Author Topic: Photography thread (Read 557616 times)

Kardiffuk · « **Reply #160 on:** July 4, 2006, 09:55:01 pm »

Quote from: BIGdavalad on July 4, 2006, 08:56:56 pm

What's the second photo? Looks like a cemetary of some sort?

Yes it's a war cemetary in Adenkerke just over the Belgian border from France, it's mainly full of Belgian & French graves but there's also some UK solder's there, including a member of the family.

timiano · « **Reply #161 on:** July 5, 2006, 04:08:51 am »

Quote from: Hattori Hanzo on July 4, 2006, 09:44:11 pm

70-200L @ F4 and 200mm

Was you at a bird sanctuary then?

kiwimark · « **Reply #162 on:** July 5, 2006, 05:02:59 am »

From Sydney Zoo.....

ghost77uk · « **Reply #163 on:** July 5, 2006, 10:51:33 am »

Quote from: timiano on July 4, 2006, 05:03:52 pm

Ace bus mate, used to own a 76 Devon and a 79 Super Viking. Just didn't have the time to fight off the rust and the annual engine rebuild.

Been down to Vanfest a couple of times, and drove from Warrington to Monaco and back in 2001. Brilliant times!

Funnily enough, I've been down to Padstow for about 3 years on the run in the summer. Took the shot below of the ferry from Rock. In fact that street scene that you've got going slightly downhill, so a U-ey where the two roads meet and the apartments we were staying in were just there

Tip with your camera, try a UV filter or circular polariser on there if one is available, those sunny Cornish days don't half put out a load of haze. Top pics though, the bus melted my heart!

Wish I could claim the bus as me own...But unfortunately it's not

These surfer dudes rocked up so thought I'd take advantage...Didn't park it in the greatest spot for me tho

Cheers for the tip too - Much appreciated

bradigor · « **Reply #164 on:** July 5, 2006, 10:59:40 am »

I really need to get back into photography, used to have some class urban images using a black and white camera at college.

bradigor · « **Reply #165 on:** July 5, 2006, 11:01:04 am »

Claire. Any advice on a decent digital camera that will give me varying image effect based on how I take the picture, that won't overly break the bank

timiano · « **Reply #166 on:** July 5, 2006, 11:11:18 am »

Quote from: Bradigor Biscan -81- on July 5, 2006, 11:01:04 am

Claire. Any advice on a decent digital camera that will give me varying image effect based on how I take the picture, that won't overly break the bank

Nikon D50 Black + 18-55mm Lens Kit - £350 delivered. I'm a Canon man myself, but that price for that quality is just remarkable!

bradigor · « **Reply #167 on:** July 5, 2006, 11:12:17 am »

Quote from: timiano on July 5, 2006, 11:11:18 am

Nikon D50 Black + 18-55mm Lens Kit - £350 delivered. I'm a Canon man myself, but that price for that quality is just remarkable!

Sounds like excellent value, might see if i can get it cheaper off of ebay

NatD · « **Reply #168 on:** July 5, 2006, 11:18:46 am »

Taken in March 2001, Flat Iron Building in NYC. Taken on a standard APS camera and then scaned in, just love it.....

Lo · « **Reply #169 on:** July 5, 2006, 11:20:12 am »

Quote from: Bradigor Biscan -81- on July 5, 2006, 11:01:04 am

Claire. Any advice on a decent digital camera that will give me varying image effect based on how I take the picture, that won't overly break the bank

The pink one from Asda, reason being its PINK

bradigor · « **Reply #170 on:** July 5, 2006, 11:26:42 am »

Quote from: Lo on July 5, 2006, 11:20:12 am

The pink one from Asda, reason being its PINK

Yes that is the one you want hun. That is the one you will get, I don't want a pink one though

NatD · « **Reply #171 on:** July 5, 2006, 11:28:19 am »

March 2004 - Driving Down Pacific Highway between LA and San Francisco: -

March 2004 - Looking down the valley in Yosemite National Park: -

April 2005 - Berlin, Brandenberg (sp) Gate: -

Mark. · « **Reply #172 on:** July 5, 2006, 11:50:36 am »

San Diego from Coronado.

El Phes · « **Reply #173 on:** July 5, 2006, 03:47:49 pm »

Some really great shots in their people - thanks for sharing. Will try and get a couple on soon. Love photography - thinking of going into it and doing something I really like doing rather than working for workings sake.

Especially love NZ shots (did I spot Lake Mathison in there?), Mt. Fuji - brilliant, Eagle shot - brilliant, Sea of Red - Fantastic shot in Istanbul, Sydney Zoo - love the backdrop! and Monument Valley. Got close to there, but soooooo gutted I didn't go and see it. Might have to make another trip in a few years time.

