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Encounter with the cops and a grilling by them
Why not wear a Hi-viz vest in these situations. No stalker in their right mind is going to wear a bright yellow or orange vest with scotchbrite stripes all over it and if you make yourself look that obvious, nosey parkers are less likely to call in the law. Amin, stop beating yourself up about it...
Posted by paullucas on 24/06/2009 - 16:20
Encounter with the cops and a grilling by them
That's got to be one helluva pervert to have a bridge fetish! :D:D Seriously though, I would not have been able to keep quiet, and I would have said something back. Wether or not it would be repeatable here, I will only find out when something plainly silly like this happens to me. The only ti...
Posted by Unlocker on 28/06/2009 - 22:22
Encounter with the cops and a grilling by them
Well, I've got to admit that this sort of thing now plays on my mind. I spent a glorious day in a large park in Chester yesterday. We were with a group of about 8 families so there were many children with us. I was photographing them, amongst them my own children, but in the back of my mind I was...
Posted by Father Ted on 29/06/2009 - 16:35
Encounter with the cops and a grilling by them
Amin, in subordinating ourselves within a modern democratic society based on laws and regulation we by necessity relinquish a portion of our personal freedom for the greater good. The reason for this is that while freedom as a general concept is a good thing, a situation where individuals have un...
Posted by Shaky on 29/06/2009 - 18:49
Encounter with the cops and a grilling by them
In a less extreme example my freedom to drive home drunk from the pub potentially infringes on other drivers' freedom to use the roads enjoying a minimum standard of safety. This is what is known as the paradox of freedom in that freedom always involves trade-offs in real-world society. I...
Posted by aminstar on 29/06/2009 - 21:30
Encounter with the cops and a grilling by them
I've just had a stroll in the garden and I'm going back with my camera. May I recommend finding some cobwebs with dew still on them and also a lensbaby which I suspect with your persistence would deliver good results. If I wasn't waiting for a call I'd probably go for a walk round the wheat field...
Posted by mikew on 11/08/2009 - 11:03
Pentax O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup
I use the Pentax O-ME53 and wouldn't go back to the standard Eyecup. I don't wear glasses when photographing and haven't had any problems with it fogging up, it must be your hot steamy breath Matt :lol: Its always on the camera and great for manual focusing when doing macro The KPS eyecup lo...
Posted by Clarky on 25/06/2009 - 13:39
Pentax O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup
I use the Pentax O-ME53 and wouldn't go back to the standard Eyecup. I don't wear glasses when photographing and haven't had any problems with it fogging up, it must be your hot steamy breath Matt :lol: Its always on the camera and great for manual focusing when doing macro I agree and have...
Posted by Hyram on 25/06/2009 - 13:43
Arca-Swiss compatible ball heads
Does anyone know of a cheapo ball head which is compatible with the Arca-Swiss system? I want to get a monopod. I currently have a ball head (from Markins) on my tripod and use an Arca-Swiss type QR plate on the camera and Bigma. I don't want to keep moving the ball head from the tripod to the...
Posted by Gwyn on 25/06/2009 - 13:37
USB Storage with DSLR
Hi Stefan There are devices which can connect 2 USB storage devices back to back in order to copy from one to the other. An example of this may be found on One device could be your camera and the other a USB memory stick or even a USB hard drive. Of course while the transfer is happening you...
Posted by Bob and his Pentax on 26/06/2009 - 14:19
USB Storage with DSLR
I wonder again: why can't I plug an ordinary hard drive into my network router at home? Well, that's an easy one. A hard drive is just a stupid hard drive. A NAS is a full computer with its own operating system and knowledge of interfaces needed to communicate with hard drives. It's smart. Those sma...
Posted by rparmar on 29/06/2009 - 14:15
Forum change...........??
Could be I missed something, but suddenly I noticed the option to delete or edit posts has disappeared as a option. And I mean the structural option to do so, even after hours, day's or weeks. Now as it seems you only have a window of about 20 minutes. Please don't tell me it has been turned ba...
Posted by Malo1961 on 25/06/2009 - 21:47
Forum change...........??
OK,John. Personally I am not happy with the decision. But.....As we have had this discussion earlier and as a result of that a try-out was introduced I'll reckon the staff had valid reasons to intervene and turn it back. So lets move on, and try to be even more careful when typing. Martin.
Posted by Malo1961 on 26/06/2009 - 05:52
Forum change...........??
TBH, I have no problem with this change. Yes, I'd like to go back and edit typing errors from time to time on other forums, but if you feel the need to change the actual content, then you shouldn't have posted it in the first place ;) A forum is a repository as much as a 'live' discussion, and I ...
Posted by Road_Dancer on 26/06/2009 - 13:57
Photographer documentaries tonight on BBC4
Linda McCartney was an OK photographer IMHO but probably no better than many a 'rock' photographer who had the right access to the stars, however Annie Liebowitz's (sp.?) work really shone through last night. After watching last night I felt this sudden urge to sell my newly acquired digital equi...
Posted by BODYHEAT on 28/06/2009 - 12:49
Photographer documentaries tonight on BBC4
truly great B&W nearly always had blown highlights Not at all. There is no need to have blown out highlights if you expose and process your film correctly and take full advantage of the skills available in the darkroom. It's pretty much the same in Photoshop, which mimics the darkroom practice. ...
Posted by BODYHEAT on 28/06/2009 - 18:12
Photographer documentaries tonight on BBC4
Yes, so did I, very nice film. I did try the GAF 500 as well, but looking back at it I was stabbing in the dark and shooting pictures that weren't really suitable.
Posted by johnriley on 28/06/2009 - 18:26
RIP Michael Jackson
Whilst his music never did anything for me it is always a tragedy when someone dies at such a relatively young age. I do not however understand the mass outpourings of grief for him, any more than I did when Princess Diana died. How can you grieve so for someone you never personally knew? A feel...
Posted by Gwyn on 28/06/2009 - 10:43
Sometimes they look soft
Both the images need a small aperture to ensure sharpness from front to back. I'm not sure what you are doing in terms of settings but what I would do is set a smallish aperture of say f11 or f16 and focus one third of the way into the scene. In picture 2 that would be at a point between the two flo...
Posted by johnriley on 28/06/2009 - 23:10
Sometimes they look soft
Thanks John for your input I normaly set the camera on auto mode and then veiw the histogram and look at the photo. I then play arouond in manual mode around the settings the camera has read in auto mode. I have never used a tripod in this park as there can be lots of people buzzing around and also...
Posted by philstaff on 29/06/2009 - 09:31
