C-19 lockdown makes it hard- but here are some images from the great land Downun
a) office building with darkened panels for windows. Sparkles and colour - use of Panny in-camera 'art' options
FZ-200; 1/400s; 16x zoom
b) someone's had fun with their side wall
FZ-200; 1/250s; 2x zoom
c) hole in the wall - the render has fallen off but the rest is still okay
FZ-200; 1/200s; 6x zoom
Around the world there are many people interested in trucks and heavy transport - here are three to contemplate. Highly skilled Aussie Truckies manage these monsters daily
a) fully loaded, this fella pulls 142 metric tonnes per load over a 600km route to the port
b) fully loaded, 120,000 litres of mixed fuels being delivered to an outback iron-ore mining complex
c) known as a "B-Quad" these fellas are the general goods delivery trucks for the outback, sometimes covering 3,000km per trip
The Temora, N.S.W. air museum and monthly airshow is known to enthusiasts world wide.
Camera was a canon SX-1 superzoom that was disposed of within 3-months of buying ... it was quite poor in performance
a) just zooming around having fun
1/800s; 20x zoom
b) sun glinting off the wings during maneuvers
1/1000s; 20x zoom
c) laying smoke during aerobatics
1/800s; 6x zoom
a) cattle crossing the paddock following milking
panny G2;1/160s; 6x zoom
b) typical of many camping places we stay overnight ... a community owned reserve & sports ground
panny G2; 1/60s; 4x zoom
c) highway road bridge north of Sydney on the 6-lane highway to Brisbane, 1000km away
panny G2; 1/80s; 4x zoom
Nikon Shooter wrote: There is something very fascinating about the road trains…
something very Oz typical. I did some trucking when I was
a student but not in similar heat nor in such stretches.
Yeah matey- could be something to do with "little boy" dreams - like wanting to be a fireman and drive those wonderful trucks with the siren going ...
Truckies (along with nurses, teachers and a few others) are one of the most under recognised professions, so to promote them above lawyers and politicians etc is always useful and often needed
Phil
a) rock fishing at sunrise
panny G2; 6-seconds exposure; 6x zoom
b) Rainbow Bee-eater flying past
panny FZ-200; 1/2500s; 24x zoom
c) Town park lamp lit towards sunset
panny FZ-200; 1/320s; 17x zoom
Thanks for that, Phil!
Light is free… capturing it is not!
A series of exposures of the eclipse taken over a 2-hour period starting about 4:15am, and a composite created onto a black canvas. The solo image of the full moon the following evening was added for comparison
The Innisfail skydiving centre is known around the world. Located an hours drive south of Cairns, it receives thousands of overseas visitors annually. Flights rise to 12-14,000 ft depending of the weather
a) the moment of launch
FZ-200 camera's zoom lens stretched to the very limit, image a direct crop so pixellation visible
b) 2-tandem jumpers crossing the same air-space
panny FZ-200; 1/1300s; 24x zoom
c) dancing in the air - swirling around and around on the way down
panny FZ-200; 1/1300s; 24x zoom
Settled in the mid 1800s Charters Towers is one of Australia's many inland towns established during the gold rush days. It was such a prosperous city that it even hosted a stock exchange, connected to the world via the telegraph. Today it still is a prosperous centre, this time via cattle with beef exports to the world
a) building for the bank of New South Wales - the largest in the country at that date
Fuji x-s1, 1/800s; 1x zoom
b) every town has its Town Hall, now the post office building
Fuji x-s1; 1/900s; 2x zoom
c) main street at night
Fuji x-s1; 2sec; 2x zoom
The city of Port Hedland in northern West Australia is one of the world's busy shipping hubs with thousands of bulk carrier ships coming and going annually. Mostly iron ore and various chemicals (not coal) it is an all-day / every-day operation. The Missions for Seamen operate a water taxi service for crewmen to come ashore and video link talk to families around the world. The water taxi also takes tourists, and here's images from their 9pm run taking seamen back to their ships
a) crewman waiting to transfer to his ship
panny G2; 1/20s; 1x zoom; ISO-1600
b) alongside an empty ship, high in the water
panny G2; 1/15s; 2x zoom; ISO-1600
c) wider view of the loading area as the water-taxi traverses the port
panny G2; 1/15s; 2x zoom; ISO-1600
There are 'tribute bands' across the globe and these fellas are one of them, traversing Oz back in 2019. These images taken with the Panny FZ-200 making good use of its constant aperture F2,8 lens through out the entire zoom range of 24-600mm in FF equivalent terms
a) vocals
1/50s; 4x zoom (170mm equiv)
b) drums
1/40s; 5x zoom (240mm equiv)
c) lead guitar
1/50s; 24x zoom (600mm equiv)
do you know how to tune two banjo players?
You shoot one!
Light is free… capturing it is not!
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