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Postby stubbsy on Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:52 pm

Three pics taken at Port Stephens at the weekend. All shots were taken with the 24-120 VR. Port Stephens is about 3 hours north of Sydney and a great spot to take a diversity of shots all in the one area. See my Port Stephens and Stockton Dunes galleries for more from here

View of the beach at Boat Harbour
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Looking east towards the entrance to Boat Harbour
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Nelson Bay - yes, more cloud pics from me!
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Postby big pix on Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:56 pm

Peter ......... not as good as some of your previous work......... but with better light, these same shots would be improved. But we work with what is there at the time of shooting, rather that wait for the perfect moment........
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Postby stubbsy on Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:02 pm

big pix wrote:Peter ......... not as good as some of your previous work......... but with better light, these same shots would be improved. But we work with what is there at the time of shooting, rather that wait for the perfect moment........

Bernie

Thank you for the honest observation. I concur wholeheartedly. Of all the shots I took this weekend (400 or so) the only ones I was trully happy with were the flower shots in this post. This is the lowest keeper rate I have ever had from an outing and it's a bit disheartening.

Leigh (nnnnsic) was around for most of these and I just hope he was more successful since it was his first visit to the area. He even used one of those film camera thingies for some shots :shock:
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Postby krpolak on Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:26 pm

I like #1. Curve of water line, smuges of water and pebles on first play play good abstract. There is only one thing in this shot I dont like: green on the top. It takes attention out of the subject. It is intrusive.

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Postby Hlop on Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:07 am

Hi Peter!

#1 is my favorite - pretty simple but well framed with nice reflections. Just brilliant! :)
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:51 pm

Krystian, Mikhail

Thanks. For #1 I actually tried it without out the green, but didn't like the aspect ratio. I'll have another play with this one tonight.
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Postby BBJ on Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:32 pm

Peter, i like these shots but i would have to say #2 does it for me. Ok #1 is nice with the rocks in it, but like the water is coming through the break in the rocks.
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Postby cc@t on Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:28 pm

Both 1 & 2 do it for me, No 3 just looks a bit blue.
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Postby Geoff on Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:19 pm

Peter - I personally love your diversity of cloud pics. One that I remember vividly is the one on the beach with the tyre tracks...awesome shot :)
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:18 pm

BBJ, cc@t, Geoff. Thanks for your comments.

Geoff I have a thing about clouds - as Leigh can attest about this weekend.

Edit: And as promised, the first image above with a recrop

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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:00 pm

I liked your new crop and the nice curves got me thinking, so I did a quick mirror image it didn't quiet have the affect I was picturing but I thought I'd post it anyway...

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Postby LostDingo on Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:08 pm

Looks like I need to take a trip to Boat Harbour Stubbsy :idea:

That second one looks to be very interesting depeding on the time of the tide. hmmmmm

Thanks for sharing!
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Postby birddog114 on Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:10 pm

LostDingo wrote:Looks like I need to take a trip to Boat Harbour Stubbsy :idea:


LostDingo,
How many time did you say that? :lol:
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Postby LostDingo on Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:36 am

Birdy- ok ok I am holding my head in shame :oops:
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Postby PALL on Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:44 am

great shots stubbsy will be kool if used as postgcard.i like tha first and second one a lot.but all are still good.if you can go there at sunset time ,you can catch dramatic sun light.
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