Bringing new life to a 1845 circa building

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Customs House Sydney

Another TDC production item at the Sydney Vivid Festival 2015, the focus has definitely been on animation and 3D this year and the Customs House display does not disappoint in that regard.

To the average punter it does look awesome but looking deeper into there are quite a few intricacies to really make it stand out, the detail and complimenting animation with the building structure is actually quite well thought out and also the way the scenes utilise building structure is clever, h/t to the content providers and TDC.

This one is a contact sheet of some of my favourite scenes from this display, nice sharp and high res, zooom on in to check it out.
Vertical goodness just for google plus.

(www.tdc.com.au)

Exif love:
D750 coupled with Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 @ 24mm Aperture: f/5.6 and Shutter Speed: 2s
ISO 100
out front – Customs House

Customs House

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264 frames culled down to 150 odd and its still pretty large.
Check out the clown who walks out and stands face first in front the camera, some people have absolutely no situational awareness – don't fret, i was polite in asking him to move 😉

Colour Explosion

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well, you would not want to be an introverted person wearing this right 😉 ? Certainly a crowd pleaser and attractor!

I remember way back when.. at the start of the vivid festivals there was a similar concept but with a couple of people in all white which worked really well, hence its great to see another incarnation of this..

Exif love:
D750 coupled with Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 @ 24mm Aperture: f/3.2 and Shutter Speed: 1/100s
ISO 800
out front – lady in a million colours..

Pull da Lever

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no need for mind altering drugs when TDC are on the job

TDC are responsible for a large number of the projections at Vivid Sydney this year (and previous ones) and once again they have pulled some great displays out of their top hats.

This one was a particular favorite of mine and is sure to be a real hit with eh punters on opening (and subsequent nights) – its fully interactive with sensors so that a number of people can control the display, including the levers 🙂

This is a couple of shots after the pull the lever sequence that really work well, the 3D nature and clarity to the animations and images is quite amazing and its great to see the content provider's and TDC really stepping up to plate in terms of new and innovative displays.

Be sure to get down there and visit Vivid Sydney, the best nights are typically mondays since its a bit quieter, but don't tell everyone 😉

Exif love, 'cause I know you wanna know ;):
D750 coupled with Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 @ 24mm Aperture: f/5 and Shutter Speed: 1/5s
ISO 250
out front – Cadmans Cottage

Australian Manufacturing

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Congratulations to Myles Tomkins and team Airwork Helicopters for achieving CASA (APMA and STC) approval for the manufacture of advance Composite Tail Rotor Blades on the Bell 206 Helicopter.

Whilst there is plenty of negative press about manufacturing in Australia its great to see innovators and people like Myles dedicated to pushing Australia into a new realm of manufacturing, high tech and advanced.

The Bell 206 TRB (AMT-206-1) is a replacement for the standard Bell TRB option and provides an improved life (twice the OEM blades) with a 30 percent cost saving not to mention using less power for equivalent thrust values, oh also, its heaps quieter too 🙂 it looks great too by the way 🙂

So next time you see a Bell 206 fly overhead, or jump in one for a joyride, tour or charter, remember, Australian Manufacturing is alive and well thanks to companies like Airwork Helicopters!(http://www.airwork.com.au/)

More info in Vertical Mag

http://www.verticalmag.com/news/article/31636



Airwork Helicopters obtains CASA approval to manufacture advanced composite helicopter tail rotor blades | Vertical Magazine – The Pulse of the Helicopter Industry
The Pulse of the Helicopter Industry

Roo food

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'c'mon roo-ey this bit of grass is sooo much better'
'why you not want my piece of grass?'
'here, again i am holding it just for you roo-ey!'
'fine, then I 'll sit down here and wait for you then'

These roos or wallabies were quite incredible.. they were so docile and used to humans that the though did cross my mind that they had been doped or something 😉

This particular one had its tail patted, ears delicated stroked, fed bags and bags of food and generally fawned over by tickles, i thought she might end up as roo food too, but nope, all good, I did wonder about those sharp claws too… i certainly would not get in the way of one of these animals!

