The Photography Thread

[superkully]

Yup, the crop factor is a bummer, although excellent for wildlife/sports/pervert photographers.

The absolute best thing about digital is learning and experimentation. I ended up hating my film SLR in 2004 because I was too stupid to use it properly. I then sold it and bought a Canon G5 and learnt by trial and error.

Yeah, I've seen an Epson R-D1, based on the same design as the R2a it is. However, it is much to expensive for a bloke like me.

PS Remember you can go 'back to film' for pounds - those 50mm primes from Pentax, Olympus or just about anyone else who made them are excellent. I've got a few knackered SLRs which I take drinking because I don't care if they get lost or not, costing ?10-15 each. Slap in some Delta 3200 and there's no need for flash either.

[Ginger Tosser]

Aye, i've kept my film SLR and Medium Format cameras as i will go back to them. Never tried Delta 3200 though, looks like one to try.

[MartyG]

Spotted this bug whilst out walking in the sunshine.

[Emir]

Not much of a camera man myself (I struggle with most technology), but I'm gonna pimp a photo the missus took last year at a gig. I was really impressed by it 'cause it was taken using one of those disposable camera's.

http://www.deviantart.com/view/16687343/

[MartyG]

Got quite a nice pic of bumble bee this morning: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...9890996&size=o

[PeteJ]

I visited my local BBC Spring Watch this morning (along with ten thousand other people >_< ) - they are running a competition for finding the best 'Spring' inspired photo of the day to win a trip to the BBC (wooo, etc). I didn't get anything particularly spring-like, but I quite like this.

It was kept behind a cage and looked really unhappy the whole time. Poor thing had ****-loads of people watching it the whole time! I thought this shot captured its mood quite well.

Edit - added one with a more plesent expression! Maybe it wasn't so bad

Also added the best of the 'bee' series.

[Ginger Tosser]

No events close to me, so went to the local park and found some chicks

[Ish]

4) And the look of the grain

Check out Exposure. Its an excellent Photoshop plugin that, amongst other things, will put the grain back for you! Very impressive piece of software.

[PeteJ]

Finally signed up to a photo website - http://www.flickr.com/photos/92018892@N00/

[Ish]

Thats a fantastic shot petej. The new lens? Wow!

[PeteJ]

Thats a fantastic shot petej. The new lens? Wow!

Yeah, it's proving to be quite a nice lens The learning curve for a prime macro lens is a lot tougher than I was expecting, but I'm slowly getting my head around it.

The Ring-Tailed Lemur was taken using the same lens - the lemur was behind two caged surfaces, surprised it managed to lose the grating so well.

[Ish]

Nice. Very nice!

Definetly going to have to get myself one of those badboys. But some Nikon equivelant.

Still kudos to you Mr. PeteJ - its not the lens its what you do with it what counts. Apparently

And I really do love that flower shot. The contrast between the yellow and red is just stunning.

[PeteJ]

Definetly going to have to get myself one of those badboys. But some Nikon equivelant.

Thanks, I have to confess to not liking it when I first took the shot but looking back today it stood out nicely

The Nikon equiv is this for your information

[Ish]

I went for a lengthy cycle and photoshoot today practicing landscapes. As I suspected I need practice!! I find it hard finding things of interest in a "normal" landscape.

Did take this not bad picture of a dragonfly though. I was taking a picture of a weir and it landed on a plant next to me.

I've got some backpay coming at the end of the month. I may well invest it in one of those lenses. The detail on the lemur is superb!

[dc-arena]

What sort of kit do you guys all use? Any of you with point and shoots, or do you all have "proper" SLR/Digital SLR cameras with fancy lenses?

Ish, love the dragonfly photo mate, very nice