Here are my pano versions of the SOH, each shot is 3 images stitched into a panorama, I could have probably done it with a single image for each one at a slightly wider zoom, but hey where is the fun in that 🙂 luckily the animations did not move too quick hence you can rattle of a few shots and capture pretty well the same animation frame..
Qantas A380
This child does not need a bloody map, she was working it up for the cuteness factor, she pretty well (like her sister) knows the zoo backwards, all revolving around the little icecream stand in the middle 🙂
be sure to zoom in and check that detail
I think this years projections onto the opera house have been the best by far, the technical quality of the projections is quite amazing , the sharpness and resolution of the resultant images/animation on the sails was great.
prolly just need bigger lungs now 🙂
I guess for everyone else in the world (outside of Australia) the name Koala is probably pretty neat, however trying to correlate the characteristics of a Koala to a helicopter is a bit of a stretch for me 🙂 Something that is fluffy and cute to look at but can scratch you to pieces if it likes is not what I am lookign for in my choppers 🙂
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maybe not the pregnancy shoot Sarah was after 🙂 but thats one more down in my quest of the family planet series – chaos is the only one who has escaped so far 🙂
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I think its kinda appropriate actually 😉 .. 'cause when women are pregnant its like they are the only ones on the planet 😉
Don't worry ya'all, i got a lounge to sleep on 🙂
…when its raining and with kids and have a picnic.
I had promised Tickles I would also take her to see the vivid lights after last time leaving her at home and only taking Chaos, so this time we prepped up with homemade hot soup in thermos's, snacks, bread and soft drink (settle people this one has got less sugar than orange juice 😉 and I needed some bargaining chips 🙂 ) and headed into battle.
So we busted our way down to Kirribilli and had a giggle at the throngs of photographers losing their lollies over the 'puddle' shot 😉 and setup for our picnic. It was pretty nice, hot soup, great view and company that pretty well refused to to let me take any pictures (i did sneak a few in tho 😉 ) – on that note, the only opportunity to get a shot of chaos and tickles where they would let me, I could not for the life of me (in the split second I had 🙁 ) remember how to adjust the flash to rear curtain sync, the last time I did that was like 4 years ago 🙂 Its very useful for using the flash to get some light on the subject but allowing the shutter to drag (ie 1 or 2 seconds), long enough to pull in some the light in the background, hence my only shot of the picnic was crap, but its a nice memory.
So about half way thru our soup tickles pipes up with 'can we go on the bridge?' ….. yeah sounded like a great idea at the time, but when the good folk 85 years ago built the harbour bridge they did not really have dudes with prams in mind, i had to carry the blasted thing loaded with stuff up 5 flights of stairs, at least the cycle side (western side of the bridge) has a little ramp in the middle… that would be like really useful on the eastern side too.
Anyways we trundled across the bridge ohh and ahhing at the lights and we even made it to the south pylon where tickles promptly fell asleep, chaos and I were like … c'mon man it was your idea! Then it rained. I guess she timed the sleep well I suppose. So back across the bridge in the pouring rain, some might say a umbrella would have been a good idea at this point.. but real men don't use umbrellas 😉 they also carry their pram and child down 5 flights of stairs 🙂 Did I mention a ramp would have been useful?
All credit to chaos tho, not a single whinge at all and even when we could not get a icecream, seriously it would have got washed away 🙂 she stoically battled on 🙂 h/t chaos.
Its amazing what a good coat of paint and a new interior can do for a old aircraft. This is a ex-rescue machine turned into a new role, VIP transport.
Just leaving this here since I gotta remember to revisit this place 🙂
I am not sure what enjoyed more, watching Tickles ride around Sydney Park for the first time or watching others get out of her way. Not bad for a first effort, just need to work on the application of the braking system, not so much the ability to actually use both the pedals and both handbrakes but moreso to use them in a more gradual application. We certainly broke in that new bike and the tyres, each application of the brakes resulted in a black rubber streak on the path 🙂 and mostly me or someone else tripping over her 🙂 One complete lap around sydney park definitely deserved an over priced icecream…Well done to Chaos also for being a helpful big Sis with plenty of encouragement and the occasion threat 😉
