Sunset from Point Cartwright Lighthouse.
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Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Iso 400, 1/60, f/11, 40mm
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Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Iso 400, 1/60, f/11, 40mm
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Author: Vincent
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Whats New in Lightroom 7.4
Matt Kloskowski
On June 20th, 2018 Adobe released Lightroom 7.4 which has a few new feature updates to Lightroom Classic, CC as well as Lightroom Mobile on your phones and tablets. In this video we’ll take a look at what’s new.
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Aurora HDR – Update
Skylum Software has released the latest update to its award-winning photo editing software, Aurora HDR, bringing improved performance, new features, and updated tools to both MacOS and Windows versions.
There is a discount for those upgrading from a previous version.
Read more: https://skylum.com/blog/aurora-hdr-is-better-than-ever
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Pic of the day – Beachmere
from Instagram: https://ift.tt/2tnYRHnCanon EOS 6D Mark IIiso100, 30 sec. f/9.5 16 mm -
Making Great Images Isn't Easy
Thomas Eaton –
I discuss the notion of keepers in landscape photography and discuss some of my images that I think are portfolio worthy and some that aren’t. The key message here is that making great images isn’t easy, so don’t worry if things don’t always go your way.
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Pic of the day – Beachmere
Beachmere Sunrise June 2018 Canon EOS 6D Mark I
iso 100, 1/8sec, f/11 21mm
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Byron Bay
Byron Bay sunset-June 2018 Canon 6D Mk II iso 200, f/13, 2 sec 100mm
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Picture of the Day
The Red Baron. Canon 6D Mk II 1/750 at f 5.6 ISO 640 at 600mm
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Peak Design Anchor Recall
In June 2018 we announced an update of our Anchor connectors. Customers with earlier versions of our Anchors may be eligible for a free Anchor Update Kit. Read on for details.
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Red Thunder Air Show – 2018
I was looking forward to attending the Red Thunder Air Show, it has been a long time since I had been to an air show. The last air show was Wings over Wairarapa in New Zealand in 2009, at that time I had the Canon 350D with probably a Canon 18 – 55 standard kit lens. Since those days I have been taking more of an interest in photography and post-processing and spent quite a bit more money on equipment.
Technical Stuff
Shooting moving objects at speed and using a long telephoto lens has its challenges, so this necessitated a change in camera settings. I usually shoot in Aperture Priority mode (AV), but in this case, I wanted to control the shutter speed. The Canon 6D Mark II was set up as follows. Take note that I was for the morning shooting into the sun, as the day progressed the sun moved over to my left so there was a need for changing exposure settings depending on where the plane was. Rather than me trying to do this all day in Manual mode, I thought it best to let the camera sort it out.
The reason for using exposure compensation, I didn’t mind blowing out the sky a little, but I did want some color in the planes, not just a silhouette of them.
All photos are handheld.- Shooting Mode Tv (Shutter Priority) Shutter range from 1/180 – 1/1500
- Iso set to Auto (range from 100 – 12800)
- Exposure compensation + .5 to +2
- Zone AF
- AI Servo
- Drive mode, Low-Speed Continuous.
- Sigma 150 – 600 Contemporary
- Canon 70 – 300 IS USM
The Sigma lens is a beast of a lens, heavy and bulky, but with a reach of 600mm, it could pull in small planes that are far away. The Canon lens is definitely a lot more manageable and had the advantage of a shorter zoom range which came in handy when the planes weren’t too far away.
Spitfire MK XVI Fokker DR1 
T-34 Mentor 
L-39 Albatross 
YAK-3 Steadfast – Red Thunder Air Show – 2018 
Bristol F2.B Fighter Summary
I am pleased with the images. When comparing to my earlier Airshow photos from 2009, there is a definite improvement. This can be put down to having a better camera and lens setup and also having a better understanding of how to control the camera.
It was a good day out, and since the airshow is close to Brisbane I will most likely have another go at the next Red Thunder Air Show. -
Rainbow Beach – Holiday
Holiday time, our first little break this year, so after exploring our options we settled on Rainbow Beach for a 3-day stay.
The weather forecast was for fine sunny conditions about 7 days before we left, but as the time to leave got closer, the outlook was changing to something that wasn’t so promising. We decided to push ahead anyway. We stayed at the Rainbow Beach Holiday Village which is right in the center of the Rainbow Beach village.
As it turned out Saturday the day we arrived had the best weather, with Sunday not so good, then came Monday which had torrential rain just about all day long. I bit of a disappointment, but what can you do, it is what it is.
We did get to spend a few hours on the beach on Sunday, with no rain, but plenty of wind. It was a good walk with plenty to see, especially the 4wd’s driving along the beach.
Rainbow Beach, fishing with the colored sands in the background
A tricky point on Rainbow Beach, you have to time the waves to get past the rocks.
A car navigating the rocks on Rainbow Beach
Plenty of cars on the beach, it is almost a highway.
Rainbow Beach, popular with the drivers.
The other thing we had a look at is the Carlo Sandblow, which basically is a massive mountain of sand which is slowly moving inland.
Rainbow Beach, Carlo Sandblow
There is plenty to do around Rainbow Beach if you are into fishing, 4wd, hiking. It definitely is a place we are going to go to again, and with any luck, the weather will be better. We might even have a go at driving on the beach, just not too sure if our Nissan Xtrail is up to it.
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Studio Lighting
Last weekend I attended a studio lighting workshop where we got to play around with different light modifiers. This has been a big area of confusion for me, as in what to get, size, grids, shapes, mounts, there’s a lot of options.
I now have a better knowledge of how the modifiers work. Basically, the larger the modifier the smoother the skin, flipside to this is it becomes cumbersome to use and manage. Also, silver will give specular highlights on the skin, so best to stick to white unless that is the look you are after. The grids on the beauty dishes aim the light for better targeting of the light. There is more to it than this, the distance the light is from the model, angle of light, etc.
After the workshop, I jumped on eBay and made some purchases as a starting point. Just a basic set to get started with.- Godox 80cm Octagon Umbrella
- Godox Bowens S-mount holder S type bracket for Speedlight flash
- Selens Speedlight color gels.
I already have a cheap flash stand and some Speedlights, so once everything gets here I’ll try it out.
Below are just a couple of images taken during the workshop.
Lucy Mae using 2 flashes with 2 different color gels.
Lucy Mae
Lucy Mae going for the dark Black & White look
Lucy Mae using 3 flashes with different colored gels
More things where tried, but I felt the images didn’t come out well, something for me to try at home once all the equipment arrives.
I have also started up a Portraits gallery, it was long overdue as I am still learning the art of post-processing. Please have a look and leave a comment or two. I love constructive feedback.
