Lounge but Australian

[night hound]

A gaming forum

[coral crescent]

[timber spruce]

Yes

[foggy steppe]

when i played i wasnt f2p so

hard to beat that

[coral crescent]

I have an acc on every server

Every acc AR 45+

[gentle wind]

i play on asia and i have an alt ar43 on EU

[coral crescent]

Highest 53

[gentle wind]

my EU account is luckier than my main

[coral crescent]

I have 6 different accounts with 27 active servers

[foggy steppe]

i was like ar35 but also a worker with disposable income

[gentle wind]

got homa on 0 pity on my first ever weapon pull

[coral crescent]

I played that game to death a while ago

[sweet egret]

As much as I'd love to I can't planned it out a while back😂

No one is free Monday?

[night hound]

Robyn and Beau aren't, and I believe Panther is joining later in the day.

[coral crescent]

This belongs here 🍵

[quaint comet]

Robin technically is free but I'm unfortunately a corporate shill

Also!!! I didn't realise the actual Augie is here! Hello baby Augie!!

[static ruin]

Oh no, reqys reading the... Strange conversations here

Wait till he reads about platypussies

[night hound]

lolllllll

[timber spruce]

the fuck

[night hound]

omg I'm dead LOLLOLOLOL

[timber spruce]

gives a whole new meaning to this

[fleet edge]

@night hound @sweet egret @foggy steppe @gentle wind @coral crescent Dietary requirements

Just incase

[coral crescent]

I'm not alergic to anything

[fleet edge]

@acoustic lark You're included now!

[acoustic lark]

Yay! Thank you

[gentle wind]

We’re (the two augies) pretty chill in terms of allergies n stuff

[acoustic lark]

Yep, I’m lactose intolerant but that doesn’t stop me

[foggy steppe]

I am allergic to peanuts lmao

Discount asian

[coral crescent]

[fleet edge]

We're lactose intolerant too

Won't stop me

[timber spruce]

rip your bathroom + 🍑 the next day

[acoustic lark]

You guys ever been to oh!matcha?

[coral crescent]

nup

[acoustic lark]

Greatest matcha ice cream I’ve ever had

[coral crescent]

[acoustic lark]

Also which cafe in kirribilli?

[static ruin]

No allergies, just picky white person.. in other words dw about me lol, I'll work it out

[coral crescent]

Picky white people mean nothing when it comes to asian food

[static ruin]

I think you underestimate how picky I am

[coral crescent]

You don't understand Asian food

[night hound]

Don't know yet, this depends what time we are meeting as it gets busy on weekend cafes. Worst/best case scenario is we meet near the wharf/park and stare at the magnificence of the scenario, maybe coffee picnic by the water while we all wait for everyone.

[fleet edge]

We'll be able to spot each other super easily

We'll all be covered in cameras

[night hound]

"Name that person according to their camera" game

[acoustic lark]

I have a lil canon IXUS 185, try and spot me I dare you

[coral crescent]

You'll be able to use a real DSLR on the day

[timber spruce]

you need to get a real camera

[coral crescent]

There's gonna be like 15 cameras there

[fleet edge]

I can probably give you one to keep lmao

[coral crescent]

and like 35 lenses or smth

[acoustic lark]

Don't judge my camera Sal, I did say I was a beginner

[night hound]

Let me think of where we can lunch/dinner. Or fuck it, we can just decide on the day depending on nwhere we are.

[fleet edge]

Fairly certain most of us are ADHD/ASD

[coral crescent]

He's kidding

[fleet edge]

We're probably gonna have to wing it

[coral crescent]

I don't think I am

[night hound]

Same, I can give you one, too, with a lens

[acoustic lark]

I know an AMAZING dumpling place, they have the best braised eggplant and panfried dumplings

[timber spruce]

give her that one canon DSLR which one was it 40d?

[fleet edge]

I'm allergic to eggplant

NOOOOO

I love eggplant

:((((

[acoustic lark]

WHAT?

YOU'RE ALLERGIC

that's terrible

[fleet edge]

Yeah

[timber spruce]

you've already been judged

[fleet edge]

It's horrible

[acoustic lark]

I'm sorry you have to live like this

[night hound]

Yeah, with a tamron zoom lens and even the canon kit

[fleet edge]

I have a collection

[acoustic lark]

I'll judge you back

[fleet edge]

I have a 550D somewhere

[coral crescent]

I'm using a 600D

[timber spruce]

***judges ***you harder

[fleet edge]

My 600D is broke unfortunately

[timber spruce]

mmhm

[fleet edge]

I also have a 40D

40D gang

[coral crescent]

I like my 600D, never really had problems with it

[night hound]

So I have the 40D with one or two lenses if you want, Angie. Or Robin's offer. Take your pick.

[coral crescent]

Kit lens?

[timber spruce]

angie getting free gear

[acoustic lark]

uh-

[timber spruce]

Sal's gang

now

[fleet edge]

my rebel collection:

300D
350D
400D
500D
550D
600D

[acoustic lark]

I don't know what all the words numbers and letters mean

[fleet edge]

[acoustic lark]

please someone explain

[night hound]

Nothing wrong with the kit lens as a start :).

[timber spruce]

you want a big PP camera for free?

