Photo Comp - Chat Thread [Archive] - SV650.org

5hort5

12-01-10, 10:07 PM

What's this thread all about then?

Well a few people have wanted to comment and chat about the pictures in the monthly photo competition but to keep the thread clean to make it easy for moderating and judging chat isn't allowed. This thread is for chat, comments, “I've been there!” remarks, etc, etc, you can even ask for tips on the pic you have posted if you wish.

Firstly for the rules of the photo competition go to this page: http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=144708

Showing an image in this thread

Next if you want to comment or chat about a picture how do you reference it into this thread?

Simple, if you are using Internet Explorer then right click on the image and select properties from the menu.

A small window will appear and you will want to copy the Address (URL) of the image. Highlight the text, right click and select copy.

Next paste this into your quote or reply in this thread and add image tags before and after the address, so the images address is:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q37/5hort5/sachs1.jpg

The image address with the image display tags is:

IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q37/5hort5/sachs1.jpg[/IMG]

(Note the image tags start with [IMG] and not just IMG], you need both square brackets but if I put both then the image would display and not the exmaple tags.

As this example shows:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q37/5hort5/sachs1.jpg

If you are using another browser then you'll probably know how to do it ;-)

Last thing when posting peoples pics always credit the poster of the image as it is their property.

Chat away :-)

5hort5

12-01-10, 10:09 PM

Darren, was this part of an AR or just a weekend away?

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k164/DarrenStewartTait/DSCF0049-1.jpg
Pic by: DarrenSV650S

Richie

12-01-10, 10:29 PM

Cheers Si, such a simple solution. but can I change the title of your thread to "Photo comp chat thread" and not just the January photo compt chat thread?

Richie. ;-)

5hort5

12-01-10, 11:18 PM

Of course - go for it :-)

Richie

12-01-10, 11:34 PM

Done. There are some very very good photos so far, Still trying to find / take one for this months comp too.

mr.anderson

13-01-10, 05:33 PM

TC3, can you tell us some more about this Photo?

http://tc3.smugmug.com/Day-outings/Venice-Nov-07/IMGP7905-2/221126036_tVkBW-XL-1.jpg

TC3

13-01-10, 05:44 PM

Ok if i remember right we got 20 quid return tickets with Ryanair for a day trip to Venice at the end of 2007. Had 7 hours in Venice and just walked all over the place. As the light began to fade i could see the sky getting some nice colour but i just could not find a good composition. All at once this scene welcomed me as we crossed a bridge and the beauty really caught my eye.
At the time i had a Pentax dslr with a FA50mm 1.4 lens attached. The pic was taken handheld at 1/6 second with iso at 800 and aperture of f2.4.
It has been printed in both colour and also looks good in black/white if you add some contrast and several freinds have copies on their walls. Technically the white balance is a teeny bit off but other than that i was happy with what i got. Could have cropped out the bottom boat too but would square pic off a bit too much.

DarrenSV650S

13-01-10, 05:55 PM

Darren, was this part of an AR or just a weekend away?

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k164/DarrenStewartTait/DSCF0049-1.jpg
Pic by: DarrenSV650S
It was a long weekend away in July 08. I had been there the year before on my own and wanted to go again. It's a beautiful wee island

Mull Thread (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=114653)

5hort5

16-01-10, 01:28 AM

Well 43 entries so far that is a lot, Richie are we voting on just the one we want to win or the our top three?

fizzwheel

16-01-10, 09:39 AM

Well traditionaly its been vote on just one, but the standard is very high this month and some fantastic pics have already gone up.

So maybe top 3, but I'm going to struggle to pic just 3 out of that lot.

dizzyblonde

17-01-10, 01:14 PM

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9348/p1030595.jpg

you know Richie I like this for one reason...it looks like its a model village or something, If you put Thomas the tank engine in there on a railroad, it wouldn't look out of place.

Its a great little photo:cool:

DarrenSV650S

17-01-10, 01:16 PM

but the landscape is out of focus! lol

Richie

17-01-10, 04:11 PM

rob13

17-01-10, 08:33 PM

Thank you DB.

