Nice Photos.
Posted by: u5227470736789439 on 27 February 2008
Most of us have taken one or two nice photos.
Here is my candidate as being almost quite good. In fact it is two painstakingly joined.
Taken up in the mountain at Skurdalsvatn in 2000.
Though this one takien in Warsaw in November 2006 is not bad:
I know there are several good photgraphers here, and it would be nice to see some of you best efforts if you feel inclined to share!
George
Posted on: 09 January 2012 by Kevin-W
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Posted on: 09 January 2012 by rodwsmith
I had the enormous pleasure of a three week trip to Chile last October, and just looking back through the pictures to remind myself of hot weather and the memories:
Posted on: 09 January 2012 by Kevin-W
Originally Posted by rodwsmith:
I had the enormous pleasure of a three week trip to Chile last October, and just looking back through the pictures to remind myself of hot weather and the memories:
Lucky you Rod. Of all the countries in S America, Chile has always been the one I most wanted to visit! How was it, and where did you go?
K
Posted on: 09 January 2012 by rodwsmith
Thanks Kevin.
It was a wine trip, organised by Wines of Chile and the Institute of Masters of Wine, and the deal was if we got there, they paid for ten days everything. Too much of a temptation! But such trips can be a bit, er, over-winey, and very full-on (and so it proved) so I added an extra ten days on, decided to fulfil a childhood dream and spent four days on Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
Breathtaking and magical, and managed to exceed my (very high) expectations. It's the remotest inhabited place on earth, some five hours flight from anywhere, and only LAN Chile fly there, from Santiago. Only one flight per day, as the amount or tourism is now capped, and they do not want visitor numbers exceeding islanders ever. I'm afraid this has the effect of making everything (except fish) really quite expensive, but heavens it was worth it. The people are very friendly. It's Chilean territory, but completely autonomous. They politely ask you to take a bag of rubbish back with you on the plane (all the packaging you arrived with, and ideally a bit more). Most people obliged - it was a very odd looking collection of passengers and carry-on luggage!
Mainland Chile is as diverse as it would be possible to be - if you "laid" it on Europe, it would stretch from Reykyavik to Cairo (apparently). I have already been to the cool south, and this wine trip was going to the northernmost vineyard valley, on the edge of the Atacama dessert. When I go again, I will either venture further north into the driest place on Earth, and/or south to the Patagonian glaciers.
The Chileans are lovely people, and warmer to Brits than most places I have been. The country also seems to be relatively recession-proof, or maybe that's just an impression, but certainly they seem happy and prosperous. Main industry is mining, so maybe China wants all that copper or something.
Santiago is, frankly, a little bit like any big city, but clean, safe and easily navigable. I wouldn't allow any more than a couple of days though. But it is a good base for some hiking in the Andes. Valparaiso, on the coast, the second city is far more colourful, lively (maybe edgy even), and much more photogenic and interesting. Seems not to have experienced the constant earthquake rebuilding of the capital either.
Great country, and good value. The wines are vastly superior to how they were on my last visit (10 years ago), too, and they've always been good value.
Highly recommended!
Posted on: 09 January 2012 by rodwsmith
A couple more:
Posted on: 09 January 2012 by Kevin-W
Great pics Rod - I presume the pic of the funicular is from Valparaiso? Looks and sounds fab - want to go there more than ever now.
Do you know Vina Mar especial Reserva Sauvignon Blanc? One of my very favourite wines...
Please do post some more pics
Posted on: 11 January 2012 by Kevin-W
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Posted on: 20 January 2012 by JamieWednesday
Boring weather - Can't go out and take photos on my afternoon off
Posted on: 20 January 2012 by Sementti
Posted on: 20 January 2012 by Fabio 1
Sementti,
beautiful photos.Definitely a very good photographer.Thank you for posting
Posted on: 20 January 2012 by Christopher_M
Thanks Sementti, the ice skater has a certain HC-B thing about it 
Chris
Posted on: 21 January 2012 by JamieWednesday
My daughter says they look like ghosts, clearly we're thankful they're not...
Posted on: 22 January 2012 by JamieWednesday
" SUPER "
Posted on: 24 January 2012 by bhaagensen
"Busride"
Almost straight out of cam (+1 exposure in post proc)
Posted on: 27 January 2012 by JamieWednesday
So, got another Friday afternoon booked off, only both kids off sick today and still can't go out and about with camera! Sunny day too. Had to do indoors stuff instead...
Posted on: 27 January 2012 by Tony Lockhart
Blimey Jamie, that's stunning!
Thanks for posting.
Tony
Posted on: 27 January 2012 by winkyincanada
Originally Posted by Tony Lockhart:
Blimey Jamie, that's stunning! Thanks for posting. Tony
Yes, wonderful.
Posted on: 28 January 2012 by Mike-B
How about picture posters giving info on the camera, lens & the various speed f/stop numbers & other notes.
I guess most of us that are interested in the quality pics are foto techno nerds
e.g. my avatar original is
Canon EOS 50D
Tv 1/200
Av 7.1
ISO 400
Canon 100-400mm
Focal Length 350mm
Sigma EF-530 flash infill
Early morning half light under tree
Needed ASA 1600 to better Tv 1/100 & Av 5.6 without flash
Posted on: 28 January 2012 by Tony Lockhart
I'm more interested in how photographers 'see' the potential in a scene. I'm usually so jealous!
Cameras, lenses etc just bores me. If I had exactly the same camera equipment as, say, Tonym, my Lake District landscapes would look completely different (not as good).
Tony
Posted on: 28 January 2012 by JamieWednesday
Thanks for the comments on the orchids.
Exif data can be seen, via Flikr page for example
I think mood has a lot to do with it and the desire to create. And experience. I've only been more serious about my photography for a year or two but I've been taking pictures for years. So I guess if something worked, or alomost worked, it gets stored and re-visited occasionally.
Sometimes though it's just a thought process on how to get the image in your mind evolved into reality. Yesterday I was playing with my new x-100 and set up an orchid my wife had got for her birthday. I was aware though that I just wanted the orchids in the shot, so wanted a flat background rather than clutter and to use the daylight.
So I stuck some coloured card to the kitchen window and the flowers in front of that. Black card worked best but x-100 pictures, while nice, lacked real sparkle (I don't think this is its forte) but I knew I was on to something with set up. So went and got the 7d with 135mm on it!! That way I could get high depth of field with long lens, only about a metre and half away, and wide open.
Posted on: 28 January 2012 by Mike-B
Excellent ideas Jamie, this is EXACTLY what I had in mind.
I like the black card idea in the window, gives the required black to set off the colors & detail but still allows that nice backlit edge to the petals. Thats one for the notebook.
I normally always use a long lens for flowers to get the required depth of field, I've even gone as far as a 400mm + 1.4ex at 5 metres to get an effect. Problem is lugging a 400mm around a country house is a PITA. My usual garden & park lens is 18-135mm but like all zooms greater than x5 its not great at one end or the other & this one falls down with max Av at short focal lengths.
Posted on: 28 January 2012 by GML
Posted on: 28 January 2012 by GML
Playing about with the new camera.
Posted on: 28 January 2012 by Kevin-W
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Posted on: 28 January 2012 by GML
