billybunters - from a bmw z4 to a mx5 se

speed freak · Postby **speed freak** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 5:44 pm

Mate, those scenery and wildlife shots are just epic. Really great photo's.

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 5:58 pm

the olgas - central Australia

now if you think these photos are just pull up and take them - it involves walking :lol:

note the car

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 6:01 pm

thanks

taminga16 · Postby **taminga16** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 8:37 pm

Breathtaking images, thank you.
Greg.

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:09 pm

Uluru - tomorrow

BlueLaguna · Postby **BlueLaguna** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 3:54 am

These images are great photography! What gear did you use?

Caffeine · Postby **Caffeine** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 5:45 pm

BlueLaguna wrote:These images are great photography! What gear did you use?

exif says:

Camera make:
Panasonic
Camera model:
DMC-FZ1000

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 8:03 pm

camera spec's as above - shooting on aperture priority - polarising filter and sometime with a neutral density filter too. plus i am under or over exposing/under exposing the shots from 1/3 to 1.1/3 to 1. 2/3 stops either way :wink:

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:30 pm

ULURU

this is what ever-one comes to see. by the time I look through the photo's daily and log them to photo bucket then send the photo 's and info to 4 forums it usually takes 2 hours a day. so overall a fair bit of work getting it together. plus the Wi-Fi connections and most places is totally useless and sometimes a photo might take a minute or 2 or more to load.

so this info is going to 3 usa sites/car/birds/bike. so this info is useful to them

Uluru is around about a 5 hour drive from alice springs on a good sealed road at speed posted from 60 to 80 mph or you can fly direct to the local airport.

upon arrival at yalara there are multiple choices of accommodation. wife and I had trouble getting accommodation and had to settle for the back packer quad bunk special - $184 night. highly overpriced for the minimum priced nightly accommodation here but not much you can do. it was clean and tidy

outside view

I had the choice of a double room with ensuite -see below photo - it was only $450 a night :lol:

and they had no chance of getting that out of me for 3 nights

driving about the complex which was huge and housed several hundred people it was very well organised. drive in from the front and one way only throughout the complex

ULURU

once settled in the next thing you want to do is see the rock. from yalura or 3 mile up the road you enter a divided road where you stop at a check point and decided if you want a 3 day or a annual pass. we adopted the 3 day pass at $25 a head. got the 2 tickets with our surnames on and was asked to present the tick anytime I pass the check point

when you see Uluru for the first time or in my case the third time it's HUGE! no question about that HUGE! you can see it 30 to 40 klm away. once you arrive at the base of uluru it will take you about 4 hours to walk the 10 klm around the circumference

I took this great shot at sunset strip . got over the fence to line up the shot with the surrounding scrub etc and the friggin ranger pulled up flashing his lights and blasting the horn. I had earplugs in from driving the car with the roof off and didn't hear him and he then got out of the ute and got up on the tray and was yelling out to me.
I still didn't see him and somehow look over to see where the wife was and she was pointing at the guy yelling and wildly waving his hands about.
I knew straight away it was a friggin ranger so headed for the fence. he got back in his ute and headed off. he got a bit excited I thought. might have been a top wire strung fence but there were tracks in the area everywhere but not one sign saying DO NO ENTER!
when I drove out 3 hours later 8 or 10 others were all walking about in the same spot - :roll:

anyway I wasn't happy about the horn blowing and the other crap so if he had been a smart ass i'd say i'd been leaving the park early :lol:

heading in a clockwise direction this is your first sighting of the part they call the climb

you can see the little ants making their way to the top

walkway to the climb

the climb! to date 34 have either died from injury or heart attach -either way dead! how steep is it. well 35 years ago I actually climbed and ran down it. this time I got to the rocky ledge before the chains and decided stuff it!

but I still managed to run back down and have had a sore back now for a day or more. I was told not to do it :lol:

plus I got it all on the go pro 4 hero

more trivia from the bottom to the top of the climb 1.6 klm or 1 mile. climb is closed in rainy or windy conditions

now see that guy standing in the centre in blue. I walked up near him to the left. now it doesn't look far or steep!

different story up there looking down at the cars and buses

over to the left

to the right

now look at them crawling up the chained section and one mistake here and the party is over.

here's another look

this part is called the brain or was once

another view. most places no stopping or fines apply. so I set up the go pro4 on the roll bar and did the full circle

few photos on the way out

well that's Uluru over

pro hero4

Caffeine · Postby **Caffeine** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:37 pm

billybunter wrote:ULURU

few photos on the way out

You should print that one and stick in your wall, magnificent!

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 10:13 pm

thanks! news isn't all good I have a brake fluid leak right on the 4,000klm mark into the trip . its either from rear left wheel or somewhere along the sill. will check it better tomorrow and see where its coming from...fair bit fluid splattered under the car too.

KevGoat · Postby **KevGoat** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 1:06 am

Hope nothing too serious! Guess it's a big ask to expect a trip like this wouldn't go without some issue ...

kalt · Postby **kalt** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 2:43 am

This is an inspiring thread. I plan to do Uluru drive in the near future too; your sharing and documentation is appreciated!

Loving the photos (was thinking you recently discovered some 'Instagramizer' app with the colour saturation switched up to MAX on the more recent pics as compared to the ones of the train, but I gather it is due to different lighting conditions. Not complaining mind you, am enjoying the va-voom from all the colour), always a good idea to have yourself in the photos, so you can point out and say "Yes that's me right there, I was actually there". It's too easy to swipe images off the web and claim it as your own these days.

Keep updating please!

In terms of helping you with the brake issue, all I know is brake fluid and paint don't mix well! :shock:

Postby **Okibi** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 3:36 am

Stay safe, want to see more brilliant photos.

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:42 am

earlier photos were just point and shoot and I wasn't putting that much effort into them. from the train on I decided to up the impact a bit with polariser and nd filters plus work on over/under exposures to get the max.

lately I have cared little about photography but 15 years back I was paid very good $$$$ by various photo mags for landscape and outdoor hunting photography.

your observation was very good. if you look at one photo of the rock you will see I used no polariser or exposure and had the light hitting it and wiping it out. that used to be the mistake that most camera users made.

also good to see you were the first to mention the move in colour saturation and as for an app - too old fashion and wouldn't know how to use one.

keep watching :wink: