Lounge but Australian

[sudden karma]

Which is good

[left ridge]

yeah you can detach the bag and use it to lift stuff

and the bag has a compartment for chilling thing

like the insulation thingy

shiny silver

[sudden karma]

Ok that's actually sick as

I thought it was just for groceries and shit

But damn

[left ridge]

so awesome

this is so worth it

[sudden karma]

Actually a worthwhile purchase

I don't make many

[left ridge]

me neither

i was almost tempted

shark speedstyle 😔

[sudden karma]

The temptation to buy stuff I don't need is so strong

[frozen lantern]

Fr

Did that yesterday

[left ridge]

but it would be cool if you bought it

[frozen lantern]

What are you studying?

[sudden karma]

Don't feed my temptations

I'm on the verge of buying a 70-200 g2

[left ridge]

do it

[static ruin]

Always give into the gas

Also don't listen to me

[left ridge]

im doing diploma of educational studies before bachelor of education

[sudden karma]

I'm stuck between a 70-200 is ii and a 70-200 g2

It's so tempting

[frozen lantern]

Yeah alright the JCU professor that I know won’t be much help

[left ridge]

yeah im at griffith

i applied to james cook before but they didnt respond

like ever

[frozen lantern]

He’s a marine biologist and does toxinology

So you’re gonna be a teacher?

[left ridge]

yessir

oh god

Just enrolled in my classes

[sudden karma]

Better to have them all on one day

Primary teaching?

[frozen lantern]

Primary school, middle years or high school kids?

[left ridge]

yeep

[sudden karma]

no take my word get them out of the way and use the free time for study/free time

My sister's doing primary teaching too

She's in her final year

She's at uni 2/5 days and has heaps of free time to do work and have free time

[frozen lantern]

I feel like senior years would be the best ones to teach because they’re theoretically a lot more mature and you can get away with a bit more

[sudden karma]

Yes and no

Especially as someone barely older then them, they can be a dablle

Rabble

I know my year are dickheads

[left ridge]

You have to deal with senior students 💀

My food studies class had a new young teacher and every day was overstimulating hell

[frozen lantern]

I have teachers that swear in front of us if we were primary school kids that would be problem but because we’re senior it doesn’t matter we don’t care

[left ridge]

I got my login details a bit late so the tuesday class was the only one available

Gen math was only on monday

[sudden karma]

Wednesday and Thursday off is great

[left ridge]

Ikr

Surprised to have free time on those

[frozen lantern]

I got to see shallow water blackout in class today I don’t want to see that again

[sudden karma]

It's good, get your shit together for the rest of the week, finish all hw on Wednesday and then Thursday you can just chill

[left ridge]

Yeyeah man I gotta lock in or else my mom is gonna deport me to a garment factory 🫡

[sudden karma]

back to the shein factories

[frozen lantern]

Lucky I can’t get deported or I would’ve been already!

[left ridge]

[sudden karma]

That's what you think

[vivid verge]

That’s nice as

HAWAIIAN IMPOSTOR

[left ridge]

quite the decent size and nice view too

[frozen lantern]

That’s what I know because I’m born here

[frozen lantern]

Great

There’s thunder now

[vale trout]

[left ridge]

How much is too much for pots and pans

Why is a pot 119$

[frozen lantern]

For my English assignment I’m doing photography and narrowed it down to sports and landed on F1 so I did the simple thing, reached out to an F1 photographer

[sudden karma]

Which one

It wasn't me 😔

[frozen lantern]

Kym Illman!

[sudden karma]

Ooh good choice, literally my fav F1 photographer

If he can't get back to you, try some of the local Australian motorsport photographers

I really like jack Martin's work, he's a local and he's usually at the F1 in Australia

[vivid verge]

me xx

just kidding i suck

[sudden karma]

He could always reach out to me too

[frozen lantern]

Yeah he did

[sudden karma]

Oh he did that's sick

[frozen lantern]

Photography is sorta broad I should find a specific area but it’s difficult

I like portraits but I also like automotive and landscape I wouldn’t mind properly getting into wildlife or aviation either maybe I could do a mixture I have to do a 5ish minute presentation

[frozen lantern]

And I’m finally getting enrolled in my certificate 3 after nearly 4 weeks

[left ridge]

[sudden karma]

Let's goooo

I need to reach out to jack Martin to ask him some stuff

How'd you reach out to Kym illman mower

[vivid verge]

Probably some long ass arms

[sudden karma]

shush

[patent pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/upisnotjump-laugh-laughing-knee-slapper-knee-slap-gif-20191435

[frozen lantern]

Flicked him a dm on ig

[sudden karma]

Easier then I thought

[frozen lantern]

Super surprised I even got a reply

[sudden karma]

@stone frost join us

[stone frost]

hello

cunts

[patent pecan]

Hey cunt

[stone frost]

yooo

[frozen lantern]

Psychology sucks

I should not have picked the subject

I don’t know what causes anxiety but I could tell you where the thalamus and hypothalamus are

[frozen lantern]

What in the heavy metal is that album cover?

[vivid verge]

it’s the fucking goat album

Megadeth and Metallica CREATED the metal genre

[sudden karma]

METALLICA MENTIONED

I'm going to their concert this year

Idk when

My mate has my ticket

I don't think I've paid him yet

[frozen lantern]

Lucky

[misty condor]

wah

thats so coooll

[frozen lantern]

Concerts aren’t for me but if I ever went to one I would go see Elton John perform at the Troubadour it’ll never happen but it would be an incredible experience

[frozen lantern]

It’s funny that’s for sure

[misty condor]

ye ye

[patent pecan]

Happy Friday

[sudden karma]

Yay

[sudden karma]

Happy Valentine's Day smeet

[patent pecan]

thanks my luv

[sudden karma]

I'm a minor

[frozen lantern]

It’s okay I’m under 18 as well

[tight marsh]

Possible eshay?

[patent pecan]

fucking aircon isnt working at work

[static ruin]

Beautiful in the air con office here.. no reason to reply to comment this other than to tease

[patent pecan]

[frozen lantern]

Not. A. Chance.

Has anyone got an AROC?

Or an RePL?

