Well i see im last home...

[gus]

Just walked in the door.

Well guys what an experience meeting you all..it was an absolute pleasure..it really was good to meet such big hearted people & others as interested in photog as i am.

I shot the hell out of SF town...tried to keep away from the tourist attractions & had a great idea of staying up reeeaallly late on my last night so i would sleep well on the plane. Sooo of i went down around market street at 10pm. Tried my hand at panning streetcars in the dark & generally shooting. Problem was walking back through market street at 2am...woohoo if i thought it was bad in daylight its 'better' at 2am

One poor bloke is still running i think..:lol3

Well i have some 13 GIG of RAW images to look at (AND TO KEEP STEVE !!!)
So this is just a huge thankyou to Andy & all at S/Mug for this extravagan..extravi...great event.

Andy i did also want to mention that on my last day...curiousity got the better of me & i went & bought one of those 'coffee milk' drinks you so love in the bottle. Now mate ..QLD (where i live) is famous for producing sugar. About 5.7 million tons/year to be exact & i now know where 5.6 million tons of it is going. I couldnt finish it...seriously.

PS...gubbsy im noticing some 'plumbers' shots of myself on the site...this is cool but mate you know i hold an ace if you post one dont you :wink

Thanks again everyone...& for the andy/steve/gubbsy & the missus for driving me around.

Gus

[DavidTO]

Gus, it was great meeting you.

We spent little time together, but I've got to say, I don't think there was anyone who went out of their way more than you did to make sure that he spent a moment with everyone there. And you're not nearly as scary as I thought you'd be. That day-glo green shot had me wondering...

[Andy]

Just walked in the door.

Well guys what an experience meeting you all..it was an absolute pleasure..it really was good to meet such big hearted people & others as interested in photog as i am.

I shot the hell out of SF town...tried to keep away from the tourist attractions & had a great idea of staying up reeeaallly late on my last night so i would sleep well on the plane. Sooo of i went down around market street at 10pm. Tried my hand at panning streetcars in the dark & generally shooting. Problem was walking back through market street at 2am...woohoo if i thought it was bad in daylight its 'better' at 2am

One poor bloke is still running i think..:lol3

Well i have some 13 GIG of RAW images to look at (AND TO KEEP STEVE !!!)
So this is just a huge thankyou to Andy & all at S/Mug for this extravagan..extravi...great event.

Andy i did also want to mention that on my last day...curiousity got the better of me & i went & bought one of those 'coffee milk' drinks you so love in the bottle. Now mate ..QLD (where i live) is famous for producing sugar. About 5.7 million tons/year to be exact & i now know where 5.6 million tons of it is going. I couldnt finish it...seriously.

PS...gubbsy im noticing some 'plumbers' shots of myself on the site...this is cool but mate you know i hold an ace if you post one dont you :wink

Thanks again everyone...& for the andy/steve/gubbsy & the missus for driving me around.

Gus

you have my address

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[DavidTO]

you have my address

http://www.cadbury.com.au/images/products/CherryRipe200.jpghttp://www.cadbury.com.au/images/products/CherryRipe200.jpghttp://www.cadbury.com.au/images/products/CherryRipe200.jpg


Hey, I never got one!

[gus]

Gus, it was great meeting you.

We spent little time together, but I've got to say, I don't think there was anyone who went out of their way more than you did to make sure that he spent a moment with everyone there. And you're not nearly as scary as I thought you'd be. That day-glo green shot had me wondering...
Ask the bloke that started following me on market st @ 2am that !! He ran into a trash bin getting away from me :rofl

And a pleasure meeting you to mate. Every one in fact was great to meet & talk with. I was blown away that you blokes are so very open with assistance & in general just such pleasent people to spend some time with :thumb

[dragon300zx]

Glad to see your home safe. I think you have at least half of us in cherry ripe withdrawl's. And I must say for someone who anyone with half a brain would be to afraid to mess with you are one hell of a nice guy. Still don't think I would wanna try and steal your camera from ya though.

[Andy]

Hey, I never got one!

i know. cripes i carried three lenses 3000 miles for the bloke you'd think he cudda brought a few more of these glorious candies.

[wxwax]

Still can't believe you made it over. It was great to meet you. Someday, maybe, when I can handle 19 hours of travel..... :uhoh

[wxwax]

BTW, I think Michiel is still on the road. I think he gets home Friday.... I think.

[DavidTO]

i know. cripes i carried three lenses 3000 miles for the bloke you'd think he cudda brought a few more of these glorious candies.


How many did you have then, Andy? Perhaps he got enough, but didn't take into account that it really is ALL about the food for you, eh?

You cracked me up, BTW, when you were snorfing that Hostess Cupcake.