I know That is why I did it.

Richie great use of the Tilt-shift method, looks great. I'm just thinking about what I'm going to pick for this month....

Quiff Wichard

17-01-10, 08:56 PM

me took a few with foreground in focus and behind not.. and vice versa- its a good effect

Dave20046

18-01-10, 09:46 AM

bananaman, love that photo.

BanannaMan

19-01-10, 02:47 AM

Thanks Dave! :D

fr499y

20-01-10, 10:42 PM

Heres some i've done aswell

http://www.sgnetwork.co.uk/tilt/DSCF0832-tiltshift.jpg

rob13

20-01-10, 11:23 PM

froggy, think this is in the wrong thread!

ssmith87

22-01-10, 09:34 PM

It was a long weekend away in July 08. I had been there the year before on my own and wanted to go again. It's a beautiful wee island

Mull Thread (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=114653)

I used to live in onich, on a clear day you can see mull across the water. They also do night stages for the rallying there well worth a look.

DarrenSV650S

22-01-10, 09:38 PM

I used to live in onich, on a clear day you can see mull across the water. They also do night stages for the rallying there well worth a look.
Cool. When is that on?

ssmith87

22-01-10, 10:07 PM

Cool. When is that on?

Its on in october i think. Its a mix of tarmac and forest stages. Its called the tour of mull. I have been to see loads of rallys but this one is just mental great fun to watch and everyones in good cheer.

ssmith87

22-01-10, 10:13 PM

Also worth a trip up for the scottish six days trials. There are tons of bikers about that week and the place is packed really good laugh and you see some trully amazing things done on bikes.

http://www.ssdt.org/

The world trials are to be held there this year as well so will be even better, all the worlds top riders, will be great to see

http://ukworldtrial.com/news/104.html

DarrenSV650S

22-01-10, 10:27 PM

Oooh that six days thing looks like it could be worth a look. Have you been?

Is it worth going for the 6 days? or just a day or two..

ssmith87

22-01-10, 11:10 PM

Oooh that six days thing looks like it could be worth a look. Have you been?

Is it worth going for the 6 days? or just a day or two..

The 6 days is brilliant. It not worth it for the whole 6 days but i would say the middle 2 or 3 would be a safe bet. It starts off with the pre 65 bikes but the best ones to see are the modern ones. I might be riding up from sussex to see it should be good. And there is plenty of places to camp where no one will bother you.

DarrenSV650S

24-01-10, 03:12 PM

that is very cool, my bro lives over in NZ and he said he has been to a couple in NZ and that words cant describe how awsome they are
Chatting in the photo comp thread?!?!?! You are going straight to hell

Mej

24-01-10, 03:14 PM

so i am!!! :smt077
that is very cool, my bro lives over in NZ and he said he has been to a couple in NZ and that words cant describe how awsome they are

Edit ... yep!

Richie

24-01-10, 04:36 PM

Lily That is a cracking photo... I really like that.

Taken on a walk from Kenton to Topsham in Exeter

Tilt & shift effect in photoshop

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3052/11082007051.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/i/11082007051.jpg/)

5hort5

03-02-10, 12:32 AM

mmm - very interesting choice of topics for Feb Luke. Marco, this will take some thought this month

Stingo

03-02-10, 06:16 PM

Lovin' Dave numbers effort...spot on!!:D:king:

Dave20046

03-02-10, 06:53 PM

Ta very much ;)

Dave20046

03-02-10, 09:00 PM

EDIT:- ALL ENTRIES MUST BE OF YOUR OWN AND NOT BORROWED FROM ANOTHER WEB SITE...
Funny though...
Richie

http://www.makro.es/servlet/PB/show/1075085/Entrada%20Makro%202.jpg

Aw but Richie it's snowing outside and makro's miles away :(
...I'll have a dig round and see if I have any close up pics!

Richie

05-02-10, 06:56 AM

going to try and take a photo at work today for this months comp...