I think I have to get my RePL and after that apply for an AROC

[sudden karma]

It wasn't working at home

It's still not

Thank god for the cool change man

[patent pecan]

Yeah same

BECAUSE ITS FUCKING RAINING AGAIN..

[sudden karma]

can't relate

Hasn't rained much here

We had like 3 mm yesterday

That's all

[frozen lantern]

The rain fucked off up my way there’s barely a cloud in the sky

[patent pecan]

They just opened the road to the trucks and stuff an hour ago or so too

[frozen lantern]

Lucky they did that the shelves at the shops are pretty bare

Does anyone know how to write a NOTAM?

[sudden karma]

Wtf is a notam

If it's english I can probably do it tho

[frozen lantern]

Notice to Airmen

[sudden karma]

Yeah I don't know how to do that

[frozen lantern]

As part of my cert 3 I’ll have to write a NOTAM for an RPAS flight

I think get my RePL from this certificate and after I get that I’ll go get an ARN and an AROC

According to the CASA website RePL holders need to get an AROC

[sudden karma]

too many acronyms

[vivid verge]

silly man

Notice to Air Missions

[frozen lantern]

Notice to Airman was the first search result

[vivid verge]

Fella had to look it up 😭😭

Nah as of yesterday the FAA changed it

[frozen lantern]

I haven’t got any of my units I don’t know when I’ll write a NOTAM

[vivid verge]

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/notams-now-notices-to-air-missions/

[frozen lantern]

Because I’ve seen the acronym just didn’t know what it meant

[vivid verge]

whats a METAR

[vivid verge]

i know how to read em

have fun writing in UTC because till fuck with you

[frozen lantern]

I looking at the units I have to do as part of Certificate III in Aviation (Remote Pilot) and one of them was something to do with writing a NOTAM

[frozen lantern]

Could not tell you

[vivid verge]

why are you trying to write a NOTAM?

[frozen lantern]

Because it’s part of the one of the units I have to do for a Certificate III

Part of the certificate is that we do our Remote Pilot License and according to the CASA website people who hold an RePL need an AROC

[vivid verge]

you gotta do so much shit before you get to there

youll know what a NOTAM and stuff is by then

and how they work

dont u need to be 17 to get an AROC anyway?

how old r u?

[frozen lantern]

17 in a couple months

I’m gonna really try on this course and hopefully get it done by term 4

[frozen lantern]

Complete a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) is unit 11 of 14

[static ruin]

Weather gods giving us things again

[fiery island]

Nice shot.

[sudden karma]

Merry Saturday lads and lasses

I got in before smeet

[patent pecan]

Happy Satdee

[frozen lantern]

I could’ve smh

I’ve been up since 20 past 5

[sudden karma]

Happy Sunday lads

[frozen lantern]

I sure am glad it ain’t Monday

[static ruin]

It's almost Monday though, need 3rd day on weekend

[sudden karma]

i know

i hate mondays

[static ruin]

I'd just rather 4 day work weeks with longer hours if I had the option, during covid era was cut down to 4 days a week, it was amazing

2 days Saturday you're just starting to relax, Sunday the mind is already on getting things ready for work the next day. 3rd day makes it so much easier to get things done, or go places

[sudden karma]

i dont work a 9-5 but for work experience when i did i agree

working 8-6 would work

[patent pecan]

Happy Sunday I just woke up

[sudden karma]

morning smeet

i got like 11 hours last night

feeling brilliant

[patent pecan]

I wish I worked for the government where they do that 38 hour contract. Just do a couple more hours every day for a long weekend

[sudden karma]

i envy my parents, so much felxibility in their 9-5s

[patent pecan]

I woke up at 530 originally sweating and thirsty. Beers and forgetting aircon do that to ya though

[static ruin]

Yep, couple of hours more on each day isn't significant, extra day off is

[sudden karma]

some days my mum just doesnt feel like working and just doesnt work and her boss is chill with it

only been with hte company for 8 years

[patent pecan]

Tried a different beer on tap last night panther

[static ruin]

Sure would be nice

[patent pecan]

CBC goldy

[static ruin]

My hours are pretty flexible which is nice, but still requires 5 days a week

[sudden karma]

in theory so does mums

but her boss is a legend

[patent pecan]

Yeah same if I don’t have much on during the day I just do what ever I want

[sudden karma]

dont you work as a forklift saleman or smth

[patent pecan]

Yes

Sales n hire

My boss isn’t that worried about what I’m doing as long as I make him money lol

[sudden karma]

fair

how many sales a day?

like is it high traffic or just occasionally someone places a big order

[patent pecan]

Hire most days, I quote a lot to cane farmers and local businesses

I probably only sell maybe 1-2 every fortnight I reckon

But there’s good profit margins

[sudden karma]

so its worth it

hell yeah

[frozen lantern]

I tried northerns yesterday

[patent pecan]

You live in cairns, you were probably breastfed on them

[frozen lantern]

Nah it was my first time having one although I’d previously had northern zeros

Not a fan at all

[static ruin]

I can offer you $5 for a forklift, take it or leave it

[patent pecan]

lift your own forks, old timer

[static ruin]

You're not a very good salesmen smh, the customer is always right

[patent pecan]

Too warm for sales today

[sudden karma]

fuck

thats bad

18 here today

[sudden karma]

house is taking good shape

@polar fractal why not in here

Oops

Wrong person

@narrow wasp

[narrow wasp]

Idk I don’t use this server that much lmao

[sudden karma]

Well too bad you're with us now

[steep idol]

photolounge minekrafte server wen?

my photos got posted on ABC news lmao

[coral crescent]

yo?

