Mother nature shows off her sky....

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Mother nature shows off her sky....

Postby xerubus on Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:42 pm

Absolutely incredible sunset this evening in Brisbane. Here's a couple of shots of the sky/clouds.. sorry ... nothing interesting to put into the foreground, apart from roof's of a heavily populated suburb. very little pp and definitely no saturation added.

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Postby avkomp on Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:46 pm

some great colours, shapes in the sky.

havent been in a position to get a sunset like this yet.

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Postby xerubus on Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:48 pm

couldn't help myself... colour was too much like fire :lol:

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Postby makario on Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:04 pm

wow these look like a bush fire rather than the sky....
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Postby mudder on Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:06 pm

Wow, the texture and contrasting color... I really enjoy when mother nature turns it on in the sky...

It's an experience whatching it unfold huh...

I just take a thermos, some odds and sods and sit and take it in...
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Postby SteveGriffin on Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:17 pm

Mark it sure was spectacular! I was kicking myself all the way to a school function for the kids. The sunrise this morning was even better.

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Postby PiroStitch on Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:27 pm

Very nice and dramatic :D
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Postby marcotrov on Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:30 pm

Terrific cloudscapes Mark you've captured that intensity beautifully :)
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Postby obzelite on Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:11 pm

some great shots, i always find stuff like that disApears while trying to find a good vantage point.
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Postby Willy wombat on Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:22 pm

pretty shots mark - nice detail and colour.
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Postby xerubus on Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:49 am

thanks everyone for the comments.. much appreciated.

it was just great to watch the colours change over a short period of time... truly spectacular.

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Postby NikonUser on Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:23 am

Wow... they are fantastic!!

Is that how the sky actually looked or have you PP'ed them to look like that?
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Postby xerubus on Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:27 am

NikonUser wrote:Wow... they are fantastic!!

Is that how the sky actually looked or have you PP'ed them to look like that?


the colours are exactly how they looked.... only pp'ing was an increase in shadow detail plus some contrast.

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Postby Raskill on Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:15 pm

Nice mate, not your usual subject matter though!

Colours are great, they would all make very good stock images.

Have you been to any real fires recently??
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Postby xerubus on Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:33 pm

Raskill wrote:Have you been to any real fires recently??


thanks mate... no... it's been very very quiet up here for a while.... always happens... have a spurt of fires and then it goes quiet. unfortunately we are getting into the worst period for house fires... once people start bringing out those heaters and not using common sense bad things happen.

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Postby Raskill on Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:36 pm

slightly o/t but we had a shocking year last year for house fires in NSW. It's now law, as of today, that houses must have smoke detectors in them.

How will they police that? who knows.... But it's a nice idea.
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Postby xerubus on Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:00 pm

all rental properties have to have smoke alarms in them now. it's part of the appication process. here's some details about house sales etc.

from a qfrs faq:

How will the smoke alarm laws be policed?

On the sale of a property from 1 July 2007, the vendor will have to lodge a Form 24 with the Queensland Land Registry, stating that operational smoke alarms are installed in the property.

The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service will check the forms lodged at the land registry to monitor compliance with the laws.

Fire Officers will also investigate complaints received about residential non-compliance.

There will also be a maximum fine of $375 for failing to install alarms by 1 July 2007.
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Postby Finch on Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:44 am

Nice series of shots. Would have been great to actually be out there shooting such a marvellous sunset.

Very impressive

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