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North Coast Photographic Forum

Photographers from the North Coast area.

Featured Work

Mia Ellese by Clare Colins

A sweet little thing she is when she’s happy. / Mia, age 3 Pentax k200D / 300.0mm: 1/500 sec: F9.5: ISO 400 “Mia Ellese” was featured in North Coast Photographic Forum
Jacob by Simon Whittaker

Captured with Canon 5Dmk2 and 100mm Canon USM f2 at ISO 100 f2.4 @ 1/800 manual mode. / My son Jacob, aged 11.
Kara's Eyes by Lee Varney

Model : Kara / Canon 50D / Focal Length 70mm / ISO 125 / f / 5.6 / 1/160 Second
object lesson in 'owning' a Pet ! by colindove

This and most previous work has been taken using a LUMIX 28MM Panosonic DMCTZ11 wide angle , Compact camera….still learning…, me that is…the camera is doing well. / Hope you enjoy the work, I am an avid learner…. / Colin
Ralph by chelseal

At my friend Rosie’s house, we were playing with her sleeping cat Ralph, he was purring insanely. / Only edited in iPhoto (just got a macbook pro) and haven’t got photoshop yet.. / Camera: Nikon D40 / Lens: i8-55mm, 0.45X Wide Angle, 10X Macro
Thoughts by Lindsay Oram

My daughter Amara wishing she could go for a swim. Much to cold for that today. / Canon 450D SLR. / 4 image HDR converted to black and white. Slight tint and vignetting added in photoshop CS3
Turtle by josiem

Found this little guy in the middle of the road, trying unsuccessfully to make it across before my car did. I stopped and lifted him off the road, rushed home and came back to take some photos. He actually didn’t mind me at all in the end, it even looks like he’s smiling.
Mother and Child by Lee Varney

Canon 50D / 50MM Lens
Portrait of a Silver Gull by Dennis Gay

This striking portrait profile of an Australian Larus novaehollandiae (Silver Gull) was photographed along the breakwater at North Haven , NSW, Australia, on a winter afternoon. I made the shot in 2006 using my old workhorse the Fuji S5500 4Mp at high resolution jpg and with the colour setting to Chrome which emulates Fuji Velvia film. The bird allowed me to get very close which helped greatly in obtaining the lovely detail and better control over the whites. Fuji S5500: 1/1000sec @ f/8, ISO 100, hand held. / Lightroom 1.1 & Photoshop CS3 for very minimal tweaking. Visit the Aussie Birds collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more fine feathered friends. UPDATE: 6-11-09 / My handsome Gull made it to the TOP TEN in the Alphabet Soup Group’s Best of G Challenge. Enjoy! AUSSIE BIRDS – The Gull Family / (Click the links!) Larus novaehollandiae – Portrait of a Silver Gull / Larus novaehollandiae – He’s Got the Chip! He’s Got the Chip! / Larus novaehollandiae* – The Strut / Larus novaehollandiae – Cold Shoulder / Larus novaehollandiae – The Ripple Effect /
Kaymin - Puri Raju Breakfast by Normf

Grandson No1, Taken poolside while enjoyng a good book! Canon EOS 40D / Program AE / Shutter Speed 1/60 / Aperture Value 4.0 / Metering Mode Spot Metering / ISO Speed 100 / Lens EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM / Focal Length 105.0 mm
Jasper's Sunrise #3 by Dennis Gay

THE SUBJECT: / As the sun rises higher on this ancient scene it sets fire to the mist in the valleys. THE LOCATION: / This landscape photograph was made from the lookout at the Mount Seaview turn-off along the Oxley Highway west of Long Flat, NSW, Australia. THE MAKING OF ‘Jasper’s Sunrise #3’: / Six of us from the Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club, in two 4WD vehicles set out at 5am in time to greet this sunrise on our way on a day trip to The Cells State Conservation Area and the old gold mine there. / The ‘Jasper’ part of the title comes about due to the Jasper’s Village Resort sign I was standing under when I made the shot. / Canon EOS D60 & Canon 28-135 IR Lens: RAW, f/5.6 @ 1/4000sec, 117mm, -1EV, ISO100, Hand held. / Lightroom 2.2 & Photoshop CS3. Visit the Sunrise-Sunset collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more solar photography. Enjoy! * / (Click the links!) Jaspers Sunrise #3 / Jasper’s Sunrise #1 / Sunrise at the Stock Pen* /
Cinderella at the beach by Clare Colins

She left her little shoe behind on a post. Pentax K200D: sigma 100-300mm / 100.0mm: 1/2000sec: F4.5: ISO 100 “Cinderella at the beach” was featured in North Coast Photographic Forum / “Cinderella at the beach” was featured in Images & Ideas

Recent Work

vine ripe red by Clare Colins

Pentax K200D: Sigma 50mm F Macro
fairy child by Clare Colins

One of the many small children playing a role in Pinocchio. This little girl is one of the wind-up toys in Geppetto’s workshop. As is totally! Pentax K200D: sigma 50mm F Macro / 50.0mm: 1/20 sec: F2.8: ISO 400
Snake-eye by Dennis Gay