[steep idol]

yeah, indirectly but still my photo

[karmic lily]

Doog

[sudden karma]

I think advions working on something

But it might not happen for a while

[sudden karma]

show

[sudden karma]

I'm actually gonna steal your dog bro

[steep idol]

sorry cant, otherwise i would doxx myself

[karmic lily]

Just get a Engstaff man they're the best

Best decision I've made in my life tbh it's so good

[frozen lantern]

Oh my god she’s cute

[sudden karma]

Fair

[vivid verge]

C348/25
LJR NEW SOUTH WALES WILL TAKE PLACE
MIL F35 JET ACFT OPR BLW 2000FT AGL ON THE FLW RTE:
333736S 1512118E/ 331700S 1513500E/ 330000S 1514436E

RMK: CLEAR OF CLASS D COASTAL NORTHBOUND REMAINING OVER WATER
SFC TO 2000FT AGL
FROM 02 212300 TO 02 220030

[static ruin]

Because noones said it yet, the obligatory happy Tuesday

[frozen lantern]

I was waiting for Smeet

[static ruin]

He's clearly slacking off

[frozen lantern]

Fr

Time to start my application for the navy

[patent pecan]

God forbit I do some work for once

Happy tuesday

Where's the, ' Oh is Smeet okay?' 'He hasn't died of dehydration or heat stroke has he?'

[static ruin]

Oh dw, I just assumed you were actually working

[fiery island]

RTX 5080 ordered...I remember the days when a videocard that could run EVERYTHING cost $800.

[patent pecan]

How much did you pay?

[fiery island]

a bit over 2K

[patent pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/annoyed-fuck-frustrated-gif-15331740

[fiery island]

I wasn't going to spring for the 5090 as those cards STILL have issues burning up power cables.

that has been a problem since the RTX2090

[static ruin]

Ah nice, surprised you could actually get an order through

[fiery island]

yeah I know.

[static ruin]

Still looking at it, just been waiting for things to settle

[fiery island]

i'm in the middle of a rebuild.

[static ruin]

It's insane how they've done it, amusing/sad part is 3090ti uses the same cable, but had 0 issue because they actually put the protection circuitry on the cards to prevent the issue

Said circuitry isn't on 40/50 series

[fiery island]

i'll be turning my current system into a server, I have 128gb of ram on the way in and a new AIO to replace the one that I have that is a year out of warranty.

I think the solution is to include the protection circuit in the PSU.

[static ruin]

Also I lie, I did see one local 5080 in stock a week ago, but didn't care enough to pay the markup

[fiery island]

well hopefully I won't have to buy another card for a very long time, so it's worth it.

I'll give my 4080 to my nephew who is building his own pc.

[static ruin]

Ah nice

[fiery island]

Though i'll have to make sure he's gone for a case with better airflow than the last one he picked.

the last case he picked out had so much RGB shit in it you almost needed a welding mask to look at it.

it looked like a U2 stage show.

[static ruin]

What's next, will have that ssd that performs like crap due to the absurd amount of rgb lights dumping too much heat into it

Was a Kingston SSD iirc, was an amusing issue to read about a while back, performance would just come to a crawl

[fiery island]

HAH

I only used in case lighting when I was working on my systems, it's handy being able to see what you're doing poking around in a PC chassis. I have a small nightcore torch with a magnetic base that can attach to nearly anything ferrous, though of course Lian Li cases are aluminium which isn't magnetic.

[static ruin]

Mostly avoided RGB with the current build, only thing that has it is the mobo with a soft glow

Video card technically has a bit but not much, is also old, and don't exactly buy them with an aesthetic in mind, either does what I want or doesn't

[fiery island]

They have PSU's with RGB lighting now.

They have cables with RGB leds on them too.

Thanks to my nephew, I know these horrors exist.

[static ruin]

What a time to be alive

[fiery island]

Indeed.

I still have the CPU core from my 486/DX100 - the first PC I ever owned. Things have changed a lot since then.

[frozen lantern]

I’m providing ADF Careers with the documents they need

It’s a little tedious trying to find some of them but it is what it is

[static ruin]

Ancient by modern standards. Aside from family desktop/hand me down laptop as a kid/teen, first cpu for me with my own build was the i7 2600, I've done the same, kept the cpu itself. Certainly modern in comparison to the 486

Only replaced it 2 years ago, amazing value for money

Do remember the Pentium 2/3's and such as a kid

[frozen lantern]

@vivid verge started my application today and picked my job preferences

Imagery Specialist was my first pick, Aircrewman was my second and Maritime Logistics Officer was my third

[vivid verge]

Nice

the website fucking sucks it took me so long to work out how to put fast jet first

[frozen lantern]

Ikr it took me ages to even find imagery specialist

It was under hospitality and support not communication, IT and intelligence

[vivid verge]

the application process actually sucks balls so hard

[frozen lantern]

So far the website hasn’t allowed me to upload all the documents that I need to upload

[static ruin]

Wouldn't stress too much at this stage, when I applied years ago, after the aptitude test, they give you a list of positions you can go for anyways based on results, can also ask about the jobs/change what you're going for and such at that stage

[frozen lantern]

Imagery specialist is my number one preference but I’ll see where it all goes

[vivid verge]

Eventually they start asking you for documents that aren’t even on the website

So you just email them the PDF

[frozen lantern]

It says I need to upload my most recent report card or something along those lines but it doesn’t let me

[vivid verge]

Is imagery specialist an officer role?

Wait nah it isn’t

Oh shit it’s an A role

Youll be easy as fuck on the JOA

[frozen lantern]

I’m waiting for that one now

[frozen lantern]

There’s Public Relations Officer but at this stage the only officer role I’d consider is maritime logistics officer

I’m not going through ADFA probably wouldn’t get in anyway

[sudden karma]

Guys I got media access to shoot my first race next month

[vivid verge]

Nice

Supercars Friday night for me yippee

[sudden karma]

I'm watching that

Tempted to get tickets for Sandown 500 already, but idk when my exams will be

I've got to wait till May to see

[frozen lantern]

That’s heaps good

[sudden karma]

Happy hump day aussies

[patent pecan]

Happy wednesday

[sudden karma]

I may or may not have had a moment of extreme gas and bought magnetic ND filters

[patent pecan]

I was going to go magnetic but ended up settling on the nisi swifts

[sudden karma]

should be fun

[patent pecan]

adapters were a smart choice

Is 77mm your largest?

[patent pecan]

Not me who owns two different sized $400 VND kits

[sudden karma]

probably will be

what lenses are 82mm

oh all the 24-70s

fuck it i can just use a 77mm filter on that and wing it

[patent pecan]

Don't you have a longer lens 200+?

