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A flight around the Isle of Anglesey
i have been up with them was a flight around Anglesey in their Piper Arrow. Unfortunately i was in a rear seat on that occasion and was trying to shoot through badly scratched perspex. Lots of PP there! Still it was free and we did do a complete circuit of the island. All 125 miles in 1 hour!!! Reg...
Posted by PeteL on 24/05/2010 - 12:45
A flight around the Isle of Anglesey
[quote:3496ace15f="PeteL"]i have been up with them was a flight around Anglesey in their Piper Arrow. Unfortunately i was in a rear seat on that occasion and was trying to shoot through badly scratched perspex. Lots of PP there! Still it was free and we did do a complete circuit of the island. All 1...
Posted by simonkit on 25/05/2010 - 22:34
Lemon-scented gums
The second one works very well I think, as the focus on the darker bits around the lump draws the eye in to that gnarly lump. The softer focus further up the tree looks very nice against the sky, and empasises the shape of the tree. The first one unfortunately has a bit much shadow around the mo...
Posted by aliengrove on 23/05/2010 - 17:46
Lemon-scented gums
Thanks A-G - on reflection that focus would have been better on the coloured stump part, in the 1st. I will have a think about the abstract one - I want that to be better than what it is. The more I look at it now, the less I like it... Thanks for looking.
Posted by i-Berg on 24/05/2010 - 06:54
Lemon-scented gums
Lovely colours, and good control of the highlights in the trunk. I think in number 1 there is too much OOF foreground, and like you say it's a pity that the stump isn't in focus. I like number 2! Looking at number 3 I'm struck by the little holes in the trunk and thinking about the fortnightly co...
Posted by thoughton on 28/05/2010 - 09:44
Abbottsford Convent
She's back! :D
Posted by i-Berg on 29/05/2010 - 04:37
My Scuffy Local Town
Thanks for all your comments. I'm very much a beginner and I wouldn't have taken pictures like that without the inspiration I've gained from this forum (or put another way, nicking other people's ideas). You'd think that the brick arch would be above an opening, but it's not -it's only a couple...
Posted by DrOrloff on 24/05/2010 - 08:57
Macro with the Bigma
nice shot, the bigma is best at 200mm for close up work i find its the closest focus,
Posted by pentaxanne on 24/05/2010 - 18:55
Macro with the Bigma
This one with the Tamron was about 2 feet away, its cropped by about half of the original frame, but the Tamron does focus to within about 12 inches, I did get some closer shots but I liked the yellow background on this one. I think the newer 90mm Tamron Macro's focus down to about 6 inches in orde...
Posted by fatspider on 24/05/2010 - 20:08
Pentax 645 at Vintage Vehicle Rally
I only bought this camera just over a week ago and these are from the first roll of film I've had back since (taken Sunday 16th May). Subsequently I've run two more rolls through it but I haven't had them back yet. Anyway, I did say I'd post some of the results and here they are! They were scanne...
Posted by hefty1 on 24/05/2010 - 20:48
Pentax 645 at Vintage Vehicle Rally
Thank you :) The MkI Lotus Cortina was one of the first cars I lusted over as a kid so I spent a lot of time looking at this one through a lens on the day. :lol: And ditto - I had to settle for a 1963 Holden. :) Mind you, it took me from Melbourne to Perth and back without a murmur, and then som...
Posted by i-Berg on 25/05/2010 - 09:43
Pentax 645 at Vintage Vehicle Rally
Hefty, you've got me saving for a film 645 now. I think the scanner you have used is a great piece of kit too. I would happily recommend the scanner to anyone. It's not as convenient as a dedicated film scanner (a bit more long winded to set up) but dedicated film scanners for anything other than 35...
Posted by hefty1 on 25/05/2010 - 21:02
Pentax 645 at Vintage Vehicle Rally
The crop factor for 645 is about 0.6, so a 75mm lens has about the same angle of view as a 45mm lens in 35mm terms - a perfect normal walkabout lens really. If you added the 45mm (27mm equiv) and 150mm (90mm equiv) then you'd have a nice classic 3 lens line up with a common filter size and comparati...
Posted by hefty1 on 25/05/2010 - 23:04
Pentax 645 at Vintage Vehicle Rally
I actually got this from a retiring wedding photographer (the same one who sold me his LX kit a couple of months back); I said when I bought the LX (which had been a small ad in the local paper) I'd probably be interested in the 645 if he decided to sell, and he emailed me a fortnight ago to say it ...
Posted by hefty1 on 27/05/2010 - 14:22
Woodpecker Chick
Woodpecker parents: Not in focus but you can see the juvenile looking out after being fed. Parent moving up the tree and preparing to fly off. Focus was set up using centre point and then switched to manual - using a monopod. The parents move so fast there was no real altern...
Posted by polchraine on 25/05/2010 - 10:21
Woodpecker Chick
Great shot of the little fellow...Good focus...
Posted by darlene on 28/05/2010 - 02:17
Woodpecker Chick
Great shot of the little fellow...Good focus... The other two show just how hard it was to focus on the chick. I chose the monopod to allow me to swivel round if a aparent was there, maybe a tripod and stop down ... I'm going to try this weekend - as the chick may be ready to explore.
Posted by polchraine on 28/05/2010 - 11:46
Woodpecker Chick
Great capture! Glad to see you are back!
Posted by aliengrove on 28/05/2010 - 11:57
Mines a pint
Back then they would have also had their car keys next to the pint :P
Posted by thoughton on 26/05/2010 - 14:10
More flora
I posted a shot of these bluebells recently, but wasn't happy with the background so here are a couple of re-shoots. Both with my Super Takumar 50mm f1.4 which is stuck at f1.4. Next up my backup entry for the currently fortnightly comp, taken with Vivitar Close Focus 28mm f2.8 ...
Posted by thoughton on 26/05/2010 - 00:10
