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Wow so much great photography. Love the video zulu.

 

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@zulu I showed my wife the film clip and she loved it and it was then that I realised there were more clips above that one I particularly enjoyed the Offshore & Swell and also the 2 days and nights of Allyn river serenity. Very professional you have a real talent.

 

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Sounds good zulu if you get over our way and if we're here and not over your way :grin: we can take you out to whalers way Eyre Peninsula - The Southern Tip (Part 6 of 10) also the whales in the Bight between June and October Head of the Bight - Nullarbor Travel Guide Australia. You might also find Coober Pedy a lot different than your green lush country. Coober Pedy Pictures

 

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Great pics WereBo from the look of those boats there is quite a bit of tidal movement there. I wonder how long that chimney pot will last wit a tree growing in it. Perhaps it is the new way of growing bonsai :grin:

 

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More interesting pics WereBo. That Coach house is a lovely solid building. Bad luck about the parking ticket, I have had that trouble when inconsiderate people park badly.

 

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Yes it's a beautiful building WereBo with the lovely stonework and the the beautiful carved fascias. It would be relaxing watching the seagulls in the thermals.

 

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Nice one sinclair

 

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My latest pics are posted here http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f279/garden-status-2013-a-688645-4.html#post4107285 More appropriate to the subject :grin:

I took them with my new phone a Sony Xperia Z

 

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Interesting pics to look at particularly the second last one where you look through the door of each carriage and it is surprising the amount of colour even in the rust in the first one of the carriage.

 

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Sorry Sandy, I just found your post with you pic-link above

- They're excellent pics for a phone-camera, good detail, contrast and colour-balance

You might want to let the Security-Team take a look at it though, it looks like it might be infected with a worm or two..... :grin:

Thanks WereBo it's a 13 megapixel, Xperia Z | Smartphone - Sony Smartphones I believe that is more than the iPhone. I don't know what to do about the worms though :grin: It should be handy because it will be with me all the time I just have to remember to use it :grin:

Nice one yustr, the one with the colour in the flower and the B&W background is interesting.

 

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Interesting oscer1 I have often wondered how people get lightening shots timed for when it strikes.

@ sinclair there is a lot of heavy metal there and it's interesting to see, those logs look well seasoned.

 

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Interesting shots though I am sorry to say I don't have a camera that has that versatility so I will just have to watch and learn.

 

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Nice WereBo, to have your own little patch of nature on your balcony and your well behaved neighbour looks quite smart.

 

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We have crows like that as well.

On the weekend we went for a drive to a little town called Coffin Bay it got it's name from British naval explorer Matthew Flinders who named the bay in honour of his friend Sir Isaac Coffin, who was Resident Naval Commissioner at Sheerness, where Flinders ship the Investigator was fitted out.

It was an opportunity for me to try out the camera on my new phone a Sony Xperia Z some were difficult to frame because with my glasses darkening in the sun I couldn't see the details clearly.

This first pic is of the small fishing wharf.


The next two pics are of the bay as we approach the town




This one is at the boat ramp where in the distance some cormorants (we call them shags) were drying their wings.


And of course Charlotte had to have a swim.

 

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Beautiful tranquil looking place there Sandy, your photos have captured that excellently

- I especially like how you've captured the cloud reflections on the water in #3, the slight ripples in the foreground add a perfect focal-point ray:

Hi Charlotte, did you catch any oysters? :wave:

Thanks WereBo and yes there are oyster farms there. We had a nice calamari and scallop pub lunch there.

@ SABL actually the sun wasn't shining it was quite overcast but nice and calm. You have some lovely green country there, I would imagine you get a good rainfall.

 

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Nice pics of history sinclair, that street car (we call them a tram) looks in good condition. It would be a piece of cake to remove that spot with a clone tool. In fact you can have a bit of fun with a clone tool by selecting the sample from one pic and cloning it onto another pic for example you could have a pick of a girl and clone a bubble of her boyfriend onto it as a thought bubble. I had a beautiful pic of one of my nephews wedding that my sister took only there was a ladies head in the way. I was able to clone the grass over the head and also where it covered over someones foot I was able to grab a foot from another pic in its place I had to do a bit of work on the foot first. I had to resize it and then change the lighting and add it with layers I havent done much of that it is a case of trial and error with me.

I have just dug it out and I used the sky in one pic and cloned it over the faces in both pics

Here is the one with the head in the way I cloned grass over it

here is the end result

Charlotte likes Rex the wonder dog here is her thinking of him also I could have used the clone tool to remove that garden hose. I cloned rex by selecting him from one pic then putting him on another and if it didn't work out right I pressed Ctrl + Z and started again

 

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Thanks WereBo and no she has led a sheltered life and she is only dreaming :grin: Actually with out looking up her Vet papers she is elevenish so in dog years she is no spring chicken but I can understand you miss judging her age because she is still beautiful though that pic might have been taken five years ago. :grin:

 

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My phone only lets me do one pic per post.:banghead:

Beautiful scenery FSG I rotated the last one for you.

 

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I only have a WinXP box since I returned my faulty Dell laptop with Win7 for a refund Now I'm waiting till later in the year to see what they are going to do With Win8.1 and for the SSD prices to fall then I will build a new box and buy a new laptop.

 

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With my android phone, when I press the on button I am presented with an option to access the camera or music before I have even unlocked the screen. I have yet to put a password on the unlock so I don't know if that will change things, but I don't think it will as the option is there as soon as it fires up.

EDIT: It is a Sony Xperia Z