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Mt Field last weekend

Postby Mickeymoo » Wed 27 Jul, 2011 9:02 am

Gday all,

I haven't been doing much walking or taking many photos of late :( but I managed to get out for a night last Friday/Saturday to Mt Field staying out at K-col hut for the night and then climbing The Watcher and back along Tarn Shelf the next day. I was lucky enough to have a stunning sunset almost as stunning sunrise, which I very nearly slept through :oops: The sunrise photo was pretty much sit bolt upright realise the sun was rising and that I had dozed back off to sleep, throw my frozen boots on (they had frozen to the floor too!!), run 50m to the composition I had used for the sunset last night, set up and shoot!

Anyway, a few photo from the trip.

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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby ILUVSWTAS » Wed 27 Jul, 2011 9:05 am

Amazing.

Have you quit your day job yet Michael??
Nothing to see here.
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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby stepbystep » Wed 27 Jul, 2011 9:08 am

ILUVSWTAS wrote:Amazing.

Have you quit your day job yet Michael??


+1 lovely stuff, bit cold in the hut eh?
Have they replaced the old stove yet?
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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby pazzar » Wed 27 Jul, 2011 9:56 am

Incredible!
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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby Stibb » Wed 27 Jul, 2011 10:04 am

Great stuff!!!!
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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby Mickeymoo » Wed 27 Jul, 2011 12:23 pm

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Ha not yet, maybe one day though!

I didn't know that there used to be a stove in the hut, but no they haven't replaced it. Yeah it was a little cool overnight, probably the first time I've actually slept in my sleeping bag the entire night and not been roasting. The water I had melted for drinking partially froze and turned into a slush as well, so must have been reasonably cool overnight. Daytime temps were fantastic though, quite hot on the Saturday out of the wind around Tarn Shelf.
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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby shazcol » Wed 27 Jul, 2011 7:59 pm

Love the sunset contrast in the first picture. I can't seem to get a decent sunrise or sunset on any walk this year!
If common sense is so common, why don't you see more of it?
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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby Mickeymoo » Thu 28 Jul, 2011 11:23 am

Thanks Shazcol. That's a bit of a bugger and can be a little frustrating can't it!! I must say I have been quite lucky of late, that when I have headed out with the camera, I've had at least one great sunrise or sunset to work with!
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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby shazcol » Thu 28 Jul, 2011 11:27 am

Sharon liked the black and white photo's as well. You had much more snow than we had by the looks of it.
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Mt Field last weekend

Postby ULWalkingPhil » Thu 28 Jul, 2011 12:51 pm

Great composition and lighting. Thanks for sharing
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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby kanangra » Thu 28 Jul, 2011 2:43 pm

You should enter some of those in the comp.

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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby Mickeymoo » Thu 28 Jul, 2011 4:28 pm

Thanks for the comments guys! Yeah I haven't entered one for a while so maybe I'll chuck one in this month :)
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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby stepbystep » Thu 28 Jul, 2011 4:51 pm

Mickeymoo wrote:Thanks for the comments guys! Yeah I haven't entered one for a while so maybe I'll chuck one in this month :)


There goes July :wink:
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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby Mickeymoo » Fri 29 Jul, 2011 9:08 am

Ha knowing me I'll probably forget to enter one anyway! It has been a good month for winter photos though so I'd be surprised if it's not a tough comp this month!!
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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby Nick S » Fri 29 Jul, 2011 1:33 pm

that's cool seeing the sunset and sunrise at the same place.
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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby north-north-west » Mon 01 Aug, 2011 7:04 pm

stepbystep wrote:Have they replaced the old stove yet?


Never mind the stove, have they replaced the tank? It was rusting out last time I was there, and the water was revolting.
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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby north-north-west » Mon 01 Aug, 2011 7:05 pm

stepbystep wrote:Have they replaced the old stove yet?


Never mind the stove, have they replaced the tank? Last time I was there it was rusting out and the water was revolting.
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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby Mickeymoo » Tue 02 Aug, 2011 11:05 am

north-north-west wrote:
stepbystep wrote:Have they replaced the old stove yet?


Never mind the stove, have they replaced the tank? Last time I was there it was rusting out and the water was revolting.


I don't recall seeing a tank at the hut, but then I wasn't really looking for one. I'll have to check a couple of photos with the hut in it!!
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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby abowen » Wed 03 Aug, 2011 4:29 pm

Grand photos Michael,
I always look forward to seeing your stuff.
Re water tank and stove, last time I was there sometime earlier in the year, the stove was gone as was the water tank.
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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby north-north-west » Wed 03 Aug, 2011 6:37 pm

Mickeymoo wrote:
north-north-west wrote:
stepbystep wrote:Have they replaced the old stove yet?


Never mind the stove, have they replaced the tank? Last time I was there it was rusting out and the water was revolting.


I don't recall seeing a tank at the hut, but then I wasn't really looking for one. I'll have to check a couple of photos with the hut in it!!


It's pretty obvious - rear corner, K Col side. You can see it from the approach if it's still there.
*shudder* I still gag at the thought of the oily scum floating on the top . . .
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Re: Mt Field last weekend

Postby bushwalker zane » Sat 06 Aug, 2011 10:25 pm

I love the 4th one down, it's an amazing shot.
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