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Pentax K-x

Pentax FA 31mm

F5.6 // 1/100th second

Post:: Ektachrome 64 Pro filter applied

Assorted shots

We start outside Casino Canberra and grab a shot of their water jets, captured at 1/1000th second, f1.8, using a Pentax FA 31mm lens.

A short roll up the hill for some Canberra Multicultural Festival multiculture.


David Bowie stopped by, he didn't sing or act - still, he added his creative touch.



Friendly tall girl.

I'm moving into furniture photography

Paul Kelly's A to Z Tour

Night 3 - Songs L through S
Saturday 29th January, 2011
Canberra Playhouse


[Pentax FA 77mm, F1.8, ISO 800]
This is basically the photo I had wanted to shoot of Paul Kelly; a B&W of him on stage and doing his thing. No flash.

I'd also been to Night 2, so had a decent idea of the lighting and angle, lens choice was easy.











A few other shots I took of Paul, and his nephew, Dan.

Big Day Out

Setting the scene - Big Day Out sitemap and schedule.








(l) Crowd streams in & (r) Brian looking for souvenir buys.
[Pentax FA 31mm]








Main arena - has Blue and Orange stages, Lupe Fiasco playing in these shots.
[Pentax FA 31mm]








[Pentax 50-200mm zoom]












At last, the class acts appeared - Angus and Julia - on the Converse stage. Approx 1645, it was crammed and scorching hot, I couldn't see a thing until we got to the stage for the last song of their set. These shots were taken by Brian from about 30m back.
[Pentax 50-200mm zoom]
























Back to the slightly saner main arena for John Butler Trio....
[Pentax 50-200mm zoom]





















Rammstein - these guys turned on a great show!
[Pentax 50-200mm zoom]
































































Tool
[Pentax 50-200mm zoom, mostly shot @ 135mm]

















[Pentax FA 31mm]
Okay, time for the infamous Boiler Room to finish the day. We saw MIA after Booka Shade, again got to the front row. Utterly packed, here are a few random shots. Trust me, Booka Shade is in the background in the crowded front row shot.

Red Pipes

Taken with my Pentax K-x / FA 31mm lens and polarising filter.

ISO 200, 1/160th sec at F10

Takeaway diner

A very summery takeaway scene; I shot this at ISO 200, 1/8th second, F8.0, then added post-diffusion effect.

Summernats 2011

All shots: Pentax K-x, Pentax FA 31 mm F1:1.8 lens

My first Summernats after ignoring it for years.

A scene setting photo to begin with; this was taken from near the starting line for the burnout competition, see photos toward end of this post. It was a very warm day, overcast at this stage, setting off the heavy black skid marks.

Most of these car shots were taken in hot and very bright/glarey conditions. I bracketed every shot to make sure I nailed the correct exposure. In post-processing, I have taken some licence and applied a Kodak Ektachrome or Kodachrome filter to give the shots a sense of time - film types that matched the era of the cars.

464 cubic inch Chevrolet.

A couple of VK Commodores followed by a Holden Monaro in burnr orange.

A classic EH Holden.

I can't tell you much about this ute, except it's a Chevrolet and it looked good (Kodak Ektachrome 100 filter applied).

Poor attitude number plate - grey Chrysler Sigma, perfect candidate for b&w conversion.

Classic late 60s Ford Falcon.

The rear of another classic late 60s Ford Falcon, I applied a Kodachrome filter and was careful to maintain the almost pastel red of the paintwork. Kodachrome would have been the preferred slide film at the time this car was in its prime.

Impala tail.

Classic Aussie alongside all-American Chevy.

Check out the gangster looking guy in the Chevy, pointing.... a camera. The very deep paintwork colours also work in b&w.

INTERMISSION

Jim Beam girls from Dick and Steven Johnson's racing team.

Brunette & blond were promoting something or other.

Random crowd scenes. The FBI t-shirt (left) and onlooking girls (right) caught my attention.

RESUMPTION

Serious looking dudes.

At last, the burnout competition. We were hard against the fence with a great view as entrants, up to 1600 horsepower, shredded tires and destroyed transmissions. As I was sitting below the fence-line, first two shots below, my burnout official buddy (orange shirt) grabbed my camera and reeled off a few shots for me, top guy.

Taken by Jud

These were taken by my burnout official mate, handed him my camera in auto-mode with continuous shooting enabled; he stood as close as you possibly could.

Jud and Mick