Richie

14-02-10, 05:53 PM

Well me taking photos at work didn't quite work out.
So I took this as well, but thought it was a little too grim.
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/3153/0015qw.jpg

was trying to take a photo down the barrel of a Challenger 2. I got a few but I think if I posted them on here I might get in trouble... ;-)

dizzyblonde

14-02-10, 09:43 PM

I am glad its a macro comp this month, even if I don't enter. Its given me chance to learn something new on this camera we've had for a month or two. Even if it just taking pics of the pets. I've always wondered what to do with it.

BanannaMan

15-02-10, 04:28 AM

This month I've learned that, generally speaking, bugs and other such nasty things look even uglier close up. :p

But let's face it. I can't see anything really close up anymore without glasses (that I only wear for reading) so it's no wonder I can't come up with an entry. :rolleyes:

Richie

15-02-10, 09:46 AM

I learn't this month that I'm in dire need of a manicure!

lily

15-02-10, 10:07 AM

I've learnt that to really use the macro setting I need another lense!

Dave20046

15-02-10, 09:21 PM

homer, homer simpson...

DarrenSV650S

15-02-10, 09:21 PM

homer, homer simpson...
Not like it?

lily

15-02-10, 09:22 PM

makes my eye funny

Dave20046

15-02-10, 09:27 PM

Not like it?
yeah it's good - did hurt my eyes at first though!

Richie

16-02-10, 10:26 AM

makes my eye funny

yeah it's good - did hurt my eyes at first though!

What did... ?

lily

16-02-10, 10:54 AM

Darren's pictures

Richie

16-02-10, 10:55 AM

oh god yep... Dammmm my Eye's...

5hort5

18-02-10, 10:51 PM

When does the comp close, just so I can go and get a pic :-)

Richie

18-02-10, 11:15 PM

23rd Feb so we can get 5 days worth of voting... ;-)

5hort5

18-02-10, 11:31 PM

Ta m8

jambo

23-02-10, 12:00 AM

When does the comp close, just so I can go and get a pic :-)

23rd Feb so we can get 5 days worth of voting... ;-)
Glad I had a look today!

Need a macro lens!

Jambo

Filipe M.

23-02-10, 12:08 AM

Need a macro lens!

Jambo

That Tamron 90 f/2.8 is looking rather tasty ;)

Littlepeahead

23-02-10, 12:12 PM

Glad I had a look today!

Need a macro lens!

Jambo

Are you Canon or Nikon? If Canon I can lend you mine to play with (LENS!) as I won't be using it for at least a month.

jambo

23-02-10, 12:13 PM

Are you Canon or Nikon? If Canon I can lend you mine to play with (LENS!) as I won't be using it for at least a month.
I am a Canon man.

And you're just too lovely for words :D

Jambo

Filipe M.

23-02-10, 01:53 PM

Are you Canon or Nikon? If Canon I can lend you mine to play with (LENS!) as I won't be using it for at least a month.

I am a Canon man.

And you're just too lovely for words :D

Jambo

...sometimes using Nikon just sucks... :(

dizzyblonde

23-02-10, 02:06 PM

http://www.dowsell.crets.org.uk/temp/ShieldBug.jpg

Never evver stand on one of these little things......they stinkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!

Specialone

23-02-10, 02:12 PM

I have a nikon D90, what we be a reasonably priced macro lens for it and me being a newbie at photography?
Any suggestions welcome.
Phil

Filipe M.

23-02-10, 02:26 PM

I have a nikon D90, what we be a reasonably priced macro lens for it and me being a newbie at photography?
Any suggestions welcome.
Phil

I've read some very good things about the Tamron 90mm f/2.8 (I believe it's the one Brettus uses). £300 - 350 mark, I guess.

