Love the colours in these shots.
Old doors and gates also make great subjects.
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Farmland in Tasmania
Mint! Best ever, it is unsurpassed in all of my travels. Photos at every turn. My next is sore from turning. AHHHHH……
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Cradle Mountain
Tasmania is unbelievable. I forgot how awesome it is. The things we have seen.
But their internet sucks big time! I just typed a huge post about our travels and just lost it so, I’m not doing again. So here is the abbreviated version.
AWESOME!!!
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More from Launceston
This sky was awesome and fleeting. I had to quickly find something to put in front of it. I like grain silos, more industry! Need to get into the wilds more!
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Landscape 500 Top 50 Images Published
The best judged 50 images have just been published on the Landscape 500 website. Click here to see if you made the top 50.
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Lake Pedder
We have hired a massive motorhome to do the trip around Tassie. This was the view from our campsite on the first night. Hows that for a free stop over. You would pay a fortune for a view like that anywhere else in the world. I have to finish this image when I get home on the big computer. My laptop just doesn’t cut it. In fact most of my best stuff I won’t be able to do till I get home. It just takes too long to work on the lappie!
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James Price Point Protest Rally This Weekend
This Sunday the 28th a protest rally has been organised by the Wilderness Society and the Protect the Kimberley alliance with support from Save the Kimberley. This rally has been organised in Colin Barnett’s own electorate of Cottesloe to bring home the message.
Any concerned individuals are asked to make your voice known and join the protest.
All the details can be found here…
Christian sends his apologies as he is currently in Tasmania and would dearly like to attend.
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Old Train Station, Launceston
I was up pretty early. The sky was average for landscapes but perfect for industrial photography. This scene has great colour and lots going on to look at.
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Nikons new D7000 Head To Head with Canons 5D mk2 – VIDEO MODE
Nikon have been dragging there heels a bit after Canon got the jump on everyone with the release of the 5D mk2′s amazing VIDEO capabilities. Now you know I love my 5D but Ben at Team Digital gave me a D7000 to play with to see what I thought of Nikons attempt to shoot full HD 1080p footage.
This is a short test video I did with some comments. Let us know what you think.
I have set up both cameras side by side and tried to set an identical scene so as to make it as easy to compare as possible.
As the 5D is full frame and the Nikon has a 1.5 x crop factor I had to adjust the focal length of the 24 -70mm f/2.8 to match the 5D’s 50mm so I was shooting at around 33mm.
I set up the two cameras with similar settings and have recorded only the raw footage without any grading. Obviously each camera records the info differently on to it’s sensor.
The Nikon is effectively half the price of the 5D but I think the footage still looks pretty good considering.
The Nikon is a different beast handling wise and after a lifetime of Canon use some buttons seemed to be placed in odd positions but regular use overcame any real frustrations in operating.
The Nikons LCD doesn’t seem to be as clear as the Canon but once again this is not a real issue.
My biggest concern was I couldn’t seem to work out how to lock the exposure in video mode and most of the footage would get this annoying flicker in it when the light changed. I’m sure there is a remedy for this but I just didn’t have time to nut it out.
A great option which kicks the 5D in the butt is the built in Intervalometer. Nikons intervalometer is easy to use and in a environment where timelapse photography is becoming essential it’s a real winner for us photog’s.
Overall a cool little camera for those who cant afford the 5D or who have invested in Nikon glass over the years.
Many thanks to Ben at teamdigital.com.au for the use of the camera.
Blog Post by Mike Fletcher
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The F-Stop Tilopa Camera Sports Pack Has Arrived
Yes folks the guy in the pink hat Rod Thomas has now become the Australian Importer for one of the best adventure designed camera backpacks in the world. Designed for photographers and Videographers like me to traverse an extreme landscape with comfort and ease ensuring both cameraman and gear gets those extreme shots without serious damage to person or equipment. An un-named photographer is seen here below putting one of these bags through it’s paces and this guy, shall we call “The Stag” is quoted as saying
“THIS BACKPACK IS ONE OF THE MOST COMFORTABLE VERSATILE BAGS I HAVE EVER USED”
Thanks to the mysterious man for the insight

Not only is this bag supremely comfortable and light it comes with an insert which houses all your camera gear leaving room for the essentials when trekking into the wilderness, (Hairdryers, lipstick, Cleo magazines, Pink Feather Boa). This insert, smarty coded ICU comes in different sizes for those guys who have too much gear in the bag department.
