Lake Pedder and friends

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Lake Pedder and friends

Postby nickthetasmaniac » Sun 20 Mar, 2011 4:22 pm

Managed to make it down to the 'new' Lake Pedder this weekend as a site visit for my graduate project. I don't think I've ever seen it so still! Wonderful day generally and doubly so as I had the opportunity to introduce a Malaysian friend from KL to this amazing part of the world :)

This was also the last trip for my Oly E-3 and ZD 12-60 SWD, both of which are on their way to new homes this week. A new Panasonic GH2 is flying from the US as we speak :)

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Re: Lake Pedder and friends

Postby stepbystep » Sun 20 Mar, 2011 5:06 pm

Nice part of the world eh?
Has a bit of a sadness to it IMHO though.....

Nice pics too :)
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Re: Lake Pedder and friends

Postby nickthetasmaniac » Sun 20 Mar, 2011 5:25 pm

It is quite a poignant drive up to Maydena to Scotts Peak - the contrasts of wilderness and industry (logging, Florentine Valley camp, dams, mountains...) give you a lot to think about...
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Re: Lake Pedder and friends

Postby nickthetasmaniac » Mon 21 Mar, 2011 4:14 pm

Here's a few panos I managed to stitch together :)

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Looking north from Red Knoll
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Re: Lake Pedder and friends

Postby Mickeymoo » Fri 25 Mar, 2011 8:41 pm

Great as usual Nick, love the spider web one, fantastic depth of field use!!
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Re: Lake Pedder and friends

Postby doogs » Fri 25 Mar, 2011 9:08 pm

Great pics from a special part of the world. Thanks.
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Re: Lake Pedder and friends

Postby DaveGwy » Wed 30 Mar, 2011 8:37 am

Great photos mate. I particularly like the one of the steps on the dam wall (the last one). That rust on the concrete looks gnarly!

I'm curious why you're heading to the GH2. Will you be shooting lots of video? You'll have to write a review :D
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Re: Lake Pedder and friends

Postby nickthetasmaniac » Sat 02 Apr, 2011 12:53 pm

Hi Dave, I mainly went with the GH2 because of size... I'm travelling a lot more now than I was and I've found the E-3, especially with the big Zuiko glass, to be too cumbersome in a lot of situations. The GH2 gives me similar speed and quality, but in a much more compact package (especially when you include the glass). It'll be interesting to see how much I miss weather sealing though, my last two bodies have both had it...

The excellent video was also a big factor :)
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