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Comment by GlynM posted on Previous Competition Subjects at 07/06/2012 - 14:29
Aquilegia & Knitting
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I'm hoping that I have correctly understood the requirements to kick-off this competition.
The original shot used for this image was taken this morning, 07/06/12, at 09:21, before the rain set in with the following exif data:
Pentax K-5 with the Samsung equivalent of the DFA100 Marco
1/125sec, F8.0 & ISO 800 (because it dull and breezy!)
I also shot the texture which is of a woollen square knitted by my wife:
Pentax K-5 with the Samsung equivalent of the DFA100 Marco
8sec, F20 & ISO200 (Tripod mounted under lights!)
Thanks to Shaun for the tutorial which I adapted slightly for PSE10.
Glyn
[IMG]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w20/GlynM/Competition%20Entries/IMGP3707-1-drop3a-small.jpg[/IMG]
I'm hoping that I have correctly understood the requirements to kick-off this competition.
The original shot used for this image was taken this morning, 07/06/12, at 09:21, before the rain set in with the following exif data:
Pentax K-5 with the Samsung equivalent of the DFA100 Marco
1/125sec, F8.0 & ISO 800 (because it dull and breezy!)
I also shot the texture which is of a woollen square knitted by my wife:
Pentax K-5 with the Samsung equivalent of the DFA100 Marco
8sec, F20 & ISO200 (Tripod mounted under lights!)
Thanks to Shaun for the tutorial which I adapted slightly for PSE10.
Glyn
Comment by GlynM posted on Fortnightly Competition 95 "Texture" at 07/06/2012 - 13:42
Many thanks to Chris for setting a great subject that was open to some wonderful interpretations. Thanks also for your very prompt excellent reviews and judging.
Congratulations to Barrie for the wining shot and everyone else for another set of diverse and well crafted images.
It is great to be back in these competitions .
Glyn
Congratulations to Barrie for the wining shot and everyone else for another set of diverse and well crafted images.
It is great to be back in these competitions .
Glyn
Comment by GlynM posted on Fortnightly competition 93: "Two" at 23/05/2012 - 21:18
We don't get any of theses calls, or rather if we do they are not getting as far as the phones.
I got so fed up with unwanted sales and scam calls that I bought a True Call unit which I have installed in front of the base unit for our set of 4 DECT phones. This can be set up in varying levels of defence from just blocking a list of unwanted callers to asking all unknown callers, including people not on our friends list, withheld, international and unavailable callers to identify themselves.
We have been using it for nearly a year and I love it. I have just renewed the, perhaps slightly expensive, annual subscription for the web interface, which while not completely necessary makes it much easier to configure, manage the list of friends and foes and see who, if anyone, got blocked.
As we are currently expecting to receive withheld calls from our health centre and hospital for the moment we currently have it in a simple mode where it only blocks calls on the unwanted list, any internationals calls (we don't know anyone abroad that we expect to call) and any unavailable calls.
Anyone that gets blocked receives a very polite rejection message. I have seen reports that some local councils and some organisations use "unavailable" but that if they can't get past this sort of filtering fall back onto their mobiles which of course we can filter/pass using the friend/foe (zap/star) lists.
Glyn
I got so fed up with unwanted sales and scam calls that I bought a True Call unit which I have installed in front of the base unit for our set of 4 DECT phones. This can be set up in varying levels of defence from just blocking a list of unwanted callers to asking all unknown callers, including people not on our friends list, withheld, international and unavailable callers to identify themselves.
We have been using it for nearly a year and I love it. I have just renewed the, perhaps slightly expensive, annual subscription for the web interface, which while not completely necessary makes it much easier to configure, manage the list of friends and foes and see who, if anyone, got blocked.
As we are currently expecting to receive withheld calls from our health centre and hospital for the moment we currently have it in a simple mode where it only blocks calls on the unwanted list, any internationals calls (we don't know anyone abroad that we expect to call) and any unavailable calls.
Anyone that gets blocked receives a very polite rejection message. I have seen reports that some local councils and some organisations use "unavailable" but that if they can't get past this sort of filtering fall back onto their mobiles which of course we can filter/pass using the friend/foe (zap/star) lists.
Glyn
Comment by GlynM posted on Just had anoth phone call... at 23/05/2012 - 08:49
2x2 Trail
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Apologies, I am not completely happy with this attempt at an abstract but it does at least mean that I am back in these completions , even if for the moment I'm still house-bound.
Thanks to JaneM for lugging the tripod and lights about.
This is a four shot focus stack with each shot using:
Pentax K-5 with the Samsung equivalent of the DFA100 Macro.
