Expectations vs Reality..

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Life lessons with the Rodinator (aka Rodney Campbell)

‘yeah yeah gerry its all sweet, got this sh$t planned out’

Expectation: milkyway , note. not epic, not full core, just a milkway
Reality: Hey look i can see a star or two

Expectation: Awesome mad lighthouse
Reality: flakey paint job , poorly maintained barber pole impersonating as a ship deterrent device…with a light, seriously, do they still need lights ?

I found some old lighting painting crap from many years ago, partially destroyed from an exploded battery pack, mental note, don’t leave batteries in devices too long
But it did have a partially functioning bit of EL wire and a red bike torch stolen from Sarah Joy we made something outta of nothing.

Rodney, next time, i’m choosing the location.

But hey check out the exposure on that light – it only took 432 shots to nail that


Fungi.

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I was looking for the Fung-iest joke ever…. but really they are all pretty bad, not even dad-worthy.

Fungi panoramas and some weirdo caged insect thingyabob.





Tunnel.

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Why was the tunnel always getting into trouble?…
Because it was bored.

So the Helensbugh Tunnels have changed a fair bit since I was last here – firstly they have dirty great big fences to keep the instagrammers out
Secondly, the classic tunnel with the glow worms is super overgrown and full of water, not even worth going into unless ya got a boat.

Rodney Campbell wanted to check these out – I had mostly dry feet prior to this, however afterwards, I had shoes full of mud and water, like that kind of water and mud that gives you dysentery if you ain’t careful.

A few panos of the tunnel entrance.

#helensburgh



Bridge

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I’ll be devastated if this bridge at Cape Banks falls over. I’ll never get over it.

Kase double hard grad filter (0.9) with circular ND1000 and CPL.
f11 @ 143s and 16mm.

Slide to the right.

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Cape Banks.

Swell was pretty wild, not so much in size but just random sets and hard to pick, hence a good time to stand back

Trying out the #kasefilters double grad, this filter has a 0.9x grad on the top and the bottom, with one a gradual (medium) transition and the other a hard transition, it works quite well, i was worried that it might run out of space (top/bottom) but seems to be well design in the sizing, I think I also prefer the medium and hard transitions over the soft ones.

Taken with the #KaseArmour holder with the circular polariser and the ND64 attached.

25secs @ f16, 16mm and no wet toes.

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