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Bushwalking in Tasmania, Australia with an E-1 (imgs)

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Hi All,

Here (next post) are some pics I took with my E-1 while hiking for a few days in the Cradle Mountain - Lake St. Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia.

Although I took a few longer lenses, all the photos I've posted were taken with my 14-54. All are out-of-camera jpegs, the only PP was a bit of fiddling of the histograms.

I found the E-1 a great camera to go hiking with - you could say it was in its element in the elements. I certainly appreciated not having to worry too much about exposure to dust and moisture. Although you could say that the E-1 is a bit heavy to be carrying around for several days, I found that while I was carrying a huge pack on my back, the additional mass of the camera never really bothered me. Whenever I was walking, it was around my neck, ready for use.

I would be glad for any comments on the pics. [In fact, I'd be really, really glad for any comments, good or bad - my last picture post attracted one comment, so please, say anything].

Cheers, Baddboy.
 
Hello Baddboy,

Well that would have been a brilliant walk, and what a wonderful experience for the kids. Overall I like your pictures, do think a polarized filter would have helped eliminate some of the glare on the water, you did a good job, thanks for posting.

Have Fun
John
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Nice shots! I like the 8th a lot.

May I ask how the last photo was exposed? (shooting & metering mode?)

Cheers,
Tony
 
Thanks for the photo posting, badboy.

I did the walk back in 1972 (had a Kowa rangefinder camera at the time) and it doesn't look like it has changed all that much - not surprising, really, but reassuring. I walked on one of those Tassie Tiger snakes - scared the cr@p out of me (and I it)!

This is a really good spread of photos, as it shows the walking party, some macro looks at flora and fauna, and explores quite a few angles of the general scene. So if I were you I'd be more than happy to have bagged these.

The e1 and 14-54 really is a versatile and hard to beat system for anything outdoors. I don't think you'd have too many complaints about weight, considering the quality of the shots.

Cheers, Philip
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Tony,

It's a while ago and I can't recall the strategy for that one, but virtually all of them were manual exposure, manual white balance (5300K). At times when the cloud cover was varying I sometimes resorted to auto settings. Having said that, I was not averse to shooting again if the first shot did not work!

Thanks for looking.. and commenting!

Cheers, Baddboy.
 
Hi John,

Yes, I agree about the polarising filter. I always carried one with my film gear (an advantage of the OM lenses was that so many of mine took a 49mm filter), but I just haven't got around to getting one for the 14-54. When I saw the view of that lake I thought it may not be worth taking without a filter, but changed my mind when I saw that the waves were making it possible to see into the water at the bottom.

Cheers, Baddboy.
 
Been there, done that, four years ago - isn't Tasmania wonderful? And you had good weather for Cradle Mountain - I was told they only have thirty fine days a year in the National Park - and I had three of them - Climbed the mountain, walked the circuit (a few awkward scrambles and descents in places) and felt I'd had one of the best days out in my life - treasured memories. Loved your photos, brought it all back. Didn't see any yabbies though. Here's one of mine, but with a Pentax point and shoot. If I went again I'd have my E410 for company.



Would love to go back, wouldn't you? Happy "tramping" Peter N.
 
G'Day Phillip,

My wife and I did the overland walk in 1989 on our honeymoon, and I shot a few rolls on my XA. I can remember that soon after the start of the walk I realised that I had brought nowhere near enough film. Still, careful film rationing meant that almost every slide was a winner. It was great to return to the walk so many years later with our kids.

I took a very quick look at your website - you have been taking the very sort of photo I have been trying to. I can see that you have been doing a lot of legwork to be in the right place at the right time!

Cheers, Baddboy.
 
badboy - very nice shots!

Don't care too much for the snake shot since I'm not a snake fan...other than that these are really nice.

Looks like really rough country...don't think my kids would handle it so kudos to you!

Dan
 
Ananda,

Sorry you've had these experiences. Give it another try, it's well worth it!

Cheers,
 
Thanks baddie,

Must have been all that training at Cradle Mountain for the legwork. Pretty exhausting 5 days from what I remember.

I appreciate your comments. And your photos. Would love to do it with my family one day and am very impressed that you took yours - must have made it all the more wonderful.
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Found that an interesting mix of the classic cradle shots, some different perspectives and some 'moment' shots.

I live down here in Tassie and have been up that way a few times. Nice shot of the Mountain Rocket. I have a bit of a fascination with small items.

For those of you in the UKPSG, this is one of the places that will certainly get scheduled in the Tasmanian Expedition.
 
Hi Tom,

Thanks for your comments. I believe the snake is a "white-lipped whip snake", a Tasmanian native. Here's a link: http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/wildlife/reptile/wls.html

As you can imagine I did not want to get too close to the snake while taking its picture, so the camera was held out at arm's length for that shot. The E-1 does not have live view of course, but fortunately the snake had frozen (he was lookin' at me, as you can see in the pic), and so I was able to take few.

Cheers, Baddboy.
 
..for having a look and commenting!

(P.S. URLs contain info on the subject of each pic. Probably should have added some text.. next time.)

Cheers, Baddboy.
 
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