Fly with me ... across Australia

**Marko** · 06-01-2009, 09:23 AM

Hey MA - Thanks for that tribute! Course you've made us all TOTALLY jealous

but very thoughtful

Can I blog this shot if I choose to?

Thx!!! - Marko

**MoinMoin** · 06-01-2009, 02:07 PM

Steve - how can I ever put here one of my pictures, when there are all these awesome photos from you?!! They all are totally great.

. My favourite is the "The Cape Naturalist Lighthouse".

**kat** · 06-01-2009, 02:16 PM

Oh oh. I'm sorry. Did I say a bad word?? lol. Sorry marko. I just couldn't help myself. It's like when I stub a toe..it just comes out!

**Mad Aussie** · 06-01-2009, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by kat

Wow again! Here is a silly question for you. When you shoot, of course you are using autobracketing, does the shots come out together or bang one right after the other? Do you see any ghosting in water?

I don't have autobraketing..lots of these would be out of my range..lol.

I love them!!!!!

Thanks again Kat.

Yes I use auto bracketing. I start with Aperture Priority and if I'm using my tripod (which is often) I use the 2 sec timer. This way, the camera simply snaps off all 3 shots one after the other in rapid succession. I check the three shots and sometimes then take another shot or two manually if I think I need more.

Yes, with moving subjects I get ghosting. Water crashing over rocks etc tends to look crap after processing in photomatix. I ignore that and get the shot how I want it anyhow. Then I take the photo into photoshop and fix the ghosting, weird colours etc from there. Sometimes the halo effect from the HDR Merge is difficult to avoid which is a shame.

If I find all of the above doesn't work well ... I revert back to my old manual way of doing it by simply layering the shots in PS and blending them with masking. Takes longer but the result is more natural.

**Mad Aussie** · 06-01-2009, 02:31 PM

Marko ... of course ... no need to ask me

Moin Moin ... thank you Kerstin. You might like some of the shots I got on Day 5 .... an old clock tower might appeal. Might take me a day or two to get to those yet though.

**casil403** · 06-01-2009, 07:37 PM

Stunning shots MA ... thanks for the show and the tour!

Reminds me alot of the west coast of Oregon in the USA....another beautiful place.
Again...stunning...simply stunning!

**EJC** · 06-01-2009, 07:46 PM

Thanks for all these fabulous shots MA. Now don't spend all your time on the computer! Go outside and play with your friends

cheers

**Mad Aussie** · 06-02-2009, 02:01 AM

Thanks Casil.

What friends EJC?? I don't have time for friends!!

**Mad Aussie** · 06-02-2009, 05:44 AM

DAY 5 - Albany - Denmark

Day 5 was a big one. We covered just over 800 kms (500 miles) and still managed to see some cool stuff.

We started out early ... about an hour or so before sunrise and watched as the sun threatened but seemed to fail in a glorious sunrise.
I said to Phil that the sunrises had failed to impress.
Not 5 mins later we rounded a corner and saw this ...

I swear ... no processing on that shot. It's as is from the camera shot in RAW! So much colour. I couldn't believe it.

Then a truck passed and saw the reflection on the trailer ... so I waited for another ... and got this one ...

was pretty happy with that.

Moving on we stopped at a little town for a coffee and while our host Phil went to buy the Latte's I found this this little building ...

I love the Autumn colours. We very rarely see anything like this around Brisbane where I live. Deciduous (sp?) trees are just not common there.

More shortly ...