[sudden karma]

my 70-300 has a small thread

and i plan to replace it with a g2 soon anyway

62mm

[patent pecan]

i'd just get an 82 in case and then if you have anything bigger just get seperate

it'll probably make your other lens look funny though lmao

[sudden karma]

i mean looking at the lenses that have an 82mm thread, i cant see myself getting any of them until the distant future

its stuff like the 24-70's

these lenses

and prolly a few more

not too significant to me tbh

[patent pecan]

Oh, I thought you meant you already had one

Fair enough

[sudden karma]

no and honestly wouldnt use those lenses bar the 24-70

[patent pecan]

I discovered kym illman has a youtube channel last night

came up on my feed for his $70k bag breakdown

[sudden karma]

oh his bag breakdown is sick

kyms a cool bloke

[vivid verge]

95mm ☹️

$150 for a half decent ND filter

Actually offing myself

[patent pecan]

yeah so is my 200-600 but I haven't used it for anything worth an ND at this stage

I also haven't used it enough to warrant spending more money on it either

[sudden karma]

Get clip in ones tbh

[frozen lantern]

His gear breakdowns are my favourite videos he’s got

[sudden karma]

I prefer the breakdown videos explaining stuff like techniques but that's cause I shoot motorsport

[frozen lantern]

I got my JOA today

[sudden karma]

Hell yeah brother

Should be shooting the Sandown 300 from beyond the fence

I gotta follow up on that

[frozen lantern]

Got some studying to do before I do it but that’s the next stage and I need to do that

[sudden karma]

its a step in the right direction tho

which is a good ting

[steep idol]

fuccck i hve drafte due tdy

[frozen lantern]

Besides the shitshow that today was something good did happen

My patches from Exercise Cope North and Red Flag arrived

[sudden karma]

Hell yeah

My filters arrive tmmr

I'm attending a race this Sunday too, if the weather permits a bit

So the ND filters will be useful

[frozen lantern]

I really like the Cope North patches

The vibrant colours, the jets on the left, the boat on the right and the E7 in the middle they are nice I honestly like the rectangular patch more then the circular

[sudden karma]

These are sick tbh

Id put these on smth

[kindred rivet]

my wallet is crying

[sudden karma]

Good thing we don't need any

[vivid verge]

Wrong I need that 70-200

[sudden karma]

Why that one

I'm getting a g2 tbh

[vivid verge]

because it’s so tuff

The tamrons softer

And the canon EF is more expensive ain’t it

[sudden karma]

Yup

[sudden karma]

I mean the EF is ii is arguably better, but at the same time the G2 is way more available and better value

[frozen lantern]

One is going on my folder and one is going on my camera bag this week

[sudden karma]

yipee

[frozen lantern]

It’s for a reason

A reason that I can’t reveal

[sudden karma]

interesting

[frozen lantern]

Patches for this weekend

[sudden karma]

Your school has a fucking pool table

????

Happy Thursday lads

[steep idol]

fuck im late

[steep idol]

3 of them..... Its a public school

[vivid verge]

My schools year 12 room got closed down 😢

[sudden karma]

bro what

we dont have a year 12 room lol

[steep idol]

huh? why?

[steep idol]

our stem building is for year 12s only during lunch and library has its own yr 12 only room

[sudden karma]

brooo

[static ruin]

Always thought it was just a standard thing to have

[sudden karma]

no

we have a year 11/12 building but no special area for the year 12s only

[sudden karma]

@patent pecan I wonder how stupid 77mm filters will look on my kit lens

It's 49mm 😯😯

[static ruin]

Well, I used to run the nisi square filters on the old 18-55 when I used that. Answer is yes it looks ridiculous, however if it works, it works

[sudden karma]

They arrive this afternoon, I'll send some photos through

It's like 5 step up rings too

[patent pecan]

Yeah it'll look better than square filters

Happy Thursday

[vivid verge]

last years yr12s got a bit rowdy on muck up day

literally drew all over the walls

[static ruin]

Vignetting says hello

You did say magnetic filter right?

[sudden karma]

yes

[static ruin]

Why so many adapters, shouldn't there be a 48 to whatever size is needed

[sudden karma]

the plan ver ysoon is to replace the kit lens, but atm im priotising the tele over it cause this can actually do it

[sudden karma]

just in case

in theory, yes i couldve just bought the one, but im not sure what wide angle ill buy next and i want to cover the range

[static ruin]

Is how square filters system works, just <insert filter size here> to 95mm for the filter, throwing too many adapters in will cause some to impact light path

[sudden karma]

yes yes

i dont think ill need the 49mm thread much longer

im not too worried

[frozen lantern]

Not too many lenses with 49mm

[sudden karma]

exactly

[frozen lantern]

67mm, 77mm and 82mm are what I would focus on personally

[sudden karma]

thats why i got 77mm

70-200 is 77mm

[frozen lantern]

My 70-200 is 67mm and the 17-40 is 77mm then I can just get step up rings

I have magnetic filters on my 70-200 so I’ll get a 49mm to 77mm ring at some stage

[sudden karma]

67 to 77 i hope you mean lol

[frozen lantern]

I do not

[sudden karma]

what lens do you have thats 49 mm lol

[frozen lantern]

49mm to 77mm would look so silly

[frozen lantern]

50 1.8

[sudden karma]

^

oh realy

thats good to know

[frozen lantern]

I’d rather go straight up 49 to 77

Probably won’t though after I get a 24-105 I don’t know how often I’ll use my 50

[sudden karma]

fair

[frozen lantern]

I’m doing my JOA tonight I’m dreading it

I hope I get a high enough score for a job I’d like

[static ruin]

You should be fine, JOA isn't anything too difficult if memory serves me correctly

When I'd done it, only thing I had to brush up on was long division on paper after being out of school for a while, was too used to calculator lol. Otherwise it's just somewhat basic math (need to work it out without calc), pattern recognition and basic logic type stuff, I don't think you'll have an issue

[frozen lantern]

Just finished

[static ruin]

Ah nice, gl!

