I’ve always wanted to do the standard water droplet photo, but never had the time on my hands……until a week or so ago.
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It was a bit of a laugh and good to have done….I do need to get a life though eh!!!
I had a great week last week with Duane, Lucas and Matt from Sporting Images.Duane has a great attitude towards trying remotes and he let me give some shots a go.
The first shot we tried was from the under-pool port holes. I’d never been down under the Sydney Olympic Aquatic Center, so this was a great thrill.
This shot was not without it’s problems. My camera (1DMK2N) worked ok, but had to shoot at a challenging ISO3200. Duane’s amazing 5DMK2 was shooting at ISO6400 and the shots were amazingly clear, however, I couldn’t stop that set-up from falling asleep after a few minutes. My remote cables are home made and I hadn’t tried them on a 5D MK2, so they were likely the problem.
The second shot was a high shot of the starting blocks. It was a 1DMK2N at ISO3200 in TV Mode at 1/400th Second. The shot is part of an image montage product that Sporting Imagessell. This shot worked well……when I had it focussed correctly (I’ll get to that issue in a later post).
Images are from the 2009 Australian Age Championships. Images for sale through Sporting Images.
I travelled down to Currango Station over the October Long weekend for an ACP Landscape weekend. Currango Station’s buildings include the oldest surviving continuously-occupied homestead in Australia’s Kosciuszko National Park. It is also the largest and most intact example of permanent settlement above the snowline in the country, and has great historical significance as one of the most important links to the first European settlement of the area.
A great weekend with some good results. Many thanks to Dave Stanton and the Dee Why Camera Club for the tips on the slide show.