The Photography Thread

[Alastair]

Thanks guys, Ish, I like all of those.

More from today:

[winky]

Tommy more great shots! The shot of the sunglasses is my fave.

Al, the second night shot is great, and the shot of the chap skateboarding is great too. Very nice action shot.

Ish, I think I have said it before but you have a wonderful eye for taking photographs of buildings. I really like the last two, but especially the backalley shot.

Does anyone have any experience with flights and thier camera? I want to take my camera in my hand luggage with me next week when I travel. Anyone had any problems with airport security or is it all stright forward? Not at all interested in putting the camera in the hold.

I found this little chap yesterday. The colour is almost unreal on this this weevil:

[MartyG]

I needed a little break from the camera and flickr as if you remember I posted a couple of links to a guy that was getting a bit out of hand in the Brighton group? Well he got VERY out of hand with another member and it resulted in bogus accounts and groups being set up to basically slander this poor guy. Anyway, the police etc were involved and it really soured Flickr for me for a while.

That sounds way over the top - some people really need to sort themselves out.

I'm heading to Brighton on 18th July for the w/e - maybe I should cancel it with all the crazies there

Like that second pic anyway Alastair.

[spagmasterswift]

Does anyone have any experience with flights and thier camera? I want to take my camera in my hand luggage with me next week when I travel. Anyone had any problems with airport security or is it all stright forward? Not at all interested in putting the camera in the hold.

I took mine in my hand luggage to Thialand and all was fine - wouldn't trust the 'throwers' with it....

Great stuff everybody, need to get out and about today. Tried to buy a tripod and polarizing filter yetserday but the staff in Jessops couldn't be arsed to serve me. I can be a right impatient fooker sometimes, wish I'd waited around longer now. Did get a couple of light pens from a 99p Shop tho

[MartyG]

One from me

[Ish]

Thanks Winky. I love architecture and am kinda obsessed by geometric patterns, it's great fun trying to capture it in photos.

Love the weevil - crazy colour.

Alastair - second shot of the skater is great. So damn sharp!

[Ish]

Few more from me:

[MartyG]

That first pic is great Ish - really angry clouds

A demon driver from me

[Ish]

He looks like he's really giving it some!

Another from me - took about 800 shots yesterday!

[TommyG]

Well it's a beautiful day outside but i'm unfortunately indoors studying anatomy for my exams in ten days (taking a break to check the thread ). So many amazing shots guys.

Alastair the second night shot is amazing great colours and angle. Being a ex-skateboarder the air shot is unreal, such a great shot with perfect timing. I would have loved a shot of myself like that when i was skating.

Ish the textures on that last beach shot are wonderful, I can almost feel the coldness of the water and roughness of the pebbles, great shot. I also love the one looking up at the buildings with the crossing platforms, amazing angles that keep drawing your eye into the picture.

Winky your macro shots blow me away you truly are macro master.

MartyG the old man in the car rocks! In fact i've been wanting to get a photo like that with the subject in perfect focus and the background blurred. Any tips on how this is achieved? Do I need to use the panning option?

Happy shooting

[Ish]

Final couple from me. Think I'm going to head out and check out a new location tonight as the lights looking quite good. Won't be out late though - I spent 8 hours yesterday with all my camera equipment and laptop on my back and am pretty sore!

[MartyG]

MartyG the old man in the car rocks! In fact i've been wanting to get a photo like that with the subject in perfect focus and the background blurred. Any tips on how this is achieved? Do I need to use the panning option?

You need to be panning with the subject with a shutter speed that's enough to blur the background whilst keeping the subject sharp - a 60th of a second is decent, I used 1/125th - the longer the exposure the more the blur.

[spagmasterswift]

Some pics from my home town today.

[Ish]

I like the airplane Spags.

Nice spot that I visited but the weather was a little washed out by the time I started snapping. I think the other side of the bridge will look great at dawn.

[Magnakai]

Some beautiful pics here people.

I love the wildflowers, the thistle and the plane Spags. The colours are gorgeous.

Ish, I like the reflection on that bridge, but I'd maybe bring down the highlights a bit and perhaps play with the contrast. Your urban architectural shots are great, especially the walkways and that third one you posted above.

Marty, that flower's really dreamy, but I think it would've improved with a slightly different background. Maybe something plain black?

Alastair, that second skateboarding shot is amazing. Well captured. I'd be tempted to crop out the ramp, so that it looks like he's flying. Would be fun

Tommy, that second disco ball shot is great fun, and the light streaks are quite well done.