[frozen lantern]

In the 20 minutes I answered 30 questions

[steep idol]

yo

[frozen lantern]

I could’ve answered more but I didn’t answer questions that I wasn’t confident that I could answer properly

[static ruin]

You're not expected to answer every question in those sorts of tests

Better off answering fewer but getting it correct over rushing, sounds like you did the right thing

[frozen lantern]

In the ADF Careers stuff it says that it’s normal for people not to answer every question so I took my chances and answered less questions that I think I’m more likely to get correct then answering everything and getting a heap wrong

I’ve been dreading doing the JOA so now I’ve got some weight off my shoulders

By my math if you complete every question on the JOA you have a maximum of 23.4 seconds per question

[sudden karma]

oh

[frozen lantern]

I gave it a red hot crack hopefully I did well enough to get into a job that I want

Imagery specialist then naval aviation then something like stores person or bosun

[static ruin]

I think you'll be fine, probably be more a case of availability, if it's in demand you'll get an offer sooner, if not, may just take time

[vivid verge]

not bad

You’ll be fine anyway

It’s like impossible to fail for group 1

Which is imagery specialist

[frozen lantern]

AWESOME

There’s nothing about the job of an imagery specialist that I don’t like except maybe not getting much time on patrol boats

[frozen lantern]

Possibility for an aviation trade there’s always a need for tradies

[vivid verge]

Most trades are group 1 as well

There’s a high chance you’ll unlock everything anyway, it’s not too hard

[frozen lantern]

I love the Seahawk it would be awesome to get paid to work on them

If I get into the navy as anything other then imagery specialist or aviation I’ll be looking to do my time at sea on patrol boats

I’m on patrol boats almost monthly and it’s usually pretty fun the small crew and very relaxed environment is worthwhile the accommodation on capes isn’t too bad either although the HMAS Leeuwin has some real nice rooms

[vivid verge]

I’m going to Nowra open day in a couple weeks

[frozen lantern]

I might be involved with HMAS Cairns for their navy week event or events I don’t know what’s going on yet haven’t been briefed

[fiery island]

My shoulders hurt after handholding the Pentax 250-600mm f/5.6 with a K1 Mk II- I should have had my CF monopod, lesson learned.

[frozen lantern]

I don’t know what that lens is but it sounds real big and pretty heavy

The name is giving bigma vibes

[fiery island]

The Pentax FA* 250-600mm f/5.6 makes the bigma look svelte by comparison....and optically the Pentax kicks the sigma lenses arse.

We had a cracker of a sunset over here tonight.

[steep idol]

@sudden karma Aus nation in MeinKrafte?

[steep idol]

happy friday!

also im a fucking paperweight without my meds

nothing gets done

[patent pecan]

Happy friYAY because thank FUCK WHATA CUNTOVVA WEEK

[sudden karma]

There's a fancy nation

[vivid verge]

I need to download mine craft again so I can play

[vivid verge]

SUPERCARS RACE DAY FELLAS

The sunset pans are gonna go HARD tonight

[sudden karma]

LETSS GO

[sudden karma]

you going?

[vivid verge]

Yeh going tonight and tomorrow

[sudden karma]

hell yeah

i look forward to seeing the photos

[vivid verge]

they’ll probably suck

😝

[sudden karma]

well then we can discuss them tonight and improve for tmmr

Maybe I can provide some feedback

Or someone else can

Your images at Bathurst were pretty good, I see lots of potential tbh

[vivid verge]

Gonna be shit ass light

Cloudy and maybe a bit of rain

[vivid verge]

Id had my lens three days then, hopefully I’m a bit better now

[sudden karma]

Using the 150-600?

I strongly suggest an ND filter

Altho 92mm ones are hard to find

[sudden karma]

Have you seen my Sandown 500 collection? Bucketed down most of the day, makes for some really cool photos

Rain doesn't mean shit photos in motorsport, nor does heavy clouds

[vivid verge]

nah but Sydney is the only golden hour race

So I was hoping to ya know

Get some golden hour

Tomorrow hopefully

[sudden karma]

i believe in you

[vivid verge]

not for this night race

[sudden karma]

golden hour still exists in the rain

[vivid verge]

I am still looking to get an ND tho

Almost bought one the other day

[sudden karma]

i got a set of magnetic ones

theyre so nice

[vivid verge]

There’s a 6 stop polariser on sale for $80

Might get that instead

It’ll work alright

Any aperture below 14 is still pretty fine on the lens

[sudden karma]

lol i got f22 on most of my photos

at sandown

should be fixed now seeing i have an nd1000 lmao

[frozen lantern]

And that’s a wrap

Week 4 is done

[sudden karma]

nice work

[steep idol]

where is aus nation in minekraft?

[sudden karma]

we dont have one atm

[steep idol]

we should make one

ill probably start when im able to join

[sudden karma]

good idea

[steep idol]

maybe share win indo maybe cuz they smull (liek 6 active ppl lol)

[sudden karma]

sounds good

we're pretty far in now, but you should be able to catch up easy

[sudden karma]

@fair rivet can u send the aussie hill coords here for kana and smeet so they can find it

1042 133 -2371

there is it

[sudden karma]

@subtle geyser @steep idol @patent pecan
go here
there's a village a hundred or so blocks away

it's very pretty hill

with big cave for smeet

[steep idol]

im so fucking behind and tired that im starting to be pissed at everything and hitting the table and keyboard

im too tired, im sleeping after this

[sudden karma]

Lemme know if you need a hand with homework bri

I ain't got any atm

Only 1 test too

[steep idol]

its due at 8 sooo

i have jp homework i couldnt get around to hopefully i could donsome tmrw

then i have english next week

[sudden karma]

good luck bro

[steep idol]

health and wellbeing which i compleatly forgot until this moment

now i just need to rest alittle abd sleep the next 10 hours

[sudden karma]

I can help with health if you need

[frozen lantern]

Ah yes I know the feeling

Me everyday currently

[steep idol]

my current medication dose does Meh at managing it

[frozen lantern]

I should be talking to my GP about mine

I’ll be having a discussion with ADF Careers nurses about it because I believe my medication will impact my application

[steep idol]

Aus nation should have a central gear drive system wdyt

oh wait, losses

[frozen lantern]

Ah fuck I can see the toll school is having on my personal life now

I forgot to do the the 2 most basic tasks that I had to do this week and didn’t remember until the very last second

[steep idol]

aus hill is just dirt uluru

[steep idol]

les get aus hill build

[sudden karma]

let us cool bro

[frozen lantern]

Base time!

