Wow I love the first one. Well taken, and a very cool shot. It makes me think that there is a star-trek style space-ship in orbit, staffed by sheep, who have just beamed down to this field.

But maybe that's just me.

Excellent stuff

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I just nipped out about 45 minutes ago and got this:




It's not brilliant but at least you can tell what it is

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Thanks all - that seems pretty conclusive...

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These are great! Lovely colours and sharpness. I rather like numbers 1 and 4 the best although they're all rather splendid. Might be inclined to crop a little of the top edge of number 4...?

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Hello all. I was having a slow day on saturday, although when the sun came out for a spell I thought I would amble up to the Leg of Mutton nature reserve near Barnes Bridge (West London). The reserve is small but perfectly formed, considering its location, and there was plenty to see there, although the 300mm lens I had was not really long enough - I could have done with something closer to 600mm or 800mm (:shock. So i thought I would post some pictures of the Bridge and riverbank instead! Hope you like them; C&C welcome as ever.

Barnes Bridge:



From below



At the start line...



Skuller:



Strange Hatch



Rotting post



Riverbed



Green shoots



All were taken with the K-7 and DA21mm Ltd

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I second Silverprint for buying film - very wide stock, although I am in London and use waterloo station everyday (which is broadly where silverprint is) so it is very convenient. They also do B/W film processing and offer what I reckon is a very good service.

I have used the Ilford lab as well for developing and scanning and have had no complaints either - although I am now able to do my own scans. The only disadvantage I have found with the ilford lab is the large envelope the films come back in - I shouldn't complain because the film is well protected but the envelope doesn't fit through the letterbox so I normally have a saturday morning pilgrimage to the sorting office to pick up the undelivered envelope...

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It's worth searching the net to see sample images from different films - maybe even there may be some groups on flickr for different films. I am no expert myself, although when I shoot colour film I tend to use fujicolor pro 400H (I think the 'H' means it is manufactured to give more contrast). I like the colour rendition as it is (what I would consider) slightly muted, and I believe it is prized for it's ability to represent skin tones very well. Fuji Velvia on the other hand is renowned (I believe) for its colour saturation - best bet is to do a little research and try some rolls out

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Nice collection of shots - looks like a good place to head. For your last two pics, I think the duck is a Tufted Duck and the Goose is a Greylag (although someone will correct me if i am wrong). In terms of focussing - are you focussing manually or autofocus? have you checked that the lens is calibrated correctly with your camera? I guess as well that if the light was poor you may have been using a wide aperture, where the DOF gets thinner and focussing becomes more critical? could there be any slight camera shake?

Don't know if that helps?

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Very cool - The space shuttle is still an impressive vehicle even though it is now being retired (and the various problems it has had over the years). On a related note I just read the autobiography of a shuttle astronaut called Mike Mullane ("Riding Rockets" the book is called) - very good I thought and recommended for anyone with an interest in such things...

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My missus in fairness is very understanding, but she does definitely have a limit (now carefully defined through years of experience...)