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[mikepologti]

youve got a beautiful daughter there mate . your a lucky man. nice shots to btw i really like the bonzai.

[gareth_oau]

some happy snaps of my recent Thredbo trip:

view from our balcony, looking up the Supertrail


Me attempting to be a 'professional' instructor with +1 Nikki


Sastrugi on Rocks, taken at 2100m walking towards Koscuiszko


some windsculpted snow


Me and the 3 kids
(Nikki has begged me to stop taking my new board to bed with me!!)

[GTom]

Sastrugi on Rocks, taken at 2100m walking towards Koscuiszko

That looks good, I've only seen that in the summer when it's green and alot of rocks... Looks a hell of alot better in snow !


P.s the 'i' goes before the 'u' in Kosciuszko ....

While i'm on it, General trivia Kosciuszko is not pronounced "Kosie-osko" it's actually "Kos-choo-shko"

[Mrk_Mickey]

Those photo's are sick Gareth! I still haven't been to the snow since school

[gareth_oau]

thanks tom, well aware of the spelling, was merely a typo. (been there 6 times so far).

I suspect you will have a huge task trying to convince all the locals of the correct pronunciation. having said that, just coz the Polish pronounce it one way, doesnt mean to say we cant choose a different way!

My next target is USA or Canada - the planning begins!! (unfortunately this is going to set me back up to $30k. any one want to buy some kids off me?).

get them up there Mrk_Mickey, even if its for a relatively cheap snow-play holiday.

Snow is god!!.

[madglf3]

some from today

Hey mate,

great shots you have there, can I ask what type of camers/lense you are using and if there's any photoshopping afterwards?

[GTom]

thanks tom, well aware of the spelling, was merely a typo. (been there 6 times so far).

I suspect you will have a huge task trying to convince all the locals of the correct pronunciation. having said that, just coz the Polish pronounce it one way, doesnt mean to say we cant choose a different way!

My next target is USA or Canada - the planning begins!! (unfortunately this is going to set me back up to $30k. any one want to buy some kids off me?).

get them up there Mrk_Mickey, even if its for a relatively cheap snow-play holiday.

Snow is god!!.

thought as much! and too right you can choose to say it a different way, tom-a-to, tom-ah-to... I've been there a few times and when I pronounce it the Polish way I get blank stares from the locals.... Then I go on my rant about how to pronounce it always up for a challenge!

I heard that it's sometime cheaper to go on a snow trip to NZ then to Snow trip within OZ.

[alex g]

Hey mate,

great shots you have there, can I ask what type of camers/lense you are using and if there's any photoshopping afterwards?

a canon 400d with a canon 50mm f1.8 , a little sharpening and tonal adjustment (with digital photo professional canon software) but basically out of the camera

i mostly shoot lowest f stop possible as i love short depth of field, and the crisp contrast on the subject matter

[alex g]

[madglf3]

The photos look great mate, cheers for the info on that. I also love that style, it's a great way to frame content and create strong focal points. I mostly shoot in Av mode too but my lens doesn't go as low as 1.8.