But surely, when you're taking archaeological photos professionally, there's a student ready to hand you a new camera with fresh memory card when the card you're using becomes full...

Steve

Maybe she has a similar repertoire for use when the situation requires it...

Steve

Yay!!!!

A friend used to launch his boat from a slipway not far from where you were standing. He took me with him several times. Down the river, around Poole harbour, back up the river, hang around for the tide to be right, make a fool of yourself trying to get the boat out of the water and back on the trailer. Plenty of good photography to be done from the back of the boat. Came to an end a few years ago when it was getting rather expensive to keep the boat in good, working order. Pity. Birds in flight from a boat that was moving in all directions simultaneously was always an exciting challenge!

Steve

Down river from Wareham?

Steve

Well said, LennyBloke . A number of people have said to me that we've got to get on with our lives, we can't be taking precautions forever. Makes me wonder whether they bother taking precautions when driving - all that business about staying on the left hand side of the road, overtaking on the right, keeping to the speed limit etc. is so irksome...

Steve

That's a very nice lens - and not just for macro/close-up. Have fun with it!

Steve

Good to see you back in circulation, Gareth.

Take it easy (if the kids will let you!), one step at a time, an occasional bit of light photographic therapy, listen to what your body is telling you, etc. etc. And like any sensible man, pay attention to what the lady in your life says - they're usually right .

Steve

Thanks, appreciated. My comment about sharpness was a bit tongue-in-cheek, I'd used a super-sharp lens for a picture that could never be sharp. Anyway, after a glass or more of the product, nothing will look sharp...

Steve

A lovely autumnal feel from those trees and leaves.

I'm usually not keen on milky water, but I'll make an exception for No. 10 - the colour and almost abstract nature of the picture more than compensate.

Steve

Agree with HarisF1.

I find these sort of shots difficult to pull off, the picture omits the surrounding context that is important at the time it is taken. So the stronger the abstract pattern and texture the better. Have you experimented with more extreme processing (false colour etc.) to emphasise pattern and texture - a picture rather than a photograph? Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't...

Steve