The Photography Thread

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just recently got into photography as a hobby thing for me
i got this canon eos rebel t2i and 3 different lense's from my coworker.

i took ALOT of test shots and i thought i did better then when i was doing it on my gopro and gopro app
but im gonna let people here be the judge of that.

I'm seeing lots of potential here, keep shooting! What lenses did you get?

the lenses i got are a canon efs 18-55mm, canon zoom lens ef 75-300mm and a rokinon fish eye lense

Went to a garden sculpture the other week, my mother was exhibiting a few of her efforts (made from Hebel) so thought I'd go along to support her and take some photos of the other exhibits too

Thought I'd join in here...love taking photos or stuff

Few shots from the last year or so...quality isn't the best, just linked them from FB!



CBY AE86 at Mondello




Iceland, serious road!


Iceland again


Sunset close to where I live


And one of my dogs!!


I've got loads more twin cams and drift photos, let me know if you want to see more!

I want to see more pics!

Yankee wrote:

I want to see more pics!

Ask and you shall receive Again, linked from fb!

I love the AE86's Got more pics?

Thanks!

Yankee wrote:

Thanks! :D

No bother! I'll have to see what else I can find on my laptop!

So the weekend provided some decent weather and ample opportunities for some photoes:

First - my aunt's 50th over on Stockton meant good views of the harbour and CBD as the sun went down


My uncle Ben the Bard


Newcastle harbour


Main offices of 4 of the biggest companies in town - from L to R
NIB (with the flag on the roof, where the wife works), GHD Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sparke Helmore, Hunter Water (just out of frame to the right)


An everyday sight - Newcastle is the world's largest coal export port


That continues into...


and through the night


Looking over the grain terminal


Got to love clouds at sunset


Wish I had brought my tripod - the 50mm was up to the task light-wise (this was at 8:30 at night with no flash) but shutter speed was just a _tiny_ bit too slow for hand-held (and the 50 has no VR).  That's my older brother on the left and mother on the right, by the way


Looking back over town well after dark - the blue glow to the right of the cathedral is the annual Carols by Candlelight in King Edward Park

Then on Saturday night I had some time to kill to ventured in to the CBD to check out the lights on the old Post Office





The lights were switching every couple of minutes, the green and purple outlines actually being drawn out edge by edge


Town Hall clock tower, with the "Roundhouse" (Newcastle Council City Admin Centre)


Town Hall


Lexi parked out the front of NESCA House, aka Newhart Federal Bank from "Superman Returns"


Backlit trees in Civic Park



The rather ugly and exposed Newcastle Library - for decades shrouded gracefully in Moreton Bay figs, Laman St will never look the same


Queen's Wharf, with the Stockton ferry coming in to dock, and a giant green glowing penis (the Queen's Wharf Tower)


State Dockyard at Dyke Point

some nice pics ian

Not an ae101 but I hope that is ok

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Why is there not a back window in the white car?

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haha great pics!

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New Year's Eve fireworks - spent them this year down at Newcastle foreshore, they only had the "family-friendly" 9pm fireworks instead of the traditional midnight ones, but any fireworks are better than none Didn't have the greatest vantage point and was shooting hand-held (no room for tripod) so needed fast shutter speed (I tend to prefer those kind of shots over multi-second exposures though), times like this that I wish I had a fixed fast tele instead of relying on my 3.5-5.6 18-200 (was too far away for the nifty 50 to be of much use) as practically all the shots were with the aperture slammed wide open and ISO cranked to make up for it.


One of the many harbour tugs putting on a water show


I wear my sunglasses at night, so I can, so I can see the light that's right before my eyes


A photo of the wife taking a photo of me taking a photo of her


Early 'works had a distinct red theme to them.


Also, the Moonshadow boat and the Stockton ferry stayed in prime position for most of the show, bastards...


Got to love fireworks within other fireworks...




The big finale

Coool!!

amazing pics ian

Wow way cool!!!  +1

A pic from a "Cars and Coffee meet" at the Toyota deaership here today

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Went to the Kurri Kurri Nostalgia Festival the other weekend, apart from being a bit too hot for a leather jacket (went 50s Greaser style) the weather was pretty damn good (a nice change from all the rain we've been having lately, and clouds make for much better photography)


'59 Chev Belair


If it doesn't fit, make it fit


Old-skool Citroen H-Van


Just taking the family out for a drive...


Forget Nissan, THIS is a Skyline(r) - '59 Ford Galaxie 500 Skyliner hardtop convertible


How to make the ugly-duckling Anglia look good...






Had a big WTF moment when I saw the rear end of this...

Studebaker Avanti, less than 6,000 of these were made in an 18-month production run between '62-'63



Model A ute with a Ford Y-block V8, Supercharger and Offenhauser manifold....can't go wrong

Still got a bit of playing around to do with my new camera (had to bin quite a few shots over the weekend), it's a bit step-up from the D5100 in terms of adjustability and controlability, a good 2.8/4 walkaround zoom wouldn't hurt either...

Cool pics!