SiMuMe wrote:
I really must stop reading this board from a mobile phone. It does no justice to the pictures. This is a great capture, also that it was captured with a D70 just rocks.
cadman342001 wrote:
Here are some more shots from Coober Pedy showing the rather interesting way they mine for opals.
The trucks suck the mined rock up through the tube having drilled a circular hole in the ground down to where the mine is below. I think ! Seems mental to me but that's how it's done, that's how it's always been done ! Large scale mining is discouraged by only giving each prospector a claim of 165 square feet (15 sq. m)
People literally sell everything and buy an area of land to mine. Some have been here for 40 years or more.
The mining area itself is outside of town and is a huge area littered with the spoil heaps along with the old holes - quite dangerous as they can be 30m deep and there are over 250,000 of them !
Yeah, you can kinda see the inspiration for some of the post apocalyptic vehicles in the Mad Max films can't you?
GeorgeBo wrote:
Andy that is truly bizarre from my view here in the states. Never imagined a mining process like that and that limited space too. Thanks for sharing that. Something learned today
Some recent random snaps with a Nikon F3 and the ai-converted Nikkor PC Auto 105/2.5, all on Adox Silvermax (now discontinued) and with a dark yellow-Filter:
Stadtbibliothek = city public library
university-church detail
moon close to a historical building (now part of the cultural-historical-museum)
detail of a historic sailing vessel
These images are barely touched DSLR-scans. I'm not perfectly happy with the grey-tonality I get.
I took most of the other shots with an af lens (shame on me, I know 😅 so I wont be postning them here. I think I got a few mf-shots left to work on though leighton w wrote:
Nice one Kristian. I saw the others on Flickr, they're nice as well.
so I wont be postning them here. I think I got a few mf-shots left to work on though