A busy day in Gympie, QLD

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A busy day in Gympie, QLD

Postby ozonejunkie on Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:39 pm

As part of the celebration of the Commonwealth Games Baton coming through town, the local heritage railway organized a bushranger attack in town, on one of their trains. Here are some pics:

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There are some more at: http://photos.ozonejunkie.com/v/occasions/holdup/
*The actual train used was not a local train, but one on loan from QR.

And the baton:

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Comments, Critiques, Advice, Guidance all welcomed!

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Postby Raskill on Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:47 pm

Nice mate, a good sequence that portrays the 'event' nicely. Although I don't think I approve of the Police BOTH 'buying it' :shock: Must be a Qld Police thing... :lol:

The cop firing from the ground is a great shot (excuse the pun) contains emotion, fake or not!

The baton runner looks a bit soft, maybe DOF to shallow? A bit od USM required. Also, maybe increase saturation to pump up the greens in his clothing and the light on the baton.

You were lucky to have come through, I was hoping it would come through Bathurst, but after Sydney, it turned right, and kept going in Qld.... Oh well.
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Postby ozonejunkie on Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:55 pm

Raskill wrote:The baton runner looks a bit soft, maybe DOF to shallow?


I think it is a combination of that, and the fact that the photo was taken at 300mm on the 100-300, starting to get a bit soft. :S

The baton went right past our front door. :D

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Postby Raskill on Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:08 pm

I hope you at least had to leave your yard to get the train hijack sequences!!!! :D
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Postby daniel_r on Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:43 pm

Tristan,

It's a bit of worry the company you keep... rather rough looking :)

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Postby Zeeke on Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:29 pm

Some good photos there for the day... but imagine what they'd be like if taken with a Nikon :lol: :lol: :lol:

Nah, some great photos there.. the train looks good!!

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Postby ozonejunkie on Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:32 pm

Zeeke wrote:imagine what they'd be like if taken with a Nikon :lol: :lol:


Soft, Blurry, Out of Focus . . . . . . . . . :D :D :D :D :lol: :lol:

Thanks for the comments Tim. I might go and hide under a rock now after saying that . . . . . :)

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Postby mudder on Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:48 pm

Great to see the local's keeping history alive... Some great images there, the cop getting in one last shot before he "carks" it is great...
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