[frozen lantern]

Great whenever shit happens it’s when I’m on watch

[kindred rivet]

@sudden karma

[vivid verge]

Reasonably happy with the couple ive edited so far

[patent pecan]

why they all vertical

[vivid verge]

instagram stories

🗣️

I’ll edit properly tomorrow

I’m going back tonight so I’ll get some more photos

[sudden karma]

SHOOT LANDSCAPE

CROP INTO VERTICAL

[vivid verge]

that’s what I did

[sudden karma]

So all of these are just crops?

Thank god

[vivid verge]

Most of my photos end up being 4:5 or 10:16

With the 10:16 ending up being swipe posts on Insta

Nice surprise of an F35 flying over me after being down in Canberra for an ADFA flypast

[sudden karma]

Try 9:16

[vagrant river]

Above time (09:16 AEDT) in your local time · Feb 21, 2025, 10:16 PM

[sudden karma]

Or was it 16:9

Most of my photos are that crop

It just fits the car really evenly

[vivid verge]

nah cause then it looks shit on my Insta grid

when I’m posting on Facebook I use 16;9

[kindred rivet]

what are the socials? just wonder

[vivid verge]

https://www.instagram.com/aussie.fast.shoots/

all plane stuff unless you scroll back to bathurst in october

[kindred rivet]

im a plane guy (commerical more than military)

im also watching the race tonight so i hope you have some fun and DJR SUPREMACY

(also just chucked ya a follow since of the amazing photography)

[vivid verge]

ahahha ur cooked

DJR been downhill since mclaughlin left

[vivid verge]

thank you!

[kindred rivet]

(funny story abt that i met Dick johson and Ryan story, rlly nice dudes)

[vivid verge]

i can imagine

pretty much everyone in the industry is so nice

ive ahd the pleasure of meeting craig lowndes, super nice guy

[kindred rivet]

im hoping to pop out to ADL 500 and do that. BUT AGAIN ITS GETTING MORE EXSPENSIVE TO GET THERE

[vivid verge]

lmao

adelaide is one of my fav tracks, always epic

[sudden karma]

Sandown 500 is on my schedule this year, gotta wait for my exam timetable which will dictate what days I can go

Exams finish 2 days after the sunday race, so hopefully my personal exams are all done before then

I'm down at Sandown tmmr shooting some classic Alfas

Hopefully I do alright

[kindred rivet]

for targa??

[sudden karma]

AROCA Supersprint

Actually haven't asked if I can take images I'm just assuming they'll be ok with it

This one's more just for practise then anything else

My real event is the Porsche Sandown 300 where I'm most likely getting media access

4 more followers until 100 now :)

[kindred rivet]

what are the socials

[sudden karma]

https://www.instagram.com/stuartclarkson.photography?igsh=MWZrOWJqZzFiODVvcg==

wait it was 6 followers

lmao I can't count

wait no

why is the embed so wrong

[kindred rivet]

well i just followed

[sudden karma]

3 to go then

[kindred rivet]

tbh lex your a amazing photographer you deserve more followers than 100

[sudden karma]

eh I'm alright

There's alot of photos on that insta I don't like at all

Most of the F1 ones suck

The Sandown ones are average

I need a better lens

I should post again it's been a month

[kindred rivet]

funny KCD 2 meme

[sudden karma]

yeah I'm also banned from that town cause I accidentally hit someone

[steep idol]

uhhh dam?

[kindred rivet]

was it really accidential?

[sudden karma]

yeah I meant to hold right click

[fiery island]

For the love of god, don't base the value of your work on instagram metrics, that crowd is banal and fickle.

[sudden karma]

I don't. People on insta tend to either really like your work or really dont, id rather go out in the field and talk with the people actually doing similar stuff and taking photos rather then some fatass behind a screen who sees a car and has a neuron activation

the bar is so low for car photography its crazy

[frozen lantern]

What a crap show

And now it’s the weekend

[frozen lantern]

No shooting today the weather is too bad and it has been very complicated

[static ruin]

Clear(ish) here with decent weather, see how long the clear skies last

[sudden karma]

silly ahh scope

[sudden karma]

Go to the nudist beach

[vivid verge]

👅👅👅👅👅

[steep idol]

no

i dint want my bike stolen

or my tyres exploding because of rock

[vivid verge]

or to stare at penis

[sudden karma]

Excuses

haha peanits

[steep idol]

Naked people 500m near you!

[sudden karma]

Hell yeah

[frozen lantern]

Little bit of boudoir!

[frozen lantern]

You got the right idea

[sudden karma]

@vivid verge cam waters dominance may bore fans

Driving one hell of a race tbh

I just started watching like 10 mins ago and he's been driving great

[vivid verge]

Brown is a cunt

Why defend to help your teammate keep a gap when you can just let them fucking through!

[sudden karma]

Just saw that pit stop replay too

so lucky they didn't get a penalty

Deserved one tbh

this is good racing tho

Bloody hell he's flying

Oopsie daisy

AHHHH

HOLY SHIT NATU

WHAT A FINISH

but fr tho I fucking hate will brown atm

[steep idol]

time to take a shower and go play some minekrafte

[sudden karma]

I don't know if I'll play again tonight

On a shoot tmmr gotta prepare

[vivid verge]

Supercars is fucking back

Holy shit

that’s the best fucking race since 2016

[sudden karma]

That was incredible watching from home

almost had a heart attackv

man that was great

[vivid verge]

Live was insane

[sudden karma]

I can imagine

imagine me when he overtakes just before the line bro

natu give me some RAWS

[vivid verge]

fella I gotta drive for an hour home now

Nigh grab the camera out and take some phone photos of the LCD

[sudden karma]

lmao

[frozen lantern]

I only just learned that the waist strap on the bp350 can be removed and has loops on it so it can be used as a utility belt

[frozen lantern]

