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Author:  Cras [ Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:15 ]
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Nikkophants.
Author:  Decca [ Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:17 ]
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If I'm honest I'm not keen on it, for the only reason that you have the really pretty girl out of focus, would have liked it more at a lower (? did I get that the right way round?) F stop.
Author:  Bear or Bust [ Thu Jul 07, 2011 16:43 ]
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This was shot on holiday with a real basic camera we got from Aldi's about 2 years back.
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Sunset over the hotel, makes it look like the roofs on fire.
Author:  Cras [ Thu Jul 07, 2011 16:50 ]
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Oh, wow - that looks properly like the start of the end times.
Author:  chinnyhill10 [ Thu Jul 07, 2011 17:46 ]
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That stick is small. That boat is far away.

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Author:  DavPaz [ Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:30 ]
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Just a crappy phone pic, but just look at that sky!

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Author:  Cras [ Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:09 ]
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That's really nice, Chinny. Excellent perspective.

DP - That looks like a mushroom cloud!
Author:  Decca [ Fri Jul 08, 2011 13:37 ]
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Decca wrote:
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Ah, bugger... by Learnin' Curve, on Flickr

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re-edited this going from NX capture ---> Photoshop instead of Lightroom ---> Photoshop

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Capture Vs lightroom by Learnin' Curve, on Flickr
Author:  Cras [ Fri Jul 08, 2011 14:03 ]
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Hmm - I think I prefer the first one. Given that it's a pile of butchered vegetable matter, I think the warmer tones in the second one don't quite fit.
Author:  Decca [ Fri Jul 08, 2011 14:11 ]
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Second one I let nikon decide what the white balance should be, it somehow went from dry day to wet day - I suspect in between the two would be more accurate.
Author:  DavPaz [ Fri Jul 08, 2011 14:12 ]
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Decca wrote:
it somehow went from dry day to wet day


:hat:
Author:  Decca [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 21:45 ]
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the sky tonight by Learnin' Curve, on Flickr

35mm 1.8 set at I can't remeber

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mr moon by Learnin' Curve, on Flickr

My neighbours thought I was nuts/taking pictures of them, they banged on the window and everything while I stood there going "the mooon the moooon" and pointed upwards. ?:|

sigma 70-300mm at 300mm

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night moon by Learnin' Curve, on Flickr
Author:  markg [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 7:10 ]
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Nice, you know you've probably got just about enough magnification there to see some of the planets as more than just points of light.
Author:  Zardoz [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 23:46 ]
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Had a great day down at the Fleetwood Marsh Nature Park on Saturday. The place was teeming with stuff. Nice to see Fleetwood has a very healthy Burnet Moth community, even the wind couldn't shift them from their favourite flowers.

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Very relaxed too, let me get very close.

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Lots of these Common Bluetail Damselflies about too (and dull looking females)

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Caught a Silver Y moth* that gave itself away by fluttering about as I was shooting other stuff.

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Was nice having my new bag with me so I could switch between macro and zoom as the Herring Gulls were having a nice day out too.

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Also: Savage Duck

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*Looks more like bird shit than a silver 'Y'.
Author:  Zardoz [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 23:53 ]
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Here's something synthetic for all you nature haters too:

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Author:  Decca [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:48 ]
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Blimey. I'm not a massive fan of bugs but the birds and shiny shiny thing I do like very much.

In other news I got my first sale, I can't show you the picture because it's from sports day. >:| (not photo of the year by a long shot but the mother liked it)
Author:  kalmar [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:50 ]
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Great moon pics Decca, wow!

Also the bugs, duck and sequins :p
Author:  Decca [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 16:48 ]
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eeeeep. Decided to do a little capture summer in nature project thing. Have patched the D300 to get the much much nicer D2x colours as defaults and I've got a "holy shit, this is like the ones other people take" photo. I'll be in lightroom being obsessive for a bit if you need me.
Author:  Decca [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 17:18 ]
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One I like but I'm not quite sure about

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summer sun by Learnin' Curve, on Flickr

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cool blue log 2 by Learnin' Curve, on Flickr

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bee by Learnin' Curve, on Flickr

The one I like the most

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summer flower by Learnin' Curve, on Flickr
Author:  Zardoz [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 17:23 ]
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That last one's a beaut. Great colours.
Author:  NervousPete [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 19:26 ]
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LOVE the second moth photo, Zardoz. Especially the antennae, for all the world like the stroke of a caligraphy brush.

Decca, definitely like the last flower pic over the earlier one, which is a bit too busy. Also the wood texture shot might benefit from high contrast B&W. I love your edited moon shot, it's a cracker! All that inky void and gleaming light and crags and basins! :luv: - Kudos on your sale, by the way!

Three photos from me:

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Garcon!


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Sit by the window.



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Puritan bedroom.

(Think that one's my fave.)
Author:  Cras [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 19:27 ]
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Pete, that first one is fantastic. Such expressive guys, and brilliant colours and clarity.
Author:  Decca [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 19:52 ]
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Craster wrote:
Pete, that first one is fantastic. Such expressive guys, and brilliant colours and clarity.


Agreed, he needs to get his arse in gear and start selling them.

I hate to annoy you but that moon shot is pretty much right out of camera (high pass sharpened and cropped is all I did), it was spot metered on the moon hense the black sky.
Author:  Decca [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 20:02 ]
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Not sold on the black and white version of the log yet.

