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Postby Jamie on Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:50 pm

A few of mine that i like...

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Great weather we had today seeing that its the middle of winter! It was also good to meet some of you, now i can put faces to names. :)

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Postby Nicole on Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:52 pm

Nice pics Embi and Jamie. Thanks Wayne for organising the outing today. :) As it turned out the weather was just right...even without the chief forecaster! Greg...your absence was noted. :shock:

It was great to meet some of the newer members and catch up with everyone. Norm was showing off his D2X...well actually he spent the morning trying to keep Darryl from drooling all over it. We wandered down past Southbank and finished up around Polly Woodside. Lots of great photographic opportunities.

Darryl and I continued on this arvo to get our fix for birds. I can report that we finally got to see a Wedge-tailed Eagle!
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Postby baboo on Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:06 pm

Fair go Embi, I did take a few photos. :oops:

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Postby kipper on Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:08 pm

Mmmmh.......D2x

Bird.....Big

Need reach......need reach......500mm lens......D2x......mmmmmhhh
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Postby embi on Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:14 pm

I forgot to add my pano. This one is 6 images

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Postby stormygirl on Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:16 pm

Greg........you big girl's blouse!! If I can make it with a cold, you can!

Had a fabulous morning and filled up a 1gig card. Just sorting through them, hopefully will post some later!

What a perfect Melbourne Winter's day it turned out to be! Nice pics everyone!
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Postby waspo on Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:35 pm

Yes, it was a great turn out! Not having an eye for good composition, I had a hard time taking photo's. But it was certainly an experience and I would do it again. Sorry, I didn't get around to personally meeting you all but hopefully the next time we meet. Looked like you all enjoyed yourselves.
Here are a few I took.
Cheers, Jase. :D

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Postby hangdog on Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:55 pm

I turned up late and only really said hello to Bootros (Andrew) & Ray. :oops: Never seen so many D70s in one place at one time!

Anyway, these are some of mine…

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Postby PiroStitch on Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:19 pm

Great turnout today! :) Thanks to everyone who came and looking forward to the photos, especially Darryl's creative captures (there were hardly any birds for him :P)

Apologies about the end for not saying bye. Started talking with Baboo and thought everyone was heading down towards Flinders....turned around and everyone had disappeared :oops:

In brief summary, the consisted of:
a) great weather
b) great turnout
c) trying to figure out who was who :)
d) one wet kid
e) one lustful kid :roll: or a few :P
f) great pics

Enough chatter, time to post up some pics :)

Cheerio,

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Postby Hudo on Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:23 pm

Hi everyone,

Thanks everyone for a great day and it was good to meet heaps of new people. Lauren also had a good day when she eventually dried out..lol.... Thanks Norm for allowing me to try your new investment, appreciated the test drive.

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Postby kipper on Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:33 pm

Ahh, k. So Hudo (aka Mark) was the guy with the kid :)
Names to faces, it's always hard.

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Postby redline on Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:36 pm

some great pics from everyone, wish i had went but i was working all day :(

so who did turn up anyway?
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Postby kipper on Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:58 pm

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Not upto the standard that I demand with bird photos. More of just a shot to show that we actually saw it. This is a juvenille Wedge Tail Eagle, well I'm 99.9% certain that it is. The reason I think this is the plumage on the bird (then again given the light it's hard to tell). However it looked very similar to the bird that a SA member posted (was it Rob?) of a Wedge Tail Eagle. The Juvenilles tend to have golden feathers (hard to see in this shot) around the head and from the neck to the first layer on the front edge of the wing. After the 1st year they start to lose it and become quite darker and almost greyish brown. I still can't believe it in comparison to the sheep that's on the ground dead. It's a huge bird!
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Postby stormygirl on Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:02 pm

Here are a couple from me, still sorting through the rest!

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Apologies for size and quality :oops:
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Postby Matt. K on Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:24 pm

Looks like the Melbourne branch had a great meet! And some great images. Good to see you guys getting out and hope to bash the sidewalk with you all one day. The only thing I don't like about Melbourne is that it's not in Sydney! :lol: :lol: :lol: Oh, and wish you a speedy recovery Greg! Get well. Use alchohol.
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Postby PiroStitch on Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:50 pm

Matt.K,

Come down for our next time :D And the reason why it's not Sydney is because it's 10x better :lol: :lol: In Nikon terms, Melbourne is a D2X and Sydney is a D100 :P :P At least I didn't say it was a 300D ;)

Oh and I had a great chat with your protégé.
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Postby sirhc55 on Mon Jul 11, 2005 12:15 pm

Stormygirl - some really nice abstract patterns in your shots - very nice :D
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Postby sirhc55 on Mon Jul 11, 2005 12:17 pm

From the shots shown by numerous members one can assume that this day was a great success with many different perspectives on shooting techniques - well done to all :D
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Postby stormygirl on Mon Jul 11, 2005 12:34 pm

sirhc55 wrote:Stormygirl - some really nice abstract patterns in your shots - very nice :D


Thankyou very much kind Sir! Still learning and practising, and loving it. Although I still haven't got photoshop down pat yet :?

