The Photography Thread

[Gareth C]

Finally given in today and have sold my Digilux 2 to make way for the Epson R-D1 digital Rangefinder. I thought once more about going the DSLR route but I just can't imagine myself ever getting on with one.

So, the R-D1 should arrive next week along with a Voigtlander 50/1.5...looking forward to it a lot...

[MartyG]

Agent L have a read of this: http://www.michellejones.net/exposur...our_digi_1.php

[PeteJ]

Pete,

I agree about the need for an ND filter for the water. I still haven't purchased one though and all my water shots look the same as yours! For the time being I've given up on them.

Don't listen to Marty about the fly shot though, I really like it. It seems very fake (in a good way), almost stylised. I would crop it a little tighter and get the fly into the bottom right quarter of the shot rather than dead centre. Other than that I think it's nice, each to their own and all that.

heh thanks

I just tried the water shot with both a Polariser and Ultra Violet filter and was able to put the shutter speed over 6 seconds (manually underexposing 2 stops). Now to find some interesting water

[Alastair]

Thanks Marty, interesting stuff. Looks like I'll bite the bullet and buy some cleaning swabs and give it a go.

Has anyone done it themselves before? Can you recommend a specific product to buy?

[Crisp_Rapper]

Nice Flower that popped up in the garden.

purple nurple. pretty. i have a few flowery pics taken on a day out in scarborough, i'll try and post them up later.

[Richard.John]

Agent L,

I love that shot of the Rook. Great use of DOF and scale. Superb indeed.

[Alastair]

What's all that vbmenu **** though?

Got an example of the water shot with the filters Pete? Would be interested to see as I've not thought of doing them with a polariser.

[Richard.John]

I don't know either, anyway I have corrected it.

Once again, a cracker of a shot!

[PeteJ]

I call this shot "Spatial: Beware"

I would take some more shots (it was moving all over the place, very tough to get) but I can't find it now. I have to sleep in here

[HaHaUK]

Continuing the theme of arachnids:

Spider 1
Spider 2

[PeteJ]

wtf is that second one?

[HaHaUK]

wtf is that second one?

Its the spider stretching for the leaf!!!

[PeteJ]

Is it some kind of uber-mutant spider? Looks pretty freaky to me

[HaHaUK]

[Alastair]

Google are taking on Flickr!!

http://picasa.google.com/web/help.html

Don't know what to make of it yet as it looks pretty basic but may well be worth keeping a look out for it's development.