General Photography thread

[AmexRuislip]

My dad has just sent me this image, its an old photo.
Anyone know where this is?
FTR, I do know

 

[AmexRuislip]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000wfcy
BBC Four - Great British Photography Challenge

 

[Bodian]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000wfcy
BBC Four - Great British Photography Challenge

Did you watch it? Very good I thought, although would like to have seen more time spent on some aspects. Like - how did they prepare for the celebrity-shoot, as they can't just have picked that up in 15 minutes, and so on. I don't think I would have coped with the combination of meeting Anna Friel, and having to concentrate on taking photos - all mine would have been out of focus I think.

Nice to see that it's not going to be one of these competitive things where people get sent home every week, but a generally collaborative process.

 

[swindonseagull]

A squirrel in my garden chewing his nut in the rain.


Taken with my new toy a Nikon P1000

 

[AmexRuislip]

Did you watch it? Very good I thought, although would like to have seen more time spent on some aspects. Like - how did they prepare for the celebrity-shoot, as they can't just have picked that up in 15 minutes, and so on. I don't think I would have coped with the combination of meeting Anna Friel, and having to concentrate on taking photos - all mine would have been out of focus I think.

Nice to see that it's not going to be one of these competitive things where people get sent home every week, but a generally collaborative process.

Great insight into the photography world.
Anna Friel very nice, I suspect a bit of a diva

 

[AmexRuislip]

Taken on our allotment today.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Watched a hedgehog from quarter to 6 this morning for one and a half hours. She diligently built her nest, using bamboo leaves gathered from 20 feet away from its location. Amazing creatures.

 

[*Gullsworth*]

Watched a hedgehog from quarter to 6 this morning for one and a half hours. She diligently built her nest, using bamboo leaves gathered from 20 feet away from its location. Amazing creatures.View attachment 137293

No way is that a hedgehog. Its a porcupine before it has got dressed.

Great photo

 

[LamieRobertson]

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My dad has just sent me this image, its an old photo.
Anyone know where this is?
FTR, I do know

China

 

[AmexRuislip]

China

Hastings

 

[LamieRobertson]

Hastings

Vietnam

 

[AmexRuislip]

Vietnam

Its the old clock tower that was set fire to way back....

 

[Jack Straw]

I'm getting all arty with the wild flowers at the moment. Here's a Bird's-foot Trefoil and a Buttercup.
Full size images here;
https://www.flickr.com/photos/128321708@N03/51216153428/in/photostream/lightbox/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/128321708@N03/51215228482/in/photostream/lightbox/

 

[LamieRobertson]

Its the old clock tower that was set fire to way back....

Singapore?

 

[AmexRuislip]

Singapore?

Bugger off

 

[Bodian]

Bought myself a new lens recently (well, new to me - it's a 30+ year old Minolta), and have been quite impressed with it. Took it to Cartmel Races this weekend.

 

[Jack Straw]

Bought myself a new lens recently (well, new to me - it's a 30+ year old Minolta), and have been quite impressed with it. Took it to Cartmel Races this weekend.

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Nice photos. What is your lens, and what settings was the camera set too? I'm going to try a few sports action-shots one of these days.

 

[Bodian]

Nice photos. What is your lens, and what settings was the camera set too? I'm going to try a few sports action-shots one of these days.

Thanks Jack. It's a Minolta 80-200 on a Sony A77ii at 120mm. Settings were 1/1250@f6.3, 200ISO, with 'wide' focal area to capture the leading horse. The focus was important - I tried centre-point focus first as that's what I'm used to, and it missed the leading horse most times - but for football you can more often get away with centre-point and tracking.

I found the most critical thing was to fix the shutter speed, and then maybe aperture - and let ISO do what it wanted. These horses are so quick, anything under 1250 ended up a bit blurry. With the the sun as it was, and speed fixed, I was pleased at how few duff shots there were.

Happy boy.

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Bought myself a new lens recently (well, new to me - it's a 30+ year old Minolta), and have been quite impressed with it. Took it to Cartmel Races this weekend.

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As someone who has worked in the gambling industry for 28 years I am used to seeing a lot of racing images. Very well done on your excellent photos. I hope you popped into Cartmel to try the sticky toffee pudding?

 

[Bodian]

As someone who has worked in the gambling industry for 28 years I am used to seeing a lot of racing images. Very well done on your excellent photos. I hope you popped into Cartmel to try the sticky toffee pudding?

Very kind of you - many thanks, much appreciated.

Yes, Sticky Toffee Pudding. I bought some a while back from the shop in Cartmel to send to my sister in Bexhill as a special treat from Cumbria - only to find that she buys it up the road in Waitrose! Cartmel is tiny, and is ridiculously busy during race-days, even with the current reduced capacity - but it's only a two mile ride over the hill for me, and I pass the front-door of the shop regularly cycling over the fell on my way to work. So, we are amply stocked with pudding, but more importantly - also the sauce on it's own, which, warmed and poured over Lakes Double Jersey ice cream, is just one of the best things you can have!