Lucas

23-02-10, 02:27 PM

wondering if anyone have good recommendations for a indoor lens , for photographing people. as I'm not a fan of flashing ;) (its to fit a Canon 20D)

is this 50mm f1.8 ok?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-EF-50-1-8-Lens/dp/B00005K47X (http://www.buyacamera.co.uk/xsearch.asp?searchtype=name&searchfor=fs15&pt=g&gclid=CNX10rXlhaACFYoVzAodjDfukA)

or would I be just as well off with the standard canon f/3.5-5.6 with IS?

http://www.crazycameras.co.uk/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=3297&gclid=CPvD78DSiKACFckTzAodpCVzKg

or should I save up for this Sigma 18-50mm f2.8 w/o OS

http://www.acecameras.co.uk/asp/web/recorprod/1/product/11293/cat/1305/ph/cat/keywords/recor/1/SearchFor/PT_ID/1/product.asp

cheers

mr.anderson

23-02-10, 02:35 PM

Filipe M.

23-02-10, 02:43 PM

I am about to buy the 50mm f/1.4. Pretty much as fast as you can get without spending huge cash.

If you had a Nikon, I (and Filipe) would send you down to Grays of Westminster (http://www.graysofwestminster.co.uk/) as they have some awesome 2nd hand lenses in stock. 10.5mm f/2.8 is next on my list.

Yup, just checked the website, there's a 50 mm f/1.8 and a f/1.4 going for very decent prices.

And I'm still kicking myself for not buying the f/1.8 last January when they were going for £75 new. Dumb@ss. :rolleyes:

Littlepeahead

23-02-10, 02:49 PM

I am a Canon man.

And you're just too lovely for words :D

Jambo

It's a Sigma 105mm f2.8. I know you aren't going to pizza but let me know next time I'm likely to see you and I will bring it along.

jambo

23-02-10, 03:03 PM

wondering if anyone have good recommendations for a indoor lens , for photographing people. as I'm not a fan of flashing ;) (its to fit a Canon 20D)

is this 50mm f1.8 ok?

I have a canon EF 50mm f1.8. It's a plastic built lens (including mount) with a fairly slow and noisy focusing motor (compared to USM, fine in isolation). It also suffers a bit of CA when wide open (f1.8). However, for under £100 it lets you take nice pictures in low light. It gets sharper when stopped down a little (f2.2 or so and up). I'd say the 1.4 is probably a better bit of glass, but it's over 3 times the price!

I like mine, and often use it to hand round at parties on the front of the camera, though on a crop body like the 20d, it could do with being a little wider for that purpose. I'll send you a link to some of my photos with it on FB.

In terms of IS VS wide apature, both help you take clear shots in low light, but IS doesn't help get your shutter speed up, so people moving are still blurry. For a portrait lens (the 50mm makes a lovely portrait lens) it's also nice to be able to throw the background out of focus, and F2.8 and below help with that.

It's a Sigma 105mm f2.8. I know you aren't going to pizza but let me know next time I'm likely to see you and I will bring it along.
Oooh, well I'll let you know when I'm next being sociable :)

Jambo

Specialone

23-02-10, 03:18 PM

I've read some very good things about the Tamron 90mm f/2.8 (I believe it's the one Brettus uses). £300 - 350 mark, I guess.

Quick question, just found one on ebay, dx lense, does that mean for digital ?
Excuse my ignorance, i know very little about this subject atm.

Phil

Filipe M.

23-02-10, 03:29 PM

Quick question, just found one on ebay, dx lense, does that mean for digital ?
Excuse my ignorance, i know very little about this subject atm.

Phil

If the DX is being used as Nikon uses it, then it's for DSLRs with cropped (1.5x ratio) sensors, and yes, your D90 is one of them. ;)

Specialone

23-02-10, 03:32 PM

If the DX is being used as Nikon uses it, then it's for DSLRs with cropped (1.5x ratio) sensors, and yes, your D90 is one of them. ;)

Cheers mate :)

jambo

23-02-10, 03:48 PM

Have a quick check:
Tamron use Di (Crop/35mm) and Dii (Crop only)
Sigma use Dx(Crop/35mm) and Dc (Crop only)

Jambo

Specialone

23-02-10, 04:03 PM

Filipe M.

