Valkryion
Member
Hi Guys!!!
Really excited to be trying my first post on this forum
I guess for a while now I've been looking at the pictures coming from this particular forum. I must admit, whilst I love looking and admiring photos, I'm terrible at consistently taking good photos and for the moment, I'm very hit and miss with my camera. But I hope that with a bit of practice, I'll slowly get better :-D
I guess my sudden interest in photography is a part of me that wants to keep the memory of my late Uncle alive and well. You see, he left me his gear when he passed on. He was (in my opinion) an awesome photographer. So I've suddenly got a whole swag of gear under my belt and it's kinda funny, the enthusiasm that he displayed whenever he was taking photos I've been told is the sort of same enthusiasm that I'm starting to radiate when I take photos according to my family - this my Aunty does say a lot which makes her glad because she says she sees such a resemblance of him in me which makes me feel good inside.
I love heaps of the posts in this forum just because I'm in awe of some of the results from other members of this forum and I hope as I get better, I too one day can take just as awesome photos. Except for the Ice/Snow ones, it doesn't snow too much in Australia these days
Tend to walk mostly around in shorts, singlets and flip flops these days...too hot to wear anything else haha.
Anyhow, I'm posting some pictures here as my first attempt, hopefully you guys can get a mild taste of the enjoyment I'm currently getting out of trying to chase the next photograph. In my work I do a bit of travelling, so these photos are from a few different places around Australia. Feel free to add criticism and or comments if you want (I would love to know how I can improve!). Cheers!
This photo is of a particular fountain out the front of St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney. I've got a few different camera bodies from my uncle. This was taken with the E-500 + 14-54. This is prolly my fave fountain in Sydney.
Here's one of an F18 Hornet (I think) taking off. This one was taken using the E-3 and the 50-200.
This one was taken on the same day. I think this may be an F1-11.
This one was taken out at Brisbane airport. It's an A380 airbus. I couldn't believe just how huge that thing was! Same gear setup again.
This one always cracks the me and me mates up. It's my mate moments before he got absolutely smashed by a wave. I used the E-3 for this also. My Uncle was a keen surfer and you'd often see him at the beach taking photos of surfers whilst getting himself and his camera constantly smashed by waves.
This is one of my faves. Up until this day, I didn't know ducklings could walk on lily pads :-D This was with the E-520 with the 50-200.
I always amazed at lizards and how they aren't scared of anything. I was literally quite close (like a metre or less away) up to this one and he wasn't flinching. Also taken with the E-520 + 50-200
I thought this one was hilarious! I was walking past these two turtles near my local lake thinking they were just statues....until the one on the bottom moved It's not often you randomly see one turtle on top of another just idly resting watching the world go by! Haha. Again, E-520 + 50-200
This isn't really anything special, but I get stung by enough bees to let them be in a photo This was with the E-3 + 12-60.
I found out very quickly that taking photos of butterflies can be very frustrating! E-520 + 50-200
This is a local Japanese garden not far from my place. This was with the E-3 + 12-60.
I have no idea what kind of bird this is, but it was there and it wasn't moving, so I thought I'd try take a photo of it.
Anyhow guys, through these photos, I hope I pass on to you some of the enjoyment I'm currently experiencing by taking photos. Next, I want to try and do some people shots but I haven't really figured out how to do that yet! Haha...Laters!
Regards,
Valkyrion
Really excited to be trying my first post on this forum
I guess for a while now I've been looking at the pictures coming from this particular forum. I must admit, whilst I love looking and admiring photos, I'm terrible at consistently taking good photos and for the moment, I'm very hit and miss with my camera. But I hope that with a bit of practice, I'll slowly get better :-DI guess my sudden interest in photography is a part of me that wants to keep the memory of my late Uncle alive and well. You see, he left me his gear when he passed on. He was (in my opinion) an awesome photographer. So I've suddenly got a whole swag of gear under my belt and it's kinda funny, the enthusiasm that he displayed whenever he was taking photos I've been told is the sort of same enthusiasm that I'm starting to radiate when I take photos according to my family - this my Aunty does say a lot which makes her glad because she says she sees such a resemblance of him in me which makes me feel good inside.
I love heaps of the posts in this forum just because I'm in awe of some of the results from other members of this forum and I hope as I get better, I too one day can take just as awesome photos. Except for the Ice/Snow ones, it doesn't snow too much in Australia these days
Tend to walk mostly around in shorts, singlets and flip flops these days...too hot to wear anything else haha.Anyhow, I'm posting some pictures here as my first attempt, hopefully you guys can get a mild taste of the enjoyment I'm currently getting out of trying to chase the next photograph. In my work I do a bit of travelling, so these photos are from a few different places around Australia. Feel free to add criticism and or comments if you want (I would love to know how I can improve!). Cheers!
This photo is of a particular fountain out the front of St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney. I've got a few different camera bodies from my uncle. This was taken with the E-500 + 14-54. This is prolly my fave fountain in Sydney.
Here's one of an F18 Hornet (I think) taking off. This one was taken using the E-3 and the 50-200.
This one was taken on the same day. I think this may be an F1-11.
This one was taken out at Brisbane airport. It's an A380 airbus. I couldn't believe just how huge that thing was! Same gear setup again.
This one always cracks the me and me mates up. It's my mate moments before he got absolutely smashed by a wave. I used the E-3 for this also. My Uncle was a keen surfer and you'd often see him at the beach taking photos of surfers whilst getting himself and his camera constantly smashed by waves.
This is one of my faves. Up until this day, I didn't know ducklings could walk on lily pads :-D This was with the E-520 with the 50-200.
I always amazed at lizards and how they aren't scared of anything. I was literally quite close (like a metre or less away) up to this one and he wasn't flinching. Also taken with the E-520 + 50-200
I thought this one was hilarious! I was walking past these two turtles near my local lake thinking they were just statues....until the one on the bottom moved
It's not often you randomly see one turtle on top of another just idly resting watching the world go by! Haha. Again, E-520 + 50-200
This isn't really anything special, but I get stung by enough bees to let them be in a photo
This was with the E-3 + 12-60.
I found out very quickly that taking photos of butterflies can be very frustrating! E-520 + 50-200
This is a local Japanese garden not far from my place. This was with the E-3 + 12-60.
I have no idea what kind of bird this is, but it was there and it wasn't moving, so I thought I'd try take a photo of it.
Anyhow guys, through these photos, I hope I pass on to you some of the enjoyment I'm currently experiencing by taking photos. Next, I want to try and do some people shots but I haven't really figured out how to do that yet! Haha...Laters!
Regards,
Valkyrion
