Camera in your pocket thread.
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And what prey tell is one of those. Bearing in mind that my mother is 95 and easily offended as she doesn't like swearing or nudity.MOFO means "Mother F***er"
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they shred anything it gets it paws on n you try take it away fkn no chance n got 8 of um
they shred anything it gets it paws on n you try take it away fkn no chance n got 8 of um
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Dont be fooled ,I am far from a pro .. I knew some one whos photographer took their money and legged it a few days before the wedding and as it was too late to get another I stepped in. The end result was really good, in fact much better than some we saw on the net and pretty soon people were knocking on my door.I really should add this thread as I started it, but just for now....Gubbins, would you believe that those moth shots were taken using one of these.
http://www.trustedreviews.com/Fujifilm-Finepix-F11-review
You wouldn't believe just how scratched battered and worn that the camera is now. I can't even see the image on the back screen any more. My one hate of the camera, was that it had no viewfinder.
Sadly my phone doesn't seem to take very good photos, but always carry at least a pocket point and shoot with me. Working outside for a living, I guess that I am in some ways spoilt. You were very brave person to take on wedding photography.
Over time I learned two important lessons which the photo below clearly demonstrates. (Shot on a Fujji Finepix.
1/ never edit the original.. saving under a new name is fine but how many edits can you save before they start to get lost?
2/ Shoot in Raw . I save my Raw files to a dedicated drive on my PC and any changes made to them are reversible, whereas my train pic below has been ruined and as the original was a jpeg there is no way back..
Hi Gubbins, I hope you won't mind me adding to your comments ref camera files. "Most" cameras (not all though) produce really good jpeg files these days. The important point you quite correctly made was to keep the original files whether RAW or jpeg. Any editing should be saved with a new name so that you always have the original to go back to. As a rule don't re-edit a jpeg that has already been edited. As you point out the quality gets degraded each time a new jpeg is saved. Whilst RAW files give you more control they are much larger file sizes so can be difficult to handle. Also… you will sometimes need more complex software to open a raw file. If you are shooting professionally and perhaps are still learning… like you impromptu wedding! Shoot raw as any mistakes in exposure or colour temperature can usually be fixed. If you are shooting for fun… jpegs should be fine. Hope that helps a little more. Your train shot is a cracker by the way.
Hi Phil
No worries add away.. modern cameras have a bewildering array of settings and I am sure those that are just watching will be glad of any pointers. I consider that particular image to be one of my bad ones and only keep it to remind me of what I did. Originally it had overhead wires and other artifacts and I spent many enjoyable hours removing them, and now many years on, if only I had the original.....
I was a member of a sort of on line photo club for a while.. I think it was a Facebook thing made private to the club ... challenges with a topic are a good idea but it soon got out of hand with some members over posting too many Images.
I think it could be interesting if anyone has the time and inclination to do it, but rules would need to be decided on. For example.. a weekly subject could be water with members only allowed one image with everyone else voting on them. Someone posting a dozen pics of windermere sort of spoils it..
Well, that's my view..
Here's the muddy path without a bicycle, just for you:And a score of muddy bike pics. That's my opinion.
Sorry Gubbins you have misunstood me when I said about the hosting.
What I actually meant was, the best place to upload them to, before adding images to say a forum. Like Photobucket, Postimage, imageshack etc.
But in line with your comment, I did used to belong to an online club/forum sub section, and they would have a monthly photo completion, which I frequently won. I worked out at a very early stage, that as the voting was public, the way to win was not necessarily by the merit of the photo, it was the title that you might have used.
Take this one for example, which might not be the considered the best of shots, but the title was "Pause and reflect" Sadly I can't remember what the theme was though.
I recall using "In flight refuelling" for the Humming Bird Hawk moth.
It is also strange how the dullest of subject can also sometimes make for an interesting choice. If someone said take a photo of a multi storey car park for example, you would more than likely cringe at the idea.
Oddly, this is one of my favourite photos.
What I actually meant was, the best place to upload them to, before adding images to say a forum. Like Photobucket, Postimage, imageshack etc.
But in line with your comment, I did used to belong to an online club/forum sub section, and they would have a monthly photo completion, which I frequently won. I worked out at a very early stage, that as the voting was public, the way to win was not necessarily by the merit of the photo, it was the title that you might have used.
