Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-02-01 Thread Stan Halpin
On Jan 31, 2012, at 12:19 AM, David Mann wrote: (As an aside, I do find it annoying that it tends to be easy to find weather forecasts but difficult to find weather histories.) Dave http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=christchurch+NZ Scroll down. Left side

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-02-01 Thread John Sessoms
From: Stan Halpin On Jan 31, 2012, at 12:19 AM, David Mann wrote: (As an aside, I do find it annoying that it tends to be easy to find weather forecasts but difficult to find weather histories.) Dave http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=christchurch+NZ Scroll

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-30 Thread David Savage
On 30 January 2012 13:33, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: On Jan 30, 2012, at 2:27 AM, David Savage wrote: I really feel sorry for her, it's been horrendous here this week. Today was the coolest day we've had in about 5 days (@ 33˚ C). We should be so lucky... we've had a very cool

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-30 Thread David Mann
On Jan 31, 2012, at 12:25 AM, David Savage wrote: I thought you guys would all have A/C with those sorts of temperatures. I have some other friends moving to Darwin soon but they are expecting to be roasted and drenched :) We do but inevitably you have to leave the house or office to do

RE: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-29 Thread Bob W
On a day that saw the mercury hit 42°C, I still went out that night to shoot the fireworks here in Fremantle, and got an added bonus: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6770160377_d3b1090d7e_o.jpg great photo! Very nicely done. That must be one super wide lens. A pregnant friend

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-29 Thread David Savage
Oh I don't know, I reckon they mix quite well. I was sitting downwind from the fireworks and was more concerned about getting hit by a big chunk of exploded shell casing. DS On 29 January 2012 01:39, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, I can't imagine that fireworks and lightning

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-29 Thread David Savage
Possibly, but I'm not cropping a 14mm (on full frame) image that servilely :-) On 29 January 2012 01:49, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Very cool. Might be even more impactful as a vertical, cropped just a bit to the right of the lightning. Paul . On Jan 28, 2012, at 11:59

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-29 Thread David Savage
Thanks Dan. On 29 January 2012 02:31, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Great image and a wonderful catch with the lightning.  I like the three types of lighting that you included across the image.  Really effective and compelling. Dan Matyola

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-29 Thread David Savage
Thanks Dave. DS On 29 January 2012 02:37, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Excellent job Dave On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 11:59 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, As some of you may be aware, it was Australia Day here a couple of days ago. On a day that saw the

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-29 Thread David Savage
Thanks Tim. If I corrected the distortion I would loose some of the firework the ferris wheel. 2 elements that I wanted in the frame. The lighting showing up an added bonus. DS On 29 January 2012 07:13, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: That's brilliant; could you correct the keyhole

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-29 Thread David Savage
On 29 January 2012 07:24, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: David Savage And yes I misspelt Aussie. DS On 29 January 2012 00:59, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, As some of you may be aware, it was Australia Day here a couple of days ago. On a day that

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-29 Thread David Savage
On 29 January 2012 13:57, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: On Jan 29, 2012, at 5:59 AM, David Savage wrote: On a day that saw the mercury hit 42°C, I still went out that night to shoot the fireworks here in Fremantle, and got an added bonus:

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-29 Thread David Savage
On 29 January 2012 16:33, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: On a day that saw the mercury hit 42°C, I still went out that night to shoot the fireworks here in Fremantle, and got an added bonus: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6770160377_d3b1090d7e_o.jpg great photo! Thanks Bob.

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-29 Thread David Mann
On Jan 30, 2012, at 2:27 AM, David Savage wrote: I really feel sorry for her, it's been horrendous here this week. Today was the coolest day we've had in about 5 days (@ 33˚ C). We should be so lucky... we've had a very cool summer this time around. I thought you guys would all have A/C with

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-29 Thread David Mann
On Jan 29, 2012, at 9:33 PM, Bob W wrote: Here we have black, green and blue respectively. We have to keep the bins at the front of the house, where they're accessible from the street, so passers-by put all sorts of crap in whatever bin is handy for them. Similarly the builders fill them all

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-28 Thread David Savage
And yes I misspelt Aussie. DS On 29 January 2012 00:59, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, As some of you may be aware, it was Australia Day here a couple of days ago. On a day that saw the mercury hit 42°C, I still went out that night to shoot the fireworks here in

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-28 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, I can't imagine that fireworks and lightning mix real well. Something comes to mind about the current liking the rocket wake as a path back to the ground. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 11:05 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: And yes I misspelt Aussie. DS On 29

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very cool. Might be even more impactful as a vertical, cropped just a bit to the right of the lightning. Paul . On Jan 28, 2012, at 11:59 AM, David Savage wrote: G'day All, As some of you may be aware, it was Australia Day here a couple of days ago. On a day that saw the mercury hit

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Great image and a wonderful catch with the lightning. I like the three types of lighting that you included across the image. Really effective and compelling. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 11:59 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-28 Thread David J Brooks
Excellent job Dave On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 11:59 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, As some of you may be aware, it was Australia Day here a couple of days ago. On a day that saw the mercury hit 42°C, I still went out that night to shoot the fireworks here in Fremantle,

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-28 Thread Tim Bray
That's brilliant; could you correct the keyhole distortion without ruining the composition? -T On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 8:59 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, As some of you may be aware, it was Australia Day here a couple of days ago. On a day that saw the mercury hit

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Savage And yes I misspelt Aussie. DS On 29 January 2012 00:59, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, As some of you may be aware, it was Australia Day here a couple of days ago. On a day that saw the mercury hit 42?C, I still went out that night to shoot the

Re: OT PESO - Aussy Day Lightshow

2012-01-28 Thread David Mann
On Jan 29, 2012, at 5:59 AM, David Savage wrote: On a day that saw the mercury hit 42°C, I still went out that night to shoot the fireworks here in Fremantle, and got an added bonus: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6770160377_d3b1090d7e_o.jpg Very nicely done. That must be one super