The Photography Thread

[MartyG]

There are quite a number of Olympus E500 on eBay with the two lens kit going for around the £300 mark too - which would be a cheap way of getting into the DSLR market. Take smashing pictures they do too.

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The D40 would also make a very good buy at that price.

[RobRoy]

I kinda figured people would say go for slr lol. I guess ill save up a little bit more then thanks guys

[MonkeySteve]

I've always enjoyed taking photographs but haven't really thought about taking it further until recently. Most of my shots have been taken on a 5 yr old Sony Cybershot, but I thought it was time for a more creative upgrade. After much deliberation I plumped for a D40 and have been very impressed with it, especially from a novice's angle.

Anyway, here's a few shots from Lisbon which was my first attempt at using it. There are also some old shots from my Sony. Go easy guys!

[Magnakai]

Those last two are rather luscious! Nice stuff.

[MartyG]

Yeah, like the last two best also.

Did a couple of flower macros today

[Gareth C]

Some great photos here in the last week or so. Been on holiday (it rained almost constantly).

Here's a few of my neice in a field we found. More on flickr...

[Alastair]

Some good efforts recently folks, lots of quality, love the style in those Gareth.

From a launch night of an exhibition I attended on Friday:


And a WA of an exhibition on the beach here, great shots but I can't find anything online about them.

[Magnakai]

Wows, what a barrage of great shots. Way to blow my mind fellas.

[MartyG]

Like those shots Gareth, the 2nd one in particular. They've got a nice feel to them.

[Ish]

I really like your final shot Gareth - great work.

Check out this link. Kind of photography related. Smart image resizing. Very very clever!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qadw0BRKeMk

[RobRoy]

Went out today with my lovely canon ixus i :P took a bunch of photos but only 1 really turned out.

[funkydan]

Great stuff from everyone yet again! I'll have some to add later in the week as I think I probably took nearly 1000 photos this weekend

Oh and Gareth, is your niece's name Heidi by any chance

[Gareth C]

Oh and Gareth, is your niece's name Heidi by any chance

LOL. No, but it will be from now on!

[MonkeySteve]

This is one of my favourite photos. Not from any technical standpoint, just from a personal point of view. I saw this goat all on it's lonesome on a tired old farm in NZ; it's fur was all dirty and worn away and it had no mates to talk to. I felt like giving it a big hug, but then remembered it was a scabby old goat, and thought better of it.

[RobRoy]

Hi all,

Just got in touch with the collage about the photography course they are running and its going to cost £200 for the year. Doesnt seem too bad, but i could use this money to go buy myself a DSLR like the nikon D40. How hard is it to teach yourself to take good photos? should i do the course then buy a SLR camera when ive saved up more cash or just go buy a camera and teach myself?

Cheers