[gus]

BTW, I think Michiel is still on the road. I think he gets home Friday.... I think.
But it is friday ya silly drongo :wink




Ps...if anyone finds thursday can they let me know cause thats a day sooner that im gonna die now :humungus

[wxwax]

But it is friday ya silly drongo :wink




Ps...if anyone finds thursday can they let me know cause thats a day sooner that im gonna die now :humungus
That's got to be a weird feeling, I saw how mixed up you were on Wednesday in SF.

[Michiel de Brieder]

BTW, I think Michiel is still on the road. I think he gets home Friday.... I think.
Michiel will be home on monday :D he had a very tiring day today, cycling a total of 14 miles and hiking 6 miles and only filling up a 512 MB card.... BUT tomorrow will be highly exciting when I'll be hiking up on Tamales Poin Trail!! Lots of wildlife over there.. the Xs drive is charged and ready to rumble :rofl

Good to hear you're back in Oz Gus!!! I might have some 12 gigs to share with you guys when I get home :lol

[gus]

Michiel will be home on monday :D he had a very tiring day today, cycling a total of 14 miles and hiking 6 miles and only filling up a 512 MB card.... BUT tomorrow will be highly exciting when I'll be hiking up on Tamales Poin Trail!! Lots of wildlife over there.. the Xs drive is charged and ready to rumble :rofl

Good to hear you're back in Oz Gus!!! I might have some 12 gigs to share with you guys when I get home :lol
Thanks for nurse maiding me everytime i stuffed up mate..."mick...mick...!! Theres something wrong with my camera "

So mick turns it on...

"mick...mick...!! it wont focus"

So mick hits the focal length switch....

This went on for 6 hours guys......

Ta mate :thumb

[Michiel de Brieder]

Thanks for nurse maiding me everytime i stuffed up mate..."mick...mick...!! Theres something wrong with my camera "

So mick turns it on...

"mick...mick...!! it wont focus"

So mick hits the focal length switch....

This went on for 6 hours guys......

Ta mate :thumb
Yeah we had a blast :D I'm sure wondering how those sealions beaks come out at 400mm :rofl Thanks for a great time Gus! Hope to see you at least within a year!!!

[Steve Cavigliano]

Gus,

You finally made it home.....lol I thought you might have stopped over in Samoa or Fiji :wink

It was, as you so eloquently put it somewhere, the most fun you can have with your pants on :thumb Had a ball mate. You're a hellava nice guy. We made a great team too. Andy barreling along from sight to sight, Cherry Ripe in one hand, coffee/soda/cold latte in the other. Me giving lousy directions and you screaming in the backseat everytime a big truck came towards us in the "wrong" lane :lol

We have to do this again :clap

Watch out for them Yowwees....lol

Steve

[gus]

Gus,

You finally made it home.....lol I thought you might have stopped over in Samoa or Fiji :wink

It was, as you so eloquently put it somewhere, the most fun you can have with your pants on :thumb Had a ball mate. You're a hellava nice guy. We made a great team too. Andy barreling along from sight to sight, Cherry Ripe in one hand, coffee/soda/cold latte in the other. Me giving lousy directions and you screaming in the backseat everytime a big truck came towards us in the "wrong" lane :lol

We have to do this again :clap

Watch out for them Yowwees....lol

Steve
Well sumed up mate , i really had some fun there & thanks heaps...i learned more from you in a few days than months reading on the web :thumb

....but can you add

"andy barreling along looking out both windows & you telling him that these is traffic coming & he needs to look ahead NOW ?"

Was on the way home from the airport with the trouble & strife this morning & it just felt all wrong again to be back on the other side of the road :lol3

[ian408]

Was on the way home from the airport with the trouble & strife this morning & it just felt all wrong again to be back on the other side of the road :lol3
Ah, you're too funny :) We shoulda rode to Yosemite....

Ian

[jwear]

PS...gubbsy im noticing some 'plumbers' shots of myself on the site...this is cool but mate you know i hold an ace if you post one dont you .NOW NOW GUS do not blame gubbs he is my buddy .saved my butt [oh oh a pun ] those are my shots I am the only one to blame and I am holding that camera hostage :D I would not have posted those but only [ops] you have to great a sence of humor and I know you are BIG enough to take it -----:scratch :scratch I hope :rofl :rofl welcome back and Path and wife are not home yet I think

[gus]

PS...gubbsy im noticing some 'plumbers' shots of myself on the site...this is cool but mate you know i hold an ace if you post one dont you .NOW NOW GUS do not blame gubbs he is my buddy .saved my butt [oh oh a pun ] those are my shots I am the only one to blame and I am holding that camera hostage :D I would not have posted those but only [ops] you have to great a sence of humor and I know you are BIG enough to take it -----:scratch :scratch I hope :rofl :rofl welcome back and Path and wife are not home yet I think:thumb mate im cool ...just warming gubbsy up.

