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From last weekends Sydney shoot

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From last weekends Sydney shoot

Postby johnd on Sat May 27, 2006 6:01 pm

A few from last weekends Sydney shoot.
Thanks to Trieu for hosting me.
It was great to meet Craig, Andrew and Keith.

#1 From Trieu's (O1's) secret ledge.
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#2 I could say I was photographing the bridge walkers but you'd probably guess I was lying.
VR on my 80-400 doesn't seem to stop flags waving in the breeze, must be a faulty unit :wink:
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#3 Near a cathedral. St Mary's I think. I liked the perspective of this.
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#4 I don't know why that old sign had Craig, Trieu and Keith captivated. Must be a Sydney thing.
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Postby stubbsy on Sun May 28, 2006 2:57 pm

John

#1 is a good capture of a tricky shot. You've managed to balance the incredibly bright light of Luna Park under the bridge with the darker foreground without significantly blowing highlights or losing shadow detail.
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Postby Justin on Sun May 28, 2006 5:34 pm

In the first shot, is that the ferris wheel spinning in a blurry fashion? Very cool
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Postby Trieu on Sun May 28, 2006 5:47 pm

John, no probs, anytime your in Sydney just let us know.

Last shot is crap.... who are those clowns again?? they are ruining the shots, especially the middle one :!:
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Postby Sir Tristram on Sun May 28, 2006 7:26 pm

You 3 must have got desperate for subject material if this is what you were all lowered too... :-) in shot #3
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Postby johnd on Mon May 29, 2006 1:28 pm

Thanks for looking and comments guys.

Peter, yes it is the perennial issue of not having blown highlights and at the same time not loosing the shadow detail. #1 was a medium jpeg, not raw which I usually shoot. Should have checked my camera before starting :oops: If it had been raw I might have been able to control shadows and highlights better. If I had done a few bracketed exposures it might have been better as well. But that's hindsight for you :wink: If I had a wide angle zoom, if I had a d200 or d2x, if I had ... :wink:

Justin, yes that's the ferris wheel blurring. No photoshop trickery there. It was an 8 sec exposure.

Tristram and Trieu, yes I am still wondering what the guys saw in #4. But I guess we'll never know unless they speak up :)

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Postby ABG on Mon May 29, 2006 1:42 pm

Hi John,

It was great to meet you too mate. Expect a call next time I'm in the Sandy Bay area :)

I'm glad to see you got some great images from your Sydney visit. I especially like #3 - great composition and perspective.
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