RB Melbourne Group meet - Xmas 2007 - lots of pics...
Thanks for organising Mel/jJo, i had a great time and had a ball taking these pics… !!
All photos taken with available light. Note the changes in colour as the evening starts with harsh sun, then sunset light then no light from the sun at all (artificial).
Nikon D3 and 50mm 1.4 lens combo rocks…

Noob!
mark having a cry?
mel didn’t photoshop herself in this time
mark took this one – Kristy being hella sexy.
Whissssper….
Crotch shot
did he catch me?!
hot !!
d’oh
mmmm food
even hotter !
best friends
waitress was hot

screw the food look at the DOF!


peace ya’ll

Michael will be jeaolous now.
hands to themselves…
polka dot magic
light outside is perfect !
relaxed candid of Helen
Mel smirking… shot by Jess
all cameras on Helen
and one more
always looking at his camera !
another
Really pushing the low light now… so much so that Helen’s face is lit up by the phone’s screen!
Mark is now on the table taking pics!
and then sharing them
happy fun times
self portrait with the P&S
high five, yo!
whoalse
sigh….the bloody weather was the reason (or excuse) I decided to stay home and keep dry….!!!
Maybe I should do the Mel Magic…..!!! Hang on, is Mel really physically there? LoL
D3….!!!! Droooool….......
Paul Louis Vil...
Mate, you really are speedy gonzales!!!! I’ve only just got home!! Great shots Hien! :D
Hien Nguyen
haha yeh. with this camera i don’t do any editing …so i just upload it straight up. nice and easy :)
Christine Wilson
nice shots love how you do this of the meets looks like fun was had by all
earthairfire
Awesome. Nice work Hien. Good to meet some more RB faces too.
Tim
Bryan Villamin
Nice shots, looks like Mark is the group chimper?? lol Thanks for sharing!
Good times good times :)
Mark German
Nice shots :)
And I just got home a few minutes ago ;)
I have a few I’ll put up later.
Loved your new camera, man.
Hien Nguyen
ah cheers, the lighting was really bad in there with no flash. WB was set to the coldest (K+2500) and still pics were too orange/red.
Magda Vacariu
amazing pics! i love the fact that you haven’t used flash.
Helen McLean
I want a D3!!!!!!!!!!!!! My fav is the phone lighting up my face, great shots Hien!
PS: I can’t sleep, bloody energy drinks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hien Nguyen
ahhh youre still up Helen – i downed a few red bulls too, but staying up this time is normal for me …
and yeh!, i love my camera.. it just shoots in the dark !
Melinda Kerr
That camera is insane! Thanks for the shots Hien. Your photoshop skills make me look as if I was actually there. Maybe you could extend them to getting rid of those AWFUL LINES on my face :( Nah the jigs up. I was there Damn you people for being so good to hang around :)
MissKristy
NOOOB!! rargh
Awesome pics as always Hien! :)
Jessica Tremp
i’m off to rob a bank to get me one of them cameras
Helen McLean
I’ll join you there Jess, perhaps we do it cool-like and do it ocean’s eleven style…
LisaG
I just crawled out of bed….awesome night all :))))
Hien, the pic are a perfect reflection on the night…
PS – you have a really cute smile….;)
Hien Nguyen
or perhaps just do it with a bit of attitude Bonnie and Clyde style, Helen.
Hien Nguyen
That’s it Lisa – I’m not smiling anymore ! :P
shanghaiwu
these photographs are brilliant
YOU HAVE STYLE!
LisaG
Don’t say that Hien, you’ll make me cry and that will hurt my head…............LOL
flower68
awesome photos.
Mark Higgins
Fantastic shots! Great atmosphere
and sensational colours.
Brian Puhl IPA
Holy crap, what ISO was that, I have a D80 and I can’t even get that clean of photos in low light! Hats off to the D3!
earthairfire
Few more shots here taken with my dodgy point and shoot…
Tim
Hien Nguyen
:)
Brian – from about halfway through, they’re all ISO6400.
Adrian Rachele
Hien you suck. Bloody D3. Soooo jealous. I was thinking about selling the D80 and opting for the D300. You just made it even harder. I just came back from the US and spent $2000+ over there just to save me 30% on the UK markup. Purchased the 50mm 1.8 while i was there. So cheap and so very good those little 50mm’s are they not.
Anyhow very jealous. here i sit all on my lonesome. No one to inspire me but myself and the occasional brouse of RB. It’s a sad existance.
Your all so photogenic as well. How do you all do that?
Great shots BTW Hien. Use that D3 to it’s limits mate. I would if i was mad enough to put myself in such a dept. Maybe a that’s why white lies were invented. Tell the wife it only cost a thousand.
6400. Bastard.
Hien Nguyen
^^ LOL !!
Stephen Colquitt
Hien – Thanks so much for letting me have a play with the D3. Stunning pics, low light is no longer an excuse for bad photos!
Oh, and for those that dont know that is me in the first picture.
Cheers
Steve
PS: Crotch shot! HA!
Marnie Kirkness
oh you guys looked like you had fun. Great pics!