Vivid Divot

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Well, its here again, standback for the onslaught of the crowds with cameras at the ready 🙂 i suppose i can't really talk 😉

I think if I do go again, I really want one to wear oneof those cool bright blue trackies that the girl down on the grass is wearing – what a way to stand out 🙂

This is Central Park, once was Carlton United Brewery, now apparently a green, liveable village. If you like that kind of thing I suppose, then its pretty cool.. 🙂 I liked the Brewery better, back before all these damn craft beers hit the market, sure some of them are nice, but some are terrible, makes me want to have a cider instead 😉 I digress..

I did like the way the plants on the building matched the garden beds and multiple green spots within the image, very fitting.

Exif love:
D750 coupled with Samyang 14mm f2.8 @ 14mm Aperture: f/3.2 and Shutter Speed: 1/3s
ISO 640
out front – central park and some lady in a blue trackie

New Order

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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 🙁

https://blog.avernus.com.au/new-order/

Lineup

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Its interesting to see how people change over the years – we all think about Anzac Day and the old veterans that are there getting older and disappearing, but its also the younger generation that change too and will, maybe unfortunately, be the ones marching in their twilight years.

I have followed quite a number of the march participants over the years, not necessarily deliberately, however they have graced my camera and screen and its hard not to be drawn to the same people, even subconsciously… well its gotta be subconsciously 'cause i can't remember what I had for breakfast 🙂

here is one such dude from HMAS Kuttabul (formerly Ballarat)

and from 2013
https://plus.google.com/+GerardBlacklock/posts/fKpJSR43hMq

Kununurra

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+Red Nomad's recent image of the view across the flooded Ord river at Kununurra sparked a memory of the time when myself and my partner travelled up the Gibb River road from Broome… back when we were foot loose and fancy free.. ie no kids 🙂

Anyway, back in the day i had this sony point and shoot camera which I took with me – even then in my pretty naive and ignorant photographic state I saw this scene and relised how beautiful it was, as such pretty easy to take a nice shot – I am not quite sure what on earth the composition was about – i looked at it tonight and then forehead slapped myself at all the other possibilities I could have had if I knew what I know now.. then.. make sense? nope.. don't worry 🙂

Here it is and thanks again to +Red Nomad for the memories.
Exif love:
Sony DSC-V3
@ 15.3mm Aperture: f/4 and Shutter Speed: 1/100s
out front – the mighty Ord river!

Graveyard

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Not a bad place to end up I supposes, a head stone beneath a tree…providing the timing is right!

I have a number of shots from this spot hidden behind a little chapel in Mount Wilson but I really struggled to present what I saw on the day in the image – I did bracket all my shots since the dynamic range was too much for the camera, however in the case of this image, after using a automated HDR technique I came back to just a single exposure shot…I just could not get that HDR image to look the way I wanted – very frustrating.

So, I ended up with this, its a two shot panorama (there was meant to be another frame to make it wider but things did not work out for that 🙁 either ) using just a single neutral exposure. Its pretty amazing the level of detail/dynamic range you can get from the D750 and a single frame..

anyways, keen to hear your thoughts, love it, hate it, ambivalent? view large

Exif love:
D750 coupled with 24-70mm f2.8 @ 24mm Aperture: f/10 and Shutter Speed: 1/2s
ISO 100
out front – Hoya CPL

https://blog.avernus.com.au/graveyard/

Tentacles

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At first, they were separated
yet still close
but as each surge of the ocean cycled through
it drew them closer
until they were side by side
and united a force that could withstand
the oncoming ocean
a relentless force and a infinite force.
Until they finally succumbed
to the inevitable destiny
of the ocean
and were pulled in
love until the end

Exif love:
loving the vertical pano style at the moment 🙂
D750 coupled with 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm Aperture: f/16 and Shutter Speed: 2.5s
ISO 250
out front – Hoya CPL, Lee Graduated 0.6x Filter

https://blog.avernus.com.au/tentacles/