Teacake's home base early doors this morning. Lovely place. Shame there was no swell

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Ted the Kiwi said...
Teacake's home base early doors this morning. Lovely place. Shame there was no swell

Sounds like you kooked it bro, old man said it was good and uncrowded

Sometimes we get good waves. All taken in the last five months from different parts of the state.

South Oz isn't bad either.

WA can get heavy at times though.

Some nice pics and lovely looking waves there !

& one mighty hell drop, I'd be very impressed if he made that

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MickPC said...

Ted the Kiwi said..
Looking forward to the new pics from your camera Mick. Have a great holiday and hope you enjoy those European beers

Cheers bro, have discovered some beautiful beers & the funny thing was even the restaurant prices in Switzerland were 1/2 the price of West Oz. In Germany (Baden Baden) now but only had 1 beer so far last night. I ordered roast duck with rice from a chinese place & it was massive like 1/2 a duck. Ate 1/2 & had way too much of a food coma to fit in anymore beer...will add a few pics to great pics the boys have been uploading on this thread soon

Sounds epic! Enjoy the trip
looking forward to some snaps! I'll upload some from mine in about 2 weeks

Cheers mate, loving the beer here haha...& looking forward to seeing yours. If you get good swell there are some great waves around Caloundra, Kings on the SB or Moffats on the LB. Nice gokart track down near Steve Irwins Croc place & the Etamogue (SP wrong) pub is worth a look. Also nice country up in the hills behind near the tree top walk, huge waterfall. Sunny coast is a beautiful place

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MickPC said...
& one mighty hell drop, I'd be very impressed if he made that

That's a 12 year old taking the drop. I hate the local groms.

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MickPC said...
& one mighty hell drop, I'd be very impressed if he made that

That's a 12 year old taking the drop. I hate the local groms.

lol...understandable. Last time I was down there (too long ago) Jack was out at Pea Break making the overhead head (for him) waves look epic. There's a lot more awesome days when your 40-50kg & a notch under 5 foot

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Teacake said..

MickPC said...

Ted the Kiwi said..
Looking forward to the new pics from your camera Mick. Have a great holiday and hope you enjoy those European beers

Cheers bro, have discovered some beautiful beers & the funny thing was even the restaurant prices in Switzerland were 1/2 the price of West Oz. In Germany (Baden Baden) now but only had 1 beer so far last night. I ordered roast duck with rice from a chinese place & it was massive like 1/2 a duck. Ate 1/2 & had way too much of a food coma to fit in anymore beer...will add a few pics to great pics the boys have been uploading on this thread soon

Sounds epic! Enjoy the trip
looking forward to some snaps! I'll upload some from mine in about 2 weeks

Cheers mate, loving the beer here haha...& looking forward to seeing yours. If you get good swell there are some great waves around Caloundra, Kings on the SB or Moffats on the LB. Nice gokart track down near Steve Irwins Croc place & the Etamogue (SP wrong) pub is worth a look. Also nice country up in the hills behind near the tree top walk, huge waterfall. Sunny coast is a beautiful place

Yeah keen to get a wave at moffat, looks fun! Surfed point arkwright today, fun little wave Agreed, awesome area for a holiday

EPIC photos by the way drip

A few from this morning

Nice catch Weiry

But nippy down here the southern part of Tassie

Your eyes tell me you've been on the snow for awhile

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But nippy down here the southern part of Tassie

Perfect conditions for a nudie run Ted

Epic pix boys, especially that shrooms shot...picking gold tops weary lol ...embarking on the hell flights home in a few hours & will be home in couple of days. I have a great collection of roofs & mountains. Always seem to have a fetish for mountains & roof/ceiling structure

Just some of the tawdry conditions i have to endure every day at work !! Bit of a mental wreck each day after work !!
Dream of working in a nice air conditioned office with a small screen in front of me !!!

Nice one PH - how you been?

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Nice one PH - how you been?

stressed..........
broke a fingernail last saturday morning .....
monday before i could get to the manicurist........
worked all weekend with a broken mismatched nail ......

So nothings changed then........

A pretty cool door in Cesky Karlov

One of the lesser decorated church ceilings, but still architectually awesome. I liked it coz there was no arty distraction to the curves & angles of the construction

Any of you gurus care to point me in the direction of a lens... if it exists

I have nikon D3100, have the kit 18-55 and a 35mm F1.4 prime.

Very little money to spend (or a lot of competing demands on the dollar) but I'd like to take some star pics / desert landscapes. Heading into the outback before too long.

I'm considering one of those time lapse controllers too, so I can sit up and tripod shoot through the night for star trails etc. They seem pretty cheap
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Time-Lapse-Intervalometer-Remote-Timer-Shutter-for-Nikon-D3100-D3200-D90-D600-AU-/262493688957?hash=item3d1dd7d47d:g:MMAAAOSwNuxXalhR

This inspired me, a place I've been
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So I'm thinking of a cheap very wide angle I guess, sigma or tamron maybe? Anyone had any good results with one?

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But nippy down here the southern part of Tassie

Geez Ted ..... look at those eyeballs ...... I'll have a bit of whatever you been smoking champion you're off yer nut yer lucky farker

Road to Jung Frau (Pics taken through a train window)

Nice pics Mick

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Any of you gurus care to point me in the direction of a lens... if it exists


I'm considering one of those time lapse controllers too, so I can sit up and tripod shoot through the night for star trails etc. They seem pretty cheap

Those remotes are great. They seem cheap - they are - mine has lasted about 5 years and still going. You need a really good tripod for star shots from experience. The cheap and nasty ones can work - but whack some rocks down around the legs. Google techniques on line but you need to be using manual focus, used highest aperture you can get out of your lens and then play with the ISO to let more light in. If you are in the complete darkness a small lens like your 1.4 will be fine. You need to play around with it a lot until you get what you think is a good shot - 15-25 second exposure generally. Then once you are happy with this launch the time lapse. The. Whatever you do make sure that tripod never moves. If you are using a tele type lens that is heavy then you need a really good tripod due to the weight.

It's a good idea to try and set your shot up during the day with something of interest in the foreground. Have a look on line at what other people have done to get some ideas.

Make sure you turn all light related settings off your camera. Have fun - be prepared for disappointment though - it's bloody frustrating but when you finally get it right it's epic ! There are some great software solutions out now to run all your shots through for the time lapse.

Nice pics Mick - so what is your opinion on the camera now after your trip? Any chance of a review? I have been thinking of trying to find a one stop solution for when I can not take the DSLR bag. Need a one stop solution for when it's required.