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Week 33 of the Landscape 52 Project

This is my entry for the Strobist boot camp III, Assignment 3 competition. HMQS Gayundah was a flat-iron gunboat operated by the Queensland Maritime Defence Force and later the Royal Australian Navy (as HMAS Gayundah). She entered service in 1884 and was decommissioned and sold in 1921 where it was used as a sand and gravel barge and was later run aground at Woody Point, Redcliffe to serve as a break-wall in 1958.

The related blog post has a video from the shoot and also a look into the lighting setup used. Check it out @ The Photo Journey

Here is a direect link to the video. youtu.be/C8xZvIjtKao

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Strobist Info
- 1 Cactus KF36 @ Full Power 5 meters to camera right with no modifiers.
- 1 Cactus KF36 @ Full Power down towards the back of the ship.
- Cactus V2s used for firing strobes.

Ambient and setup photo bellow in comments.

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Week 32 of the Landscape 52 Project

Whilst I have shot the Brisbane city skyline at night many times before, this week I wanted to test the performance of my Canon 40D in regards to ISO settings. The related blog post will be about how to test the ISO on your camera. These types of test are a great way to learn the limits your camera has so that when you are out in the field you can select the best settings for your gear.

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My very quick sum-up of my MOvember.

Movember is about tackling men's health issues and being proactive in the fight against men's depression and prostate cancer.

All donations still welcome @ mobro.co/ScottBourke

Week 31 of the Landscape 52 Project

When arriving on the location of a great landscape waiting to be captured, it is important to work out the key features and start to work out different possible angles and compositions. This means it really does pay to arrive early and leave late.

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The setting sun was dropping rapidly and I had about 10 minutes to capture the last intense rays of light for the day. I positioned my camera to face directly at the sun, but to create the effect I was after I placed the centre of the sun behind the ramp of the cattle dips side planks. There was no way I would be able to capture the image in just 1 shot so I set-up the camera to bracket 5 shots of +2, +1, 0, -1, -2. This was then processed into a HDR image with Photomatix. One of the issues with shooting directly into the sun is that it shows each and every dust or mark on your lens or filters. Hence I need to spend a good 15 minutes in Photoshop removing the marks with the healing brush and clone tools.

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Week 31 of the Landscape 52 Project

This was my initial image before trying something completly defferent. I love the natural lines in this image and the effect of the setting sun, but before hitting the road again I wanted to try something completely different. That's when week 31's image with the sun bursts was born.

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