The Glorious Dead

[biggerry]

Anzac day means something different to everyone given their experience, I wish I could know what is going thru some of the veteran's minds on this day!

Plenty of cliche shots, but I had fun and it was something different to go there and take some images. Very cloudy and rainy but that certianly did not stop the armies of photographers coming out...








5 images - rather than blowing it out to 2 threads, I hope this does not inconvenience ppl.

**edited to fix image links

[wendellt]

in particular i like the 2nd and 3rd one
your getting really nice contrast on that 300
nice to see you again

[Geoff]

Great shots gerry - had I not been working I would've enjoyed coming along to this 'meet'.
My two faves are #'2 and #4.
Well done.

[zafra52]

I like 2, 4 and 3.

[biggerry]

your getting really nice contrast on that 300
nice to see you again

yeah it's making it all a bit easy when compared to my old 100-300mm f5.6.

That said I still had a few OOF images, but considering how dark it was at one stage that is not surprising.

Good to catch up and see that 400mm in action

in particular i like the 2nd

My two faves are #'2

I like 2

ta, this was the style of shot I was trying to get, but I feel I did not quite get there. I was looking for that line of Veterans all with medals showing and having just one isolated and in focus. Even those these old guys move pretty slow nowadays it was still hard to this kind of shot

[dawesy]

#2 and #4 are both crackers. Both of them are telling quite different stories, but stories that are unique to the day and the people that have fought for us.

[surenj]

Brilliant contrast on these series Gerry! Really love the expression on #2. You have captured some great emotion. These are worthy of publication.

[Killakoala]

Strueth, the bloke in the second image has a lot of 'gongs. Great image of him BTW.

[biggerry]

Both of them are telling quite different stories

yeah, I hope someone knows and records their story...

Strueth, the bloke in the second image has a lot of 'gongs. Great image of him BTW.

lol, yeah they are certianly weighing down his jacket and you could hear them coming!

Brilliant contrast on these series Gerry!

yeah, the one advantage of an overcast day, really nice soft light.

check this one out, second image for teh day, more a test shot than anything else, but it looked awesome on the screen. Shame about the composition...