Landscape Central Australia

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I went to the desert for the first time in a long time and I took my camera out for the first time in a long time and I used the 12-24 for the first time........nice lens. And one day I'll learn how to use it properly but with this scenery it's very forgiving anyway.

**Tonytee** · 04-06-2017, 09:52 PM

Really beautiful photographs. I like the settings you used. I have been using ISO @200 with Spot Metering and have little or no Noise to contend with. This lens you used along with the k-5IIs, is a good marriage and truly works very nicely for you. Great shots, well executed. Thanks for sharing.

Tony

**DW58** · 04-06-2017, 10:03 PM

Very nice. Sky in #2 really caught my eye.

Jessesdad · 04-06-2017, 10:43 PM

Originally posted by Tonytee

Really beautiful photographs. I like the settings you used. I have been using ISO @200 with Spot Metering and have little or no Noise to contend with. This lens you used along with the k-5IIs, is a good marriage and truly works very nicely for you. Great shots, well executed. Thanks for sharing.

Tony

Thanks TT, 200 certainly saves some grief later on and with some big skies there's enough light. Appreciate your compliments.

Unregistered User 8 · 04-06-2017, 11:55 PM

Originally posted by Jessesdad

Central Australia

Really an excellent series Steve. Very well taken mate.

**beachgardener** · 04-07-2017, 12:29 AM

nicely done, cheers, great scenes

Jessesdad · 04-07-2017, 01:51 AM

Originally posted by pjv

Really an excellent series Steve. Very well taken mate.

Cheers pjv, nice to hear from another Aussie.

**dcmsox2004** · 04-07-2017, 05:55 AM

marvelous vistas.... thanks for sharing your part of the world, dave m

RoxnDox · 04-07-2017, 07:29 AM

Well captured! Adding yet another reason to keep Oz on my bucket list...

sealonsf · 04-07-2017, 10:52 AM

Oh my! These are incredible and make me want to go to Australia. The last one is my favorite.

brewmaster15 · 04-07-2017, 11:21 AM

Very Beautiful! Makes me want to go there as well!

al

**jpzk** · 04-07-2017, 12:07 PM

Excellent series of an (to me) exotic place!
I thought at first that these were taken with a K1 ...!

Jessesdad · 04-07-2017, 03:43 PM

Thanks to you all for your kind words. I'm glad that these have encouraged you to consider a visit to Oz! Truth be told, many Australians never make it into the heart of the country. North Americans/Canadians are among the few other nationals who really know what it means to have vast - and we mean vast - distances between places. Adelaide, where I live, to Alice Springs (where these were taken) is a 16 hour drive through some pretty desolate yet beautiful country. These are just 20 mins out of Alice Springs and there are 1000s of kms of wilderness in any direction beyond. Then there are the mountains and rivers of Tasmania, the incredible tropical reefs and forests of North Queensland, the stunning wineries of South Australia, etc, etc, etc...

JPZK, I only wish I had a K1! But the K5-IIs is pretty bloody fantastic and in the end the light and the lens make the picture. I only recently acquired the Pentax 12-24 and this is the first time I've really have a chance to test it out. I've had the Sigma 10-20 - and it's great lens too - but the flare resistance of the Pentax makes the difference.

wildman · 04-07-2017, 08:54 PM

You have a good eye for landscape.
BTW in my part of the world we would call that kind of country "chaparral".

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04-06-2017, 09:52 PM	#2
Tonytee Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2012 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 21,451	Really beautiful photographs. I like the settings you used. I have been using ISO @200 with Spot Metering and have little or no Noise to contend with. This lens you used along with the k-5IIs, is a good marriage and truly works very nicely for you. Great shots, well executed. Thanks for sharing. Tony

04-06-2017, 10:03 PM	#3
DW58 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Rural Oregon Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 7,062	Very nice. Sky in #2 really caught my eye.

04-06-2017, 10:43 PM	#4
Jessesdad Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Blackwood Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 359 Original Poster	Originally posted by Tonytee Really beautiful photographs. I like the settings you used. I have been using ISO @200 with Spot Metering and have little or no Noise to contend with. This lens you used along with the k-5IIs, is a good marriage and truly works very nicely for you. Great shots, well executed. Thanks for sharing. Tony Thanks TT, 200 certainly saves some grief later on and with some big skies there's enough light. Appreciate your compliments.

04-06-2017, 11:55 PM	#5
Unregistered User 8 Closed Account Join Date: Mar 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,694	Originally posted by Jessesdad Central Australia Really an excellent series Steve. Very well taken mate.

04-07-2017, 12:29 AM	#6
beachgardener Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,842	nicely done, cheers, great scenes

04-07-2017, 01:51 AM	#7
Jessesdad Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Blackwood Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 359 Original Poster	Originally posted by pjv Really an excellent series Steve. Very well taken mate. Cheers pjv, nice to hear from another Aussie.

04-07-2017, 05:55 AM	#8
dcmsox2004 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: rhode island Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 7,522	marvelous vistas.... thanks for sharing your part of the world, dave m

04-07-2017, 07:29 AM	#9
RoxnDox Pentaxian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gig Harbor, Washington, USA, Terra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,494	Well captured! Adding yet another reason to keep Oz on my bucket list...

04-07-2017, 10:52 AM	#10
sealonsf Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: San Francisco Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,729	Oh my! These are incredible and make me want to go to Australia. The last one is my favorite.

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brewmaster15 Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: CT Posts: 1,860	Very Beautiful! Makes me want to go there as well! al

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jpzk Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Québec Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,251	Excellent series of an (to me) exotic place! I thought at first that these were taken with a K1 ...!

04-07-2017, 03:43 PM	#13
Jessesdad Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Blackwood Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 359 Original Poster	Thanks to you all for your kind words. I'm glad that these have encouraged you to consider a visit to Oz! Truth be told, many Australians never make it into the heart of the country. North Americans/Canadians are among the few other nationals who really know what it means to have vast - and we mean vast - distances between places. Adelaide, where I live, to Alice Springs (where these were taken) is a 16 hour drive through some pretty desolate yet beautiful country. These are just 20 mins out of Alice Springs and there are 1000s of kms of wilderness in any direction beyond. Then there are the mountains and rivers of Tasmania, the incredible tropical reefs and forests of North Queensland, the stunning wineries of South Australia, etc, etc, etc... JPZK, I only wish I had a K1! But the K5-IIs is pretty bloody fantastic and in the end the light and the lens make the picture. I only recently acquired the Pentax 12-24 and this is the first time I've really have a chance to test it out. I've had the Sigma 10-20 - and it's great lens too - but the flare resistance of the Pentax makes the difference.

04-07-2017, 08:54 PM	#14
wildman Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Flyover America Posts: 4,469	You have a good eye for landscape. BTW in my part of the world we would call that kind of country "chaparral".

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