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Feels like this thread has become a soliloquy :lol: - hope there is still interest in these.

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I still have a look in here when there is new posts :)

Just made the new one my wallpaper.
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Cheers mate. Glad to know at least someone still enjoys them! Did you like the Tassie ones? I was happy with how they turned out

While I do this for the love of it, I need to figure out a way to make the hobby self funding to some extent - hope to figure out a way to sell a few as i've been spending too much on it lately!
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Cradle Mountain night fall one is beautiful, think I will have to make that one my screen saver at work. :)

btw what time was the ticket to anywhere and bays of fire taken? Seemed to capture the skyline at a great time. Did you have to sit around for ages to get the perfect shot?
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I reckon you're having a lend. These photos are to good.
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:lol: :lol: Not at all mate.

Schifty, generally speaking dawn and dusk are the best times for landscape photographers, as the light is harsh and ugly during the day. That said, there are always exceptions, e.g. that last Cradle Mountain shot. Ticket to anywhere taken at sunrise (and it's luck of the draw whether you get good colours - thankfully we did on that day and that boat shed has great visual character with the rusted over iron roof so made the perfect shot with the lake, mountains and grass in the foreground). Bay of Fires was actually a stitch of 7 shots so quite technically challenging for me, was surprised I pulled it off! Taken at sunset.

I just need to figure out where I can find a bunch of rich people with too much money on their hands to flog a few so I can buy some more photo gear. PS anyone got Steve's number?
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Here are a few of my snaps from Bora Bora, should point out I know next to nothing about Photography except 'ohh that looks good I'm taking a photo"

Link to the Album is here, http://www.flickr.com/photos/90353365@N ... 215725287/

I am gradually adding photos over the next few days.

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Is that a Shiraz, Schifty??
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I'm surprised how decent some of them turned out considering I was only using a fairly basic digital camera. Think it was 16 mega pixels, no idea what that means in terms of the scale these days.
The Nickman wrote:Is that a Shiraz, Schifty??
Not sure as I never read the label of it :hmmm

Was a very nice drop though. :)

btw managing to get the boat in the wine glass was a complete accident that I didn't notice until I looked at the photos a few days later :lol:
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Looks like paradise.

Might need to win the lotto or some **** so I can go there...
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It really is paradise, this was the view at my hotel on the first night there. Was just under $150 a night so was surprised I got something like this.

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I actually thought about what the fine would be if I overstayed my intended period there.

Thought I could have worked illegally replacing bamboo roofs at the St. Regis for $4 a hour, if they caught me then I probably would have just got deported right.

#FreeFlightHome :thumbsup
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This was the sun setting over the Tahitian capital of Papeete

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May have to change the name of this thread...
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Schifty wrote: Image
absolute ripper that one.

as for the wine, it was a bordeaux
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Nick wrote:
Schifty wrote: Image
absolute ripper that one.

as for the wine, it was a bordeaux
That's my favourite photo. I'll have to take mrs dubby to Tahiti one day, it looks sublime.
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In the newly-egalitarian spirit of this thread, here are a three of my favourite photos from my travels. These are rubbish compared to Azza's, and were taken with a relatively cheap point-and-shoot camera, so I'd prefer to say these images speak for the amazing scenery as opposed to my photographic 'talents'.

Caye Caulker, Belize at dawn

Isla del Sol, Bolivia

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
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Good effort Michael. I love the desert shot :clap:
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Azza wrote:Image
Ticket to Anywhere by ozarun55, on Flickr
Great Work Azza. Really good stuff. This is high quality, you do great shots.
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Glad to see some other folk posting their shots up - some nice work by one and all. Nice ones there of South America mate, one of the first places I travelled when I graduated and was absolutely gobsmacked by the scenery. Here's one I took with an old point and shoot of Iguazu:

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Spectacular Iguazu Falls by ozarun55, on Flickr

I have been out shooting a bit recently but not been happy with any of my shots, stay tuned and I'll put what I have up when I can. In the meantime, keep posting your stuff, cool to look at!!
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Cheers - that was taken at Port Stephens , NSW. 4 minute exposure. A couple more to come.
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Fugitive by ozarun55, on Flickr
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I love this thread. Azza, those are some great shots.
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No worries mate, appreciate the feedback. Glad you like them.
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Photo of Vin Diesel's house from Fast and the Furious and Fast and Furious. I really made the shot mine IMHO.

There wasn't a cross for Jesse unfortunately.
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again, dont really comment much but keep them coming Azza, love your work

Ed... the house of Vin Diesel in the Fast and the Furious?
why would you even bother, unless it was to piss on the site as a symbolic gesture of your contempt for that film franchise
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Nick wrote:again, dont really comment much but keep them coming Azza, love your work

Ed... the house of Vin Diesel in the Fast and the Furious?
why would you even bother, unless it was to piss on the site as a symbolic gesture of your contempt for that film franchise
Haha my mate is diehard F&F. Plus the guys that went on the trip were all 17-18 when it came out, and we live in a city that tried so hard to match that scene it so it was a laugh.

I will agree 2, 3 and 5 are crimes against celluloid though.
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BTW, if any of you ever get the chance to spend a few days to unwind on Phillip Island, I highly recommend it ... cracking spot.
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Azza wrote:Image
Sunset at the Pinnacles by ozarun55, on Flickr
beautiful :clap:
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Azza wrote:Image
Sunset at the Pinnacles by ozarun55, on Flickr
beautiful :clap:
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