0.8 sec, F16 & ISO 200
The focus stack was processed using CombineZP.
Cropped, converted to B&W plus a bit more tinkering in PSE10.
Shot around 11:51 0n 21/05/2012
Glyn
[IMG]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w20/GlynM/Competition%20Entries/IMGP3637-40-3-small.jpg[/IMG]
Apologies, I am not completely happy with this attempt at an abstract but it does at least mean that I am back in these completions , even if for the moment I'm still house-bound.
Thanks to JaneM for lugging the tripod and lights about.
This is a four shot focus stack with each shot using:
Pentax K-5 with the Samsung equivalent of the DFA100 Macro.
0.8 sec, F16 & ISO 200
The focus stack was processed using CombineZP.
Cropped, converted to B&W plus a bit more tinkering in PSE10.
Shot around 11:51 0n 21/05/2012
Glyn
Comment by GlynM posted on Fortnightly competition 93: "Two" at 21/05/2012 - 13:08
Hyram wrote:
Glyn,
I was only thinking the other day that we had not seen you about for a while.
Glad to hear that all has gone well and you are making good progress
No doubt Hipperty has worked out a suitable exercise programme for you
It is very early days and there are definitely ups and downs but Hipperty, and of course JaneM, are being fantastic. To slow him down I have had to promote Hipperty to head gardener. He thinks this is great. Glyn,
I was only thinking the other day that we had not seen you about for a while.
Glad to hear that all has gone well and you are making good progress
No doubt Hipperty has worked out a suitable exercise programme for you
Fortunately, as I am not allowed to pick up anything slightly heavy, JaneM has had to be, reluctantly, promoted to Sous-Chef, which at least means we are eating something other than just Hipperty's carrots .
Many thanks for your kind comments.
Glyn
Comment by GlynM posted on Apologies for absence from competitions at 17/05/2012 - 20:35
Many thanks people for all your kind comments. Thanks also to Barrie for the encouragement and link.
Its is just about 24hrs since I got home and already I am feeling a lot better. The worst problem seems to be finding somewhere comfortable to sit and the computer chair is winning hands-down .
I suspect my age favours me. I'm only 56 but the guy opposite me in the hospital, having the same op, celebrated his 90th birthday on Sunday.
JaneM has weighed my K-5 fitted with a nifty fifty and said I am allowed to pick it up. She has also got the tripod and lights out so expect a new entry to the weekly competition soon! I promise it will not be of my scars which are ugly enough without being on me as well. (JaneM has though already insisted in making a record of them but fortunately for all of us didn't use a Pentax - See there are advantages of having a non-Pentax compact ).
Glyn
Its is just about 24hrs since I got home and already I am feeling a lot better. The worst problem seems to be finding somewhere comfortable to sit and the computer chair is winning hands-down .
I suspect my age favours me. I'm only 56 but the guy opposite me in the hospital, having the same op, celebrated his 90th birthday on Sunday.
JaneM has weighed my K-5 fitted with a nifty fifty and said I am allowed to pick it up. She has also got the tripod and lights out so expect a new entry to the weekly competition soon! I promise it will not be of my scars which are ugly enough without being on me as well. (JaneM has though already insisted in making a record of them but fortunately for all of us didn't use a Pentax - See there are advantages of having a non-Pentax compact ).
Glyn
Comment by GlynM posted on Apologies for absence from competitions at 17/05/2012 - 13:46
I would just like to put up my apologies for not supporting the recent fortnightly and weekly competitions.
It is not that I don't enjoy them. I think they are a great fun and provide a great learning experience for both new and older members. Getting the chance to review such wonderful pictures has now got me into judging other competitions which I would have never otherwise done.
I have been on the waiting list for a heart by-pass operation since Christmas. The operation took place, at short notice, on Friday and I came home yesterday, Wednesday.
It might be a little while until I am completely up to speed again but Hipperty and I will start raiding the archive to see we can get back into to at least the weekly comps. Hopefully it won't be too long before you will see me back in the fortnightly comps.
So Hipperty says I have to warn you all that we are back!
Glyn
P.S. - I would also just like to mention the fantastic staff on the Bruce Wier Ward of St Georges Hospital in Tooting - A big thank you all round.
It is not that I don't enjoy them. I think they are a great fun and provide a great learning experience for both new and older members. Getting the chance to review such wonderful pictures has now got me into judging other competitions which I would have never otherwise done.
I have been on the waiting list for a heart by-pass operation since Christmas. The operation took place, at short notice, on Friday and I came home yesterday, Wednesday.
It might be a little while until I am completely up to speed again but Hipperty and I will start raiding the archive to see we can get back into to at least the weekly comps. Hopefully it won't be too long before you will see me back in the fortnightly comps.