[coral crescent]

Ofc

Everyone started with a kit lens

I hope

[fleet edge]

We have spare beginner level cameras collecting dust

[timber spruce]

i didn't i started with a phone (then a 50mn)

[static ruin]

It's not as bad as some make it out to be

[fleet edge]

Still worth $100-200 but it's too much hassle to sell them

[night hound]

Yup

[fleet edge]

As in interchangeable lens cameras

[coral crescent]

I'm using a begginer camera while not being a begginer

[night hound]

I have a 30D and 40D if anyone wants them

[fleet edge]

I'd rather get rid of them by giving it to someone who wants to learn

[timber spruce]

gimme 30D plz OwO

[coral crescent]

I reckon it'd be more painful to sell them tbh

more expensive as well

[acoustic lark]

You guys are actually gonna make me cry istg

[timber spruce]

hey it's alright!

those cunts did that to me as well :D

[acoustic lark]

;u;

[night hound]

I will look into shipping :)

[coral crescent]

best thing you've done was click the join button

[fleet edge]

I have a spare one of these

[timber spruce]

no no save it until i come there :P

[acoustic lark]

this. this is true.

that looks really fancy

wdym "spare one"

[night hound]

I have too many light stands, too

[timber spruce]

it's oldish

[fleet edge]

Hun, you don't want to know how much gear some of us have

[timber spruce]

[coral crescent]

That looks identical to my 600D

[fleet edge]

A free $200 camera is a rounding error to us

[night hound]

And I will. be getting rid of the velbon tri pod

[timber spruce]

"us" talk about your self and my mama

i will sell feet pic for $200

@acoustic lark you should accept it btw!

[night hound]

Shit Robin, we should just get into a market one day and get rid of them

[acoustic lark]

Accept what?

[fleet edge]

I'd rather give spare gear to someone who geniuinely wants to learn rather than it collecting dust

[timber spruce]

the camera offering

free gear :D

[night hound]

Ssame

[acoustic lark]

Oh- i really don't wanna be a burden, i'm more than happy to pay

[night hound]

Shhhhh

[timber spruce]

no

[coral crescent]

It'd be a burden if you paid honestly

[timber spruce]

yes

[acoustic lark]

you photographers make no sense to me

[coral crescent]

"You"? You're one of us now

[static ruin]

It's exactly as Robin said, some of those older rebel cameras are more effort than it's worth for us to sell, it's not a burden

[fleet edge]

Only the cool ones

[timber spruce]

this

[acoustic lark]

;u;

you guys are my favourite people already

[coral crescent]

Just give away this dlsr when you eventually get into the big league cameras

[timber spruce]

lol

[static ruin]

And if you feel it's a burden, pass on the favour when you're older

[coral crescent]

Pay the camera forward to more begginer sorta thing

[static ruin]

Help someone else when you have the money

[timber spruce]

just make sure you use them well

[fleet edge]

If you feel really bad, I found it for $35/40 at a opshop and got it working so just buy me lunch or dinner on the day

[coral crescent]

Preach Panther, Preach

[acoustic lark]

100%

(or are you just trying to get a free lunch?)

just kidding, i'll absolutely shout

[timber spruce]

food > monies

[coral crescent]

A lunch is worth more than a those cameras to us honestly

No need for camera, need for lunch

[night hound]

Totally

[coral crescent]

quite simple

[night hound]

I'm hungry

here's a fucking Canon

[timber spruce]

@fleet edge are you gonna be evil and give her a 75-300

[acoustic lark]

I'm still craving lasagna

[acoustic lark]

what does that mean

[timber spruce]

wait fuck i've not ate yet

[timber spruce]

don't worry about it

[static ruin]

You mean I can just take my 700d and exchange it for lunch?

[fleet edge]

I wish I had one of those to put on a R6ii to make everyone tear their eyes out

[night hound]

@gentle wind what Tamron do we have?

[timber spruce]

i would've punched you (really really lightly) on the sholder then

[coral crescent]

Robin do you have anything between a 24mm and 150mm I can borrow on the day

[fleet edge]

Yea

[night hound]

Do you want to borrow the 24-105?

[fleet edge]

Several

[coral crescent]

[fleet edge]

I have two 28-70's and a 24-70

A 35, a 50, and a 85

[timber spruce]

sell one to me

[fleet edge]

Or just borrow this

[coral crescent]

Can I borrow the 28-70

[fleet edge]

I can bring a EF to RF adapter if you want to try a R7

[coral crescent]

wait what's the fstop

[fleet edge]

f2

They're grenades so maybe

Real hassle to take them

[coral crescent]

I'm good with whatever

I really don't mind

[acoustic lark]

hey outta curiosity, how often do you guys hold meet ups?

[timber spruce]

never

[coral crescent]

This is the first one

[fleet edge]

This is our first one

[coral crescent]

You got very lucky joining at this time

[acoustic lark]

i really joined at the perfect time holy hell

[timber spruce]

yeah you hit the jackpot

[fleet edge]

We've only known each other for at most 6 months

[night hound]

oh, you can also borrow the 28-300 if you want

[coral crescent]

Sounds right

[coral crescent]

nah that's too much

[acoustic lark]

this whole idea came from a midnight search of what to do after the HSC two nights ago, I looked into TAFE courses and thought "AH YES PHOTOGRAPHY"

[timber spruce]

6? i've know y'all 3 months ago

[coral crescent]

if I need to go to 300mm I'll have my 150-500

[acoustic lark]

I've known y'all 2 hours

[coral crescent]

More than enough

[acoustic lark]

TOTALLY

[fleet edge]

Well, @night hound is a ex wedding photographer, and I'm a current wedding photographer if you wanna talk about career

[coral crescent]

I also did weddings for a bit

2 and then I stopped

well more so I haven't been able to shoot in Alice

[acoustic lark]

Honestly, I looked at photography as a sort of safety net / passion-driven thing, my main idea right now is travel and tourism management

[night hound]

I'm in Ashfield, Angie

[timber spruce]

shoot alice

[acoustic lark]

oh cool, I'm up in the Central Coast

[coral crescent]

Good thing in Australia tbf

Tourism brings a lot to our economy iirc

I'll be in rosewoods while I'm in syd iirc

[fleet edge]

It's a good hobby

[night hound]

Not for your bank account

[acoustic lark]

I had this whole idea of taking photos at our end of year formal, but that won't work if i dont know how to take photos lmao

[static ruin]

If you want to get into photography professionally, best bet is to learn and build up your portfolio on the side, and still pursue something else, like what you said there

If the income from photography starts to push high enough, can move into it FT

[acoustic lark]

I'll keep that in mind, thank you

[coral crescent]

Don't

enjoy formal

[fleet edge]

Might be a shout, one gives a standard zoom, other gives a body

[night hound]

Anyhoo, I have to go to work soon. If you want either th 30D or 40D, and the Sigma (18-whatever, maybe 135) let me know

[fleet edge]

Anyone have a spare 55-250

[coral crescent]

I have a 18-55

[fleet edge]

We can clobber together a kit

[coral crescent]

Idm leaving that

[fleet edge]

Wait, I have a ton of 55-250s

[timber spruce]

lol

[coral crescent]

I need something inbetween 28-150 soon,

[acoustic lark]

i don't want to enjoy formal, i don't have friends that would make it fun, and it just doesn't seem like something I'd like

[fleet edge]

Oh damn

[timber spruce]

use the 18-55

[fleet edge]

That was me in HS

[coral crescent]

Just don't get too hung up on shooting

[fleet edge]

I didn't have friends really

[coral crescent]

I'm the complete opposite

[acoustic lark]

eh would rather work on a skill than be fake nice to people i don't like

[timber spruce]

wtf am i then?

[coral crescent]

I'm basically the life of the party half the time

[fleet edge]

In high school

[timber spruce]

oh

same here

[coral crescent]

You lot should see the kareoke sessions on the bus back to school from volleyball games

[timber spruce]

i had like

one

[fleet edge]

You know what they say about artists :P

We usually have some sort of sad origin story lol

[coral crescent]

[timber spruce]

my sad origin story is getting bullied for being at

[coral crescent]

I can't relate to much of this but shit it sounds tough

[night hound]

Oooh. Should I bring the Mamiya?

[fleet edge]

YeS

[night hound]

Wait neah. Too much shit to carry.

[acoustic lark]

My father was killed by a bear in psychosis, my mother... she left me on a doorstep when I was 7 months old. The orphanage took me in, it was there that I found my true passion: art

[night hound]

You wanna try it?

[fleet edge]

You have a fucking maniya and you don use it wtf are you high

[coral crescent]

Wait robin how much were those 24-70's f/2's?

I might look into getting one

[fleet edge]

Uhh

[night hound]

24-70 2.8

[fleet edge]

28-70 f2

Or the 24-70 2.8

[timber spruce]

" true passion: art" fart*

[night hound]

Different lenses

[static ruin]

You don't want to know if you mean the 28-70 f2

[coral crescent]

2.8 then

[acoustic lark]

ruining my backstory

[fleet edge]

I have the RF ones which are $$$$$

[night hound]

Over 1K used still

[static ruin]

iirc the EF 24-70 f2.8 version 2 is around $1500 which is insane optically, RF isn't really much better if at all optically

[fleet edge]

The EF ones are alright

[static ruin]

Version 1 closer to $1k

[timber spruce]

art is fart

[coral crescent]

MIght look into getting one of these sooner or later

[fleet edge]

You can get a 28-70 2.8 too but it's ancient

A good value one is the Sigma 24-70 2.8

They're like $900

[coral crescent]

[timber spruce]

lol

[night hound]

No, get the 24-70

[fleet edge]

Yeah, don't google this lens if you value your sanity

Two of them is still cheaper than a Leica tho

[fleet edge]

R U Australian batman

[coral crescent]

Might grab a 55-250 sometime as well

[acoustic lark]

PFFFFT NOOOOOO hahahahah what are you even talking about

[coral crescent]

Cheap and temporarily fixes my gap between 28 and 150

[coral crescent]

You're a secret vigilante or smth man

Or I get this

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[acoustic lark]

my nickname in high school was american and/or russian spy

[night hound]

Have fun kids. I'm off to do adult bullshit aka work

[timber spruce]

sounds fun

[coral crescent]

Oh I knew a guy in toowoomba called that

[acoustic lark]

aw good luck augie

[timber spruce]

see ya mom!

[coral crescent]

He used to just creep around and stalk you and had bright white hair

[coral crescent]

[fleet edge]

Buy one from me

Please

I have too many

[coral crescent]

[fleet edge]

I open random drawers and find one sometimes

[timber spruce]

your own fault Mrs. collecting canon cameras

[coral crescent]

I'm gonna get one after I get a 5DMK4

[fleet edge]

It's a aps-c lens

So rip

[fleet edge]

Did he anime run everywhere

[coral crescent]

No

Thats the scary part

he just

creeped

[fleet edge]

Not even a Fedora or katana?

[acoustic lark]

how many of you guys are extroverted irl? outta curiosity

[fleet edge]

I am

But I don't like most people

[acoustic lark]

oh no the bar is high

[fleet edge]

I'm too weird really

[timber spruce]

mate

look where you're

[coral crescent]

Depends

[timber spruce]

you think anyone of us are normal?

[fleet edge]

Atleast I was till I figured out I was queer lmao

Whole queer community is as weird as me

[coral crescent]

Gimme 20m to get adjusted to people and I'll start screaming

[fleet edge]

10/10 I love it

[timber spruce]

gaay

[acoustic lark]

yes. yes we are.

[coral crescent]

I'm not

[fleet edge]

We'll spray you with the Chem trails

[coral crescent]

[acoustic lark]

i just need to make sure y'all are okay with extroverted behaviour, because i'm the type of person that will go up to a stranger to tell them how pretty i think they are

[timber spruce]

i'm surprisingly straight

[timber spruce]

as long as you listen to KGLW sure

[fleet edge]

I bounce off the walls

You'll be fine lol

[coral crescent]

I'll have at least one earphone in the whole time

it's criminal to do street photos without music

[timber spruce]

i love doing it while talking with another person more

than music

[acoustic lark]

what

[timber spruce]

kglw

it's a band

[acoustic lark]

never heard of it

[timber spruce]

aw man

[acoustic lark]

sorry :(

[timber spruce]

am jokin' lol

[fleet edge]

Time to cook dinner

[acoustic lark]

whats on the menu

[timber spruce]

shit

i need to make

something as well

[foggy steppe]

It's pretty damn good

[acoustic lark]

that it is

Have we met yet?

[foggy steppe]

Probably without knowing

[acoustic lark]

Hello! I'm Angie, brand new to photography and very excited to be here

[foggy steppe]

Hi

I think I talked to you earlier but can't really remember

[acoustic lark]

Yes, but I didn't properly say hi

Hi! :D

[gentle wind]

I tried so hard to read back on everything but I give

up

i gave up typing too ig

[timber spruce]

L

get gud skill issue etc etc

[gentle wind]

thought siblings were supposed to be nice

[timber spruce]

pfffff

who ever said that was lying!

(you just be nice when the other one need to, otherwise you just annoy the other)

[gentle wind]

hmmmmmm

[coral crescent]

Another Only Child?

[timber spruce]

not anymore

[coral crescent]

[timber spruce]

[foggy steppe]

Same lmao

[foggy steppe]

Hi!

[gentle wind]

old topic but our tamron is 18-270

f3.5 or something

[coral crescent]

big augie went to work but that makes sense

[gentle wind]

idk i dont wanna get up and check

[foggy steppe]

That's a cursed lens

[timber spruce]

fair enough

[gentle wind]

yeah she ditched me to be all alone :(( so sad

[coral crescent]

I finally get to go Gym again

[coral crescent]

Take her GFX

[timber spruce]

no

[coral crescent]

Prolonged borrow

[timber spruce]

take her audio equipment

[coral crescent]

mb

[timber spruce]

it's worth more

[coral crescent]

[timber spruce]

trust me

[coral crescent]

I need to go find my gym clothes and everything aghhhhhhhh

brb

[foggy steppe]

Shall I bring my cursed Instax to meet

[gentle wind]

she has audio equipment??

[timber spruce]

the speakers and stuff she talked about

[gentle wind]

oh yeah

[foggy steppe]

Cursed instax

[coral crescent]

fk it school uniform will do

[coral crescent]

jesus

[timber spruce]

if i come to visit half of the reasons will be to use that rig

[static ruin]

What do you mean cursed, it's beautiful

[foggy steppe]

For all the birding Instax needs

[gentle wind]

This is why we’re giving shit away lollll

totally not my room and my lack of organising

[static ruin]

I call it organized chaos

[acoustic lark]

I'm confused by this image

[timber spruce]

canon gang

[static ruin]

It appears messy to others, but I know where everything is

[coral crescent]

Thats a lot of cameras

[acoustic lark]

can i ask why you guys have so many cameras? do they all do different things or are you avid collectors?

[static ruin]

Builds up over time for a lot of people

[foggy steppe]

It's an instax camera! Like the little Instax minis

[coral crescent]

Like my Social life

[foggy steppe]

Yeah builds up over time

[gentle wind]

Dont even use half of that stuff anymore tbf

[foggy steppe]

All serves a purpose except the upgraded stuff

[static ruin]

People buy new cameras for fun, or just through upgrading

[coral crescent]

Too many freind groups to keep track off

[acoustic lark]

but with.. a bigger lens?

[coral crescent]

yes

[foggy steppe]

Interchangeable lens

[coral crescent]

and thats why its cursed

[acoustic lark]

okay i see why it's cursed now

gotcha

[gentle wind]

Upgrading, outgrowing, etc

[static ruin]

Well when I say new camera for fun, it's not uncommon for people to grab older cameras second hand which are cheap just to use something different

[foggy steppe]

Time to go watch a movie

Have fun kids

[acoustic lark]

bye! nice meeting you

[foggy steppe]

And punther

[timber spruce]

gimme that 24-105

[gentle wind]

mine >:(

[timber spruce]

i will let you use my 80-200 L >:)

[gentle wind]

mehhhhhhhh

tbh idk what lenses we even have

too many to keep track of i didnt even know we had a sigma

[timber spruce]

@gentle wind this is all of my gear

[gentle wind]

Ooo nifty fifty

[timber spruce]

yesh

i use it too much lol

[gentle wind]

never get over those little fuckers theyre so cute

[acoustic lark]

I too have gear 😎

[timber spruce]

for now

[static ruin]

The first of many

[acoustic lark]

gasp

[gentle wind]

[timber spruce]

not as cute as the 40mm pancake

[static ruin]

Give it a few years and your sense of what's expensive will be changed 😆

[gentle wind]

Btw if you take my mums offer the bottom right camera +lens is what it is

@acoustic lark

[acoustic lark]

who is your mom

[gentle wind]

The other augie

Fauxgie

[acoustic lark]

oh

[timber spruce]

we're somehow siblings :D

[gentle wind]

Totally real 100%

[timber spruce]

totally related by blood and stuff 10000%

[acoustic lark]

I- I don't know what all the gear means, I'll honestly take anything you don't want lmao

[gentle wind]

anyways its a really good beginner camera its the one i learned on

so dont worry ab it being hard :D

[acoustic lark]

thank you augie, i appreciate that :D

[timber spruce]

you use a 5dm3 now?

[gentle wind]

have m2 but its broken atm

i dont use it

[acoustic lark]

I'm gonna head off for some movie time, ping me if anything interesting happens

<3

[timber spruce]

i use the 5dm2 as well :D

[gentle wind]

noice

ive never actually used it tbh

[timber spruce]

see ya mate!