Take this one for example, which might not be the considered the best of shots, but the title was "Pause and reflect" Sadly I can't remember what the theme was though.
I recall using "In flight refuelling" for the Humming Bird Hawk moth.
It is also strange how the dullest of subject can also sometimes make for an interesting choice. If someone said take a photo of a multi storey car park for example, you would more than likely cringe at the idea.
Oddly, this is one of my favourite photos.
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Ah. Clarity...Sorry Gubbins you have misunstood me when I said about the hosting.
What I actually meant was, the best place to upload them to, before adding images to say a forum. Like Photobucket, Postimage, imageshack etc.
But in line with your comment, I did used to belong to an online club/forum sub section, and they would have a monthly photo completion, which I frequently won. I worked out at a very early stage, that as the voting was public, the way to win was not necessarily by the merit of the photo, it was the title that you might have used.
Take this one for example, which might not be the considered the best of shots, but the title was "Pause and reflect" Sadly I can't remember what the theme was though.
I recall using "In flight refuelling" for the Humming Bird Hawk moth.
It is also strange how the dullest of subject can also sometimes make for an interesting choice. If someone said take a photo of a multi storey car park for example, you would more than likely cringe at the idea.
Oddly, this is one of my favourite photos.
I went through a phase of sending photos to Paul the weatherman on tv. And as you say.. pander to him with a title that suggested somewhere near where he was brought up often got my pics on tv.
Apologies if anyone thought I was grumbling about the plethora of muddy bike photos.. I honestly thought the OP was suggesting a non ebike related photographic topic..Sorry Gubbins you have misunstood me when I said about the hosting.
What I actually meant was, the best place to upload them to, before adding images to say a forum. Like Photobucket, Postimage, imageshack etc.
But in line with your comment, I did used to belong to an online club/forum sub section, and they would have a monthly photo completion, which I frequently won. I worked out at a very early stage, that as the voting was public, the way to win was not necessarily by the merit of the photo, it was the title that you might have used.
Take this one for example, which might not be the considered the best of shots, but the title was "Pause and reflect" Sadly I can't remember what the theme was though.
I recall using "In flight refuelling" for the Humming Bird Hawk moth.
It is also strange how the dullest of subject can also sometimes make for an interesting choice. If someone said take a photo of a multi storey car park for example, you would more than likely cringe at the idea.
Oddly, this is one of my favourite photos.
Just paddling back from the mud slightly and back to topic.. There are raw shooter apps for phones now. I tried a couple last summer which seemed to work ok..
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/shoot-process-raw-photos-android-youd-want/
Title top left was incidental..
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/shoot-process-raw-photos-android-youd-want/
Title top left was incidental..
Something different from taking a 15mm long insect back home with me:
These are the parts responsible for the click beetles huge jumping ability which is equivalent to a human jumping about 60 feet vertically from a standstill. The beetle is upside down here, the prong is on the thorax, the grooved plate on the head. At a sign of danger the prong is inserted into the recess of the plate groove, the muscles tighten to tension the two together and then the beetle straightens again to part the two. With the pressure between the two, release when it comes is violent, the prong and plate tips striking the surface with force propelling the beetle into the air. When the beetle is inverted as here, escaping is the same, but it's the tips of the head and abdomen that strike the surface to propel it up.
And below the amazing eyes and sensory organs of a crane fly:
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These are the parts responsible for the click beetles huge jumping ability which is equivalent to a human jumping about 60 feet vertically from a standstill. The beetle is upside down here, the prong is on the thorax, the grooved plate on the head. At a sign of danger the prong is inserted into the recess of the plate groove, the muscles tighten to tension the two together and then the beetle straightens again to part the two. With the pressure between the two, release when it comes is violent, the prong and plate tips striking the surface with force propelling the beetle into the air. When the beetle is inverted as here, escaping is the same, but it's the tips of the head and abdomen that strike the surface to propel it up.
And below the amazing eyes and sensory organs of a crane fly:
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Beautiful! One of the Lymantriidae moth caterpillars. I can't see enough of it to be absolutely certain of the species, but it looks like the green form of the Pale Tussock moth larva, Calliteara pudibunda.
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Latest commission. I might have some fun snapping some shots of this when placed in a better position.