So Hipperty says I have to warn you all that we are back!
Glyn
P.S. - I would also just like to mention the fantastic staff on the Bruce Wier Ward of St Georges Hospital in Tooting - A big thank you all round.
Comment by GlynM posted on Apologies for absence from competitions at 17/05/2012 - 09:23
I run mine in "P" program mode with the program line set to "Normal". This means I can use the rear dial to adjust the aperture, making it AV mode (which I use most of the time), or the front dial for the shutter speed, making it TV mode, without having to change the mode dial. If I mess up these settings then the green button is a life-saver putting it back into its starting position .
I use centre point focusing most of the time because it means the arrow buttons go to the function settings without having to check in the viewfinder if a long press of the OK button is needed. Otherwise there is a risk that in trying to set a function, like, say, the drive mode to self-timer, that I have moved the focus point before realising why nothing appears to be happening.
I prefer Centre Weighted exposure.
I have auto ISO set restricted to 200-800 just to make sure that I make any decision to go higher but actually usually leave ISO fixed to 200 as a manual starting point.
I have lens correction off because it seriously slows down the minimum time between shots. I do any necessary correction in post editing on my PC.
I used to just use JPEG (16M & **** quality) but have recently started started using RAW+ & DNG because I have been won-over by Adobe Lightroom. The downside is that I am going to have to increase the size of my backup network drive .
I have set the Dynamic Range Setting to Highlight Correction: On and Shadow Correction: Medium.
I have unticked a few things in the "Memory Setting" as I have messed up a few shots by forgetting that I had on a previous occasion changed something, usually the EV Compensation . I have left ticked; Drive Mode, Sensitivity, Flash Exposure Comp, Extended Bracketing, Playback Info Display & File No.
In the custom settings I have "Using Aperture Ring" (27) set to "Permitted" because I have a few old manual lenses.
I also use The "AF Fine Adjustment", (Custom 26) but I think this needs some confidence & test-commitment to set the values so would recommend a new user leaves this alone.
Like others just beware that these are my personal settings and might not work for you.
Glyn
I use centre point focusing most of the time because it means the arrow buttons go to the function settings without having to check in the viewfinder if a long press of the OK button is needed. Otherwise there is a risk that in trying to set a function, like, say, the drive mode to self-timer, that I have moved the focus point before realising why nothing appears to be happening.
I prefer Centre Weighted exposure.
I have auto ISO set restricted to 200-800 just to make sure that I make any decision to go higher but actually usually leave ISO fixed to 200 as a manual starting point.
I have lens correction off because it seriously slows down the minimum time between shots. I do any necessary correction in post editing on my PC.
I used to just use JPEG (16M & **** quality) but have recently started started using RAW+ & DNG because I have been won-over by Adobe Lightroom. The downside is that I am going to have to increase the size of my backup network drive .
I have set the Dynamic Range Setting to Highlight Correction: On and Shadow Correction: Medium.
I have unticked a few things in the "Memory Setting" as I have messed up a few shots by forgetting that I had on a previous occasion changed something, usually the EV Compensation . I have left ticked; Drive Mode, Sensitivity, Flash Exposure Comp, Extended Bracketing, Playback Info Display & File No.
In the custom settings I have "Using Aperture Ring" (27) set to "Permitted" because I have a few old manual lenses.
I also use The "AF Fine Adjustment", (Custom 26) but I think this needs some confidence & test-commitment to set the values so would recommend a new user leaves this alone.
Like others just beware that these are my personal settings and might not work for you.
Glyn
Comment by GlynM posted on favourite settings at 09/04/2012 - 18:13
In his "Heavy Casting" entry for this competition Hyram wrote:
In the image we can just see the hub of a small front wheel and I guess that as this is behind the cylinder that it is probably the rear of a pair.
So what loco could it be? Here I really am wildly guessing.
The wheel in the image has radial spokes so rules out locos, like Bodmin, which have circular cut-outs.
The cylinder looks a bit rusty and suggests that the covers have been off for a while and therefore rules out locos under general maintenance and is, or has, probably been awaiting restoration for a while. However the image is dated last June so restoration may now have started.
Looking at the list of locos awaiting or undergoing restoration on the mid-hants railway and fitting these with what we can see in the image. I think it could possibly be one of three:
925 Cheltenham - Which I would love it to be, but unlikely though, because the wheels are not the expected bright southern green, its restoration is taking place at Eastleigh and I'm not sure it has ever been at Ropley. See here.
30506 - Which is being restored. See here.
30499 - Although possibly not because I think its frames may be not be at Ropley. See here.