[gentle wind]

broke before i actually could

using 6d atm

[timber spruce]

it's great i find it more comfy than the 5dm3 and 6D

becuase of the back thumb rest

[gentle wind]

oh yeah thats what i like about the GFX that the 6d doesnt have

or the 7d or the 40d

[timber spruce]

mmmhm

i've fat fingers soo the m2 is soo comfy for me

it was hell using the 5dm3 tho

my thumb still itchs thinking about it

[gentle wind]

i dont have big hands but i cant do small cameras

the xt felt so tiny lol

[timber spruce]

lmao

the xt is nice

[gentle wind]

omg if my mum put her cameras in her nickname itd be like

[timber spruce]

wait no

that shit has no damn grip

i hated the X-T4 ergo's

if it had an actual grip i would've liked it more

[gentle wind]

XT5/GFX50/5D2/6D/7D/30D/40D/OLYMPUSSOMETHING/MAMIYA645(????)

[timber spruce]

lmfao

would still be shorter than robin's name

[gentle wind]

lmao

anyways back to doing cosplay prep byebye bro

[timber spruce]

gl hf!

[fleet edge]

We're making a Ukrainian beef stew

[sweet egret]

I got nothing

As long as the food tastes good

[fleet edge]

You've got yourself!

[coral crescent]

Jesus the gym is packed af rn

Fk

And the courts being taken as well

[acoustic lark]

zharkoye?

[coral crescent]

I just found out my dad's gonna give me his card for the day

[fleet edge]

Yeah!

[coral crescent]

I have access to Asian dad money now help

[fleet edge]

We're gonna take you to George's and the Leica store

[timber spruce]

Leica time

[acoustic lark]

We had that the other night

[static ruin]

You can Buy that 600mm f4 currently at georges!

[sweet egret]

There was this dude who kept harassing everyone for $5 on the train fml

[acoustic lark]

hello i've never met you before

[sweet egret]

Hello! neither

[acoustic lark]

I'm Angie, 17 from the Central Coast, complete photography newbie :D

[sweet egret]

I'm James, 27 from Sydney currently drowning in the increased cost of living, a complete photography noob

[quaint comet]

hewwo fellow noobs

[acoustic lark]

Pleasure to meet you James!

[sweet egret]

Pleasure to meet you 🙂

[acoustic lark]

What got you into photography?

This question is for anyone that wants to answer it by the way :)

[coral crescent]

I picked up a camera

That's it

[quaint comet]

partner shoved a camera into my hands

[coral crescent]

I just saw it lying around at home one day and just picked it up and took it to a shoot

[static ruin]

Brought the first DSLR with plans of getting into astrophotography and was going to stick it on a scope... I never bought the imaging rig and stuck with the observing side for astro, I did however start going out hiking more often, started taking said DSLR

And now I carry far too much weight out bush

[coral crescent]

I just ran into my teacher at the gym

[gentle wind]

tons and tons of influence from my mum ive always loved it cause of it and since i became a cosplayer photography is a huge industry within it and so i was like fck it lets take some photos of my friends and 2 years later here we are

[coral crescent]

He nominated me for a senior photography contest which is a w

I'm not a senior

[gentle wind]

i needed more commas in that but i have dorito fingers

[coral crescent]

[timber spruce]

a friend donated my camera to me

[acoustic lark]

Aw you guys those are the best answers

[coral crescent]

So big Augie forced it on you until you started loving it

[timber spruce]

and San here donated the 80-200 L to me

[quaint comet]

i also just enjoyed taking pics on my phone and with my friends dslr so it wasnt much of a jump when robin gave it to me

[timber spruce]

so i got my whole kit for $90 (bought a 50mm)

[gentle wind]

I actually probably shoved myself in front of one more than she did lol

[coral crescent]

My parents just had a random cam lying around unused so I was like

Fk it what could happen

And now I'm here

[timber spruce]

and the reason why i'm into photography i took a pic of a shit leaf and was like "damn this is shit and i like it!" here we're now

still taking shit photos

[gentle wind]

i just shoved a dorito up my nose

[timber spruce]

also forgot to say i've been on a phone for like 4 years now

[timber spruce]

ew

[gentle wind]

ah shit tfw you forget to hit export...... 20 minutes later :| i was like wtf is taking so long HAHA

[timber spruce]

[coral crescent]

[static ruin]

Sounds like me!

[timber spruce]

🤝

[static ruin]

I just went from taking shit photos to spending money on a better camera and taking higher quality shit photos

[timber spruce]

same

[coral crescent]

Starting drugs from a young age, big Augie would be proud

[timber spruce]

i now take shit photos with a real camera

[coral crescent]

Guys I just saw someone under 5ft

Holy shit

[timber spruce]

oi don't start giving my 100% real sister ideas!

[timber spruce]

you looked in the mirror again?

[coral crescent]

I'm 5"10

[timber spruce]

sure you're

wait

that means you're taller than me

[coral crescent]

[static ruin]

He'll always look down on you

[sweet egret]

I'm perpetually seeking other's approval

[timber spruce]

and still take mid photos

[static ruin]

lol

[coral crescent]

Owl :D

[static ruin]

I still need to check out an owl I heard a few months back

[coral crescent]

Owl

[static ruin]

Went to a new solo observing spot, heard a boobok owl

[timber spruce]

this one is mid

[coral crescent]

[timber spruce]

i like the one in #⚡・featured-photos more

[static ruin]

Future me project when that 180-600 comes in

[sweet egret]

I seek external validation by the number of Instagram followers I'm gaining every 5years

[coral crescent]

My featured shot is a boobok

[coral crescent]

Yeah that one is way better

[gentle wind]

I feel uncomfortable with how much it's staring me down

[coral crescent]

[timber spruce]

it's judging you

[coral crescent]

Here this one isn't

I like owls

[static ruin]

Was that in the wild or a zoo?

