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Salamander Sunrise

Postby Sheila Smart on Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:48 pm

We spent the weekend at Salamander Bay and I dragged my husband out of bed to do a sunrise shoot. This one taken with my 17-40

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and this one with my 24-105

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Shot RAW and no PP - not even any sharpening. Gotta love the 5D!

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Re: Salamander Sunrise

Postby radar on Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:04 pm

Sheila,

very nice part of the world. Love the colours on the water and the streaks in the clouds in the first one.

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Postby greencardigan on Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:05 pm

I like the 1st one. Nice colours and cloud detail.

Not fussed on the 2nd one though.
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:06 pm

Sheila

Love the colour contrast either side of the jetty in that first shot - orange one side pastel blue the other - great composition.

The second shoot doesn't grab me since I focus more on the OOF background than the sharp foreground.

I hope you enjoyed yourselves while up in my neck of the woods.
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Postby Bob G on Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:07 pm

Sheila - you gotta love those shots. well worth getting up early for.

#1 is almost vertically divided, with one half being warm and one half cool - most unusual but very effective

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Postby xerubus on Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:06 pm

both great shots Sheila..... my choice is the second one.

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Postby Mitch on Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:09 pm

Love that first pic. Ill pay that :wink:
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Postby Sheila Smart on Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:26 pm

stubbsy wrote:Sheila


I hope you enjoyed yourselves while up in my neck of the woods.


We did Peter. It was a shame about the weather! I think this was the last time we saw the sun until Sunday arvo!

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Postby birddog114 on Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:33 pm

Sheila Smart wrote: PS Do you know why there are two spellings of Salamander/Salamanda!?


I was there all last weekend!
Yes, the wet weather was part of my fun :twisted:

I've never seen the word: Salamanda, but always read as Salamander.
Where did you get the wording of Salamanda?
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:37 pm

Sheila

So it's your fault it rained on my newly washed car!

I've only ever seen it spelled as Salamander for both the place and the animal (although google turned it up as a redirected (ie less used) spelling HERE
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Postby birddog114 on Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:47 pm

stubbsy wrote:Sheila

So it's your fault it rained on my newly washed car!



Coz, you washed your car and it rained :shock: otherwise it's not :lol:
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Postby ABG on Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:28 pm

I like both images Sheila.

Stubbsy, can you please park your shiny new vehicle by the wall of Warragamba Dam mate? :wink:
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Postby Nnnnsic on Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:34 pm

Neither of them really do anything for me.
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Postby birddog114 on Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:40 pm

Nnnnsic wrote:Neither of them really do anything for me.


Will you join me & LostDingo for the early rise on the 29/07/06 for a sunrise shooting?
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Postby suzanneg on Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:46 pm

Sheila, I really love the second one. The foliage against those sunrise colours is beautiful.
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Postby drifter on Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:54 pm

That second shot is sensational Sheila . Beautiful
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Postby Sheila Smart on Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:07 am

Thanks all. The first shot was actually taken with my 24-105 rather than the 17-40. Out of the two, I really prefer the second shot.

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Postby LostDingo on Tue Jun 20, 2006 8:41 pm

I prefer the first but what really draws the attention to me is the seperation of color from side to side with the jetty

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