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Ten things I enjoyed about the Townsville 400
- The feeling of professional satisfaction – the organisation I work for played an integral role in bringing the event to Townsville, I have written more about V8s than anything but energy generation. I know lots about energy generation. This photo is largely unrelated.
- The noise – is absolutely thrilling. The “pop” the cars make when changing gears sounds like fireworks. We were sitting in stands next to the starting grid and the start of the race was phenomenal.
- The crowd – was massive. It’s weird how into the sport fans of V8s are – they’re covered in team merchandise.
- The professionalism – The V8 organisation, the teams and the drivers are the most personable sports stars I’ve ever interacted with – if sitting in a room as a bunch of drivers talk about the sport is “interacting” – the Melbourne Storm weren’t far off. But these guys can sell merchandise and know who butters their bread (the sponsors).
- The carnage – everyone goes to races for crashes.
- The spectacle – it’s a visual feast, fast cars, colourful starting grid set-ups, the mini racing, the utes… it was a grand day out.
- The teamwork – one of the things I’m really starting to appreciate about motor sports (and cycling) is the team tactics – and the contribution to “individual” success that comes from the surrounding team – like the pit crews. They change tires, fuel up and do running maintenance in a blur. We were sitting opposite the pits and I spent as much time watching the pit crews as watching the cars.
- Photography – I was determined to snap a few photos of moving cars looking like they weren’t moving with the background all blurry. I got a few such shots – you can see other photos from the day here. I took about 1,300 photos.
- The Jesus car – Andrew “Fishtail” Fisher drives a ute in the V8 Ute race – his team is called “Jesus – All About Life” – he gets great exposure and they read out the full name of his “sponsor” every time he gets mentioned (see point 4). The exposure is tremendous. In the first ute race he ran three other drivers off the road – and busted a tire while doing so.
- My wife – I went to the V8s with Robyn. She makes everything more fun.
Bursted bubble
This is a most impressive piece of photography. Found here.
Fun with photography
JPGmag has produced a series of photos juxtaposing Disney’s princesses with scenes from everyday life – or indeed – murky every day life… some would say “reality”…
Photography Tips: For extreme beginners
The Interwebs are full of photography tutorials. Most of them are pretty awesome and slightly advanced. Which sucks if you need some sort of remedial tips. Luckily Latvian Ivars Gravlejs is here to help with a series of very simple photography tips for the very simple.
Polar expedition
Last weekend Hilton and Justina (Robyn’s sister and her husband) came up to visit. It was a surprise (for Robyn).
We went to Magnetic Island for a day.
Stopping at the region’s best restaurant – the Barefoot Art Food Wine, and getting all tropical with a coconut… Here are some photos – and here is a photo summary of the day.
How to eat a coconut
Step 1. Find a coconut
Step 2. Find a big stick and whack the coconut to remove the outer shell
Step 3. Remove the husk – this is a three person job
Step 4. Retrieve your big stick and split the coconut.
Step 5. Eat the coconut
Camp photos
It seems I can’t go anywhere without my camera these days.
I’ve decided I’m far too excited by sillhouette photos and photos with the sun in shot. And clouds. Clouds are fun too.
I also, strangely, find this picture of shoes compelling enough to make it the “album cover” for my Picasa album.
Creatures of the swamp
My employer has committed to raising funds to save an iconic North Queensland wetland. Until recently I thought wetland meant swamp. I was apparently mistaken.
I went there yesterday with some film crews. And took some photos. Check them out here… or if you’re too lazy, here are some highlights…
The road home
This post is gratuitous. We drove home – as is the case at the end of all driving holidays. We listened to some Mark Driscoll. I played with my iPhone. Twittering the trip home. And we stopped in Cardwell to take some sunset pictures…
Kuranda
Halfway between Cairns and Mareeba you’ll find the little village of Kuranda – it’s perhaps easiest to find if you catch the skyrail. Which we didn’t. We did however find an informative indigenous local while standing at the Barron Falls lookout.
I’m pretty comfortable with my masculinity – so I’m happy to say that I really enjoyed our trip to the butterfly sanctuary. Mostly because I used the opportunity to play with our camera.
Having frolicked with butterflies for quite long enough we went shopping. At the markets. Again, I’m pretty comfortable with my masculinity.
Mungalli Creek
One of our first stops on the Tablelands was the Mungalli Creek dairy – home of the locally famous Mungalli Creek yoghurt. Coffee Dominion also swears by their milk – apparently it doesn’t gurgle around in your stomach like ordinary milk.
The Mungalli Creek dairy also produces a range of organic cheeses and other milk produce, and a tasty ploughman’s lunch… or in this case brunch.
Threading the narrow backroads of the Milla Milla was no mean feat – but its worth it for a stop and quick stroll at the Mungalli Creek Falls – just so you can play with the exposure settings on your camera…
Shout Out Townsville
This one’s for Townsville locals – but those of you who don’t live here should check it out too.
We’ve launched a new campaign with the Townsville Airport – and you can win prizes by chucking your photos and videos of North Queensland on the website. Then using them to lure your friends and family up here.
It’s called “Shout Out Townsville” – and you’ll find a few of my pics up there as placeholders. But don’t worry. I can’t win.
It’s definitely the coolest campaign we’ve done since I’ve been here.
Bookmarks for January 4th
Best of the interweb:
- Faith no more does little good for society – Opinion – smh.com.au – While the no religion box tells us about people’s sense of affiliation with religious institutions, it tells us nothing about their personal faith. How many of those who refused to describe themselves as Christians, Jews or Muslims still acknowledge the creator, and find themselves praying in times of need and wonder about life beyond death?More probing research, such as the world values survey conducted every 10 years by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, can help. Its most recent survey reveals that 80 per cent of Australians said they believed in “god”, 85 per cent believed in the “soul” and just 5 per cent described themselves as “atheists”.
- Is Christian music dying – I hope so. I loathe “contemporary Christian music”.
- Introduction to Shutter Speed in Digital Photography – Shutter Speed explained.
- Learning about Exposure – The Exposure Triangle – And more from the Digital Photography School – this time on finding the balance between ISO, aperture and shutter speed.
- Long Exposure Photography: 15 Stunning Examples – Some great long exposure photos – I particularly like the Lighthouse and the fireworks.
- Slow Shutter Shoot-Out – 3 Slow Shutter Speed Techniques – Another cool tip from the Digital Photography School. We are enjoying playing with shutter speed and other manual settings with our Canon.
- Mastering the Zoom Effect – A series of useful camera tips from the Digital Photography school. Useful if you’re playing with a new Digital SLR.
- STUFF JOURNALISTS LIKE – coffee – It now all makes sense to me. Actually, this website is kind of funny for a one joke pony. It’s very similar to the “Stuff white people like” which is another long running blog in the same vein.
- 1 Awesome Gmail tip You Don’t Know about. Seriously. | MakeUseOf.com
Carazy
Keith Loutit is the man who produced those amazing tilt shift videos of the Sydney Harbour I posted a while ago. He’s at it again. This time making a demolition derby look like a game with Tonka trucks.