[gentle wind]

It's because I'm a Diluc main isn't it

[timber spruce]

100%

[coral crescent]

Yes

[coral crescent]

Bird sanc

[static ruin]

Ah

[coral crescent]

It was flying around and shit

Didn't stay still for long

[acoustic lark]

what do the numbers mean

[coral crescent]

Focal length

Zoom

Bigger number = more zoom

[static ruin]

Focal length of a lens, shorter focal length means wider field of view, longer focal length is narrow, zoom is an easy way to put it

[gentle wind]

Smaller numbers are referred to as wider, bigger numbers are longer

[coral crescent]

Mhm mhm

That never made sense to me

[acoustic lark]

So.. give me a scope

[acoustic lark]

What’s like.. a good range?

[coral crescent]

Depends on what you're shooting

[static ruin]

Depends on the style, there's more than just focal length

[acoustic lark]

Thats helpful

[coral crescent]

Crop factor as well

[static ruin]

There's also aperture which imacts photos in other ways

[coral crescent]

You'll learn way more in person

[acoustic lark]

I hope so :)

[coral crescent]

Genuinely you'll be reborn as a photographer

[acoustic lark]

I can’t wait

[coral crescent]

Wait till the day you get San to acknowledge your photos as well

[gentle wind]

Might be better to have 15 ppl infodumping at you in person about it than on here

[coral crescent]

And then when he tears them down brutally

[static ruin]

That's when you've won photography

[coral crescent]

I've won

[quaint comet]

[vibrates a totally normal amount]

[coral crescent]

Seen guardians of ga'lahoole?

[acoustic lark]

I’m excited heheheh

[coral crescent]

Loved that shit

Anyway back to my set

Brb

[static ruin]

Just buy a heavy lens and lift that instead of gym

[quaint comet]

that was my childhood fuck yeah i loved gahoole

[acoustic lark]

Is that the featured photos channel?

[gentle wind]

GFX is my daily workout

[coral crescent]

Still my childhood

[acoustic lark]

Wait the birds! The one where the moon is evil

[coral crescent]

Nah, it's when San says it's good

[coral crescent]

Yeah that one

Fk it I'm gonna frame this instead

[static ruin]

Featured photos is where a few of our members have access to put photos from the server that reach a high standard, san is one of those members.

[coral crescent]

Sans the most critical about photos, he also knows what the fuck he's talking about

His feedback is harsh but it's always helpful

So whenever you see feedback from him either run or be praised

[acoustic lark]

Ok so the Gordon Ramsey of this server

[coral crescent]

Good way of putting it

[fleet edge]

I don't understand how I got specialist

[static ruin]

Closest I can get to that is specialist shit poster

[coral crescent]

[fleet edge]

Apparently I'm occasionally helpful

[coral crescent]

I want specialist

One day

[static ruin]

I just encourage gas

[fleet edge]

Apparently I know stuff

I mean

I do know stuff

[coral crescent]

I'll take editing support

[fleet edge]

But apparently I do

[static ruin]

I just need to actually get out more

[gentle wind]

Editing is all I can do

[static ruin]

Few waterfalls I want to check out this weekend, hopefully this time no flu

[coral crescent]

Same

It carries all my photos

especially neon

Unlike someone's only monochrome

[fleet edge]

https://youtu.be/WCfpt5eJMGk

This'll help a lot of you watch it before coming to hang out

The exposure triangle refers to the three important settings you use for everything

It's like learning what the levers and pedals in a car do

Can't do photography without them

[coral crescent]

Good ol exposure triangle

[fleet edge]

Teach me how to wildlife

There's like

3 wildlife photogs coming

Someone teach me

[coral crescent]

In Syd? If we see birbs sure

What contests?

I like entering the junior division and just winning

[fleet edge]

Contests scare me

BC I'm shit

[static ruin]

Step #1, complain that some animal doesn't go in precisely the position you want it

[coral crescent]

That's bullshit

[static ruin]

Step 2, spend $$$

[coral crescent]

You're cyan, you can't be shit

[fleet edge]

Hey, you've seen my website

[coral crescent]

Yes and you're proving me right

It's good

[fleet edge]

Absolute drivel

[coral crescent]

I'm heading to Syd zoo on the 8th for wildlife

Taronga should be fun

[acoustic lark]

Thank you so much, I’ll watch it tonight!!

If anyone else has things they recommend I read up or watch before we meet, please send them over!

[coral crescent]

OpticalWander

Sydney based street photographer

His edits are mediocre at best but his original shots are good

https://youtu.be/lqk1K3CCl_4

This is in Syd and he talks through his process of thinking

[fleet edge]

Not the teal and orange guy /s

[coral crescent]

Like I said, edits mediocre af

His shots and way of thinking I can recommend

His neon stuff is mediocre as well

Too heavy on the purples and always underexposed

[fleet edge]

You can always google my favourite photographer ever

Fan Ho

[coral crescent]

Holy fuck one google search shows some of the best monochrome stuff I've ever seen

[fleet edge]

You should see his photo books

[acoustic lark]

You guys are amazing <3

[timber spruce]

no u

[foggy steppe]

Best taste

Fan ho is the real origin of all the good black and white composition

In street

[fleet edge]

My partner describes me as "aggressively friendly"

[fleet edge]

I am such a Fan Ho simp

[timber spruce]

Fan Ho is based

surely i will trun into the kurdish Fan Ho in a couple years

[foggy steppe]

Fan ho and Wang wusheng

Greatest Asian mono photographers

[coral crescent]