Happy Sunday

[sudden karma]

merry sunday to u too lads

[patent pecan]

Happy sundee

[vivid verge]

Merry Sunday

Super2 edited

[vivid verge]

I didn’t take many photos of the Supercars last night was too busy watching the race

Here’s a couple Insta story crops though don’t yell at me pls

[sudden karma]

Damn those edits were fire then

I'm otw to a race rn

Shooting that

[vivid verge]

Sick as

What series

[sudden karma]

Alfa Romeo super sprint

altho for some reason there's a bunch of other brands in it

It's a small series, I doubt much will happen

Today is more for practise then anything else tbh

[vivid verge]

fuck yeah

itll be cool as anyway

[sudden karma]

Yeah I think they're relatively classic cars, so it's good practise

It's practise for a big endurance race I'm covering later in the year

About a month away now

5 hours of Porsche mulitclass racing

From a taycan to a gt cup car

[vivid verge]

thatd be epic

[sudden karma]

I need to follow up and confirm I can get track side access

[steep idol]

time to sell for 15 bucks

[sudden karma]

I'm back hoes

Tempted to go past the fence

I went past the fence

there's legit no one near me

[sudden karma]

lol got kicked back behind the fence

Still a decent view, not too pressed about it

[patent pecan]

Little fulla loves lookin at himself through the mirror

[sudden karma]

1/5 handheld is wild

[vivid verge]

hell yeah

how the fuck1

f9

400 iso

1/5

thats like night time setting show many f stops is ur ND

[sudden karma]

uh 8 or smth

I'm using an ND64 atm

I was using a ND1000 at one point

I got to like 1/3

iso went to 12800 lmao

Got this one

[sudden karma]

1/6 😯

I managed to over-expose some of my images at 0.3"

Lol I should've switched to nd1000

[kindred rivet]

New wallpaper aqquired

[sudden karma]

vertical photos?

increase your standards

vertical photos make mid wallpapers

[kindred rivet]

im trying to find good photo's of 911's or the DJR boi's

[sudden karma]

fair enough then

[kindred rivet]

i also found this better than all of us picture on reddit (its in qld)

[sudden karma]

sure the car is cool but wtf is that photo

i think this is what reqy was wanting out of me

[vivid verge]

for a phone fella

[sudden karma]

excuses

[kindred rivet]

also good news fella's. THE FORDS ARE BACK BABY

BACK 2 BACK

[sudden karma]

i watched the end of the race

gg for cam

[kindred rivet]

yeah ik

it was full wet condition and the fords handled it well

[vivid verge]

:(

gotta give him credit tho ran an epic weekend

[sudden karma]

#🚗・vehicles message
these 2 ppl clearly dont understand panning

[vivid verge]

i mean like

i kinda get what youre tryna do but i dont think it worked

[sudden karma]

open it in browser before you judge me

[vivid verge]

even if it was kinda sharp i think the edit is pretty meh

[sudden karma]

not the best edit ive done agreed

dirty vertical photo

[vivid verge]

:(

[sudden karma]

you still get the upvote cause your aussie dw

[patent pecan]

probably too messy

if there was no vertical in it maybe

[sudden karma]

i see

seems to be a general consensus then

tbh makes sense, me and reqy already unpacked reasons why he didnt like it

maybe theyll like miat

[vivid verge]

I like miat

[sudden karma]

Im not too certain about the edit

but me like miat too

one of them winked at me when he passed

[kindred rivet]

lex watch out you have a date

[sudden karma]

with a Miata?

I'm down

[kindred rivet]

no, with the driver

[sudden karma]

Even better

He can take me driving in a Miata

[kindred rivet]

CARSEXUAL CONFIRMED

[sudden karma]

I don't deny it

[kindred rivet]

depends if the driver's car is 1 street legal and the owner is gay

[sudden karma]

It should be

Pretty sure any raced MX5 is supposed to be

#🚗・vehicles message

It's not too big of a wing either way

Looks road worthy

[vivid verge]

#🚗・vehicles message

21 upvotes on a car photo???

the end is nigh

[sudden karma]

a bunch of my supercars ones have 21 upvotes too

#🚗・vehicles message
people are starved of motorsport photos

take half decent ones theyll like it

holy fuck

i just looked at who upvoted it

[frozen lantern]

Vertical shots my beloved

[fair rivet]

lol

[patent pecan]

happy moonday

[sudden karma]

Happy Monday lads and lassies

[static ruin]

Happyish.. got a nice sunburn from yesterday to work with now

[frozen lantern]

I didn’t crash the drone today!

[vivid verge]

@tame lily

[frozen lantern]

It was an alright Monday

I did 3 manoeuvres in a drone that was my work for one of my lessons

[rare oracle]

when will the T5 70-200 shots come 🙏

[fiery island]

Where is the worst place to get sunburn? - for me...it's the ears.

[patent pecan]

I was going to answer with Australia before I read the rest of it

Happy Tuesday

Top of the feet for me… if I’m fishing or wearing thongs

[static ruin]

Right now it's the back of the legs for me that are pain, going to assume I missed it with sunscreen.. feel it anytime I walk currently

[vivid verge]

ahahaha

A couple of those are

These ones I think

[patent pecan]

Natu I appreciate your instagram crops but can we see the full size pans

[vivid verge]

possibly

[sudden karma]

please 🙏

[vivid verge]

the top two actually piss me off

why can’t I get the car in frame

[sudden karma]

I was gonna ask about that

There's no more room to crop out into?

[vivid verge]

Nup

:(

[sudden karma]

I'd give the 3rd one a bit more breathing room too

[vivid verge]

The Porsche?