Had a fabulous morning in the wonderful Melbourne sunshine, and really should do it again .

Now, when is the next one??
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Jul 11, 2005 2:13 pm

Well guys. From the number of quality images here I'd say you all had a great time. Maybe you need to put in a bid to host the 2006 Anniversary meet :wink:
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Postby gstark on Mon Jul 11, 2005 2:39 pm

Embi,

Love that second image; good angles and perspective.
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Postby Greg B on Mon Jul 11, 2005 2:41 pm

stormygirl wrote:Greg........you big girl's blouse!! If I can make it with a cold, you can!


Guilty as charged Stormy. Unfortunately, in anticipation of a really crap day (based on Saturday), I agreed to
help a mate out moving some furniture. Of course, the sun shone brightly etc etc.
Curses (not for the good weather, for my stupidity).

Damn damn damn.
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Postby waspo on Mon Jul 11, 2005 3:01 pm

Stormgirl, I'm blown away by your shots! :shock: The cloud reflections in the window's are amazing! Certainly gives me something to think about when I'm taking shots. It's great to see a deverse range of perspectives. I also love Embi's 2nd shot too. Very nice!
Cheers, Jase. :D
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Postby embi on Mon Jul 11, 2005 4:58 pm

Ah I am presuming my second shot is the rowers???

Unless of course you are counting the drunk D70 user who is skulling the second bottle of vino as number 1 :lol:
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Postby PiroStitch on Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:39 pm

Stormy, I was wondering what you were taking a photo of the other day :) Well spotted and some top pics there :!: 8)
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Postby stormygirl on Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:48 pm

Greg......You're forgiven. Just don't do it again! Although I must tell you I wasn't going until 8am that morning when my Husband said there were clear skies outside! Glad I made the effort, had a fabulous time!

Waspo..... :oops: Thanks! I actually thought mine would be pretty average, but I'm actually quite happy with the results. Hope to post some more tonight (there's nothing on tele!!).

Piro.......I saw the flags and thought it may be interesting. The wonders of digital photography. If it turns out crap, just delete! Though my PPing with the last one leaves a lot to be desired :roll: . I'll get there one day!!
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Postby waspo on Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:09 pm

embi wrote:Ah I am presuming my second shot is the rowers???

Unless of course you are counting the drunk D70 user who is skulling the second bottle of vino as number 1 :lol:


I like the wino, rowers and corner shed. Oh, and the action you used on them. Great stuff! :D

Oh, and Stormgirl...do you mind if I hang with you next time for some tips? :oops:
Cheers, Jase.
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Postby stormygirl on Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:27 pm

waspo wrote:Oh, and Stormgirl...do you mind if I hang with you next time for some tips? :oops:
Cheers, Jase.


Sure you can! Although I'm not entirely sure what tips to give you! Basically I point and shoot, add a few adjustments and point and shoot again!! If it looks good in the view finder, I press the shutter!!

It is great to see other people's ideas on the same subject, different perspectives, settings etc. A great way to learn!
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Postby Nikon boy on Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:47 pm

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Now I was at the Melbourne meet yesterday, and at times allowed other members to handle my new D2X, I GIVE YOU ALL ONE GUESS ''WHO''
took the attached pic,i didn't see this one until sorting through my images this evening !
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Postby birddog114 on Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:57 pm

Congrat! Another D2x owner to the tribe :wink:
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Postby Nikon boy on Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:03 pm

I failed to make it clear in my last post that it was not ME who took the offending pic but ANOTHER member who attended,
so who do you think it was?, it really could be only one melbourne member when you think about it.
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Postby kipper on Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:06 pm

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Postby Alex on Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:15 pm

Very nice images, stormygirl. Was it with the 70-300 G or the kit lens?

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Postby stormygirl on Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:48 pm

Alex wrote:Very nice images, stormygirl. Was it with the 70-300 G or the kit lens?

Thanks
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Thankyou Alex! I'm not sure how to recover the EXIF details in Picasa 2 or photoshop, but I have both lenses, so at a guess, I would say 1,3 and 5 were the kit, and the 70-200 G for 2 and 4!
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Postby embi on Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:53 pm

I have posted some more images over here http://www.d70users.com/viewtopic.php?p=84837#84837

Some awesome images here guys. I which I could "see" the design elements some of you have with the structure shots. We had a great day and where glad to put some faces to the names. Can't wait for the next one. Keep posting those images though.
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