Recent Outdoors Stuff :)

[Bigelboe]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/bigelboe/Photography/14340020-1.jpg

Some film work, pic of Massey Uni driveway.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/bigelboe/Photography/IMG_4478.jpg

From a recent trip to Foxton Beach

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/bigelboe/Photography/IMG_4501.jpg

Foxton

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/bigelboe/Photography/IMG_4503.jpg

Foxton

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/bigelboe/Photography/IMG_4867.jpg

Opposite shore of Lake Taupo at sunset.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/bigelboe/Photography/IMG_5055.jpg

From just North of Paeroa at sunset.

Cheers :D

[Fabolous]

number 2 and the last one for me, nice :thumbsup:

[robo git]

Agreed on the lovely, simple but very clean composition on the last shot (Y)

Also quite like the glossy-reflections on the tarmac on #1

[talan]

The lone tree. I love it. How about you show us a BW conversion? I think that would make a nice image.

[Bigelboe]

Cheers guys, that last picture is one of my favourite out of all the photos Ive taken. I've been looking for a suitable spot for that kind of photo for a loong time. Its harder than you'd think to find clean even fields.

robo git: Good to hear you like the first one, I quite like that image and I think your the first person to agree with me :P
Its funny whenever I post up or email pics, people are completely divided as to which ones are their favourites, although the last pic above has been a pretty popular one.

Here is a quick BnW edit, its quite hard to stop the tree from dissapearing into the grassy hill so I had to pull heaps of the green channel, which darkened up the grass a lot. Personally I think the colours are very strong in the original, but each to their own :P

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/bigelboe/Photography/IMG_5055_BnW.jpg

This is a slightly different view from the same time.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/bigelboe/Photography/IMG_5043.jpg

Also if anyone knows of a good source for a cheap ND grad setup I would be keen to know, the C-PL is a bit of a let down at wide angles.

[Cory Varcoe]

+plus one from the first post :D It's stunning, simple yet powerful! Lighting is perfect!
Foxton looks identical to Oreti beach :p

[cuddlykiwi]

yeah i like the second shot of the beach too

[robo git]

robo git: Good to hear you like the first one, I quite like that image and I think your the first person to agree with me :P Perhaps not surprising I agree - I really dig high-contrast B&W and photos featuring reflections off irregular surfaces, so you've just hit two of my "I wanted to take that shot" buttons with that 'un ;)

Also if anyone knows of a good source for a cheap ND grad setup I would be keen to know, the C-PL is a bit of a let down at wide angles.Slightly more expensive in the short-term, cheaper if you've got a few lenses + HEAPS better quality (even the cheap off-brand stuff from the likes of Tian Ya): Get into the Cokin system - I use Cokin 'P' series for all of my filters except UV filters, but that's because the UV filters are mainly there to protect the lens.

Some links to the John Thomson (aka TradeMe's johnchalmers) webstore:
Filters (http://store.johnthomson.co.nz/home.php?cat=304)
Adapter rings + Filter-holder (http://store.johnthomson.co.nz/home.php?cat=305)

[smurff]

ive recently purchesed a few bits from John Thomson (johnchalmers) great guy. picked up my stuff from his show room, looks like theres lot of nice stuff. . . i see myself spending lots of money there, highly recomend him, Great service.

-smurff

---------- Post added at 06:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:27 AM ----------

how does the Cokin 'P' Square filter setup work in relation to using a lend hood??

-smurff

[Bigelboe]

Perhaps not surprising I agree - I really dig high-contrast B&W and photos featuring reflections off irregular surfaces, so you've just hit two of my "I wanted to take that shot" buttons with that 'un ;)

Slightly more expensive in the short-term, cheaper if you've got a few lenses + HEAPS better quality (even the cheap off-brand stuff from the likes of Tian Ya): Get into the Cokin system - I use Cokin 'P' series for all of my filters except UV filters, but that's because the UV filters are mainly there to protect the lens.

Some links to the John Thomson (aka TradeMe's johnchalmers) webstore:
Filters (http://store.johnthomson.co.nz/home.php?cat=304)
Adapter rings + Filter-holder (http://store.johnthomson.co.nz/home.php?cat=305)

Yeah I should have specified I meant a Cokin 'p' system heh. The screw on ND grads seem like a waste of time to me, who lets a filter determine their composition?

Interesting to see the stuff he is selling is exactly the same stuff I saw a few days ago on Ebay and wondered about its quality. Good to see it for sale in NZ must mean its not complete rubbish. You can get those bits a little cheaper off ebay but not a heap.

Cheers for that info smurff. You might have to go to a bellows style hood or something?

[smurff]

i decided to do a bit of lazy looking around in regards to the hood :)
http://www.cokin.com/ico4-p1.html
3rd and 4th from the bottom of the page.

this is on of the units. . . looks like there stackable. . . interesting
http://store.johnthomson.co.nz/product.php?productid=16287&cat=305&page=1

am going to pickup a Cokin 'P' today after work, with a Grad ND4.
Will get the hood just to see what its like. . . $12 if if no good, ill just find some other use for it hahaha

-smurff

[robo git]

how does the Cokin 'P' Square filter setup work in relation to using a lend hood??You don't use a hood, or you use the square Cokin hood. I haven't bothered getting the Cokin hood as the arbour (aka filter-holder) actually helps a bit there.

[smurff]

You don't use a hood, or you use the square Cokin hood. I haven't bothered getting the Cokin hood as the arbour (aka filter-holder) actually helps a bit there.

my post above i actually decided to look at the site etc, so have decided to get one of the square Cokin hoods, will see how it goes over the weekend.

Cheers though :D

-smurff

[Bigelboe]

Gah, I wish I had disposible income :( I have officially been a student for too long.

[Bigelboe]

Set myself up with a ND2 Grad and a holder+ring for $27 NZD shipped from ebay. Same brand of filter as John Chalmers sells, and only $4 cheaper so he has a good price if you can't be bothered with international sellers. The holder was quite a bit cheaper tho, $9 NZD for ring and holder as opposed to $20.

[creepdontsleep]

lol your last picture reminded me of windows XP.. :)