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Lepperfish - Manly Fishos?! Thats 2 mins down the road from me, do you live around here? I live in Allambie Heights.

I like the plan Nick! Both of them would work. That way there would be a bit of chat in here, but not as much as this month lol.

Maybe a kind of "lounge" area to discuss everything and anything photography related.

And then get a monthly photo thread going. Winner gets SAU goodies like stickers or something and the yearly winner takes your stagea :) Hahaha.

LOL, if it were the end of the year right now, and you were to win, you'd need a tow truck to move the LOLvo, as it's currently lying dead in the garage with absolutely no power going through from the battery to the bits required to actually run the engine. The battery is only a few months old, and works fine.

I can't turn the alarm/immobiliser off, so at least I know the car is reasonably safe in that regard, but in saying that it's a bit of a double-edged sword. Because I can't turn the ignition off, I can't close the driver's side window, so that much-needed wash is also being delayed. The car is filthy!!!

OK, chat thread and competition threads are go!

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so, decided to start a 365 'photo each day' type project. seeing as i'll soon be back to work as a bike courier I will be on the move constantly and the aim of the project is to keep me looking at the world with fresh eyes. i should probably set up a blog type thing on my website for them to get put, but for now i'll stick with chucking them onto facebook. will be interesting to see how long this lasts, lol. anyway, here is day 1...

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"so many people can barely afford to eat, yet we are so 'rich' we use money to pave our footpaths out the front of high street shops."

Nice Jay! I guarantee they will all be gone by the end of the year LOL!

dunno man, they have been there for quite a while already. cctv all over this bee-arch, lol.

couple more pics from today...

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3d graff? lol

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Yeh man, Mona Vale area here.. :ermm:

What do you drive? Blue R34GTR with stock rims and stock height with exhaust?

Or the blue 34GTR with ACCESS plates?

I drive a white corolla with a FMIC, black wheels with polished lip. If you see me around give me a t00t! Can catch up for some photos or something :)

SAU photography debut!

havn't taken many pics this month but...

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More at my DeviantArt page http://elementle.deviantart.com/gallery/

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i cant for the life of me get hdr photos right. i've tried taking seperate photos at different exposures and also adjusting the exposure on a single photo on photoshop. all the time it either comes out like the highest exposure or the lower one, with little-no range.

are you shooting in RAW? When I first started doing HDR I tried adjusting exposures of single photos and could never get it right. I use Photomatix for HDR - it just takes time, practice and trial & error.

are you shooting in RAW? When I first started doing HDR I tried adjusting exposures of single photos and could never get it right. I use Photomatix for HDR - it just takes time, practice and trial & error.

thanks, i'll give photomatix a try.

hey guys i dont pretend knowing anything about photography but i have gotten some half decent shots with my phone lol they are all abit old but yeah i thought i would post them up

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should have cleaned the glass before taking pics, but just a quick for sale shot.

Giving away 1 free green chromis. If anyone wants it pm me.

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A close up of one of my coral: The colour in the middle is just amazing!!

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