Scout Images

This morning I met up with some of the members of DSLRusers.com for one of our 2×2 meets. Today’s meet was a walk from Bondi through to Coogee, and the weather was not really on our side with intermittent rain that varied from light drizzle through to moderate showers. On the plus side the overcast skies allowed for great lighting.

Gear wise, I chose to bring along my trusty (and weather sealed) Nikon D300 along with the Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8 and the Nikkor AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8VR all inside my Lowepro Vertex 200AW. This gave me a weather resistant solution that would cover many needs even in demanding light. Also in the bag was my Tokina 10-17 fisheye and SB-800 flash, neither saw any service.

I have been roaming around a bit more and just thought I would share some of my latest photos. I think everyone is getting a bit sick of the Tokina 10-17mm fisheye, but unfortunately I am still carrying it in my bag and it is coming out a fair bit. Here are two new outings, the first was to go and see Sculptures by the Sea at Bondi Beach, where the Fuji S5 Pro got the honours of tackling the fast fading light.

NOTE: I finally caved and installed FinePix Studio…and have to admit that it is no where near as good as Capture NX2, but it did give me a bit more flexibility with my RAF processing (RAF is Fuji RAW).

I managed to take a few pictures today on the way home from work, and a few more tonight when the moon was out and playing hide and seek using the cloud cover. The D60 combined with the Tokina and my trusty Tamron 70-300 were used here.

I just thought I would share some of my latest pics, these sets are more personal outings than planned shoots.

I took a stroll along the cliffs from Bondi Beach to Waverly Cemetery, shooting along the way. I mainly used the D60 and the Nikkor AF-D 50mm f/1.8. There are also a few shots taken at Centennial Park from earlier that day.

Alley Cabaret concluded their 2009 series with an Arabian Nights themed performance. Although I was not the designated photographer I was present and took a few pics with my trust D300 and 50mm f/1.8 and a few with the Tamron 70-300. The difference between kicking back to watch the show and being there on the job is huge. I prefer to be kicking back, even if the photos are not so great.

Today I spent the day at the Fish Markets, and having brought the D60 along with the Tamron SP 17-50mm I could not resist but to snap a few pics of the produce.

I was at Bondi last night, so here are some of the pictures from that trip.