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GuySmiley started the topic in Tuesday, 7 Apr 2020 at 6:11pm

In semi lockdown I'm finally sorting through a lifetime of photos and inspired by what Craig and Andy recently posted I thought why not.
We travel a fair bit and there has to be some crackers in the vaults.
Good if we follow the Swellnet tradition of not naming or being too obvious.

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seeds Tuesday, 17 Jun 2025 at 10:37am

Love the top shit Craig with the sun peaking over. I imagine a bubbling brook down in those gullies.
You use proper gear… what settings do you use for shots into the sun so it doesn’t just wash out the scene?

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Craig Tuesday, 17 Jun 2025 at 12:38pm

Thanks Seeds, I'm shooting wide angle at 18mm with my lens at F9. For the exposure I metered it more off the land than the mountains/sky, and that was at 1/800 of a second with ISO of 500.

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Craig Tuesday, 17 Jun 2025 at 12:39pm

PS any hints to where that bluff is.

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shoredump Tuesday, 17 Jun 2025 at 1:33pm

Beautiful scenes above AW, we live in an amazing world if you notice both the detail and the bigger picture

That first one Craig is the money shot. Some serious grass porn there, I was just showing it to some dairy cows and you shoulda heard the moos

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seeds Tuesday, 17 Jun 2025 at 1:35pm
Craig wrote:

PS any hints to where that bluff is.

Okay thanks for that. f9 to 11 I was once told was good for landscape. I suppose you can muck around with shutter settings as you get a preview through the lens as opposed to the old film days. Must pull out my proper camera.

The bluff. I used to own a 5 acre patch nearby that had permanent rainforest creek and swimming hole. Biggest regret of my life selling that especially as I now live so close to it.
It’s no secret, it’s the Kenilworth Bluff.

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seeds Tuesday, 17 Jun 2025 at 1:36pm
shoredump wrote:

Beautiful scenes above AW, we live in an amazing world if you notice both the detail and the bigger picture

That first one Craig is the money shot. Some serious grass porn there, I was just showing it to some dairy cows and you shoulda heard the moos

Hahaha

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basesix Tuesday, 17 Jun 2025 at 1:40pm

I wouldn't recommend restaging the shoot, @craig!
reckon @seeds snuck onto a dodgy little shoulder,
with overgrown bush on a hella blind corner,
on Moy Pocket Road for a leak and a ponder!!!

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seeds Tuesday, 17 Jun 2025 at 1:48pm

I was on Lowe Rd

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Craig Tuesday, 17 Jun 2025 at 2:32pm

Ah thanks Seeds, haven't been around that region, beautiful.

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old-dog Tuesday, 17 Jun 2025 at 4:12pm

They have award winning dairy cows up that way, outstanding in their field.

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seeds Tuesday, 17 Jun 2025 at 4:22pm

Hehe
I’ll pay that

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basesix Tuesday, 17 Jun 2025 at 4:43pm

breed of beakless cockatoos up that way that always succeed too, @old-dog : )

(anyone who likes casually looking up the etymology of words and the origin of phrases, look up:
"that old chestnut"
It is the most satisfying and pinpointable looking-up of a thing you'll do in recent memory.. nothing to do with any hypotheses you might have assumed.. simply a line in 20thC play, from memory.. a bloke telling a story for the umpteenth time.. something like that.. about the tree, not the nut.. I won't spell it all out or look it up again.. just might be an idle moment's fun for some..)

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seeds Tuesday, 17 Jun 2025 at 5:05pm

Delicious roosters too.
As he aged the poor gangly chap’s voice started to croak in the back yard.
I said no, you will be henceforth known as kebabs.
first-rooster
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GuySmiley Tuesday, 17 Jun 2025 at 5:31pm

A couple more from the Otways

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Craig Tuesday, 17 Jun 2025 at 5:39pm

Haha. Jokesters.