tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96354182011-12-15T14:03:13.084+11:00An American Expat who's been living in Sydney Australia since 1997.yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.comBlogger501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1119351861985604422005-06-21T20:59:00.000+10:002005-06-21T21:41:01.870+10:00

Well it's the shortest day of the year (at least down under it is) and I'm moving my blog to it's new home at http://yankinoz.robnamy.net - come on over and have a look around. It's a Movable Type blog - so I'll have a bit more control than I could get here. Update your links and bookmarks!

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shoe and bineer Originally uploaded by yankinoz. Distractions, yes there have been a few things keeping me from shooting and/or posting in the past few weeks. These distractions include the above rock climbing shoes. Some regual sessions at the local climing gym to get back in shape. My mind remembers how to do things, it's just not as easy to get my body to do it any more...Then there is the

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water and rock Originally uploaded by yankinoz.

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office chair at gun shop Originally uploaded by yankinoz.Found this at the gun shop in Gosford. Long story as to exactly what I was doing in the gun shop in Gosford... but it was the most American place I've visited in Australia. Well, other than Chili's anyway.

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sparky and mat Originally uploaded by yankinoz.There's a new group of Turkish Cat photos. Mostly looks like pictures of Sparky (from Amy and me) but we aren't alone in our love of the Turkish Van.

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blue stairs Originally uploaded by yankinoz.Easter long weekend is almost over

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dilomar05_0002 Originally uploaded by yankinoz. Flickr does a day in the life of shoot every once in a while. Today was the first one since I found Flickr so I toated my camera around with me. Since the bulk of my day was spent at work, there isn't really too much to see... Monday is usually just me being at work. dilomar05_0005 Originally uploaded by yankinoz. So I didn't expect much, but

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We had a corporate outing yesterday to the Penrith Whitewater Stadium (built for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.) I don't have an underwater housing, so I left the camera at home - there were a handful of cameras there and one of my colleagues grabbed this photo of me NOT white water rafting. See the raft to the left; the one that's upside down? That would be ours. See the guy in the water; getting

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amy at doyles Originally uploaded by yankinoz. More catching up from Lynn's visit. These photos are from our trip to Doyles. Great seafood, great views... sydney from doyles Originally uploaded by yankinoz.

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web-goddess knits Originally uploaded by yankinoz. I'm getting caught up on photos taken while Amy's mom was down under. These photos are from the Sydney Stitch N Bitch - I tagged along to drop off a CD full of reception photos for web-godess. That's her knitting on the pub floor with my mother-in-law's feet in the background. Hmm, sitting on a pub floor, it just occured to me how brave kris

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minnamurra rainforest Originally uploaded by yankinoz. From our day trip to the Illawara region of New South Wales. I love the fact that rainforest and wilderness is so close to Sydney. black and white 4 Originally uploaded by yankinoz.

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beer and croquembouche Originally uploaded by yankinoz. Friday night was the wedding reception for web-godess and Rodd. They were married in Las Vegas (were all the best weddings are held) back in November. The Aussie reception was held on Sunday and they asked me to shoot some photos. elvis glasses 6 Originally uploaded by yankinoz. Since this was a Vegas wedding, many posed with Elvis style

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tourists at opera house Originally uploaded by yankinoz. Amy's mom is visiting, so we've been doing the tour guide thing. While at the Opera House I found the people taking photos to be rather interesting - there were so many, so I shot them. There's more on flikr

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black and white 1 Originally uploaded by yankinoz. Spent some time this evening going over the 750 or so images I've taken with the 10d so far. I did some conversions to black and white on a few that I thought would look nice. Ironically the images I chose started out a fairly monochromatic - but look nicer in black and white. I also found a couple more from Australia Day that I hadn't posted

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watch fairy Originally uploaded by yankinoz.

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spam beer and me Originally uploaded by yankinoz.

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Jackson Thomas Rose Originally uploaded by yankinoz.

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friday lunch Originally uploaded by yankinoz. A well known multi-national corporation has a rather large campus across the street from where I work. I (and a large number of others) rather routinely cut through this campus to get to the only decent restaurants in the area for lunch. It is so common a short cut most of us think of it as a public park rather than private property. Friday

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mr whippy queue Originally uploaded by yankinoz.

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MacDevCenter.com: A Photographer's Review of the Canon EOS 10D Digital SLR: "Nothing matches the sensation of peering through a Single Lens Reflex (SLR) viewfinder and squeezing off a series of frames. Once you become immersed in the viewfinder, the entire noisy, distracting (and often ugly) world is eliminated from your perfectly-composed image viewed directly through the zoom lens." True, so

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Thank you Canon Australia. Actually this is the second time I've had to visit the North Ryde Service Office and both have been positive experiences. The first time was when the viewfinder LCD on my EOS 1 died. Now that they have my 28-105 (sticky zoom.) Hopefully my next visit will be positive as well...

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bbq on the harbour Originally uploaded by yankinoz. What could be more Australian than a Sausage Sizzle with a view of the Sydney Opera House? I even included the sun that was baking down on us all day (causing minor sunburn.) This was the first real workout for the 10D. A few more photos from the day are at Flickr. We started the day at Milson's Point and watched the finish of the Ferry

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Seems my earlier estimate of four or five visitors to this site should be increased to six or seven. I posted a reply to Scott, but as I write this, the reply hasn't shown up on his blog. Yes, my blog did briefly have the description "A Yank in Oz" that was changed to the current description shortly thereafter. I'm not even the only Rob Barker at blogspot.

