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Awesome photos Col :D

What a great night and was nice to see a sensible driving attitude while we were driving from DFO, through Milton and up to Mt Coot-tha. Certain actions re: people leaving Mt Coot-tha, especially with the police only a few hundred metres away up the hill, leave a lot to be desired :(

Thankyou to Mud for leading the group :)

Was great to meet some new skyline fans and to catch up with the old skyline fans :(

Even signed up our newest member...Welcome Tim to SAu Qld :D :D :D

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Certain actions re: people leaving Mt Coot-tha, especially with the police only a few hundred metres away up the hill, leave a lot to be desired :(

Are you talking about me wanting you to go first and you wanting me to go first...

Cause i was always a believer that red cars go faster so i wanted you to go first so i didnt hold you up...

Plus the old saying ladies first comes to mind also...

hmm that picture of only the three cars up mt cootha, whats the go with the taillight almost at the top centre of the photo.... kinda wondering how they got there

Love that last shot... The ultra blue light from the parker on my car has like caused that light spread effect...

Looks sweet...

What brand parkers are on you car? They look cool.

What brand parkers are on you car? They look cool.

They are a special white LED parker i got from autobarn, cost about 20 bucks...

Photography by Col, Clipping and Logo by Mud

Pffft you got the easy part... :D

hmm that picture of only the three cars up mt cootha, whats the go with the taillight almost at the top centre of the photo.... kinda wondering how they got there

Arhhh im glad someone noticed... Its caused by a smug on the very front cokin filter on my wide angle lens... Just I must have touched the lens after the other shots... Hense the blemish only being in the last 2 photos of the night...

I wish i had my L series lens with me ($1500), but its in getting repaired... Due to someone dropping it in fiji.

yeah i buy thouse white parkers, from autobarn, cept i find they dont last too long :D mud, i didnt mean that photo, i guessed they were a taillights, but on the first one posted, look right up top theres two skyline lights, which is weird sine nothing else in the pictures has blurred at all...

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