snatcher

80's to me was about hard graft and raising the family. On the recreational side spending time with the kids when I had the odd day off work,fishing - mainly fly fishing for trout in those days the playing darts for the local pub team. This is me back in about 82/3 showing our son how to do "joiney up" writing in the sand 🤣🤣 http:// John

Here are a few more I have taken around Sydney. Chinese Garden of Friendship http:// Queen Mary 2 berthed at Wooloomooloo naval docks. http:// Queen Victoria Building http:// Sydney Harbour viewed from the top of Sydney Tower http:// Harbour Bridge viewed from the Lookout Pylon http:// Bridge walkers viewed from the Lookout Tower http:// Zoomed in shot of the Bridge walkers http:// John

A Canon 18-200mm lens mate 😀 Fully open for the lightening shots. John

A bit extra information on the original post. My technique for trying to catch lightening is to use a cable release and have it shooting away continuously until I stop it via the cable release. You need to have your camera on manual focus and will need to experiment during daylight to find where your infinity setting is. Some lenses have the infinity point on otherwise you may have to mark up your lens and camera with a white Sharpie. Also you need your lens wide open. I had mine on F3.5 During that storm the camera was taking continuously taking 15 second exposures. Make sure your batteries are fully charged. I could use a 15 second exposure as the storm happened at night. Trying to photograph lightening through the day is a much harder ball game with shorter exposures !!! On that night the camera took approx 300 exposures and it recorded 8 lightening bolts. I have had 7 x 3 month trips to oz since I took early retirement and have captured lightening on 4 separate occasions. The Sydney area really is "lightening alley" Go on,have a go and good shooting 😊 John

If there is much interest Frank could wedge on some more images. Wll add a couple of the Sydney skyline at night now and if there is positive feedback could do a photographic diary of our last trip to oz . 😉 http:// http:// http:// John

Neil off the top of my head the settings would have been ISO 1600 Shooting mode manual - cable release exposure time 15 seconds manual focus set on infinity Give it a try mate and see if you pick any stars up. Try and get it perfected then you will be ready for the next storm. I would like to see your results.

Can anyone recall that amazing storm you had in the Sydney area 07 Feb 2019 ?. It happened on the second night of our last trip to Australia. We were staying at our daughters at Warriewood and were having a meet the neighbours/garage party when it hit. It was the strongest storm I had ever seen. Next to us Mona Vale had a months worth of rain in 2/3 hours - 120mm !!! Almost as an afterthought I set my camera/tripod up under the shelter of the garage door which was open to try and record a lightening strike or two. This is what my camera remotely picked up in about an hour while we were partying hard 😉 http:// http:// http:// http:// http:// http:// http:// John

Love the pelican images,nice one. Never been on here for ages,should post up some recent photos of mine. Cannot recall if I posted up much from our ozzie trip earlier this year !!! Will have to post a few up 😊 John

Great photos Jon. Loved it around the Daintree area when we were up there. Did you see any salties when you were there ? I was always mindful of them when fishing around the Port Douglas area !!! I photographed this fellah about 1 mile upriver from Port Douglas. He did not seem too happy to see us ha ha. We leave the UK for oz 06 Feb and will be there for 3 months. Staying with our daughter in Warriewood,near Mona Vale. Bring it on. http:// John

Sunrise I took at Warriewood on our last Australian trip http:// John

Love the colours on the Ulladulla one. Stayed there once with an ozzie fisho pal of mine Hank,also known as Haji on some fishing forums. The fishing was not great,we spent more time in the Ulladulla RSL Club ? John

What a great trip that was up to Lake St Clair Frank. I even managed to catch a bass between the drinking bouts !!!! John

Best way to improve your photography is to get out there and keep shooting in different situations. Practice/pratice/practice. A pal of mine took up photography a few years ago and he was after a few general tips. I wrote down these few notes for him. They may be helpful to a few of you if you can read my writing !!! ? http:// Wildlife photography in Australia,love it. Here are a few shots from our first ozzie trip. No photoshopping in these ones. Taken at Pebbly beach just south of Ulladulla. We were mobbed by king parrots,crimson rossellas and rainbow lorikeets. http:// http:// Got "photobombed" by a drop bear on a fishing trip up to Lake St Clair on one of our ozzie trips ? http:// John

Yes Frank,the "Angel of the North" has grown on us Geordies ? Back over to oz in less than 4 month now,bring it on. John

Love those pictures mate. John

Here you go Frank a few more with the same technique. The Angel of the North,I think it works well on this one. Was asked to colour pick out a "wedding bus" at a friends wedding. The same technique again picking out the flowers at our godaughters wedding. Looking forward to meeting up/fishing with you again mate. http:// http:// http:// John

CS6 ? Sorry about the delay in replying mate !!!! Does anyone ever use "colourpicking" ? Just wondering. It does not work on many images in my opinion. Do you think it works on this one ? http://

Nice one Scatchie. So looking forward to gettting back to oz in Feb and seeing our daughter and grandsons again. Aim to get Joshua and Theo out fishing again. They are aged 7 and 4 at the moment and have both caught fish before. Couple of images of the boys fishing at Narrabeen Lagoon. Older bro Josh giving Theo some fishing tips. "Island Boy" in the background.? http:// http:// John

Some great images there. Great job everyone John

One of the most vivid sunsets I have ever photographed was taken on one of our Australian trips. It was at Abbey Beach south of Perth. It was a goosebump moment !!! I had to be careful as had waded into the sea for the shot and there were a couple of large stingrays very close to me .http:// John

Never been on this forum for ages but with our next Australian trip booked I thought I should take an interest again. As well as fishing,photography is my other passion. That is why I was checking out this post. Sunrises/sunsets really to pull my string and love these ones. Will add a few UK ones I have taken recently. This one is Cullercoats Bay on the NE coast of England http:// This sunrise was taken over Luce Bay where we have a static caravan and spend most of the summer there. http:// This is the view from our caravan over Luce Bay http:// John

We arrive in oz 06/7 Feb 2019.. Will be be based in Warriewood Mona Vale for 3 month and no car at my disposal. Had 6 x 3 month trips to your lovely country so far and got 46 species. Need to target a shark this trip !!!! Can anyone help Its on my bucketlist. I also use the barter system ;-) I am a 10th dan in Photoshop so just shout up/call in when I am there :-)

This sunset was in Western Australia at Abbey beach. It was a "goosebump one " Neil ? http:// John

Still love my photography with a passion Neil,sunrises and sunsets pull my string. Here is a lightening shot I took in Australia at Collaroy on the Northern Beaches. http:// Here is an Aurora Borealis shot from my home town of Whitley Bay,Northumberland. http:// John

What camera have you got Neil ? I am sure I could give you a few pointers. Also what processing software do you use for your images ? Well up for any trip,lets see what Frank can organise. John ?