BlahBlah · « **Reply #174 on:** July 5, 2006, 03:56:04 pm »

Dont really wanna flood the thread with Attaturk pic's so i'll just show my fave.

NewHampshire_Exile · « **Reply #175 on:** July 5, 2006, 07:39:30 pm »

3 that I have on this pc that I really like -firstly - an artisic pumpkin effort by the eldest, secondly - trying to catch the ocean and thirdly a snap at a friends wedding which I thought came out really well.
(looks like I should have used higher quality images - they don;t look as good on here.)

Bob Kurac · « **Reply #176 on:** July 5, 2006, 11:34:54 pm »

These were amongst the best I took today - nipped down to Marshside for an hour just before the game kicked off ... Oh, and before anyone says "Birds thread" I beat you to it ...

Redwhiteandnotblue · « **Reply #177 on:** July 6, 2006, 12:15:24 am »

Quote from: Rob Jones Maybe? on February 11, 2006, 08:48:33 pm

Keble College, Oxford

went this week with the school

keble is fucking incredible

Oxford's a dump.

timiano · « **Reply #178 on:** July 6, 2006, 01:00:31 am »

Quote from: Bob Kurac on July 5, 2006, 11:34:54 pm

These were amongst the best I took today - nipped down to Marshside for an hour just before the game kicked off ... Oh, and before anyone says "Birds thread" I beat you to it ...

What lens/camera/filter combo are you using there Bob, plenty of vignetting going on?...Nice pics regardless mind.

Bob Kurac · « **Reply #179 on:** July 6, 2006, 09:11:53 am »

Quote from: timiano on July 6, 2006, 01:00:31 am

What lens/camera/filter combo are you using there Bob, plenty of vignetting going on?...Nice pics regardless mind.

I agree - damn birds were too close! I was digiscoping - using a coolpix 995 with a dca adaptter on a swarovski ats80hd. So there's digital zoom in the camera, and 20x on the scope, yet the birds were only 50m - 150m from me. So the camera zoom was as low as 1.6x - especially for the Little Ringed Plover pic, the bird was very close, hence the vignetting - it only really fully disappears at 2.8x +. But the pics are as taken, not tweaked at all, hence you noticing it! I can't be arsed with editing them, I only take them as record shots really. It's not every day you see a spotted redshank on your doorstep; little ringed plovers too are noticeable, although one or two pairs do breed locally.

Any advice appreciated, though! I've only taken all this up this year, just used good old binoculars before! Also timiano, I notice that you say that you post your pics elsewhere - did you mean on RAWK or another site? I'm interested in bird photo sites ...

Armin · « **Reply #180 on:** July 6, 2006, 09:53:01 am »

I like the vignetting on those pics, the darkening at the corners seem to make the birds stand out more... I might have a go at some wildlife pictures, their are loads of breeding birds at the local canal, might be time to dust off the slr and have another go at photography.

I've got a couple of pics I took in Paris which I like. Might get the scanner going later on and post them up here.

Great thread idea this one.

nidgemo · « **Reply #181 on:** July 6, 2006, 10:17:17 am »

Quote from: Bradigor Biscan -81- on July 5, 2006, 11:01:04 am

Claire. Any advice on a decent digital camera that will give me varying image effect based on how I take the picture, that won't overly break the bank

Quote from: timiano on July 5, 2006, 11:11:18 am

Nikon D50 Black + 18-55mm Lens Kit - £350 delivered. I'm a Canon man myself, but that price for that quality is just remarkable!

If I was you, I'd go canon. I'm a Canon man too!

You'd probably get a 300D for very good money now, and it's an excellent camera.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Canon-EOS-300D-Digital-SLR-Kit-1-GB-SANDISK-CARD_W0QQitemZ140004169632QQihZ004QQcategoryZ31388QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Canon-EOS-300D-Brand-new-DSLR-see-30D-20D-or-5D_W0QQitemZ230003771265QQihZ013QQcategoryZ31388QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

(note that second one is without lenses)

pic below is one I quite like, taken recently with a standard 300D - conditions were really dark, in a local engineering works, and I hadn't took a tripod, so it could have been better...

El Phes · « **Reply #182 on:** July 6, 2006, 02:19:22 pm »

Can anyone please tell me how I can reduce the size of a picture? I need to get them under 200KB and a couple are like 240-300. Cheers

Anyway, here's some I can put up....

