feral budget time, its like a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
Well, for those local to ozzie land – you now have a new Federal Budget where maternity leave is a safety net and not a salary topup 😉
A budget which is clever politics by the Liberals and a smart move but at the expense of any real significant change. I welcome the day when our politicians grow some balls and do something that is genuinely in the interest of the nation and not for their short term political gain.
As for that infamous red tape – last time I checked my industry is drowning in red tape and the government is forcing more down our throats…
anyway I digress and politics really is a boring -ass topic.
Onto the imagerry (see what i did there? 😉 ) , I have been holding on to this image just for this moment…federal budget time, its like a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow 😉
This is a two image panorama to get the full wide angle view, the problem with rainbows is that they usually bring rain, couple this with a filthy sensor and this image did start from a chickenpox infested base 🙂 the healing brush got worn out on this image 🙂
Exif love:
2 images stitched in PS.
D750 coupled with 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm Aperture: f/14 and Shutter Speed: 4s
ISO 100
out front – Hoya CPL, Lee Graduated 0.9x Filter all covered with lots of spotty rain drops 🙁
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+Gerard Blacklock I presume that's Kirribilli House past the headland, the centre of gleaming magnificence 🙂
+Chris Sutton
hehe …nicely said 🙂
Wonderful capture 😍
Very Beautiful Gerard:))
Have a happy day
Awesome picture ☺ ☺
Thank you for sharing this beautiful pic of a rainbow. : )
Beautiful, Gerard!
Simply awesome mate!
Thankyou for the kind comments
+sophie DIDIER
+linda sunshyne
+Stephanie B. Regan
+Faye Koffler
+Winnie Young
and +Thomas Welborn
+Gerard Blacklock your welcome Gerard :-))
Thanks for sharing my friend
:)Politics is not boring… it's just annoying 😀 – Fantastic view, you did a great work here, I love it +Gerard Blacklock I take your rainbow hoping it will bring me luck, today I really need. Fingers crossed.
Thankyou +Patrizia Melis and my fingers are crossed for you today!
+Gerard Blacklock Thank you.
Exquisite
very good
+Gerard Blacklock LOL Love the analogy. Have to agree, the government tends to have either a 1 term mindset or a 'please vote us in again' mindset.
Love the image! You're a patient man dealing with all the 'chickenpox'! LOL Have you ever had any issues with uneven polarisation between images causing banding when stitching? I've been a little reluctant to try as have heard it could be an issue.
Lol +Gerard Blacklock you should have a chat to my wife. She's been giving the sailors a run for their money with the expletives directed at the Liberal Government since the budget came out. United Voice will be campaigning heavily for reforms on child care policy and budget.
Very nice image, Gerard. Great lighting and composition.
I wish the saying was true when you see a rainbow there's a pot of gold! But I guess we all be rich!
But the pot there's! Not filled with money but of luck, rainbows sometimes can be prodigious. I wanted to say thank you +Gerard Blacklock to you (fingers crossed) and your rainbow… brought me a lot of luck, I had do a important medical examination that worried me, and it went well! 🙂 You know, the work is fine and also other responsibilities go forward.. but if health is not good… nothing else makes sense.
Thankyou +Eleanor Preger and +Michael Harden
Hey +Tom Testone , sadly yes 'please vote for us again' 🙁
re. polarisation and banding – i have had issues (no relating to a CPL use) where very fine gradients do not stitch or blend very well – ie like a cloudless morning with subtle hue, this often results in banding – i did had a image awhile back where it was very noticeable and took alot of work to correct.
+Matthew Fowler
lol – i am starting not to listen 'cause i get so frustrated at these clowns who are clearly monkey trained in speeches yet still seem to come off looking like ass-clowns! – but yes child care is real bug bear of mine too – maybe 'cause we shell so much out for it!
Thankyou +Scott Soucy
+Suwanna Parrington
oh boy, you telling me!
+Patrizia Melis I am very glad it all went well – looking after your health should be number one priority, enjoy the rest of your week and the warm weather over there!
+Gerard Blacklock I think I'd fall off my chair if I heard them make a decision based on the best interest of the nation! Thanks for the info re using CPL. Will have to give it a go now I've heard you haven't had any issues.
+Patrizia Melis glad to hear your medical examination went well. 🙂 Health is always something that weighs on the mind.