Forum: Photos
08-07-2019, 02:49 PM
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The man in the photo
Thanks Casper.
He is the man who collects the money and supervises the ride.
All the best
Mike
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Forum: Photos
03-30-2011, 08:48 PM
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Forum: Photos
03-29-2011, 08:45 PM
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To Glint: Three mouths to feed,
Bev,
Thanks for the comments. Absolute luck, I was looking the other way trying to pretend not to take the picture.
All the best
Mike
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Forum: Photos
03-14-2011, 09:49 PM
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To tyro: What have you got in that case.
John,
It was taken with an ISO of 400 and 2.8 at 1/60th. No flash.
It is illegal to take photos on the tube, but it has never stopped me, I do it without flash and act like a tourist. if you get...
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Forum: Photos
02-20-2011, 08:47 PM
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To Ricx: Fishing boat
Richard,
It was taken without a tripod, the lens is a Nikon 1.4 50mm, it was shot at 1.4 so the depth of field is very shallow.
Thanks for your comments.
Regards
Mike
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Forum: Photos
02-05-2011, 11:53 AM
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To CLODO: fan club
Claude,
I don't know why it took me so long to be in your fan club because i have always liked your pictures.
You are right, a little cropping would have been good.
All the best
Mike
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Forum: Photos
01-21-2011, 01:34 PM
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To tyro: St Budeaux church
John,
Thanks for your comments.
The picture was hand held at 09:26 in the morning. ISO 80, 2.8 @250th.
No photoshop only a little fiddling on Iphoto.
Taken with a Panasonic LX3.
All the best...
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Forum: General
01-01-2011, 01:34 PM
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Music?
I agree with Dougie, the 'music' is very irritating, simply being asked to turn off the sound is not the answer, I may want to listen to my own music from my computer.
I may be boring but all to...
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Forum: General
12-31-2010, 07:28 PM
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Pro tips page
Go to http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/ for lots of handy tips and tricks.
all the best
Mike
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Forum: Photos
12-29-2010, 12:05 PM
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To Juzo: Nikon 50mm
I recently got the new Nikkor 50mm 1.4, looks good though I have yet to give it a good run.
In the UK I paid £259 as I traded in my old 50mm 1.8, but the starting price was £295 in a local shop....
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Forum: General
12-24-2010, 03:05 PM
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Screen shot,
If you put a 4 at the end rather than 3 you can select the area to be shot, so to speak.
All the best
Mike
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Forum: Photos
11-29-2010, 10:52 AM
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To Juzo: pink and blue
Justin,
Thanks for the comments, they really are that colour.
Any comments about the cricket?
all the best
mike
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Forum: Photos
11-27-2010, 11:35 AM
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To tyro: Oh to be in england
Jon,
It was taken in September, I know the poem said April, a bit of photographers licence. Nice picture of the flower, I need to buy a macro lens, I used to love doing closeups of plants.
You...
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Forum: Photos
11-05-2010, 09:03 PM
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To khalik4455: Really, he didn't did he
Khalik,
Thanks for your comments, you might be right but the picture was taken in B&W.
I tend to take in B& W rather than colour and desaturate.
Al the best
Mike
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Forum: Photos
10-04-2010, 06:01 PM
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To Juzo: Cakes,cakes,cakes
Justin,
To be honest I have no idea what it was set on, normally I have it set to 3:2.
Keep snapping.
regards
Mike
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Forum: Photos
09-01-2010, 08:14 PM
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To tyro: flowers
John,
Thanks for the comments.
Yes I lived and worked there for a total of five months, teaching maintenance of medical equipment in theatres and intensive care areas in the hospitals around the...
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Forum: Photos
08-01-2010, 06:49 PM
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To weetrees: Fishing at 70 kph
Jon,
Thanks, you were quite right, the horizon was not quite straight. I put the picture on to try and get the enlarged version of a panorama and paid no attention to the horizon, but for some...
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Forum: Photos
07-16-2010, 06:15 PM
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To Glint: Silence
Bev,
Thanks, I need to take more care of fiddling with photos in photoshop, i do tend to be a minimalist in post exposure work.
If you go to the Tate do go and see 'Exposed' some really well known...
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Forum: Photos
07-15-2010, 05:09 PM
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To tyro: arm in arm and oh so young.
John,
thanks for the comments. To be fair to the Tate you can take pictures in the main bit but not the special exhibitions.
I did read the Times article also your thread.
I was once taking...
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Forum: Photos
07-13-2010, 11:58 AM
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To weetrees: arm in arm and oh so young.
John,
I have never had problems in railway stations but I am expecting it one day.
As to the Tate modern Exposed exhibition, I took it as a triumph to be asked not to take photos in an exhibition...
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Forum: Photos
07-13-2010, 11:45 AM
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To jonathan_hart: arm in arm and so young.
Jean-christophe,
Thanks for your comments, I am sure you are right, i am not very good at post exposure work, I tend to do very little of it, but I will try your suggestions when I get home....
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Forum: General
07-11-2010, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 19
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uploaded pictures and notes
Thanks, Yes I know there is a button to mark a note as useful, my point is that many people do not check it to show their appreciation of the quality and sometimes the effort taken to write the note....
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Forum: General
07-10-2010, 09:00 PM
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Notes.
A further thought on notes, I agree notes are important as an educational arm of the web site.
But where people make an effort to write interesting and well researched notes can those looking at the...
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Forum: Photos
07-08-2010, 03:25 PM
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To Juzo: Reflections of people
Justin,
Thanks for the comments. I think the LX3 is a great camera, a little limited in focal length but I felt that as all zoom lenses are an optical compromise, one of a shorter range would be...
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Forum: Photos
06-30-2010, 05:20 PM
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To broglia: reflections on people
Roberto,
You are quite right, your workshop is better, thanks.
Lots to be photographed in the Tate modern, I went to look at an exhibition called 'Exposed' all about candid photography....
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