But wait there’s more. This bag is also airline carry on luggage approved so those mongrel airlines who constantly kick around your luggage that you paid dearly to have transported by them wont be able to say ” I’m sorry sir you will have to check that luggage”
I can go on and on about this bag but it’ll just get embarrassing so I’ll leave you with a pretty picture of the bag and a link to some boring statistics…
If you want one of these bags, and I know you will, contact The guy in the pink hat Rod Thomas at studio@rodthomas.com.au and ask about availability and price.
Check out the whole F-stop range here http://fstopgear.com/
Blog by Mike Fletcher
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Old Buildings Launceston
Just love this sort of image, I was like a boy in a candy store! Now this image might make you feel a little thirsty!
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First Tasmania Images
Well I guess you have been expecting some amazing sweeping vistas but I have been having some fun around Launceston shooting urban and industrial landscapes. Launceston indeed all of Tasmania is a treasure trove of old buildings, sheds, farmhouses and industry. These make great subjects and as impressive as the natural beauty.
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This guy has got something awesome to sell and it’s not his HOT body
Yep it’s true. Rod Thomas Aka the Hack!!! is selling something.
Ask yourself. Would you buy something from this guy?????
More details to come but let me say this, it’s definitely not his BODY!!!! phewwwww…..
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And The Winner Is……………
Well the Landscape 500 Awards have been run and won. Congratulations to all the prize winners from what was a very strong collection of images. As Christian is away at the moment he has asked me to reveal the identity of the top ten images from the competition. He will obviously post some more details when he has the ability to get internet service.
Commiserations to those who didn’t make it to the final hurdle but as you can see there are some very talented photographers out there. Hopefully you all should be or already have your score for the images you entered. This is a good indication as to where you are with your photography. Remember though, even the best photographers in Australia bomb out in competitions so dont feel you cant take a good photo. Hey there is always the next years Landscape 500 which promises bigger and better rewards for all you keen photog’s.
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Movie Star in the Making
This little guy took my eye. His look and confidence made me think he could be a star one day. I asked him if he had a girlfriend and he said yep! All the other boys laughed their heads off at him. They are such happy people.
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Heading to Tasmania Today
Guys and Gals I will be away again for 2 weeks in Tassie. Sorry if replies back to emails are slow. Still have 699. Going for the big 1000 by the time I get home. Arrrgh The beast is unleashed! Tassie is going to be epic. Got a 6 berth motorhome booked with the family so we will be hanging near all the best spots. To those coming to the workshop at Freycinet Lodge, see you there. Nick and I are pumped and have some new tricks that will melt your minds and turn your hearts into soft gelatinous mass!
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PNG Kid
There are some fantastic opportunities to shoot the local kids on these remote islands of PapuaNew Guinea. The hardest thing is trying to get one on his own. This boy stood out because of his looks and the purple towel. The colour of the scene works perfectly. You could get the best portraits in PNG.
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Aerial View of PNG
How good is this. Storm rolling in over tropical islands. Shot from the new Heli True North have on board. Had the door back for these shots, the only way to go. And yes the water really is that colour. Shot on the 5D2 with the 85mm f/1.2
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Neal Pritchards Fund raiser For Tony
Hi all Neal is auctioning off one of his prints to help Tone get back on his feet. See the post below from is blog. Great idea mate good on you.
Recently a photographer friend of mine Tony Middleton had his home broken into. Needless to say all his camera and computer gear worth several $1000′s of dollars was stolen. What made this so devastating was the thieves also stolen all his external hard drives with 10 years worth of images stolen.
To say he is gutted is an understatement and totally understandable, we all would be I am sure.
To try and help Tony out with some replace costs and get him back on his feet again I would like to auction off a print of mine 30×30 inches with all the proceeds going towards Tony’s rebuilding effort.
The image in I would like to offer for auction recently won a Silver award at this years International Aperture Awards Open Section Landscapes.
I would like to start the bidding at $100 and will close the bid in 2 weeks time from today.
If you feel you can help by placing a bid on the image or recommending my page throughout your friends so they maybe interested we appreciate the help we can get …
We started this on my Facebook Page but I am moving it here so there is no TOC conflicts at the FB page …
Current bid is $200 by Michael Pritchard
We also had a donation of $500 by Pete Dobre … Thank you Pete …
A link to Tonys Blog so you can see the fine work this man does ..
http://tonymiddleton.wordpress.com/
The image up for bidding
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Muzz has done it again
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/PCVeug1EX3PVbnIZ
This has to be seen. If you ever wondered what Markie, Flemming and I got up to in PNG you can check it out at the above link. Thanks for doing the video work Muzz, puts Michael in his place. Is that Roddy Thomas on drums???
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