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lorne - australia day weekend 2008

dtra — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:21:36 GMT

got an invite from ozzy to held down the coast to cumberland river, just past lorne, where his parents had booked a site at the camp ground. it's a busy time around asutralia day, and the beaches down there were pretty packed. most of the pictures i took were around the cumberland river area, which is just a bit past lorne towards apollo bay.

mount loch - mount hotham december 2007

dtra — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:43:09 GMT

with only half a day to do something, we decided to just take the short hike to mount loch. the starting point is a short drive from the lodge, and then a four km hike to the summit of mount loch. though it was short, carrying my heavy camera bag (at the altitude) certainly got me panting. the summit is 1860m, the hike starts at 1800m, but is up and down, so no real respite. there are nice 360 degree views from the summit, unfortunately, it was a bit hazy when we were there.

the lodge - mount hotham december 2007

dtra — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:16:37 GMT

a variety of pictures taken in and around the lodge where we stayed (austen bhp). it was a pretty nice situation, beds, kitchen, bathroom, lounge, heating, etc. there are seven rooms, and cos there were only six of us, we got one each (usually four to a room).

dfa 100mm macro samples

dtra — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:03:37 GMT

after a couple weeks of playing with my macro lens, i've managed to squeeze in some sample pics with the lens. they're pretty ordinary, but they do show the tiny dof, and some tiny/small things big . i think it's pretty obvious that i need a flash, but for now, i'll make do with bright daylight shots. also, for things that are really small, a tripod is absolutely vital, and you still need luck, wind is bad .

herald sun tour 2007 time trial

dtra — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:22:58 GMT

went to watch the herald sun tour individual time trial, and work on my action photography. they averaged about 45km/h, and being pretty close to the action, it was tough getting decent motion blur shots.

new zealand beers

dtra — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:00:14 GMT

a selection of pics of some of the beers that me and alf sampled while in new zealand. a few of them were local brews from the south, while a couple were probably famous new zealand beers. these were taken with my f30, no flash, but it's not too hard to hold still on the table.

queenstown to melbourne

dtra — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:40:12 GMT

time to come home, so here are a couple of pictures on our last day, as we cleaned up the hotel room, and dropped the car off at the airport, on our way back to melbourne.

bungy

dtra — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:30:21 GMT

i had hoped to do the nevis highwire bungy the whole time we were planning this trip. finally, on our second last day, we got a place, i don't have any special photos, just a few that i should post anyway. my personal bungy video is also on youtube.

jetboat

dtra — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 07:47:34 GMT

there are several jetboat companies working in and around queenstown, the first one we saw was the kawarau jetboat, which runs through lake wakatipu and the kawarau river. it leaves the pier every hour on the hour, so i got a few snaps of it. the one we actually rode was the shotover jetboat, i took those pictures with my f30. these pictures were taken over two days using both my cameras.

milford sound

dtra — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:31:55 GMT

we planned to go to milford sound since before we left for new zealand, but weren't sure whether it would be worth it, but after asking some chick on a chairlift, alf was convinced . we stopped briefly at lake te anau on the way, and stopped for some sunset photos just past five rivers.

touring the wanaka region

dtra — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:20:29 GMT

after four straight days of snow boarding, it was time to rest, and put the camera's to work. when we saw the view from treble cone, we decided that it would be good to drive around the area and take some photos of the surrounds. it was quite a successful day, although we probably mis-timed our arrival at lake wanaka though, having to wait around for a bit, we could've spent a bit longer at homestead bay.

queenstown in the evening

dtra — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:55:11 GMT

these pictures are over a few days, the first few are taken by lake wakatipu, the second batch are up the gondola at the skyline complex, and the last couple at the lake side again, a bit further down than the first time. a couple are shorter exposures, but i also tried some longer exposures.

the snow

dtra — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:37:40 GMT

on our first full day in queenstown, we went to the snow, and cos we had to get our gear and stuff, we decided to just go to the nearest mountain. it was an overcast day, and even snowed a bit later in the day. the next day, we went to the next closest mountain range, the remarkables, it snowed a bit there too. then we went to the next closest, at cardrona, that was my favourite run. finally, we headed to the picturesque treble cone. all pictures here were taken with my fuji f30, there are some ca's, and over exposures, but what do you expect?

lake tekapo

dtra — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:31:54 GMT

on our way to queenstown, we decided to stop at lake tekapo, which was near mt. cook. it had some nice views, and probably would've made a nice spot for a sunset (had we had more time), i wish i had stopped down a bit more, but i think the pictures (that i have posted) turned out ok.

christchurch to queenstown

dtra — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 07:53:02 GMT

we drove from christchurch to queenstown, with the exception of the stop at lake tekapo, this is the best of my selection of pics from that journey. a bunch were from inside the car, but we also mde stops at lake coleridge, raikuku gorge, lake pukaki, omarama, and one just by the side of the road. it was supposed to be a six hour drive, we managed to go for eleven .

christchurch

dtra — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:09:33 GMT

we arrived in christchurch in the afternoon, and wandered toward the city centre to see what it was like. it's a pretty small city (compared to melbourne) and even at peak hour, not that busy on a wednesday.

dtra's day off

dtra — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:24:34 GMT

took a day off today, to take dad to the hospital, and also, have a checkup on my back. while in the city (or close to it), i took some photos of st. patrick's cathedral on gisborne st, and some of the cyclists that kept riding by. i tried an hdr shot, but there was handshake (duh) and the program i use didn't get the colours great either. used my 16-45 cos i wanted to make sure if there were any wide angles i could get them, prolly shoulda used the fa 50.

fa50mm yard samples

dtra — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:09:34 GMT

went into the yard to take some open aperture sample shots with my new lens. there was a magpie but i couldn't get a good shot of it (especially with it running away), we don't have many flowers, especially in winter, so this is as good as i got for now.

vivitar 135 f/2.8

dtra — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 02:40:16 GMT

had a play with one of alf's old manual focus lens using my m42 adapter, which worked quite well. now, i just have to find a real bargain basement lens . a lot of the pics i took were over-exposed, and soft, so i tried to include only the sharper, stopped down ones. a few are straight jpegs, and most are prolly stopped down to f/8 (manual focus lens don't save the aperture value).

camberwell station near work

dtra — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:14:46 GMT

took my k100d into work today to show off. took a couple pictures in the office, of little dolls and stuff. we went out for coffee, so i took the camera out, and snapped some pictures of stuff near the coffee shop, which is near the train station. all the pictures were taken in jpeg, so the indoors ones (with manual white balance) are prolly a little off.