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Author:  markg [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 21:05 ]
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Love the puritan bedroom one too Pete, the areas of total black work really well in B/W.

Great flower pic too Decca, lovely and delicate shapes in the subject and the bokeh.

Nice bugs as ever Z, we went down toward the river too yesterday, although we headed the other way until we passed through the old Vinyl Chloride Section and on past the tracks further into The Zone, it's quite nice down there:

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Author:  Cras [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 21:22 ]
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Surely carrying your goggles is decidedly less useful than wearing them?
Author:  Zardoz [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 21:29 ]
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Another great portrait, Pete. They look like a right pair. :)

Prefer the B&W interior shot out of the two, lovely tones.

It's great down by the rivers edge, Mark. Don't have to travel too far to find yourself in a completely new setting. Really like the shot with the White pipe and the high contrast of the graphitti wall.
Author:  Decca [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 22:11 ]
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Another great set, I really dig the last one, the colours and the way the light seems to dance is fantastic.
Author:  Bobbyaro [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 22:21 ]
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I thought that tyre was a snake at first glance!
Author:  DavPaz [ Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:18 ]
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MOAR crappy phone pics, you say? Why not!

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Tame Squirrel Sefton Park by MrDavPaz, on Flickr

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Running Statue Liverpool Uni by MrDavPaz, on Flickr
Author:  Decca [ Tue Jul 12, 2011 17:32 ]
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couple from me today

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can I help you madam by Learnin' Curve, on Flickr

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one does not simply walk into by Learnin' Curve, on Flickr
Author:  Bobbyaro [ Tue Jul 12, 2011 18:26 ]
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That squirrel does not look tame, it looks like it wants to rip your throat out!
Author:  Cras [ Tue Jul 12, 2011 18:51 ]
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Nah, it's throwing shapes.

Squirrel!

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Author:  DavPaz [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:58 ]
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My Nemesis by MrDavPaz, on Flickr

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Imprisoned Nuts by MrDavPaz, on Flickr

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Shiny Apples by MrDavPaz, on Flickr
Author:  MaliA [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:03 ]
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Decca wrote:
I've just spent hours editing great photographs I can't put online even though they include my own child because it's of a school sports day. Head saw me with a whacking great DSLR and made her move - Going to have to take my CF card and reader into school and manually transfer them over.



Why can't you put them online? What are they going to do?
Author:  Decca [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:35 ]
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You don't want to know.... there is a story to be told and a massive flicker update to be had when the girl leaves....
Today and I swear to god this is true, we had a school assembly. They got four children to stand up with laminated printed picture signs.
Child #1: and now for health and saftey, mobile phones must be turned off. (two doctors in the audience laugh) *picture of a mobile
Child #2: Crying children may be taken into the year l classroom *picture of a crying child
Child #3: Emergency exits are here, here and here *holds up exit sign
Child #4:No photography exept for personal use! *holds up a picture of a camera

I'm not fucking joking.
/sigh

I've been getting some love for this, I've photographed the place about 20 times (rare that the light is good enough not to bin the picture) as it's on our regular walk so I'm kind of bored of seeing it.

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creepy wall by Learnin' Curve, on Flickr
Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 14:06 ]
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Achievement unlocked!

Just hit the 10,000 view count on Flickr.

This has had the most views out of the lot:

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This one has had the most comments and most favourites*:

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*well, jointly with another shot really.
Author:  markg [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 14:09 ]
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Good work. I think I need to add more tags and better descriptions to mine, I've only had 1800 views. :'( :droool:
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 14:12 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
Just hit the 10,000 view count on Flickr.
Huh. Really? I'm on 51,352 for "photos and videos" but my pictures are rubbish. I can count on the fingers of one hand how many comments or favourites I've had from people I don't know.

Be af33red of my most popular pic, with 12,823 views;

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
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Left 4 Dead tank funny death pose by PenLlawen, on Flickr


You have to go a long way down my stats before you find a photo that's not popular because of a) novelty b) SEO mojo c) has Internet-famous people in it or d) is an inexplicably popular snapshot.
Author:  markg [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 14:13 ]
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Do you post some of them on your blogs etc?
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 14:15 ]
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Yeah, but it's not like any of those are brimming over with traffic either. :shrug:
Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 14:16 ]
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Yeah it's down to the subject matter, groups you join and tags really.

It's very encouraging to get comments from strangers, especially from fellow bug freaks :) . There are a lot of nice folks on Flickr, quite a few that I've since added to my contact list.
Author:  NervousPete [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 21:00 ]
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Doc G. there, proving once again the ineffable unfairness of the universe. ;)

I'm on just shy of 14,000 hits. Zardoz's slow, steady catching up stat-wise worries me. For some unknown reason.
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 21:42 ]
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My flickr join date is Jan 2006; that'll be a factor too.
Author:  DavPaz [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 21:44 ]
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*checks*

I apparently joined in December 2006. Didn't upload a picture until the Manchester meet in Feb 2010, though
Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 21:47 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
My flickr join date is Jan 2006; that'll be a factor too.

Er, yeah could well be, Doc. :)
Author:  Cras [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 21:55 ]
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Mine's October 2006. I have 188 hits :D
Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 21:56 ]
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I guess there's only a few folk into badger snaps.
Author:  Cras [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 21:57 ]
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They're like brandy snaps, only hairier.
Author:  DavPaz [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 21:58 ]
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Of course if I ever need hits, I post a baby pic on Facebook and rake in the suckers. 144 so far today :)
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