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The Shrine

Postby pharmer on Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:05 pm

Probably done to death as photographic topic, but heres a few more. Taken on the way home this evening.

I've given a couple of them the B&W treatment. The coloured one is a jpg straight from the D50 in "saturated sRGB Mode IIIa"

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Postby wendellt on Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:00 pm

i think i saw this monument when i was on my way to government house is it in the parklands next to the yarra river?

the first pic has a certain stillness to it the scene looks surreal for some reason which is very appealing only comment woudl be to have shot it at a different angle so the bench does not intersect the monument have those two contrasting each other with ample space around each, that woudl have made the shot
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Postby PiroStitch on Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:01 pm

Nice pics mate. You really know how to make that D50 sing :)

Second pic is my fave - love the composition and b&w treatment. Makes the lion really look like its looking over its domain.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:06 pm

Great work pharmer, you do have great skills with the D50. My pick is the 2nd shot, followed by the first :) Thanks for sharing.
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Postby pharmer on Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:19 pm

Alpha_7 wrote:Great work pharmer, you do have great skills with the D50. My pick is the 2nd shot, followed by the first :) Thanks for sharing.


Thanks Craig & Piro. The D50 is nice, wouldn't swap it for a D70s - it just wouldn't be an upgrade :-)

But I made the mistake of playing around with a D200 in a shop and now guess what I want?
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Postby Fortigurn on Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:00 am

Those are very worthy photos, which do great justice to a very worthy monument. I'm embarrassed to post mine now.

I wish I had taken better advantage of my seven years in Melbourne to get some good shots of the Shrine.
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Postby dooda on Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:32 am

All three are quite good. The first one the condensed and flattened perspective create a bit of a cluttered effect, as they appear to battle for the same area. If there was some exaggerated distance between the two, I think it would be a little better. Or the angle like Wendell was saying.
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Postby pharmer on Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:43 am

Yeah - I should have taken more time with the first.

There were people on either side of the frame, thats why I didn't move around to the left and create more space between the seat and the monument.

My widest is the 18mm (27mm real) - little restricting at times in terms of creating visual space

Dooda - bet you're loving the 10-20 :-)
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