[gubbs]

:thumb mate im cool ...just warming gubbsy up.
Gus, this is a PG site, so I know me and my brickies A are safe :D, Oh I forgot about the tree shot, Oh, and the rangers, :rofl I think your pretty safe mate!!

Get that andy zzzz shot up!!

[ginger_55]

Humungus, the 10-22 lens, I have been waiting to hear how you used it all the time on this trip?

I don't "see" you using it, did you? A lot? Photos w that lens?

I so lust after that lens. I notice it is on a shopping list posted way up on the top here.

ginger

Glad you had a good time. I am having a good time reading/seeing the posts.

Wish I had gone to meet you. Are you as funny in person? :lol4

You know how interested people can be in a celebrity. What is he/she really like, plumber pose? I am not sure I want to see it, unless there is a 10-22 with it.

[gus]

G'day Ginger i had one pocket in my jacket at yosemite & that 10-22 lived in that pocket. Its my lens of choice to have on the ready to go on the camera in an instant.

I looked through my 1300 odd shots last night & i have some beauties but throw away over half & that leaves me 600 odd to process in RAW so its going to be a slow process as i dont allow the computer to get between me & my time with my daughter.

Totally forget portraits etc with this lens...sure its about doing lovely wide landscapes but its equal prime use is the (in my words) 'Starship Enterprise effect'. You know the tv series Star Trek where at the start the the massive space ship is in the whole shot & then it just takes off at great speed & all the stars look like they are radiating out from it ?

What i mean is that other than landscapes...you need to give the lens a point of close reference to then allow the rest of the lens to show 'wide effect'

I could not live without it....but please remember that at 18-22 mm this lens is nothing special ..quite boring actually (my opinion) but at 10mm i start to drool looking at what it can achieve.


This photo below is what i mean about giving it a reference point to let its 10mm do its thing.
http://wadjelaphotography.smugmug.com/photos/20368105-S.jpg

[NHBubba]

Dude, you really have to stop posting about that lens.. some of us have space on the credit card we'd rather not use! :uhoh

..On second thought, pour it on us!

Do you have problems w/ exposure when using that lens? The guy down the hall has a copy, and I managed to pry it off his camera and onto mine for a few minutes recently. I found I had problems like I do w/ his fish-eye lenses; I can't get everything exposed properly. If there are ANY shadows in the shot, then they come out horribly underexposed. Likewise w/ highlights in an overcast/indoor sceen. Finding the happy medium w/ a wide FOV like that has to be challanging. Do you find yourself in M a lot? Are Tv, Av, and P at all useful?!

Sweet lens. I'm sopping up drool over here..

[gus]

Dude, you really have to stop posting about that lens.. some of us have space on the credit card we'd rather not use! :uhoh

..On second thought, pour it on us!

Do you have problems w/ exposure when using that lens? The guy down the hall has a copy, and I managed to pry it off his camera and onto mine for a few minutes recently. I found I had problems like I do w/ his fish-eye lenses; I can't get everything exposed properly. If there are ANY shadows in the shot, then they come out horribly underexposed. Likewise w/ highlights in an overcast/indoor sceen. Finding the happy medium w/ a wide FOV like that has to be challanging. Do you find yourself in M a lot? Are Tv, Av, and P at all useful?!

Sweet lens. I'm sopping up drool over here..
G'day NH...mate im a newbie to DSLR's & these lenses & im a total computer neanderthal with processing so im sorry but i can not offer any advice that would be worth while to anyone about processing or light. I live in Av mode because andy told me to & it works best for me. I was stopped by a pro photog on the street in S/fran & he asked me if he could look at it & he said he was happy with its focus speed for a slowish lens that it is (this was at night) I watched him handle the camera & lens & man he moved switches all over the place without so much as looking at what he was doing.

I do notice that i get a bit of vignetting but this could be because i saturate more heavily than most as thats how i like my photos & i like vignetting in photos. I wish i could offer you more advice mate but maybe someone with more experience here could chime in.

I just started processing my shots of america today & have a loooong way to go but will promise everyone that i wont do my usual & post 5245878 photos but maybe my 20 or so best & a lot of them will be with the 10-22. Its an effect lens much like you mentioned like a fisheye.

Gus.

[dragon300zx]

Gus,

I just wanted to give you a tip. California (especially san fran) yeah please don't confuse that with the rest of America. It is a completely different world than prolly most of america I would say. You gots lots more to see here buddy.

[NHBubba]

I live in Av mode because andy told me to & it works best for me.:rofl Right on man! I'm about the same..

Thanks for the reply. I'm very glad to hear you like the lens so much. It's definitely on my wish list. I look forward to seeing some of your processed stuff!