Good input Stefan.

With a camera mounted flash, your limited to what it freezes due to distance and ambient light.

I have taken similar images with a different flash system that are totally different.

You can only use the tools you have at the time.

Regards

I still have a large collection of LP's. I play them on a Thorens deck via valve amps and electrostatic speakers with a recently added sub woofer.

Maybe you do, maybe you don't.

Maybe you still shoot film, maybe you don't.

Maybe you never have?

If you have tried film and didn't like it, why.

Was it because you can't manipulate the end result if printed commercially?

Was it because the results were not what you expected?

Was it because the exposure was wrong (shame on you with emulsion)?

Let it all out.

Regards

Div'n bin it Mike. It's a'reet.

It holds attention.

Regards

A few more for comment.

The big issue was snapped after I walked past, I turned and took the shot quickly. Two options:







glass tint was grabbed after this girl walked past me and I saw her earrings




pond life was a shot I normally would not bother with. It was only that three images lined up and I thought, why not?




Finally a blast from the past.
Taken in Bath in 2005. istD, Sigma 70-200mm Mk1 @ 200mm, f/4, 1/350.

eye




C&C welcome

Regards

A shot from an International skate board comp in Bahrain.

K10, 10-17mm @ 17mm, 1/30 sec f/4.5 ISO400




C&C welcome

Regards

I still use film.

Main bodies are my MZ-S and Maxum 7. My Pentax M & A lenses have been used on the Maxum 7 with an adapter.

I don't use them too often but they are invaluable when you need a lot of copy prints within several hours. I say this in respect of being away from the UK. Digital printing is widely available in the Gulf but they tend to be very busy places.

Film is generally Fuji Superia 100 with the odd roll of Velvia RVP100.

I generally buy local and have it processed local due to instant need, my dislike of airport X rays and it costing 1.60 a roll (per box of ten).

I avoid carrying unprocessed film.

Main subject matter: golf, rugby and social events. Personal family shots are often done using film. The wife is happy getting prints from neg's.

Regards

Would never ask if my grab shots are of value. Too many to sort through for usable material. If I'm not actually working or covering an event, my photography is off the cuff. Whatever catches my eye is snapped.


The third shot above is too dark in the shadows. Maybe should have been shot in RAW or true RAW (negative). I very very rarely use RAW and didn't have a film body with me.

Best regards

I'll be based in Perth. Don't know yet where else I'll be sent.

Best regards

It was not missed George.

Brings to mind the T-shirt of "Old Age and Cunning will always...."

An old farmer in Georgia had owned a large farm for several years. He had a
large pond in the back, fixed up nice with picnic tables, horseshoe courts,
basketball court, etc. The pond was properly shaped and fixed up for swimming
when built.
One evening the old farmer decided to go down to the pond and look it over.
As he neared the pond, he heard voices shouting and laughing with glee. As he
came closer he saw it was a bunch of young women skinny dipping in his pond.
He made the women aware of his presence and they all went to the deep end of
the pond.
One of the women shouted to him, "We're not coming out until you leave!"
The old man replied, "I didn't come down here to watch you ladies swim naked
or make you get out of the pond naked."
"Hell, I'm just here to feed the alligator."

Moral: Old age and cunning will triumph over youth and enthusiasm every time.

Kudos to you sir.

Regards

Running up that hill?

Good cover by Placebo and a live stage performance with Dave Gilmour.

I remember Wuthering Heights being released around the same time as Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles......