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Brettus

14-11-13, 11:26 PM

Very nice Mister_C! Looks like you've still got it :D

Here's some I've been catching up on, Tuesday:
Cliche shot but I wanted to try my own
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7427/10861088716_03ab442ac2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brettnet/10861088716/)
Rememberance (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brettnet/10861088716/) by Brettus - Brettnet.co.uk (http://www.flickr.com/people/brettnet/), on Flickr

I did say here are SOME shots,
Here is my second favourite Poppy shot, looked like one of the shots used on a local council monthly magazine.
I was kind of hoping for even more focus separation between the adorned gates and the church (it is intentionally out of focus) but given that it isn't much I should've stopped down and kept the sharpness throughout in retrospect.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7297/10861453096_b4dc04f924_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/97383585@N06/10861453096/)
Rememberance (Bunbury) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/97383585@N06/10861453096/) by iBrettnet (http://www.flickr.com/people/97383585@N06/), on Flickr

and a shot I liked that shows off my wide angle:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7416/10861604054_dd27fda287_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/97383585@N06/10861604054/)
Wide Woodlands (http://www.flickr.com/photos/97383585@N06/10861604054/) by iBrettnet (http://www.flickr.com/people/97383585@N06/), on Flickr

I think I'm going to get more use out of this than my zoom but I don't regret the zoom.
I envy Richie's shots though, very nice work :smt038

oh and BP, I still want to try and take a shot like that one, always makes me jealous. I've got an app now for pointing me in the right direction of polaris so I'll give it a go sometime.

Richie, try using ISO 100, 20-30 second exposure and turn noise reduction off if it is on, also set the drive to continuous shooting and you can shoot full res and will get a much smoother image when stacked.

Oh and just a quick update, we have less than 50 days to go and we've done the entire year! (and 40 days till Christmas!)

Richie

15-11-13, 05:44 AM

Cheers for the info Bret will try the next clear skys we have :)

mine for yesterday..
taken on iphone 3gs

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/6416/ya5x.jpg

maviczap

15-11-13, 02:58 PM

Well I don't know what happened to the photo, but I stopped off to say hello to an old friend of the Org, sorry I didn't leave him a beer or a cardboard box with a happy face on it :(

First time I'd been that way since going to his funeral. Still make me sad :(

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5YD0OK8qQfU/UopF2-QpzhI/AAAAAAAADKg/JQJqKjtLCDE/s512/IMAG0007.jpg

punyXpress

15-11-13, 04:08 PM

[QUOTE=Brettus;2918224]

Richie, try using ISO 100, 20-30 second exposure and turn noise reduction off if it is on, also set the drive to continuous shooting and you can shoot full res and will get a much smoother image when stacked.

/QUOTE]

. . and I thought it was a shot of Audi Vulgaris from the Constellation Turdus Canis
Silly me! ;)

Kenzie

16-11-13, 04:42 PM

Highlights are a little washed out, but this was taken on my mobile. Riverside in Chelmsford near the Ice Skating rink

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg268/kenzie2k3/b67bb545-5e81-4b4d-902f-ac974029a48d_zps81093e62.jpg (http://s250.photobucket.com/user/kenzie2k3/media/b67bb545-5e81-4b4d-902f-ac974029a48d_zps81093e62.jpg.html)

DarrenSV650S

16-11-13, 05:00 PM

Highlights are a little washed out

Tell her to try putting some Elvive colour protect conditioner in the pond

Sir Trev

16-11-13, 05:11 PM

Kenzie

16-11-13, 05:38 PM

Well there were three or four of them with adult swans so not sure really. Doesn't have an orange beak either though.

maviczap

16-11-13, 05:43 PM

Doesn't have an orange beak either though.

It'll get that when its a bit older, its still a juvenile.

Nice close up Kenzie

Kenzie

16-11-13, 05:51 PM

It thought my phone was food and leaned in to bite.

maviczap

16-11-13, 06:18 PM

They aren't the brightest creatures

Richie

16-11-13, 07:02 PM

My Kids Fighting again...

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/9514/vh0m.jpg

Brettus

16-11-13, 08:39 PM

Luke... I AM YOUR FATHER... now get out in that garden with the lightsabre, I don't care if it's 3 degrees, I need a picture! :)

Really nice shot! love the energy in the red but also that the blue shows the person, really nice balance.

Richie

16-11-13, 10:11 PM

The Sith lord is Jake (red) and the Jedi is Holly (blue)

They were messing about before I got the camera out.... But need them to do more of these shots :)

Sir Trev

16-11-13, 11:26 PM

The Sith lord is Jake (red) and the Jedi is Holly (blue)

They were messing about before I got the camera out.... But need them to do more of these shots :)

It also looks like your house is haunted...

mister c

17-11-13, 11:54 AM

Never seen Star Wars (or any of it's other films) but, that pic is really smart Richie. i love the way the light works & the sillohette of Holly, just brilliant :)

Here's mine for today. I actually went for a walk around the grounds in Crewe Hall yesterday, never been there before & it's only about a mile from where I live. It's that posh, they even wrap their trees up for the winter :p
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3813/10902384816_311ec2e4d6_b.jpg

Brettus

17-11-13, 01:17 PM

Never seen Star Wars (or any of it's other films)
WHAT?!? That's like saying you've never heard Dylan! Understandably I guess it just doesn't appeal to some people but it is still pretty pivotal to modern culture, so much so that your knowing what it is despite not seeing it proves the point.

Anyway, sorry wasn't ranting honest ;-)

That is a corking picture, really drawing you in. The focus works SO well. Nice shot, another WITT shot.

DJ123

17-11-13, 04:21 PM

The car got its pre winter clean today:

http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t358/focus550/P1060935_zps20cb98ec.jpg

garynortheast

17-11-13, 05:06 PM

The car got its pre winter clean today:

http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t358/focus550/P1060935_zps20cb98ec.jpg

There's a smudge on it DJ, but I'm not telling you where. :twisted:

Brettus

17-11-13, 05:12 PM

Wanna come and do mine? It looks like it could do with it:
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/18/agygatuj.jpg

garynortheast

17-11-13, 05:16 PM

And yours looks like one big muddy smudge Brettus (rather like mine)

Richie

17-11-13, 06:27 PM

Dirty boy...

love the Reg - Very Dr Who :)

Brettus

17-11-13, 08:42 PM

love the Reg - Very Dr Who :)

Mine? what's the reference? I haven't seen Dr Who yet. I saw 4-5 episodes of the first set but I've seen none of the new ones.

DJ123

17-11-13, 09:06 PM

There's a smudge on it DJ, but I'm not telling you where. :twisted:

If it was perfect i'd have nothing to do on it ;) :lol:

Wanna come and do mine? It looks like it could do with it:
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/18/agygatuj.jpg

Lets talk numbers :lol:

BanannaMan

17-11-13, 11:50 PM

Was a dark grey miserable day, none the less had planned to get out on the bike,
but instead found our dog (of 13 years) lying beside the road this morning where she was apparently hit by a car sometime yesterday.
(she was not home for supper last night)
She was still alive but suffering badly so being Sunday, we had to make the hour trip to the city to have her put to sleep.
The people there were very nice and they gave her some pain meds via iv and let us spend a little time with her before the inevitable.
We brought her back home and buried her in one of her favorite spots in the garden.
RIP Molly.

very sad :(
http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s507/thebanannaman/Molly171113800x600_zps9fe1a35e.jpg

better days

http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s507/thebanannaman/Molly_zps8a795a53.jpg

Tomor

18-11-13, 12:11 AM

RIP little doggy :(

maviczap

18-11-13, 06:23 AM

So sorry to hear about this Bill

RIP Molly

Brettus

18-11-13, 08:27 AM

Oh no, my deepest condolences. Still quite tender here from our loss so I sympathise deeply. :grouphug:

maviczap

18-11-13, 09:02 AM

One from yesterday, but issues with Picassa. All your christmas presents have arrived in time

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9YfFkW9EsPo/UopGAnUmJ1I/AAAAAAAADKo/HgPQpCBRzas/s512/IMAG0011.jpg

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5531/10920378515_c04805b226_b.jpg

Owenski

18-11-13, 10:01 AM

Mine from today, my boo-boo from the cycle commute.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/18/mezaju4a.jpg

andrewsmith

18-11-13, 12:29 PM

I give 8/10 for the new ballyclaver fashioned from your trousers

fenjer

18-11-13, 06:24 PM

Bill I'm so sorry to hear about Molly - sending you the biggest hugs. (hug)

J

BanannaMan

19-11-13, 03:38 AM

Thanks all.
We were lucky to have her 13 years.
She was the best dog we ever owned. She always had the same friendly puppy dog demeanor,
her personality never changed from a the time she was a wee pup. Always affectionate, always wanted to be with you.
When she barked, you knew you it was time to see what was going on outside.
She never got in trouble although she did, on occasion, like to chase the cats.
But she never caught one! I think she just had to show them who was boss over the garden
from time to time. LOL
Whether I was working on the motorcycle, washing the cars or working in the garden, or just out for a walk,
she was my constant companion till I finished and then she was off to play, and she was like that with the whole family. (although the kids have grown up and gone now)
A more loyal or loving dog there has never been.
She will be missed and remembered for many years.

granty92

19-11-13, 10:10 AM

gutted to hear about the dog mate, you have my utmost condolences. losing a pet is always hard

Richie

19-11-13, 01:16 PM

sorry to hear of your news Bill :(

Went out this morning in the blue sky and came home in the Snow. Take care out there.

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/144/a70w.jpg

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/642/i0n8.jpg

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/7541/62dw.jpg

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/134/uwq1.jpg

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/3459/9o2h.jpg

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/6365/873o.jpg

Littlepeahead

19-11-13, 03:02 PM

So sad when you lose a friend like that. Although another dog can can never take their place there are so many lovely dogs (and cats) in need of homes at the rescue centres that I hope you might be able to offer another dog the chance of a happier life in due course.

Here are mine for today. We feature a recipe in The Cricketer magazine each month prepared by our chefs and I take the pics.

Cod

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=1151&pictureid=7383

Pork belly

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=1151&pictureid=7384

Smoked haddock terrine

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=1151&pictureid=7385

Griff-SV

19-11-13, 10:05 PM

The result of a very productive Tuesday evening :)

http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y534/Griff-SV/image_zps1f86ae60.jpg (http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/Griff-SV/media/image_zps1f86ae60.jpg.html)

http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y534/Griff-SV/image_zps789194a9.jpg (http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/Griff-SV/media/image_zps789194a9.jpg.html)

http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y534/Griff-SV/image_zpsf208e65b.jpg (http://s1279.photobucket.com/user/Griff-SV/media/image_zpsf208e65b.jpg.html)

mister c

20-11-13, 06:20 AM

Still can't get used to taking moon pictures. This was the best out of about 20 taken last night
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1426424_10202535462727265_184542637_n.jpg

maviczap

20-11-13, 08:55 PM

Just for Stuart 42's amusement, as all he thinks I post up are pictures of ship or docks, and maybe rabbits. Here's tonight's hotel room. :p :D

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-M82ezkvnY7g/Uo0hYuIZoiI/AAAAAAAADLo/N3jWu422Fxs/w641-h384-no/IMAG0015.jpg

Brettus

20-11-13, 11:01 PM

Did they put you in the honeymoon suite Mav? :-) proper posh. Hope it is as comfy as it looks.

Littlepeahead

21-11-13, 12:57 AM

My Ashes sofa socks.

Littlepeahead

21-11-13, 12:58 AM

And my companion while I watch.

Stuart42

21-11-13, 09:19 AM

Just for Stuart 42's amusement, as all he thinks I post up are pictures of ship or docks, and maybe rabbits. Here's tonight's hotel room. :p :D

Thanks for that Disco, nice to see you're being looked after.

Although as I'm new here not sure you should be sending me pictures of your bed as some may get the wrong idea?

Hope Kate is good

Cheers
Stuart

maviczap

21-11-13, 10:09 AM

Did they put you in the honeymoon suite Mav? :-) proper posh. Hope it is as comfy as it looks.

No, not the honeymoon suite, in fact there's hardly room to swing a cat

Thanks for that Disco, nice to see you're being looked after.

Although as I'm new here not sure you should be sending me pictures of your bed as some may get the wrong idea?

LOL :smt054

mister c

21-11-13, 07:16 PM

Get a room you 2....... Oh, you have :p
Here's mine for today, caught on my mobile while out on a delivery.
https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1471131_10202548979905186_273892130_n.jpg

granty92

22-11-13, 11:44 AM

Here's mine :) monster is my favourite logo!!http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/22/5egeqade.jpg

Littlepeahead

22-11-13, 12:13 PM

Mine for today. I', actually scared of heights and don't like going up ladders so not sure what possessed me on a freezing cold day to head to the top of the scaffold to take photos from the Father Time weathervane.

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=1151&pictureid=7386

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=1151&pictureid=7387

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=1151&pictureid=7388

I'll do a bit of work on them in Photoshop when I get time.

And to give you an idea of how high I was you can see the Father Time weathervane to the top right in this picture.

http://stjohnswoodmemories.org.uk/images/uploaded/scaled/Summer_2009_0491.jpg

Teejayexc

22-11-13, 05:08 PM

maviczap

22-11-13, 06:51 PM

As promised to Stu42 :D :p

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ibW_kNtnFBQ/Uo-ngD9pDCI/AAAAAAAADL8/0FnmxyfZnic/w1118-h669-no/IMAG0017.jpg

Brettus

22-11-13, 08:33 PM

Today's shot entitled "It's Friday mother-bitches!"
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/23/nyrabyqu.jpg
Now that I have armed our office with a pair of these I propose any disagreements be solved like gunslingers. The quick and the wrong ;-)

DarrenSV650S

22-11-13, 09:01 PM

I want to work in your office. What do you do when you actually work anyway?

Brettus

22-11-13, 09:18 PM

I want to work in your office. What do you do when you actually work anyway?

I don't quite know, I've never got round to it I guess ;-)

DarrenSV650S

22-11-13, 09:19 PM

Sign me up

Brettus

23-11-13, 11:12 AM

For the record I'm an IT Manager for a 100 employee company. It just happens that I'm based in the accounts office and we have a good laugh at work.

Anyway, I tried to be a bit more serious with my picture taking again. I got some time to myself finally so went out for sunrise (hardly staggering, it isn't till almost 8am now!) but had thought of this shot last night.
Dawn breaking on Beeston Castle
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3692/11007583516_ab518afedb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brettnet/11007583516)

REALLY hard to make the picture do the scene justice, the eye perceives it a whole lot better than cameras can.

Got a couple more while I was out too but they didn't turn out like I wanted:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3773/11007770904_bb7ceae835.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/97383585@N06/11007770904)

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2810/11007608825_9fdbcc3f2a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/97383585@N06/11007608825)

Richie

23-11-13, 02:21 PM

mine for today :)

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/2569/zr12.jpg

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4476/scmm.jpg

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9435/9mzg.jpg

recovering from a hangover, last night was my 22 year dine out from the Warrant Officers & Sergeants Mess.

chris8886

23-11-13, 02:21 PM

Looks like father time has heard the cricket scores, <hangs head in shame>

and so you should! lol

those are all still brilliant photos brettus even if they didn't 'come out' as you were hoping! I don't really see how they could be any better!

mister c

23-11-13, 08:10 PM

Loving the Beeston shot Brett & Richie, really like the river shot :)

Here's mine for today, same sort of thing as Brett. Took it this morning on my mobile at work.
https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1471865_10202563581230210_1498722581_n.jpg

Brettus

23-11-13, 10:18 PM

Thanks Col, Nice shot yourself, I'd got a lot more gear but the shot isn't much different :) Can't resist frosty webs, they look so cool.
I'd had another idea tonight but I don't think I can pull it off, star trails behind the snugburys dalek. I'd spotted where I'd need to be for polaris to be in the shot but the statue moves and is lit up so it'd overpower the shot unfortunately and I don't want to composite(fake) it. Shame really but ah well, there will be other subjects.

admin

23-11-13, 11:01 PM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3773/11007770904_bb7ceae835.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/97383585@N06/11007770904)

Love this shot.

Richie

24-11-13, 01:03 AM

^^^ wot he said ^^^

Brettus

24-11-13, 11:58 AM

Aww thanks guys, good to know it was worth getting up. Thanks Chris, I'd got confused, I took some others that didn't work properly, these two had faults but were enough. The cow one isn't sharp on the cow, there is a blurring/ghosting. Looks like I'd left the stabiliser turned off in my lens and the spiders web. Could've done with a better background or some extra interest but none was to be had. The ones that really didn't work were a shot of a grand house silhouetted in the morning mist (sounds and looked great but the mist just made it all look undefined :-() also tried some panoramics and a landscape shot but the light wasn't right for that. Behind every decent image there are usually 10-15 that didn't make the cut.

Richie, really like the variation of your shots, nice choice on the muted colours in the autumnal waterfall, they show through enough but don't steal the show. You've got some cracking scenery up there, making hills appear steep isn't trivial and that street shot does it well!

Sir Trev

24-11-13, 12:34 PM

Anyone who has (or had) a black Lab will know this well - at this time of year they moult. And it come out by the handful. Quite why they do it just as it gets cold is beyond me as you'd have thought they'd want to keep all that insulation. Their undercoat is really fine and it clogs the vacuum cleaner dreadfully so lots of brushing is needed. This is half of the large pile I got out of Jackie this morning - the rest of it is scattered in the hedge thanks to the breeze.

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc413/Sir_Trev/Org%20pic%20a%20day/IMG_4226a_zpsa076d49b.jpg (http://s1210.photobucket.com/user/Sir_Trev/media/Org%20pic%20a%20day/IMG_4226a_zpsa076d49b.jpg.html)

Richie

24-11-13, 07:37 PM

mine for today - when to the switching on of the Durham Lights... So I decided not to take any photos of them :) instead looking towards the castle.

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/3296/z9ma.jpg

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/6321/qdwr.jpg

Brettus

24-11-13, 08:18 PM

I HATE yellow lights with a passion, I'd be forced to desaturate the yellow on the first picture to try and restore some naturalness (in my own head) to the image. Really like the shot though, I love the reflections.

Did you alter the white balance to get the colours more natural on the second one or were the lights not that overpowering at the time?

Sir_Trev, I'm sure the birds will be very grateful of a little Black Lab plushness to their nests :) I've never understood why dogs lose their best fur in the run up to winter either.

Richie

24-11-13, 09:14 PM

second one was desatured the lower half - I agree with the yellow sodium light too :(

I'll have a play after I finish this night shift I've just started =0/

Richie

24-11-13, 10:34 PM

and one last one of my son Jake.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7419/11034688653_86dc93381a_b.jpg

chris8886

24-11-13, 11:58 PM

Aww thanks guys, good to know it was worth getting up. Thanks Chris, I'd got confused, I took some others that didn't work properly, these two had faults but were enough. The cow one isn't sharp on the cow, there is a blurring/ghosting. Looks like I'd left the stabiliser turned off in my lens and the spiders web. Could've done with a better background or some extra interest but none was to be had. The ones that really didn't work were a shot of a grand house silhouetted in the morning mist (sounds and looked great but the mist just made it all look undefined :-() also tried some panoramics and a landscape shot but the light wasn't right for that. Behind every decent image there are usually 10-15 that didn't make the cut.

it's most likely just my untrained eye! but hey, I still love em, whether they be ones that you think haven't worked or not, lol

Littlepeahead

25-11-13, 06:27 AM

Off topic Sir Trev but have you tried a Furminator brush. Debs swears by it for Lewis Guide Dog and on her recommendation I bought one to use on the cats. Amazing! Got enough fur to make Mr LPH a toupee after brushing both moggies.

Richie

25-11-13, 04:02 PM

one for Brett :)

I'll agree I like this effect better :)

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/479/aepe.jpg

ClunkintheUK

25-11-13, 04:12 PM

Love the shots Richie. I particularly like castles, I'm still a kid like that, wanting to be a warlord. I agree the effect on the last one is my favorite, it almost hyper accents the shadows. Everything is super crisp and it makes it look like some Bavarian Duke's lair.

Not sure if this was a question Sir Trev, but cats a dogs (and I assume other animals too) have a summer and winter coat. Your lab is just shedding the summer coat. The hair's are different, not just volume of hair. How they are different I couldn't tell you.

Brettus

25-11-13, 04:57 PM

Ooh nice Richie, given me an idea for a thread... Won't derail this one any further. Liking the simpler palette.

maviczap

25-11-13, 09:37 PM

Ok, although Ritchie's added one for today, its an altered one from yesterday. So here's a couple for today

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BumGTORkISE/UpPCVJR-USI/AAAAAAAADMc/H25kwVglqVw/s720/DSCF0368%255B1%255D.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GA3pQ0S-p1s/UpPCkY5g2bI/AAAAAAAADMs/n8fH9tsCe_Q/s720/DSCF0367%255B1%255D.JPG

maviczap

26-11-13, 06:02 PM

Managed to get out for a cycle in the crisp sunny air today.

Nothing great picture wise, just local landmarks or scenes which looked nice in the sun.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B_Len5O0nOA/UpThoOKyh7I/AAAAAAAADNI/1WRZHopVdG4/s912/IMAG0022.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-OgHiMb8kb4Q/UpThwMnLQbI/AAAAAAAADNY/st7F2b4RonM/s912/IMAG0021.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rg6qDZ6dRkc/UpThxQtRy_I/AAAAAAAADNo/vkgg0OxOxKo/s912/IMAG0020.jpg

Richie

27-11-13, 09:27 AM

one from this morning :)

Wind Power....?

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5796/n40r.jpg

two of the same photos at different focal lenths merged together :)
taken from my up stairs window.

Richie

27-11-13, 09:29 AM

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/8836/84xt.jpg
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/1636/ewm5.jpg

Sir Trev

27-11-13, 09:48 AM

Must visit Durham one day - the castle, bridges and cathedral look fantastic. Keep making us jealous Richie!

The Furminator looks like a very fine tooth version of the undercoat rake I use (on the right on my pic). I'll look one out and give it a try :). We had a Goldie as our previous dog and always left the groomed out fur in the garden in Spring. All of the nests I found later in the year were always lined in it which always made me smile. Bit more difficult to tell with Jackie's dark grey undercoat.

granty92

27-11-13, 09:52 AM

i'd love to be able to find the inspiration that some of you do, you get such good pictures of things i'd never even think about

Brettus

27-11-13, 10:12 PM

One for today, found myself in Chester again after dark so thought I'd try out my wide angle.

Decided to up the ISO and just do some quick hand held shooting, I'd got my tripod on my back but wanted to be agile and back home pretty quick so opted for that and it worked surprisingly well. I particularly liked this shot:
Reading Light
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7428/11091374273_d6c85d935e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brettnet/11091374273)
I thought the guy was reading at first but it later seemed he was just getting drunk/stoned but that didn't make as eloquent of a title :laughat: plus he still looks like he could be reading, I think ;)

Granty, that is kind of the point of the thread too, to show others what can make an interesting picture. It gets us all thinking more :) No matter what anyone says about needing "the eye" it's rubbish, it is just practise, you learn to spot things more readily with practise. Same reason you spot LOADS of a car you have just been researching for your next purchase, you just become more aware of them.

granty92

27-11-13, 10:14 PM

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/28/dedy5aqy.jpg
Who's this hahah

andrewsmith

27-11-13, 10:14 PM

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/28/dedy5aqy.jpg
Who's this hahah

Dave Preston!!!

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maviczap

28-11-13, 03:10 PM

Nice try Granty, you gotta take them yourself :D

A gloomy & moody ride today

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-y5sg17BHZDY/UpdOD9nRFfI/AAAAAAAADOA/xyJPj0GbCvI/s912/IMAG0027.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8IkguBHNH6Y/UpdOFj4rz0I/AAAAAAAADOM/_7Ce3u-c6C8/s912/IMAG0028.jpg

The aftermath :D, I'm still a teenager at heart ;)

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-isOXZhsq9Oc/UpdOIK6oCNI/AAAAAAAADOg/cNR6gDIOFYw/s512/IMAG0030.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8SK3Eo-42l8/UpdOF39RMZI/AAAAAAAADOQ/UbnkMG60Ki0/s912/IMAG0029.jpg

granty92

28-11-13, 03:13 PM

i know haha but saw it and it amused me

chris8886

28-11-13, 03:14 PM

http://forums.sv650.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=13372&stc=1&d=1385651474

one from last night that I didn't manage to work out how to upload (until just now)! last nights sunset from my bedroom window

maviczap

28-11-13, 03:21 PM

What's that bright object in the sky Chris, is that comet they're on about?

Nice pic

chris8886

28-11-13, 03:26 PM

What's that bright object in the sky Chris, is that comet they're on about?

Nice pic

I dunno what you're on about there mav

maviczap

28-11-13, 03:53 PM

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/nov/28/comet-ison-close-encounter-sun

chris8886

28-11-13, 04:43 PM

ooh right, I somehow doubt that was really it tho! lol

Brettus

28-11-13, 05:03 PM

chris8886

28-11-13, 05:09 PM

:confused: am I missing something? isn't that a photo of cloud cover at sunset? I can't see a bright object? Hoping the comet does do what the 1965 one did and light up like a flare but I suspect even if it did we'd have 30 days of uninterrupted cloud cover in the UK :(

I couldn't either to start with, then I looked at the great swathe of orangey yellow across the middle of the picture below the cloud and realised what mav was on about.

Brettus

28-11-13, 05:46 PM

ahh, Either way, still a very nice shot BTW! been dull and overcast all day here :(

chris8886

28-11-13, 09:18 PM

thanks brett, has been the same here today too, that one was from yesterday and just on a bog standard point and press digital camera.

BanannaMan

29-11-13, 05:13 AM

Roaring fire on a cold winter's day.

http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s507/thebanannaman/tg13a800x565_zps9a104805.jpg

An LPH refrigerator magnet?

http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s507/thebanannaman/tg13b800x600_zps288675ce.jpg

Brettus

29-11-13, 08:59 AM

just on a bog standard point and press digital camera.

Camera doesn't have to be fancy to take a good picture :) Fancier camera just makes getting a decent picture easier (a more common occurrence, rather than less effort)

Bill, that fire looks very inviting! Wish I'd lit ours now last night when my stepson and I were trying the whiskys I'd bought. (quite a pleasurable evening!)

granty92

29-11-13, 10:18 AM

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/29/y9u2e5am.jpg
Nothing I enjoy more than a day off with a good wax and polish to make her look all sexy again!

Brettus

30-11-13, 03:03 AM

OK I know this is a little bit early (technically late as I went out at 21:20 to get a picture and I got home 10 minutes ago....) I umm, got distracted heh.
Spent ages driving round in miserable weather and just as I was heading to the coast and home it cleared up enough for a few shots.
This was my favourite, Milky Way Over Talacre Lighthouse
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3789/11126339973_46d526f01b_h.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brettnet/11126339973)

still had some clouds in the way but the moon was going to rise shortly so had to get something from the night.

Other ones:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2875/11126264084_90defa7e17_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/97383585@N06/11126264084/)
Footprints in the night (http://www.flickr.com/photos/97383585@N06/11126264084/) by iBrettnet (http://www.flickr.com/people/97383585@N06/), on Flickr

I tried painting the lighthouse to make it stand out but a little too effective:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3715/11126296194_daceb65787_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/97383585@N06/11126296194/)
Milky way with light painted lighthouse (http://www.flickr.com/photos/97383585@N06/11126296194/) by iBrettnet (http://www.flickr.com/people/97383585@N06/), on Flickr

And one at the Duke of Lancaster but the light pollution is awful :(
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3819/11126288906_f08cee1022_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/97383585@N06/11126288906/)
Duke of Lancaster stars (http://www.flickr.com/photos/97383585@N06/11126288906/) by iBrettnet (http://www.flickr.com/people/97383585@N06/), on Flickr

Right and thats 3am, I'm off to bed. Night all!

BanannaMan

30-11-13, 05:38 AM

Some nice shots Brettus!

First and last being my favorites.
The Duke is awesome!

Richie

30-11-13, 06:12 AM

Nice :)

mister c

30-11-13, 07:01 AM

Brett, you are officially mad :p. But the pictures are brilliant. They always say that the early bird gets the worm :)
Here's mine, taken off my phone. A couple of scaffold towers I erected for a customer. I was only supposed to deliver to site, but he asked if I would give him a hand, so couldn't say no.
https://scontent-b-cdg.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/1422408_10202605202550717_2058442145_n.jpg