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Forum: Post Your Photos!
03-25-2008, 09:55 AM
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Good luck Venturi! I only made it to 38 weeks - had to call in "in labour" to my last day of work!
BPT: Thanks - he's a pretty good bub so far, I have to say... two wake ups generally a night. I like the first photo the most - the focus is square on dad's smile ;)
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
03-25-2008, 06:31 AM
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Indeed, the first.... sleepless nights don't last forever - at least I keep telling myself :)
First night home tonight .. too - dad's in for a rude shock :)
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
03-25-2008, 06:18 AM
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only two. I PROMISE.
and they are of joele so that makes them infinitely more interesting, doesn't it?
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Forum: General Talk
06-06-2007, 07:26 PM
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i was shooting up in sydney, the harbour bridge to be precise, nice big zoom on, just messing around... i was with my bf who of course has even bigger lenses...
we were approached by a security guard at one point who noticed me taking photos of the pylon arches, where some security cameras were visible.
he asked me for identification (which i actually wasn't carrying;) )- my partner was standing beside me at the time, snapping away directly at the security cameras - and the guard told me that unless i desisted he would hold me until the police arrived in order to ensure that "the law" has my details and can chase me up (incase a bomb goes off?)
the guard said nothing to my partner, who in the end had taken many more "offensive" photos of security cameras directly, right in front of the guard.
so... i suppose what i'm suggesting is that there's this overall sense that guards, police etc should be more vigilant, however in practicallity, its just d***heads in uniforms getting a power trip by picking on people they don't perceive as threatening. eg - me, a girl, and not my partner, 6'3" and fighting fit.
as for the theory of terrorists using slrs? i agree completely. they would be much more likely to use P&S, or even spy or phone equipment. or google earth, but google earth only gives you the birdseye... so you wouldn't be able to tell how high fences are, etc etc.
there was an incident down here in geelong, victoria last year. a group of amateur photographers got together to shoot some scenery down near the oil refinery. at sunset, these storage tanks light up and look like giant oranges sitting on the ground. they were spotted by security, although at no point did they break the law or trespass onto private property.
their number plates were taken down by security and all of the members were approaced at home several days later by the police, and questioned as to their activity.
let us just say - there was enough of an outrage that the acting premier for victoria got up and basically said the police were way out of line and that photographers should proudly pick up their cameras and take photos of whatever they wanted (without breaking laws :) )
how many other people reading this thread have been approached by members of the public telling them off for their photography.. i mean, for being a terrorist?
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
06-06-2007, 08:46 AM
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yeah! i made it to pentaxforums in one piece!
hi my name is christie, i live in melbourne. i'm really bad at introductions.
got my first slr at the tender age of 14. best present i ever got from my dad. a pentax ME super, he gave me his lenses too. a 28mm, 50mm, 20-210mm (tamron), a 2x converter and a 500mm tele-reflector lens. all of these are long gone. the camera to my brother (in exchange for a guitar), the lenses to ebay, to fungus, to fate....
for the last 13 years i have been shooting periodically on and off, and since the better half decided to dabble in digital, it stirred me to pick up my camera again.
after several hundred dollars worth of film processing and printing at vanbar's, i decided $400 to my partner in order for him to "upgrade" to a *istD, enabling me to have my first digital slr wasn't such a bad idea. (this was his old *istDS. which i have been reluctant to part with ever since.)
wondering if this sounds familiar to anyone?
anyway, i might not look like i'm posting much at any given time, but rest assured i'm being told about all the important stuff.
i look forward to sharing all of your knowledge and images :)
i've put a couple of photos up in the gallery that i took this last weekend on a trip to my dads. despite the slowness of manual focus by far and away my favourite, and most used lens at the moment is the A 35-105mm f3.5.
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