Lake Eildon

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Lake Eildon

Postby NJ on Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:57 pm

Man there are a lot of photos to have a look at after having gone away to Eildon for only one weekend...2 pages of images that i had missed, and they're all great!:) Here are a few that i liked from my weekend on the water.
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Postby Willy wombat on Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:05 pm

Its good to see the old lake with water in her again. I quite like the skiing photos, shame the subject is a tad dark in them. Were you matrix metering? Beautiful place and collection.

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Postby NJ on Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:13 pm

Were you matrix metering?

yeh i was using matrix, should i be or shouldnt i be, I have others where the subject is exposed correctly, but its kinda hard to get a good metering when you bouncing around in the back of a speedboat only a couple of inches away from the water, not wanting to loose the camera :D These were just the ones that interested me the most.
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Postby NJ on Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:15 pm

Heres one that turned out a bit better exposure wise.
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Postby BBJ on Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:07 am

Never been there NJ but pics show that it is a nice place, and looks you had fun.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:43 am

#3, #6 and #7 are standouts for me. Love the little birdy, kind of reminds me of a cartoon with it's pose and cheeky attitude.

#6 and #7, I guess I'm just a sucker for a nice reflection, personally #6 works a little better due to the light and also more interesting geography.

The action shots didn't really grab me, not sure why.
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Postby Potatis on Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:17 pm

Great series! Number 6 is superb. :D
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Postby mudder on Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:24 pm

G'day,
Great to see the lake looking good again, looks like you had a ball :)

Loved #2, makes me think of two mates goin' fishin'... #3 (the boid) looks sharp as! I'd be tempted to crop the top and bottom of #6 to make a pano out of it...
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Postby NJ on Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:00 pm

Hey guys, thanks for all the kind comments. Yeah i had a great time up there. Mudder here is a go at the pano, your right i reckon it does look good!
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Postby blinkblink on Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:03 pm

I like the pano. I didn't know Eildon had water in it. I just thought it was a mud bath.
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Postby mudder on Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:05 pm

NJ wrote:...Mudder here is a go at the pano, your right i reckon it does look good! What do you guys think, original or panorama?


Woah, pano for sure! Looks great...
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Postby Potatis on Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:20 pm

Pano! :) The original looks fantastic, but but... :D
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Postby NJ on Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:48 pm

Pano it is then! Great thinking Mudder, i would not have thought to do it!:)
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Postby mudder on Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:20 pm

That's the beauty of a constructive forum like this, there's always someone with either an idea or a different view :)

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Postby kipper on Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:41 pm

Eildon can produce some spectacular shots at sunrise/sunset. Although we didn't really get to see the sunset I don't think at the Doon because of the bloody hill on the opposite side of the lake that always used to block it!
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Postby Dougie on Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:27 pm

That pano worked a treat, makes you wish you were there. Excuse my ignorence but where is Elidon?
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