Wang wusheng holy shit

This needs a bunch of caligraphy

[foggy steppe]

my dad has a signed book from wang wusheng, its so cool lol

got to have dinner with him and discuss photos lmfao

[foggy steppe]

this as a wall sized print, imagine

[coral crescent]

If I saw that in store I'd probably buy it

[coral crescent]

That is a very big fkin flex

[foggy steppe]

wish i could do that lmfao

all his photography is of those mountains

but its all like the peak of mono landscape imo

[coral crescent]

It's very peak

It's the stuff you see in all those cultivation manhuas

[foggy steppe]

fuck yeah lmao

theyre all based off those mountains yeah

huangshan

need to visit someday

[coral crescent]

First thing I thought of was a scroll

And liyue

[coral crescent]

That's on my bucket list 100%, might try to go in gap year

[foggy steppe]

liyue is probs tangentially based off it too

ill probs go next time i visit china

[coral crescent]

Liyue is 100% based off it

[foggy steppe]

might be based off something else based on it lol

everything is fuckin based on it

[coral crescent]

Sounds about right

Just like they copy all the temple designs from Nepal

[foggy steppe]

yeah exactly that lmao

[coral crescent]

Like sumeru holy shit

I've seen all those buildings irl

[foggy steppe]

temple on a mountain? copy nepal

temple on water? copy japan

[coral crescent]

yep

[foggy steppe]

easy solutions

[coral crescent]

I've been to most of those temples

[foggy steppe]

yeah half the time its like one to one copy

[coral crescent]

It's a legit ctrl C ctrl v

[foggy steppe]

yeah lmao, its funny when its a particularly famous temple

[coral crescent]

Guys we almost have more messages in here than meme dump does

[acoustic lark]

splendid! I was telling a friend about all of you wonderful humans earlier today and he said "you have such a strong power to make friends", and I went on to tell him how great you all are so y'know, same

[fleet edge]

We're too friendly

[acoustic lark]

Who knew Aussies were so nice

[coral crescent]

Anyone who says the word cunt 3 times in one sentence is either super nice or a cunt

[acoustic lark]

Flawless logic

[coral crescent]

Ik we're amazing right?

[foggy steppe]

you guys are uncannily friendly

i tend to act more like how i do in gloves off

[coral crescent]

Honestly if you can't make friends with an Aussie it's probably a you issue

[acoustic lark]

how do you act in gloves off

[coral crescent]

Gloves off is just everyone being honest so that's a good thing

[foggy steppe]

gloves off is fun

get to try to find the least nice way to say it

other than that its the same as novice

[coral crescent]

I don't like doing gloves off to people who aren't active cause usually they're pussies

If I see a pic from most people here I'll gloves off it fairly harshly

[acoustic lark]

lmaoooo the honesty is great

[foggy steppe]

olive gloves offs my pics even in free for all

[coral crescent]

[foggy steppe]

also most people here are within a fairly small age range (10 years or so) and the most annoying ones arent australian

its good stuff

[coral crescent]

I don't think I've ever put anything in free for all other than my boobok owl. That was just for zivi to throw in features tho

[foggy steppe]

i put random pics in random channels

even in novice sometimes

[coral crescent]

If anyone was a wanker they wouldn't be invited to the meet even if they were Aussie imo

[foggy steppe]

thats mostly when augies there tho coz augie is helpful

[coral crescent]

I pop in there time to time to help newbies

[foggy steppe]

true

[coral crescent]

Usually Augie has it covered

[foggy steppe]

im pretty active in the help channels, lounge is eh mostly

not my thing

[coral crescent]

Ill chime in if it's wildlife

Cause that's the one thing I'm actually really good at

If it's street I'll say a thing or two but if it's portraits I'll nope out of there

[foggy steppe]

im taking the 150-600 and the 400 2.8 and the r10 and the 5d4 to a wildlife park on saturday lmfao

along with 2 3-5kg tripods

full kit

[coral crescent]

Going all in, might as well

[acoustic lark]

i swear to god you guys are talking another language

[foggy steppe]

i generally dont bother with portraits but i do most types of feedback just coz ive done at least some study/practice on them all

[coral crescent]

I'm heading out the bird sanctuary here on Saturday and buying a yearly membership so I can go whenever

It's surprisingly cheap

[foggy steppe]

im taking 20kg of gear to a park to shoot birds

[timber spruce]

pepe popo

[acoustic lark]

which bird sanctuary

[coral crescent]

$40 AU for a whole year of bird shooting

[acoustic lark]

yo no way thats amazing

[coral crescent]

Just a local one on Alice

[foggy steppe]

sanctuary shooting is kinda boring tho

[coral crescent]

Nahh not here

[acoustic lark]

i forgot you were in alice, i would've asked if you wanted a bird friend

[foggy steppe]

i do it for the fun

[foggy steppe]

olympic park is the way here

[coral crescent]

Here it's fairly wild

The birds are ridiculously hard to find

[acoustic lark]

Olympic Park is beautiful, i haven't been in ages :(

[foggy steppe]

should come with a camera sometime

[coral crescent]

But there's so many it's amazing

I've never been to Olympic park

[foggy steppe]

its so nice, tons of birds too

[coral crescent]

Might visit on my free day

[foggy steppe]

in summer its a bit shit tho

im probs gonna head there too

[acoustic lark]

Hey outta curiosity how late are we staying in the city on sunday?

[fleet edge]

This Saturday or Meetup Saturday

[foggy steppe]

this

meetup saturday i have a gig

[timber spruce]

we should re-name this to aussi chat after the meet up

[fleet edge]

:(((((((

[coral crescent]

Idk

[foggy steppe]

in the morning tho so maybe ill go that day too?