23-02-10, 04:41 PM

Have a quick check:
Tamron use Di (Crop/35mm) and Dii (Crop only)
Sigma use Dx(Crop/35mm) and Dc (Crop only)

Jambo

Mate, that means absolutley nothing to me :confused:
Can you explain in simpleton terms?
Phil

The whole Crop / 35 mm (full size, 24 x 36 mm) thing is about lens coverage for a given sensor size. The so-called "digital" lenses are usually designed to be used in lower end digital SLRs, with small size sensors (APS-C, 18 x 24 mm or thereabouts - Nikon D40, D60, D70, D80, D90, D100, D200, D300, D3000 and D5000).
This means they can be smaller in size (lighter and cheaper) since they don't have to cover as much area as the 'full size' ones (FX on Nikon speak). Confusion begins when Sigma use Dx for their 'full size' range while Nikon calls their 'crop range' DX.

In a nutshell:

You can use both on the D90, only 'crop' lenses will probably be cheaper, lighter, and have worse corner performance when compared to the full size lenses.

5hort5

23-02-10, 11:14 PM

Brettus - nce pic, so what have you been picking with that SCREW driver to get that creamy substance on it? ;-)

Brettus

24-02-10, 06:44 PM

Thanks ;)
hah, yeah I realised the implications of posting a pic of my tool with white stuff stuck to the tip :smt104
I can only imagine its plasterboard, hadn't noticed it till I came to take the picture but it added a bit of texture :)

I'm still impressed with how close I can get with that lens, got quite a few taken for my project 365, so when February is updated there should be quite a gallery hehe.

Some cracking entries in this months run, need to get out of the house with mine sometime.

5hort5

04-03-10, 12:20 AM

Calling davepreston!

Dave, that pic of the seaking for the march comp, what's the back story to it? Were you in the forces and what, when, were, why for the pic :-)

PS - Good pic

rob13

04-03-10, 10:16 AM

Mr Anderson, have I seen that photo of yours before on here or on another photo forum?

mr.anderson

04-03-10, 11:26 AM

Hi Rob, I posted it in the Photography and Learning thread a couple of months ago.

I have (per the advice of a few good folk) fiddled with the curves and added some noise to achieve the effect I was originally after when I shot it at ISO 3200.

Richie

14-03-10, 04:21 PM

Loving Melodys photo in the Black and White March photo comp.
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm23/tsitsim/1032.jpg

5hort5

14-03-10, 11:07 PM

Jambo - that's Haynes manual looks new and unused ;-)

jambo

14-03-10, 11:10 PM

Jambo - that's Haynes manual looks new and unused ;-)
I have 2, an "Indoor" and an "outdoor" copy. This means I can happily flick through the book in the living room and check everything up without getting mucky, and then cover the other one in oily fingerprints. The nice one was given to me a little while back, so I decided to keep it fresh, but yes. Now you mention it it does look wierd :D

Jambo

5hort5

15-03-10, 12:19 AM

Yep, it's a great pic but for a black and white photo comp I would have used the oil covered one :-)

melody

16-03-10, 08:41 AM

Loving Melodys photo in the Black and White March photo comp.

Thanks Richie .:smt058

It's annoying me though, that not everyone's hand is in position.

Richie

21-03-10, 02:57 PM

Hummm, now I like marks train one....

but I'd rather get kisses of Melody than Mark ;-)

also Mark then engine driver is wearing a Pork Pie hat, not a bowler ;-)

Mark_h

21-03-10, 05:24 PM

Hummm, now I like marks train one....

but I'd rather get kisses of Melody than Mark ;-)

also Mark the engine driver is wearing a Pork Pie hat, not a bowler ;-)

I'm not entirely sure you can say who's best until you've tried us both! But thanks for the comment for my first entry. I've just got a half decent camera so may be entering a few more from now on. Just waiting for the subject to be "badly composed out of focus shot". Or completely trashed in photoshop.

