Wow the one of the night sky is really nice! That's cool you can take such a good photo with your camera! Ocean Grove looks nice too. I was there earlier that week haha. We were lucky to have perfect weather and then when I got home it was storming. xD
That's awesome that you got a drone! I had no idea there were so many rules about it. The drone's camera looks pretty great!
The XR6 and the Maxima
Last night I got bitten by the photography bug again. I wanted to take photos of cars.
I originally organized with my mate Zach, who drives a Mazda MX5, to meet up and take photos of his car, however due to it being cold and wet outside he decided to wait for another day. So I decided I'd try and get some shots of my car and see both how my newer and better lenses work, and how I have improved (since I haven't done a dedicated shoot of my car since the day after I bought my camera). However that would be lonely, so I called a mate and told him I could use some company and would take some shots of his car first.
I left home at about 6:30, planning on stopping by the carwash on my way there. I had been driving for about half an hour before realizing I stuck the camera battery on charge and forgot to take it. It was back at home. So I ended up spending an extra hour driving to and from Ringwood from Eltham/Montmorency to get it. When I finally got to the car wash, I gave my car a wash for the first time in months, before meeting my mate Jesse at the car park. We decided to shoot Jesse's car first, since he had washed his earlier and it was significantly more dry than my own.
This is a 2012 Ford Falcon XR6. You American's probably don't recognize this. This is made by Ford Australia. The Falcon is their family sedan (@Suicune's Fire drives one a little bit older than this if I remember correctly), and the XR6 is the sports variant of it. This is armed with a 4.0L in-line six cylinder engine, putting out 261hp. It is a very nice car, and one of the few cars owned by my friends that would beat mine in a drag easily. My one beef with these shots is the reflections that are visible of the tripod and sometimes of Jesse and myself.
Next up was my car.
I really wish that I could afford to get the door fixed. I did that about a month after I got my license in the Eastland Carpark, and two and a bit years later it is still there haunting me...
One of the things I love about my car is the rims. They are stock, but they are good stock. Most modern cars come with these ugly as hell, over the top rims. These are nice and simple but look elegant/tough (not sure how it does both, but it does). And when they're clean (which is rare) they look magnificent.
This last shot has got to me a little. See, I made it my cover photo on Facebook. That is me in the shot, using the Canon app to set off the camera. And I love the blue glare that cuts across the shot. The reason it has gotten to me is more people being a**holes.
Rant ahead
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Other than that, I love these shots. I'd like to try them again with a better tripod but for now, I am happy.
Hey guys! So I haven't been taking too many photos for the sake of taking photos recently outside of Youth Group. Because of the kids being under 18, I cannot post copies of the photos here. However I am allowed to put them on the youth group page, and there is nothing to say I can't post a link to that here.
So yeah, if you wanna see the photos I take at Youth Group, and what we get up to, check this out! All the albums with the format Term 2 Week 4 from the last year or so, as well as SYG are my photos, so check them out!
@Pokemon Trainer Sarah @Neo Emolga @Suicune's Fire @Rival Max
Ooh nice. The photos look really professional :) There was one of an uno game which I really liked. xD It's pretty weird that they're okay with having a public facebook album. xD
Haha the youth kids and their parents like it. Some of the parents don't manage to get too many nice photos of their kids, so they like it when a really nice one shows up on the page. I am only watermarking them because facebook reduces the quality on upload, then reduces it again on download. So the life cycle of it is:
I upload it (quality drops)
Someone downloads it (quality drops)
Someone reuploads it (quality drops)
My reasoning with the watermark is that I have written in the description if you want a copy without the watermark, contact me and I'll send a high res copy. My way of making sure my work stays looking nice haha.
You live a pretty active life. Whats next up for you guys ?
Proud partner with @Pokemon Trainer Sarah
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Haha I do a lot of stuff, I'll admit. Last night we did a leaders hunt. Basically we go to a shopping centre, and half the leaders dress up and hide and the youth have to find us. I was hiding so I gave my friend Jasmine the camera and she took these photos.
Up next, well this is our last week for Term 2. We have two weeks of Holidays, then Term 3, which I just made this banner for this week.
XFactor @7 is a standard night. Small Groups is basically we split up into our groups (Junior Boys, Junior Girls, Senior Boys and Senior Girls) and do different stuff, like bowling or a movie night or something. GLOW is just glow in the dark themed games.
Hey guys, so tonight (assuming I don’t go straight to sleep after work, as I am running on about 3 hours sleep), I’ll update this for the last few months, assuming I can find another way to host files as photobucket is now stupid.
For now, check out this. A video I put together for youth group. I do plan on adjusting some things such as the font (I don’t know what I was smoking when I picked that font) and making the blur at the end smoother. But the footage itself came out really well!
@Pokemon Trainer Sarah @Rival Max @Suicune’s Fire
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