[acoustic lark]

wait is it a saturday, my dates are getting confused

[foggy steppe]

in the arvo

[night hound]

Ma, I'm home

[foggy steppe]

since ill have gear out already

[coral crescent]

9th of july

[foggy steppe]

its a sunday

[acoustic lark]

ok so sunday

[foggy steppe]

i think

[timber spruce]

welcome home mama

[acoustic lark]

robin heckin confusing me

[coral crescent]

[night hound]

Thank you, bb

[coral crescent]

Idk how long we'll be out

[foggy steppe]

not planned yet i think?

[coral crescent]

So Iona you can't make it for the full day?

[acoustic lark]

Only reason I ask is because I live an hour and a half away from central station

[foggy steppe]

nah im on the gig on the saturday

the day before

[coral crescent]

Ohhh

[foggy steppe]

then if i get home early ill head to bird

[coral crescent]

Yeah that was confusing

[foggy steppe]

then photowalk the next day

[coral crescent]

Yep sounds good

Hope it rains

[night hound]

We stay till last man, woman or child is standing.

[foggy steppe]

portraiture for once lmfao

still gotta figure out what lenses to bring to that place

[foggy steppe]

god damn

[acoustic lark]

gotta love the coast 🥲

[coral crescent]

If it's any sympathy I live 2 flights away

[timber spruce]

y'all better record that day

[foggy steppe]

ok sorry angie and augie are genuinely confusing me lmfao

central coast?

[acoustic lark]

yessir

up in gossy

[foggy steppe]

ahh

[night hound]

I'm Inner West

[foggy steppe]

you have good rodeos there

im in the same suburb

[acoustic lark]

i used to live in eastern suburbs

[acoustic lark]

which

[foggy steppe]

gosford shooting rodeos is so much fun

[night hound]

Me, to

[timber spruce]

which augie?

[night hound]

o

[coral crescent]

You lot have no clue how pumped I am for Sydney

[foggy steppe]

both

[timber spruce]

we've two

augies

[acoustic lark]

what

[foggy steppe]

i live border of croydon and ashfield

[timber spruce]

and one angie

[coral crescent]

Getting away from Alice is the best thing

[acoustic lark]

ohhhh gotcha

I can change, i can be binko again

[foggy steppe]

nah

[timber spruce]

want me to replace you there?

[coral crescent]

Idm

[foggy steppe]

your name is the superior colour

[acoustic lark]

what is the superior colour

[coral crescent]

Canon colorb

[foggy steppe]

canon

[acoustic lark]

ah, yes

[timber spruce]

cringe

canon is mid as hell

[acoustic lark]

my baby canon is doing me wonders

[timber spruce]

canon bad!

[coral crescent]

Ohhh your colour is from jury pick Iona

[foggy steppe]

alright 5d2

[coral crescent]

I was wondering

[night hound]

I only bought I gfx so I can have a green colour on my name

[acoustic lark]

sal will never stop insulting my lil baby camera

[foggy steppe]

yeah from that weird one

[coral crescent]

I just need a first place medalist now

[timber spruce]

i'm not insulting your camera i'm insulting canon as a company and a brand

[acoustic lark]

what are the medals for

[coral crescent]

Got 2nd and 3rd done

[timber spruce]

i need to get in that damn chat!

[coral crescent]

Competitions held here

[acoustic lark]

What sorts of competitions

I swear if you say photography competitions

[coral crescent]

Photo ones

[foggy steppe]

what else lmfao

[night hound]

Shot put, triathlon...

[timber spruce]

photo ones

[coral crescent]

What else

[acoustic lark]

goddamn it guys

[coral crescent]

Scroll to the bottom

[foggy steppe]

#contest-info for info

[coral crescent]

Of the channel lists

That

That's the one

[acoustic lark]

gotcha, thanks

[foggy steppe]

i dont think ive ever had or taken a photo that matches a theme properly

so i just submit whatever

[timber spruce]

i've the best photo for 90% of the themes

[night hound]

I can't believe how confusred people were with the last one.

[timber spruce]

red window on a green wall

[foggy steppe]

fact it hasnt won is a travesty

[coral crescent]

I have but I always just use an old one

[foggy steppe]

yeah that was really weird

[acoustic lark]

what sorts of themes are there

[coral crescent]

Never gone out to shoot for the contest

[timber spruce]

i couldn't use my red window on a green wall, L

[coral crescent]

Random all the time

[foggy steppe]

the themes are kinda odd for photography contests but its frequent so it makes sense

suggested by previous winners

[coral crescent]

Day I get to use my owl I win

[foggy steppe]

tell them its a skylight

[timber spruce]

i shall win with that photo one day

[coral crescent]

Who makes the themes anyway?

[timber spruce]

jordan

[foggy steppe]

prev 1st place and jury pick suggests

[timber spruce]

and the other dudes

[coral crescent]

Ohhhh

[foggy steppe]

jordan picks

and yeah the others

[coral crescent]

Contest helpers

[foggy steppe]

weird name dudes

[coral crescent]

That'd be fun

[acoustic lark]

worm's eye view lmfao

[coral crescent]

Yeah

Kinda bland imo

[acoustic lark]

that's actually hilarious

[foggy steppe]

i even got my fisheye out for it

[coral crescent]

I didn't really like it

[foggy steppe]

but my flower garden was all blown over

[coral crescent]

You submitted one?

[foggy steppe]

nah

[coral crescent]

Didn't think so

[foggy steppe]

flowers were dead so i couldnt take one

[coral crescent]

Ah yeah fair

[night hound]

I thought it was an interesting theme as people actuallly went out to take photos.

[foggy steppe]

yeah it was a good theme

[coral crescent]

Did you submit?

[foggy steppe]

just people didnt have reading comprehension

[coral crescent]

Personally I wouldn't count my submission as Worms eye but ig the contest helpers did