13 and dry here - a veritable heatwave...

Does that mean Gareth is in line for the whole kit then?

Thanks gents! I should have added that the close-ups were taken with the K10 and the FA50, while I used the Kx and the DA21 for the rest.

The chainsaw certainly made short work of the demolition - now all that needs to go to the tip!

Happy to take orders for the UK - you'll need to get me a ticket first though!

Better still, if anyone is visiting Victoria, let me know so I can point you in the right direction for some photography.

I like three and four Stuey, as well as the moon and heron shots. The heron looks like he has a slight halo along his back?

No. two has a shadow on the metal clamp between the two bolts, right where my eyes want to focus. Might be worth a re-shoot?

I believe Andrew was probably wondering why you didn't like your own style, rather than indicating that he doesn't!

Sorry to hear about the knee.

It'd be nice to see both (as suggested) versions side by side Dave - they may both work well in their own right.

Good to see your first Pentax image posted here Neil, and you picked a good one.

You can size them up to 800 long on the longest side, on this site - they don't have to be quite as compact as you've made this one.

A new timber deck has been quietly taking shape at home.

From this:
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/The%20Deck/_IGP2087-1R.jpg[/IMG]

To this:
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/The%20Deck/_IGP2128-1R.jpg[/IMG]

And a few shots taken today to get over the lack of shooting while the deck has been the focus:

Holstered
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/The%20Deck/_IGP7157-1R.jpg[/IMG]

Mason's secrets
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/The%20Deck/_IGP7158-1R.jpg[/IMG]

Narrow Gauge
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/The%20Deck/_IGP7167-1R.jpg[/IMG]

High Roller
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/The%20Deck/_IGP7170-1R.jpg[/IMG]

Zeroed In
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/The%20Deck/_IGP7171-1R.jpg[/IMG]

If you're interested, the Slide show of the set (24) is here: click this

C&C welcome as always.

I agree about the Grass bokeh - that's a very pleasant shot Gary.

As you've stated, the light in the others is quite harsh - typical full sun, Aussie-style!

Smeg - it might be that your image is not sufficiently noise-affected for that control to work. This is a quote from LR 3 on-line Help:

"In the Noise Reduction area of the Detail panel, adjust any of the sliders. The first three sliders affect luminance noise. The last two sliders affect color noise.
LuminanceReduces luminance noise.

Detail - Controls the luminance noise threshold. Useful for very noisy photos. Higher values preserve more detail but may produce noisier results. Lower values produce cleaner results but may also remove some detail.

Contrast - Controls luminance contrast. Useful for very noisy photos. Higher values preserve contrast but may produce noisy blotches or mottling. Lower values produce smoother results but may also have less contrast.

Color - Reduces color noise.

Detail - Controls the color noise threshold. Higher values protect thin, detailed color edges but may result in color speckling. Lower values remove color speckles but may result in color bleeding."


Andy - the best thing you can do is use all of the sliders you can, all the while watching the impact this has on your image/s (preferably at 100% or greater zoom). That worked well for me.

G'day and welcome - it's a pier-less forum