THE SUBJECT: / A beautiful Morelia spilota cheynei (Jungle Carpet Python) rests its head on a coil and displays the reflection of a nearby tree in its reptilian eye. THE LOCATION: / This serpentine close-up study was made on the property of our local Herpetological Society president in Wauchope, NSW, Australia on an extremely hot late spring day. THE MAKING OF ‘Snake-eye’: / After a hiatus of about two years the Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club and the local Herpetological Society met up for a Snakes Alive! event. / They bring the snakes ‘n’ lizards, we bring the cameras, we all work together on a shoot then take a break for refreshments. / Canon EOS D60 & Canon 28-135 IR Lens: RAW, f/11 @ 1/125sec, 70mm, -1EV, ISO100, TTL on-board flash, Hand held. / Lightroom 2.2 & Photoshop CS3. Visit the Amphibians & reptiles collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more slithery snakes. Enjoy! SNAKES / (Click the links!) Morelia spilota cheynei – Snake-eye / Morelia spilota cheynei / Liasis olivaceus / Pseudonaja textiles / Antaresia stimsoni / Oxyuranus microlepidotus / Boiga irregularis /
Steadier Footing by josiem

Model: Bonita Drough Title by Death Cab for Cutie
the early morning bathers by Clare Colins

Very early in the morning the first footsteps in the sand lead out into the chilly water. Compositions of all original photographs.
If I Could... by josiem

Model: Bonita Drough
Disdain by Dennis Gay

THE SUBJECT: / A young female Pogona vitticeps (Central Bearded Dragon) eyes the photographer with haughty disdain. THE LOCATION: / This lizard close-up study was made on the property of our local Herpetological Society president in Wauchope, NSW, Australia on an extremely hot late spring day. THE MAKING OF ‘Disdain’: / After a hiatus of about two years the Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club and the local Herpetological Society met up for a Snakes Alive! event. / They bring the snakes ‘n’ lizards, we bring the cameras, we all work together on a shoot then take a break for refreshments. / Canon EOS D60 & Canon 28-135 IR Lens: RAW, f/11 @ 1/200sec, 115mm, -1EV, ISO100, TTL on-board flash, Hand held. / Lightroom 2.2 & Photoshop CS3. Visit the Amphibians & reptiles collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more lovely leggy lizards. Enjoy! LIZARDS / (Click the links!) Pogona vitticeps – Disdain / Pogona barbata / Pogona barbata / Egernia major / Varanus varius / Varanus varius / Lampropholis delicata / Lampropholis delicata / Lialis burtonis / Hypsilurus spinipes / Hypsilurus spinipes / Physignathus lesueurii / Physignathus lesueurii / Eulamprus quoyii /
the three sisters by colindove

found in Katoomba looking out across the blue hue of ‘endless’ mountains ,stands the Three Sisters, viewed by millions I would guess.
no place like home...perhaps..... by colindove

a middle ‘class’ dwelling in Phnom Penh , Cambodia
VOLVO BM #3 by Dennis Gay

THE SUBJECT: / Caught in the dappled light of a late spring afternoon a rusting, old and battered water tanker sits on the ground in retirement. THE LOCATION: / This close-up was made along Bob’s Road, (a gravel track), in the Queen’s Lake Nature Reserve, south of Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia. THE MAKING OF ‘VOLVO BM #3’: / I was on my way back home from a solo safari negotiating the pot holes and almost drove past this old tanker. / After the dust from my sliding halt had settled I made a few shots in the not ideal conditions and then decided on this close-up. / I used yet another lens loaned to me by a fellow Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club member, the Canon 50mm f/1.8, also known affectionately in photographic circles as the Nifty Fifty. / Canon EOS D60 & Canon EF 50mm f1.8 II: RAW, f/5.6 @ 1/750sec, 50mm, -1EV, ISO100, Hand held. / Lightroom 2.2 & Photoshop CS3. Visit the Transport and Rust & Machinery collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more trains, planes and automobiles. Enjoy! RUST & MACHINERY / (Click the links!) VOLVO BM #3 / Wheels Within Wheels / Manhole / On the Smithy’s Wall #1 / On the Smithy’s Wall #2 / Old Washing Machine / Seasoned by the Sea #1 / Seasoned by the Sea #2 / Steel Life with Rust / Top Gear / The Worn Won’t Turn / Run Out of Steam #1 / La Pompe / Bolt Upright / Link Lock / A Hub of Inactivity / Past its Prime / Shadow Shack /
wrought iron red by Clare Colins

Pentax K200D: sigma 100-300mm

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About This Group

This group exists to showcase the works of photographers from the greater North Coast area of New South Wales, AUSTRALIA – and when we say great, we mean great.

In having this forum we also hope to provide help, inspiration, information and feedback to hone the skills of photographers from the area.
If you join and upload please peruse the works of others and comment, even if you just say “I like this” you go a long way towards helping your fellow members and please remember, this forum will only be what the members make it.

You don’t have to be a good photographer, you just need to enjoy photography!*