Eroneous hat reference corrected.

melody

24-03-10, 08:29 AM

I'm not entirely sure you can say who's best until you've tried us both!

LOL.

I love a challenge. :)

Geodude, I LOVE your photo.

C'est magnifique! Beautifully eerie.

Be still my beating heart. . .

Geodude

24-03-10, 08:47 AM

LOL.

I love a challenge. :)

Geodude, I LOVE your photo.

C'est magnifique! Beautifully eerie.

Be still my beating heart. . .

Thanks Melody, its the first time ive entered photo comp. Your photo entry really makes me smile :D

Richie

24-03-10, 08:08 PM

yep Geodude,
I also like your entry ( No double entendre please....)

Melody.. you make me laugh. x ;-)

5hort5

02-04-10, 11:25 PM

Caught in the moment - mmmmmmmmmm - I'll have to sneak a picture of one of my girls nicking bits of chocolate from their Easter eggs before the day!

gruntygiggles

03-04-10, 07:19 PM

Wooo...haven't entered for a few months but saw the theme and knew which pic to use...lol

dizzyblonde

03-04-10, 07:32 PM

Speedplay, you nicked my cat!!!!

DarrenSV650S

03-04-10, 07:44 PM

How is everyone interpreting the "caught in the moment" theme ?

gruntygiggles

03-04-10, 07:49 PM

catching something as it happens I guess. For mine, If the shutter had gone a fraction of a second before or after, the shot would not have been the same. By sheer luck, the moment was caught precisely as Stig was at full yawn and Saffie was looking right down his throat with pure dread!

DarrenSV650S

03-04-10, 08:01 PM

gruntygiggles

03-04-10, 08:11 PM

If that's how you would interpret it then yeah.....but it's down to personal interpretation and for me...the photo fitted the brief! :-)

fizzwheel

03-04-10, 08:22 PM

How is everyone interpreting the "caught in the moment" theme ?

Just simply caught in the middle of doing something that wouldnt normally occur or was unusual.

That Pic of mine of Lorenzo, he was sat up looking round to check behind him before peeling off into the pitlane. I just happened to snap him like that, it almost looks like he is looking at me... or I caught him in the moment as it were.

This is what I like about vague or wooley themes it means that personal interpretation can be used and it means more people enter pictures.

Stu

03-04-10, 08:22 PM

Wouldn't that be more of a "once in a lifetime" type photo?
What's that on their chests? :confused:

speedplay

03-04-10, 08:23 PM

Speedplay, you nicked my cat!!!!

If you want him, hes yours!!

DarrenSV650S

03-04-10, 08:29 PM

If that's how you would interpret it then yeah.....but it's down to personal interpretation and for me...the photo fitted the brief! :-)
Cool cool :)

What's that on their chests? :confused:
It's a harness to attach their leads to. Instead of choke chains

Stu

03-04-10, 08:37 PM

It's a harness to attach their leads to. Instead of choke chains
Thought it was, just didn't seem to continue round their necks.

DarrenSV650S

03-04-10, 08:43 PM

Thought it was, just didn't seem to continue round their necks.
Yeh it does look a bit weird there. You can see it better here

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k164/DarrenStewartTait/DSCF0004-16.jpg

speedplay

03-04-10, 08:49 PM

Dizzy, does your pussy look like this when fresh out of the shower...?

http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt282/speedplay/03042010006.jpg

Jenns Just given him a well earned wash up :D

Mej

03-04-10, 08:57 PM

jesus, i could never get my cat in the shower, i tried to bath him once and he physically attached himself to my arms with his claws!

dizzyblonde

05-04-10, 08:27 AM

If you want him, hes yours!!

No, I have three cats and two dogs!!

Dizzy, does your pussy look like this when fresh out of the shower...?

http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt282/speedplay/03042010006.jpg

Jenns Just given him a well earned wash up :D
Kitty is not amused!!

errrr mine prefers to keep himself clean, and if I tried to shove him under a shower or in a bath, he'd rip yer frickin face off:twisted: Much as hes a big baby and as soft as muck.