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I've had the 10D for a few days and shot close to 300 images with it. My biggest concern going into this was with the physical size of the sensor - I like wide angle shots, and the field of view of my favourite lens (24mm) wouldn't be the same. Well, it's not the same but still has a nice wide angle feel anyway (similar field of view of a 35mm lens on a 35mm camera.) Tasman Sea at North Head

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sydney harbour Originally uploaded by yankinoz.

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honey eater in flight Originally uploaded by yankinoz.not perfect, but I like the shape of the wings and the bit of yellow. could be a bit sharper, but check out his eye...

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3200 test two Originally uploaded by yankinoz.There's some noise, but for being set at ISO-3200 - it's not too bad. Get used to pictures of the cat, he's always ready as a photo subject. So far, the camara feels like an old friend. It has a similar heft as my old EOS-1. and shutter lag? What shutter lag?

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Train ride home, with the 10d Originally uploaded by yankinoz.It works :-)

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Message brought to you by Telstra MMS Originally uploaded by yankinoz. Customs Australia put a $187 ransom on the EOS10D. I was able to successfully rescue it from the clutches of the Sydney Gateway Facility at approximately 9AM this morning. I came away with minor bruising of the AMEX card. The battery is currently sitting on its charger. By day's end photographic evidence shall be posted.

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I got a letter from the government the other day... OK, really today, and they are holding the EOS 10D ransom. I have to fill out forms and fax/post/lodge in person to learn how much duty/GST and the 'processing fee' will be. From what I can tell on the customs web site it looks like duty and GST will be about 200AUD and the fee is about 50, so all up it looks like the camera is still going to

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Shipment Activity Location Date & Time -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRIVED ABROAD AUSTRALIA 01/16/05 10:13am INTO FOREIGN CUSTOMS AUSTRALIA 01/16/05 10:13am ACCEPTANCE SANTA BARBARA CA 93102 01/12/05 2:34pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nope, I don't have it yet. It's all up to

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Classic Taronga Zoo photo op Originally uploaded by yankinoz. Flickr's going to be down on Sunday (North American Sunday) for some sort of update. I managed to figure out why most of my photos were not getting updated with the EXIF information. Seems a bug in the Photoshop 'save for web' function was deleting the EXIF from the JPGs. This photo from our Christmas Day trip to the Taronga Zoo

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OK, not the 10D, but the KMFDM Australian Tour T-Shirt. There was a mix up at the show (they claimed the car with the shirts was late because they hit a kangaroo on the way from Perth) and the shirts didn't go on sale until after the show. As you can imagine, it was a bit of a madhouse - and 1AM. Those of us on the better side of 30 were ready to go home. Good news - the shirts were (still are

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I'm in. A Digital SLR is somewhere between California and Australia as I type this and I want it now. This is one of those prices to pay for living in Oz - takes ages to get things from the USA. Fortunalty most things are readily available down under, but in the case of the Canon EOS 10D - well, they are long since sold out. The 4 or 5 of you who follow this blog will remember that I was looking

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Sparky the Turkish Van Originally uploaded by yankinoz.one of my very first fully digital images - and still my favourite photo of our cat. Nikon 995

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Chirstmas at the zoo Originally uploaded by yankinoz. Christmas day trip to the Zoo, photos are being uploaded a bit at a time...

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Amy walking on the beach Originally uploaded by yankinoz. This photo is from a few weeks ago. Mrs Yankinoz walking on one of Sydney's northern beaches. Shot with an EOS-1 on some old 400asa film - seems really grainy by today's standards, but has a nice feel to it anyway. I'm currently seeking out a second hand Eos 10D - finally taking the digital SLR plunge. The release of the EOS 20D has

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Mumbai's CST Originally uploaded by yankinoz. I loaded some more photos from India onto my flickr site. This is a shot form the streets of Mumbai. The building in the background is the CST. Along with the India photos, I've uploaded some of my favourite cameraphone photos. Coming soon: Christmas day at The Taronga Zoo.

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KMFDM, Sydney Originally uploaded by yankinoz.Seems my camera phone doesn't do rock concerts. I do like the sort of star burst on the right. Somewhere, in there, is KMFDM; I promise.

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KMFDM DOT KOM Tonight! Live at The Metro - Going to shows helps me feel young, but when the band has to remind me that I've been listening to thier music for close to 2 decades (I first heard them in 88) - well, it doesn't help with the feeling young part...

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auto-rickshaw Originally uploaded by yankinoz. You can tell it's Mumbai, because I was outside, and it's daylight. Being a business trip, I was mostly seeing Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai from the backseat of taxi cabs. My day off was in Mumbai, so if the photo is taken in daylight, it must be Mumbai

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Sidesaddle Originally uploaded by yankinoz. Wider view of the couple in the first photo posted below. This is the common way traditionally dressed Indian women ride pillion. There is a small step on the side to give them a place for their feet, and some protection from the rear wheel.

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mumbai taxi Originally uploaded by yankinoz. On this recent trip to India I was wanting to send digital photos to friends, family and most importantly Mrs Yankinoz. I found the Shutterfly Site - it works well for sending photos to a few people, but there isn't any (easy) way to make images public. An old friend told me about flickr, and I noticed that it has a 'blog this photo' option. Mrs

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CST Originally uploaded by yankinoz. Formarly called Victoria Terminus, know known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus or CST for short. 11 Dec 2004

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motorbike mumbai Originally uploaded by yankinoz. This is what got me started. A recent business trip to India and my various efforts to share photos on line with friends and family. I tried Adobe's Shutterfly, but that was a pain. An old friend suggested flickr, so here I am, blogging from flickr to see if I can get a picture of a couple riding their motorbike through Mumbai (Bombay) out

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So now I have a blog. That's all for now, I'm not exactly sure where to go from here. I have photos I want to share but didn't feel like creating a web site from scratch, so here it is; my very own blog.

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