[sudden karma]

yeah

I like the rest tho

[vivid verge]

This is as far out as I can go

oh well

I haven’t edited my super2 pans yet

[sudden karma]

Feels alot better imo

[sudden karma]

Oooh

Should be nice

[vivid verge]

hopefully

had a really nice spot

Here’s a raw

[sudden karma]

That's a solid view

Heaps of potential in that shot

If in doubt for the crop give it a bit extra room, if you look back and it looks off you can always crop in more

[vivid verge]

Yeh

I should be able to use the remove tool to get rid of that blue thing

[sudden karma]

You can prolly also crop in enough that it's not too big of an issue

[rare oracle]

Nice

[rare oracle]

4th and 5th shots are sick as

[sudden karma]

actually with the 1st monster photo I'd prolly crop a bit more

not high enough quality for printing, but fine for insta

[patent pecan]

I actually liked the full version of that

Could have had more foot room vs headroom but at least theres heaps of context

[frozen lantern]

Legs they get so itchy and it doesn’t stop

[patent pecan]

oh old news

[sudden karma]

It's my signature crop, but you're prolly right

[vivid verge]

there’s a fence at the bottom that looks bad

[vivid verge]

that was a lap before he won the race so I really like the crop with the pit lane in it

[fiery island]

ohh yeah, and the top of feet as mentioned above. Sunburn on the ears is bad as i'm a side sleeper and sunburnt ears against pillows isn't fun. Also when the skin peels off it isn't a great look.

[static ruin]

I guess it's not very apeeling

[rare oracle]

Race 2 of supercars was so good

[vivid verge]

Fuckin oath

[sudden karma]

wish the focus was on the front car, but still sick

[frozen lantern]

Yeah sunburnt ears or cheeks wouldn’t be fun for side sleepers then your feet and wearing shoes but I reckon thighs are the worst you get real bad itching non stop

[frozen lantern]

I’ve been appointed my careers coach

[frozen lantern]

I pulled navy diver and special forces operator in my JOA results I have Class A, B and D jobs from navy

[sudden karma]

#🚗・vehicles message
yay natu chose my crop

[kindred rivet]

whats poppin folks

[sudden karma]

nm, out for dinner soon ish

Been a pretty peaceful day today

[frozen lantern]

Sorting through paperwork from ADF Careers

[static ruin]

Currently looking at video cards, finally some stock.. But still just laughing at the pricing, need patience

[rare oracle]

got something similar but different with the focus on the redbull

[sudden karma]

yeah I like this alot more icl

that ones actually a fire photo tbh

[vivid verge]

rizz

[rare oracle]

you reckon it needs a crop?

[sudden karma]

maybe slightly, but the car in the back adds to the story

[rare oracle]

hows this

[sudden karma]

yes

foreground was a bit messy, but that's cleaned it up pretty well

You can always keep doing trial and error till you find a crop you really like, but I like that one

[frozen lantern]

Should I swap naval aircrew for army drone operator on my preferences?

[rare oracle]

yeah I think this one puts a bit more focus on the cars

more centred too

[sudden karma]

I agree

[sudden karma]

Obv depends on what you want to do in the future

Take a deep long think about it and think about the pros and cons

[frozen lantern]

With school I’m starting to enjoy remote aviation and after speaking with the ADF Careers nurse I don’t know if I should go with aircrew

[sudden karma]

You've got time to decide

[rare oracle]

Caught a SuperUte spitting flames

[sudden karma]

Fuck yeah

I've got a photo of a f2 car spitting flames out the back somewhere

Was one of the first images I took, edit is fucking horrible

[rare oracle]

oh hell yeah

[sudden karma]

@mossy flame join us

[mossy flame]

Noooooo

[rare oracle]

you ever redone the edit?

[sudden karma]

i might soon

its a half decent photo, but then again there is minimal blur

i think it was like 1/200 on that

you dont have to like every single photo far out lmao

must say, you did a better job at the 1/8 pans then me tbh

tihs ones like 1/6

or 1/5 idr

its messy

[rare oracle]

in my defense I did stop lmao

[rare oracle]

those are like the 7 that worked out of maybe 150-200 shots? more even

[sudden karma]

i havent edited many of my photos from sunday, went to a victorian race series

[rare oracle]

oh nice

which race?

[sudden karma]

aroca super sprint

[rare oracle]

nice

[rare oracle]

this 1/6 is sick

[sudden karma]

for a raw yeah

it might have potential, tho most people here hate that type of photo

might finisdh my cull rq

[rare oracle]

Def got potential I reckon

[frozen lantern]

Richard Fitzpatrick? Surprised I haven’t heard of him before today

[sudden karma]

see i like smth like this cause its sharp, but most dont

[rare oracle]

I think it gives a really good sense of speed that even the car is blurred a bit

[sudden karma]

bakc of the car is, front isnt

[steep idol]

what

how!?

probably using down south time instead of up here

[sudden karma]

You sent this at 1140 our time

But it's probably arrive a little while back

Tends to use local time lol

[patent pecan]

Happy hump day

[frozen lantern]

How on earth does that happen

Arrived at 10:48pm when you sent the message at 10:40pm

[mossy flame]

Different time zones

Qld doesn't use dst

[sudden karma]

child discovers timezones

[vivid verge]

@tame lily congrats on completing the JOA chink

wait can u talk in here yet

[sudden karma]

nope lol

[vivid verge]

lmao

what a bum

[frozen lantern]

I got my JOA results

Won’t be retaking it in 6 months I have every job I’d like except drone mission commander

[vivid verge]

Yeh you said

Good job

[vivid verge]

Happy Thursday

[sudden karma]

youre a bit early there natu

[vivid verge]

shit

[rare oracle]

Happy almost Thursday

[steep idol]

happy thursday

but properly

time proof

man i realllly need to wear more sun protection on a daily basis

my face irritating when putting on moisturizer and being irritated lot is not fun

[patent pecan]

Happy Thursday

[frozen lantern]

Every time I see Josh Hugget in my Instagram feed I love him even more

He’s a great photographer and he’s not afraid of speaking his mind it’s super entertaining seeing his replies to comments

[patent pecan]

He's pretty funny

[frozen lantern]

He’s got some good comments

[patent pecan]

Just spend like $1080 on tickets for this

I’m so keen

Fossil rock

[sudden karma]

bro that's a fucking goated lineup

I'd go to that shit

literally listening to the angels rn

[frozen lantern]

Tf I just listened to Hoodoo Gurus

[frozen lantern]

Which song?

I was just listening a thousand miles away by Hoodoo Gurus

[sudden karma]

Am I ever gonna see your face again

[frozen lantern]

No way get fucked fuck off