1. Balinese Boatman
2. Sunset in Fiji
3. Mount Everest
4. Singapore at night

nidgemo · « **Reply #183 on:** July 6, 2006, 02:21:08 pm »

Quote from: Elphesadente on July 6, 2006, 02:19:22 pm

Can you please tell me how I can reduce the size of a picture? I need to get them under 200KB and a couple are like 240-300. Cheers

Anyway, here's some I can put up....

1. Balinese Boatman
2. Sunset in Fiji
3. Mount Everest
4. Singapore at night

photoshop > image > image size (800 x 1200 @ 72 dpi is fine) and the go to save for web, pick .jpg at about 40, and then save themunder a different filename (so as nopt to overwrite your original)

El Phes · « **Reply #184 on:** July 6, 2006, 02:23:32 pm »

Quote from: nidgemo on July 6, 2006, 02:21:08 pm

photoshop > image > image size (800 x 1200 @ 72 dpi is fine) and the go to save for web, pick .jpg at about 40, and then save themunder a different filename (so as nopt to overwrite your original)

Thanks mate.

El Phes · « **Reply #185 on:** July 6, 2006, 02:30:41 pm »

1. Goan Sunset
2. Cape Byron aerial view - Australia
3. Thai boy
4. Boat Quay - Singapore

El Phes · « **Reply #186 on:** July 6, 2006, 03:08:59 pm »

I know it says "best photo", but I do get a little carried away when it comes to photo's. Just love appreciating them....nature one's especially. Love Bob's "birds".....

1. Island in Fiji
2. Corcovado (Rio)
3. Lizard eating a Praying Mantis
4. "The Beach" - Thailand

ghost77uk · « **Reply #187 on:** July 6, 2006, 03:17:14 pm »

Elphesadente - Got any more shots from Byron Bay? What a fantastic part of the world...Loved it there!

El Phes · « **Reply #188 on:** July 6, 2006, 03:24:58 pm »

Quote from: ghost77uk on July 6, 2006, 03:17:14 pm

Elphesadente - Got any more shots from Byron Bay? What a fantastic part of the world...Loved it there!

I have mate, but they're either in albums or boxed away for the time being until we get the house together!! Was a cracking place wasn't it. I took that shot from a microlite that you could go on from the nearby airport - brilliant experience, but cacked me pants when he stalled the engine a couple of times (on purpose!) to nosedive and glide for a bit

byrnetred · « **Reply #189 on:** July 6, 2006, 03:38:17 pm »

Quote from: Elphesadente on July 6, 2006, 03:24:58 pm

I have mate, but they're either in albums or boxed away for the time being until we get the house together!! Was a cracking place wasn't it. I took that shot from a microlite that you could go on from the nearby airport - brilliant experience, but cacked me pants when he stalled the engine a couple of times (on purpose!) to nosedive and glide for a bit

i have some good photos of nimbin that ill have to put up..

quite an experience that place was...

Living Legends · « **Reply #190 on:** July 6, 2006, 10:41:38 pm »

My son taken a few weeks ago.

MichaelA · « **Reply #191 on:** July 7, 2006, 07:49:23 am »

Quote from: El Phes on July 6, 2006, 02:19:22 pm

Anyway, here's some I can put up....

1. Balinese Boatman
2. Sunset in Fiji
3. Mount Everest
4. Singapore at night

Quote from: El Phes on July 6, 2006, 02:30:41 pm

1. Goan Sunset
2. Cape Byron aerial view - Australia
3. Thai boy
4. Boat Quay - Singapore

Quote from: El Phes on July 6, 2006, 03:08:59 pm

1. Island in Fiji
2. Corcovado (Rio)
3. Lizard eating a Praying Mantis
4. "The Beach" - Thailand

Great photos...you bloody show off.

AB LFC · « **Reply #192 on:** July 7, 2006, 08:21:23 am »

Are these photos really yours people posting them? They look very professional.

El Phes · « **Reply #193 on:** July 7, 2006, 09:08:47 am »

Quote from: MichaelA on July 7, 2006, 07:49:23 am

Great photos...you bloody show off.

Thanks mate - have to be honest, I do like showing them off, but the main thing is I haven't rammed them down my mates' throats. Some of them haven't seen the shots and I went travelling 7 years ago! I don't mind though.

Quote from: Joey Cartagena on July 7, 2006, 08:21:23 am

Are these photos really yours people posting them? They look very professional.

The pictures I have posted are 100% mine. My wife is actually in the shot of "The Beach" in Thailand! (A bit like Ursula Andress if I might say, for those old enough to remember her!)