I think I've only ever seen one episode of the show - it was before my time originally, but Channel 4 showed it at some point in the eighties.

I saw some of these on another forum, and I must admit my first thought was "wow, there's someone else on here with a Pentax". That said, I really like the street scene, I like these views down narrow things like streets and alleyways.

Yes, we were really lucky, especially compared to the cloud and rain we'd had for the two days prior to the trip.

Cheers all. I'm sure the weather really helped, though I did think that it would be a nice place to photograph after dark. I imagine that's only possible for residents / guests though.

I know, done to death, but I'd never been here before and some mates were going for a day out.

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procIMGP9684 by Mike Edwards, on Flickr

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procIMGP9699 by Mike Edwards, on Flickr

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procIMGP9702 by Mike Edwards, on Flickr

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procIMGP9741_stitch by Mike Edwards, on Flickr

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procIMGP9746 by Mike Edwards, on Flickr

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procIMGP9760 by Mike Edwards, on Flickr

I've recently installed Microsoft Ice to stitch images together, but I've tried to resist just posting a load of them. I was impressed by the results. I think there's only one above.

As always, any comments or criticism gratefully received. It's a really nice location and we managed to drop on a great day to visit. Only down side was that it was very busy.

Joking aside, I think it's generally calculated based on how long it takes to download the first x bytes, then divided into the total file size. But it's calculated dynamically, so if the download suddenly goes slow, then it's recalculated because it can't predict whether it will speed up again. So you get 1 minute, 3 minutes, 1 minute, 3 minutes until it's all done. The myriad of things that can cause the download speed to fluctuate means it can't be accurately predicted - there's a load of stuff just on your PC that can cause changes in download speed, even before you start to include all the stuff on the internet between you and the server.

A lovely day weather-wise at Llangollen on Saturday, and a few photos from me. I've been suffering recently with some quite dark images, so I was hoping to overcome that. There's still something I can't put my finger on, having just looked at the images on the "Challenge" thread taken on a fixed-length lens with a 6mp camera I wonder whether I'm doing something badly in the taking, the processing, or the uploading, or quite what the issue is. There's just something about these images that lack the quality of those I just looked at.

1. Incoming at Berwyn


IMGP9557-proc by Mike Edwards, on Flickr

2. Berwyn and the Chainbridge Hotel


IMGP9534-proc by Mike Edwards, on Flickr

3. The Dee


IMGP9449-proc by Mike Edwards, on Flickr

4. Work in progress


IMGP9379-proc by Mike Edwards, on Flickr

I was quite pleased with the second image in terms of layout. I saw an image from someone else, either on here or on another photo forum, and the layout is very heavily based on that. Once you know the position it was taken from, though, it's such a natural spot to take a photo from. Unless you want to catch the train you're photographing, that is, in which case it's not so good.

I can't quite put in words what I mean about the difference in image quality, if anyone can see it and offer some advice that would be most appreciated. I'm using a Kx with a Sigma 18-200 zoom, and a polarising filter. I do a bit of work in a very old version of Photoshop, then reduce to 1024 width and upload to Flickr to host. I was doing stuff in Raw Therapee, but found it quite complex so I dropped it for these. The end results still had the same issues though.

I hate the "Live View" button on my Kx. It's in the way, I never want to use that mode and I'd just like to disable it, rather than catching it with my face and wondering what the big click was.

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My issue with card readers (which have generally also been very cheap, and of the "reads 300 different types of card" variety, but also sometimes brand name products) is not with the copying, but with the deleting afterwards. The thing that reads the write-protect tab on an SD card seems to not last as long as the rest of it, and then refuses to delete anything after I've copied it.

I always use the cable with my Kx, because I tend to find that SD card readers don't last all that long. With my point and shoot I remove the card and use a reader, because either it didn't come with a cable, or I don't know where I put it.