen Davis/ Glen Alice are pretty similar to Newnes, but a little more open. You canfollow the old pipeline from Glen Davis to Newnes (they are in parrallel valleys), about 25 km. A nice walk, which isnt overly hard.

Be a nice place for a weekend meet maybe?

Good idea Alan .
When can we arrange it?

Jeff

Once things settle down at home and my child is exorcised it shouldn't be a problem. I wouldn't mind getting down the valleys before winter ends, there should be a bit of water in the rivers then. Summer time is bloody hot and windy down there. We'll try to organise it.

Raskill wrote:Once things settle down at home and my child is exorcised it shouldn't be a problem.

I wouldn't mind getting down the valleys before winter ends, there should be a bit of water in the rivers then. Summer time is bloody hot and windy down there. We'll try to organise it.

Sounds like a great idea Raskill, nothing beats local knowledge.

Cheers,

André

Raskill wrote:I think I have said it before, but I know the Turon Gates, Capertee, Newnes and Glen Davis areas very well. I used to cover it all as part of my patrol. You can take a nice drive via Capertee -> Turon Gates -> Sofala -> Hill End and then back to Mudgee. Would suit a four wheel drive the best.

The areas down around Newnes are good for bushwalks, the ruins of the old Shale Oil refineries and cliff lines. You can get dropped off at Newnes and walk back to via the Glow Worm Tunnel to the Newnes Plateau, behind Lithgow. There is a great camping ground at Newnes that is in a culdasac canyon, with towering cliffs all around. It's also in the Wollemi National Park, which is pretty special.

The areas around Glen Davis/ Glen Alice are pretty similar to Newnes, but a little more open. You canfollow the old pipeline from Glen Davis to Newnes (they are in parrallel valleys), about 25 km. A nice walk, which isnt overly hard.

Be a nice place for a weekend meet maybe?

fascinating area when you come out of the glow worm tunnel....massive tree ferns and filtered light...quite magical...walk further down and eagles nest in the cliff faces....

Looks like a lovely spot with a magic outlook from the cabin, and I'm always up for a nice reflection shot

The extra saturation in image #2 looks good but the redness/yellowness(?) in the tree tends to look a smidge strong for me, it seems to grab my eye... Maybe if the reds/yellows were toned down a smidge in sat?

Raskill,
Actually, it's real good ideas.
Unfortunately, we were there and posed as tourists, we knew nothing about where to go or what to look at/ for.
End up we spent most our times at the wineries or wandered on the wet streets at Mudgee.
Hope there's another chance to come up to Mudgee or its surrounded regions.

Very nice image Andre. PP'ing ain't half bad either
cheers
marco