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Welcome, Jim!!
Comment by steven9761 posted on Hi to all from Gloucestershire at 03/08/2012 - 19:23
Kris - this is a Valentine card in the making!! Beautiful shot!!
Comment by steven9761 posted on Rose at 03/08/2012 - 12:53
johnriley wrote:
Please don't deflect this too far into politics, we're really talking about photographers and the olympics.
And of course their draconian rules.
I'm with you on that one, John... The money should have been spent on buying every citizen of GB a DSLR - Pentax, of course!! Please don't deflect this too far into politics, we're really talking about photographers and the olympics.
And of course their draconian rules.
Comment by steven9761 posted on Draconian new Olympic camera rules at 03/08/2012 - 11:58
Pentaxophile wrote:
Fed up of Olympics moaners. The economy has benefited from the stimulus into construction and manufacturing. Don't like the restrictive conditions agreed with sponsors? Great, but would you prefer more public money spent on the games? The Olympics is here. Whatever your personal gripes, why not just enjoy it and hope it's as successful as it can be - economically and sportingly.
I've got absolutely no arguments whatsoever with your sentiments about enjoying The Games, or your wish for their success on an economic and sporting perspective. My "gripe" is with the "short-termism" of it. Sure, construction got a boost from it, but manufacturing??.. Seriously?? I guess you failed to grasp the irony of the opening ceremony which was proudly boasting to the world that GB revolutionised industry. Where are those industries now? I'm sure there are member on this site that have either directly or indirectly been affected by the demise of these industries. What industries we did have have either disappeared, or been sold to foreign ownership. Clydebank was once the centre of shipbuilding globally, Manchester and surrounding areas were the pride of the Empire for woven cloth, and garment manufacture. I could go on for hours on this subject, but this is a photography-related website.Fed up of Olympics moaners. The economy has benefited from the stimulus into construction and manufacturing. Don't like the restrictive conditions agreed with sponsors? Great, but would you prefer more public money spent on the games? The Olympics is here. Whatever your personal gripes, why not just enjoy it and hope it's as successful as it can be - economically and sportingly.
All I hope for is long-term economic benefits to BRITISH industry, and the citizens of GB, but somehow I (and doubtless others) doubt it.
Comment by steven9761 posted on Draconian new Olympic camera rules at 03/08/2012 - 10:55
Comment by steven9761 posted on Silkypix or free photo software at 03/08/2012 - 09:16
In Russia, bra sizes are measured numerically, for example, 1 = small and perky. 5 = well-blessed in the bust department... All I can say is, BRA 18 must suffer from extremely bad posture!!
Comment by steven9761 posted on Couple from the Olympics at 03/08/2012 - 08:31
eenymac wrote:
It'll be interesting to see the "final" cost of this Olympic games. An article I read a couple of days ago, from a US publication, put a conservative estimate of $38Billion USD, rather more than the initial £3.8Billion GBP they told us at the outset, and which has likely quadrupled (or more) since. I'm also quite sure they'll try to hide the true cost to prevent themselves being strung up from lampposts by angry taxpayers saddled with the debt!
Aah, but it'll put the "Great" back into Great Britain!! Please bear this in mind when you are made redundant from your job, your employers go bust, your house is repossessed, or some other disaster befalls us. Simply shrug your shoulders and convince yourself that all that debt was worth London 2012!! It'll be interesting to see the "final" cost of this Olympic games. An article I read a couple of days ago, from a US publication, put a conservative estimate of $38Billion USD, rather more than the initial £3.8Billion GBP they told us at the outset, and which has likely quadrupled (or more) since. I'm also quite sure they'll try to hide the true cost to prevent themselves being strung up from lampposts by angry taxpayers saddled with the debt!
Comment by steven9761 posted on Draconian new Olympic camera rules at 03/08/2012 - 07:57
I'd take my longest lens along, and if security stopped me, I'd tell them that the lens is not intended to photograph an olympic event, but instead, I'm actually a surgeon seeking volunteers to perform a colonoscopy with it, and would they care to volunteer??
Comment by steven9761 posted on Draconian new Olympic camera rules at 02/08/2012 - 22:35
Tim - for up to the moment travel details, goto: www.tfl.gov.uk
If you have an android-powered smartphone, there's a free app that can give you live informationm too.
link
Enjoy village life, mate... and don't forget to post the piccies!!
If you have an android-powered smartphone, there's a free app that can give you live informationm too.
link
Enjoy village life, mate... and don't forget to post the piccies!!
Comment by steven9761 posted on Off to the Olympics! at 02/08/2012 - 06:39
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Excuse my poor action shots, I only had 100mm to play with and very little technique!
That's what I tell my wife too!! Excuse my poor action shots, I only had 100mm to play with and very little technique!
Some good shots - and you even got a photo of that blond guy from Have I Got News For You!!
Comment by steven9761 posted on Couple from the Olympics at 01/08/2012 - 22:48
