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Comment by PentaxBabe posted on Pictures from the Lake at 13/06/2009 - 14:32
mpg wrote:
How can I put an image in this forum?
It depends on where you are uploading them from. Check out the instructions on the Your Photos thread. If it is this particular thread you want to upload to maybe you can't and you will have to use the Your Photos one.How can I put an image in this forum?
J
Comment by PentaxBabe posted on Problems with pka extension tube at 13/06/2009 - 14:31
I have posted some photos that I took this morning at a Lake in a park near to were I live. I was alone and although there were people around I did feel strangely vulnerable being a lone (4'11") female with some obviously expensive camera equipment which quickly generated a fair amount of interest. I felt particularly vulnerable when a rather tall man with 2 dogs asked what I was doing and then came over and asked to look through the viewfinder. It was a perfectly inocent request and have looked he carried on his way. The park is know for flashers and there have been a few incidents reported in the papers. I was planning to go out pretty early as the light was very good, but delayed my start until about 8am. The lake is a wonderful spot for photography as I hope my photos reflect, and it is a shame that I don't feel safe going there before about 8am.
I was wondering if any other female or male PUs had experienced a similar sense of vulnerability?
I was wondering if any other female or male PUs had experienced a similar sense of vulnerability?
Comment by PentaxBabe posted on Personal Safety at 13/06/2009 - 14:11
impotentspider wrote:
Well these are much better than my first attempts at macro but in my defense I was using film and limiting my shots
The second is the best of the bunch for me too Jeanette, however they would all benefit from being a little bit sharper, forget worrying about angles for a while and concentrate on your focusing technique, macro is one of the most dificult subjects to master, working at such close quarters makes depth of field extremely shallow so focusing has to be critical, add to that the problems with magnified camera shake and macro becomes evben more difficult.
Watch your apertures, keep them as small as possible in an attempt to get that bit extra DoF but watch your shutter speed too, you can also try flash, even if it is bright and sunny flash will eliminate the problem of maintaining a high shutter speed but you will have to do a bit of experimenting to get the exposure right.
You have the whole English summer in front of you (all four days of it) so you have no excuse not to be a macro guru by the end of the year
Thanks for that I will try and remember it when I am macroing!Well these are much better than my first attempts at macro but in my defense I was using film and limiting my shots
The second is the best of the bunch for me too Jeanette, however they would all benefit from being a little bit sharper, forget worrying about angles for a while and concentrate on your focusing technique, macro is one of the most dificult subjects to master, working at such close quarters makes depth of field extremely shallow so focusing has to be critical, add to that the problems with magnified camera shake and macro becomes evben more difficult.
Watch your apertures, keep them as small as possible in an attempt to get that bit extra DoF but watch your shutter speed too, you can also try flash, even if it is bright and sunny flash will eliminate the problem of maintaining a high shutter speed but you will have to do a bit of experimenting to get the exposure right.
You have the whole English summer in front of you (all four days of it) so you have no excuse not to be a macro guru by the end of the year
Comment by PentaxBabe posted on Insect Macros at 13/06/2009 - 13:59
Sorry Andy,
I can see it now
I can see it now
Comment by PentaxBabe posted on Wildlife Piki's at 13/06/2009 - 13:43
Andy,
I mean't you have just missed the end off the edge of the picture.
I mean't you have just missed the end off the edge of the picture.
Comment by PentaxBabe posted on Wildlife Piki's at 13/06/2009 - 13:01
Hi Andy,
Glad to see you are still practising. I think I like the goat the best its a really good photo and nice unusual angle. I also like the pig, nice angle again. The dusk is good never sen one of those before. The ducks are good again a strage angle. Shame the ducklings are a little out of focus however, I apreciate that they were moving and so getting a sharp shot on AV would have been almost impossible I like the first deer but again the second one is slightly out of focus and you have missed a tiny bit of its antlers.
A prety goo attempt. Keep going - if it was easy everine would be at it
Glad to see you are still practising. I think I like the goat the best its a really good photo and nice unusual angle. I also like the pig, nice angle again. The dusk is good never sen one of those before. The ducks are good again a strage angle. Shame the ducklings are a little out of focus however, I apreciate that they were moving and so getting a sharp shot on AV would have been almost impossible I like the first deer but again the second one is slightly out of focus and you have missed a tiny bit of its antlers.
A prety goo attempt. Keep going - if it was easy everine would be at it
Comment by PentaxBabe posted on Wildlife Piki's at 13/06/2009 - 11:29
Hi,
Went out early this morning to try out the tripod. The following were taken in Holmebrook Valley Park near were I live. Its an ex-open cast mining pit head which has been turned into a lake and country park. I know the last one is a bit strange ut I liked the movement and colour of the water I hope you like them.
[IMG]http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/PentaxBabe/IMGP5146SpottedOrchid.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/PentaxBabe/IMGP5153HolmebrookValeyParkLake.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/PentaxBabe/IMGP5170DragonflyBest.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/PentaxBabe/IMGP5164Bee.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/PentaxBabe/IMGP5159Moorhen.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/PentaxBabe/IMGP5157Water.jpg[/IMG]
Went out early this morning to try out the tripod. The following were taken in Holmebrook Valley Park near were I live. Its an ex-open cast mining pit head which has been turned into a lake and country park. I know the last one is a bit strange ut I liked the movement and colour of the water I hope you like them.
[IMG]http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/PentaxBabe/IMGP5146SpottedOrchid.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/PentaxBabe/IMGP5153HolmebrookValeyParkLake.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/PentaxBabe/IMGP5170DragonflyBest.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/PentaxBabe/IMGP5164Bee.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/PentaxBabe/IMGP5159Moorhen.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/PentaxBabe/IMGP5157Water.jpg[/IMG]
Comment by PentaxBabe posted on Pictures from the Lake at 13/06/2009 - 10:46
Amin,
I like you a lot, but would you mind awfully stop posting pictures that show me why it will be a long time before I can even consider calling myself a photographer
I like all of them. They are amazing Going off to work out how to do it myself
typo corrected!
I like you a lot, but would you mind awfully stop posting pictures that show me why it will be a long time before I can even consider calling myself a photographer
I like all of them. They are amazing Going off to work out how to do it myself
typo corrected!
Comment by PentaxBabe posted on Experimental water series at 12/06/2009 - 20:13
Hi and welcome. Love the Bee shot
Comment by PentaxBabe posted on Hello at 12/06/2009 - 19:57
No I don't mind.
Thanks
J