Thanks for the challenge and apologies that I can only guess.
I do though think it is a great image .
Glyn
Quote:
Perhaps GlynM can precisely identify the part
I'm no expert and only have limited knowledge but I think we are looking at the left-hand outside cylinder of a steam railway locomotive. The covers and insulation, originally asbestos, are missing but screws to fit the cover can be seen. Perhaps GlynM can precisely identify the part
In the image we can just see the hub of a small front wheel and I guess that as this is behind the cylinder that it is probably the rear of a pair.
So what loco could it be? Here I really am wildly guessing.
The wheel in the image has radial spokes so rules out locos, like Bodmin, which have circular cut-outs.
The cylinder looks a bit rusty and suggests that the covers have been off for a while and therefore rules out locos under general maintenance and is, or has, probably been awaiting restoration for a while. However the image is dated last June so restoration may now have started.
Looking at the list of locos awaiting or undergoing restoration on the mid-hants railway and fitting these with what we can see in the image. I think it could possibly be one of three:
925 Cheltenham - Which I would love it to be, but unlikely though, because the wheels are not the expected bright southern green, its restoration is taking place at Eastleigh and I'm not sure it has ever been at Ropley. See here.
30506 - Which is being restored. See here.
30499 - Although possibly not because I think its frames may be not be at Ropley. See here.
Thanks for the challenge and apologies that I can only guess.
I do though think it is a great image .
Glyn
Comment by GlynM posted on Weekly competition #247- Heavy metal at 03/04/2012 - 10:32
Weekly
1. The Number Six
2. Play
3. Heat
4. Flight
5. Self Portrait
6. Wood
7. Age
8. Reflection
9. Water
10. People Communication
11. Solitude
12. Hard and Soft
13. The Industrial Landscape
14. Motion
15. Favourite Places
16. Patterns
17. The Mark of Man
18. Shadows
19. The Monochrome Landscape
20. My Day
21. 'Something' on toast
22. Red
23. Light
24. Recycled
25. Christmas
26. Buildings
27. An abstract, subject matter: any plant in MONO
28. Watching the watchers
29. Paper Scissors Stone
30. One of My Best Photos
31. The Eyes Have It
32. Love is...
33. My Town
34. Street Furniture
35. Sky's the Limit
36. Spring
37. Movement
38. Long Exposure
39. Wildlife
40. Upside-down
41. Natural Light
42. Our House
43. Local Shop & Keeper
44. Rain
45. Blue
46. Public Transport
47. Sea and Shore
48. Tools of the Trade
49. Decay & Dereliction
50. On Ice
51. The Street
52. The Ugly
53. The Pleasure of Summer Holiday
54. Sleep
55. The World Today
56. My Home Town
57. Proverbs
58. Sweet Tooth
59. Contrast
60. Alone
61. Bridge(s)
62. A Touch of Red
63. Cute
64. Mysterious
65. Desktop Backdrop
66. Colour of Autumn
67. Evening
68. Children's Expressions
69. Architecture
70. Transport
71. Music
72. Contre Jour
73. Glass
74. Brewing up a Storm
75. Boots and Shoes
76. Still life in black & white
77. Feelings & Emotions
78. New Year's Eve
79. One Hundred Yards from Home
80. Nearness
81. Flower Power!
82. Bicycles
83. For Sale
84. A Face
85. Italy
86. An Instrument of Time
87. This Modern World
88. Reflections!
89. Abstract
90. Heavy
91. Made of Steel
92. Long Exposure
93. Vegetables
94. Woods and Forests
95. Orange
96. Used
97. Smooth
98. Protection
99. People at Work
100. Self Portrait
101. The Inconvenient Truth
102. Celebration!
103. Something Green...
104. Craftsmanship
105. Spots "n" Dots
106. Action
107. Dream
108. Smoke
109. Something bright or sparkling
110. Moment
111. Serenity
112. Hurry
113. Texture
114. Distance
115. Yun
116. Shadows
117. Street Photography
118. Its a funny old world
119. Quirky Small Buildings
120. Reading and Writing
121. Windows
122. Crystal
123. Freedom
124. Fog/Mist
125. Brickwork
126. Favourite Food
127. History
128. Weightlessness
129. Festivities!
130. Cubes, Squares, Oblongs
131. Companions
132. Steam
133. Street Portraits
134. Size Contrast
135. Culture
136. Suffering
137. Wood
138. Generations
139. The hand of man
140. A trick of the eye – perspective compression
141. The Four Seasons
142. Macro Mystery...Lets Get Close!!
143. Curved Surface
144. Ground level
145. Retro!
146. Evolution
147. Late
148. Catchlights.
149. Water of Life
150. Life in Motion
151. Optical Illusion
152. Duotone
153. Communications
154. Portray the crowd
155. Sunglasses!
156. Low-key
157. People in the Environment
158. Glamour
159. Summer
160. ND 1.8 – ND 3.0
161. Garden Safari
162. Rain
163. Dawn and Dusk
164. Painted shop front window
165. Depth of Field
166. It’s What’s on the Inside That Counts.
167. Adults at Work or Play
168. Public art
169. Stimulating the senses
170. Iconic Objects
171. A Crop can make the Difference
172. Halloween
173. Lines
174. Song Titles
175. A Treasure
176. Object Trouve
177. The Culinary (Competition)
178. The Beatles Songbook
179. ‘Adversity’
180. Low Key
181. Industrial
182. Love
183. Public Sculpture
184. Curves
185. Children at work or play.
186. Black and White Landscapes
187. Long Exposure
188. Isolation
189. Bridges
190. Surreal Competition
191. This is Me
192. Water Every Where!
193. Numbers
194. Nature breaks it’s path
195. JAPAN!!!
196. Breaking “The Rules”
197. Fungi
198. Flowers In A Natural Setting
199. No Sky
200. Age
201. Man-made
202. Sell, sell, sell!!!
203. Holiday
204. Animal Emotion
205. Three
206. Graphic Abstract
207. France
208. Freedom
209. Urban landscapes
210. Wheels
211. Film Noir Mood
212. Heat and Glare
213. Russia
214. Connections
215. A Door
216. An Album Cover
217. Perfect Timing
218. Best Macro Shots – Summer 2011
219. Street Markets
220. Best Panning Shot
221. Stripes
222. Tell Your Travel Story
223. Depicting Age
224. Breakfast
225. A Room
226. A Splash of Colour
227. All Things Two
228. Human Sporting Emotion
229. Horses
230. Twelve Days of Christmas
231. Low Light
232. Alone in the City
233. Joy
234. Bikes & Bikers
235. Literature
236. Boat and Lake
237. Night Nature
238. Rhyming Slang
239. Frost - - - -
240. and all this is FOOTBALL!
241. Close up/Macro
242. A man with a camera
243. The Passing of Time
244. It is Where I Am From
245. Childhood Memories
246. The Impact of Architecture
247. Heavy Metal
248. Pastel Shades
249. A Character
250. Reportage
251. Focus on Rejuvenation
252. Door To …
253. Nifty Fifty
254. Monochrome
255. “T”
256. Fire and Ice
Fortnightly Competitions
1. Vistas
2. Product Shot
3. Lunch Break
4. Something Wooden
5. Christmas
6. A Night Shot
7. Scales
8. Frozen water
9. Doors
10. Everyday Object, from a Weird, Unusual, Puzzling Perspective
11. Something Wide
12. Your Best Shot Ever
13. Reflections
14. Night
15. Fruit
16. Art in the Community
17. Hands
18. Movement
19. "The Sun"
20. Relaxation or Relaxed
21. Shadows
22. My Roots, My Place
23. The Ground
24. Menace & Foreboding
25. A bad day at the office !
26. Half and half
27. ‘The White Shirt’
28. Bonfire Night
29. Cars
30. Curves
31. Juxtaposition
32. Your Weather
33. Stairs
34. Long Exposure
35. “Design Icon”
36. People
37. Hobbies
38. Genus Loci
39. Order and Disorder
40. Industrial Landscape
41. Childhood Memories
42. Local Flora
43. Faces
44. Food!!
46. Health
47. B&W Portraits
48. Wire, string, rope
49. Science Fiction
50. One Colour
51. Industry
52. Classical Music
53. Sunset
54. Energy
55. Time Piece
56. Abstract impressionism
57. Mono/Chrome
58. Space
59. Snow & Cold
60. Spatial
61. Silhouette
62. Eggs
63. Subject Noir (Black)
64. Plastic
65. Through a Door
66. Spring is Sprung
67. The Sacred
68. An Image That Looks Good From a Distance
69. Blur
70. Leading Lines
71. Wildlife
72. Barriers
73. Square Pictures
74. Interior
75. Steps
76. Water
77. Chiaroscuro
78. A Smell
79. Five Minutes’ Walk
80. Book / Books
81. Crop & PoP
82. Preparations
83. Relaxation
84. Bits & Pieces
85. Skies
86. Golden Hour
87. Bokeh
88. Vignette in mono
89. Natures Gifts
90. Simplicity
91. Buildings
92. Weather
93. Two
94. Tree
95. Texture
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3. Opposites
4. RGB
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