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[shillelagh]

Originally Posted by davemac

Glad you are having a go at wickthings, mind they don't shoot up your nose. I did wonder if anyone captured the sunset tonight, it was visible from my house which is unusual, as I don't have a view to the horizon. Nice shots by the way.

i do try ... but they dont come out that often .. either too much zoomed in or cant zoom in enough .. got some of the bees that visited the foxgloves but havent had too many butterflys this year ... havent planted up the garden like i normally do ...

dave that crump ball thingummjig ... that looked like some of the blueberries off my blueberry bush .. when there was some on it ... lol

[davemac]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

i do try ... but they dont come out that often .. either too much zoomed in or cant zoom in enough .. got some of the bees that visited the foxgloves but havent had too many butterflys this year ... havent planted up the garden like i normally do ...

dave that crump ball thingummjig ... that looked like some of the blueberries off my blueberry bush .. when there was some on it ... lol

With regard to the zoom for the wickthings is it that you cant get close enough. I would go closer rather than zoom if possible.

[shillelagh]

rather use the zoom ... that way i dont get too close dont like insects too much .. they sting, they bite and i end up wi a big red spot ... plus the camera refuses to take pics from time to time ... kind of saying that its too close or its zoomed in too much ...

[davemac]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

rather use the zoom ... that way i dont get too close dont like insects too much .. they sting, they bite and i end up wi a big red spot ... plus the camera refuses to take pics from time to time ... kind of saying that its too close or its zoomed in too much ...

Sound like its time to leave a note on the mantelpiece for Santa.

[shillelagh]

Originally Posted by davemac

Sound like its time to leave a note on the mantelpiece for Santa.

this camera ive got now was my christmas pressie 4 years ago from the spugster ... have took something like 18000 photos with it .... its been dropped, photos in the rain, kicked etc etc ... think the only thing i havent done to it is set fire to it ... but it fits in my pocket, it has AA batteries not a rechargeable one that will run out after taking 300 photos ... and thats the problem ... 90% of the cameras nowadays are the rechargeable batteries ... i prefer the AA batteries ...that way when it runs out ..i can change em and you can get them everywhere. Like on saturday .. i took over 700 photos of the preston guild .. i wouldnt have got half of them if it had been a rechargeable one.

[Margaret Pilkington]

My camera has a rechargeable battery and it takes pictures forever.......I haven't calculated how many exactly......but in Wales I took more that 200 pics with it and it still hasn't been charged.
I have a spare battery too, which is charged and in the camera case. My Camera has a GPS setting....if that is switched on then the battery doesn't last long, but I check that the GPS is off.
I like my little camera......I haven't tried dropping it, or kicking it...and I am a bit reluctant to take it out in the rain........but Davemac has a similar camera and rain doesn't seem to stop him from taking pics.

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by davemac

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The end one was the first I looked at, you do realise that you keep setting trends, cobbles, arches, doors, steps, lets have a set of old machinery and widgets if you have any.

As requested a load of old bits and pieces of iron and widgets!

I think Gremlin might appreciate some of these too!

Weigh-scales and chains given a seppia effect.

[churchfcrules]

i too have a rechargeable, and mine is a dslr, canon eos d400, i have 2 batteries, when i go on walkabout, the battery will last me a good 24hrs, so 48 hours (i think about it as time before i need to find electricity), i also have 2 lenses a 18-55mm, and a 75-200mm, the problem i am facing is, the weight difference between that and a little compact i have, but the canon takes miles better pictures, when you are carrying 15kg round up fells, it makes a difference by the end of day 2, plus everything is usually "damp" by then, so it weighs at least 20kg, the weight of a full dslr with the lenses, compared to the weight of a compact, i might take em both next time and compare the pictures, a future possible thread there?

[churchfcrules]

Originally Posted by mobertol

As requested a load of old bits and pieces of iron and widgets!

I think Gremlin might appreciate some of these too!

Weigh-scales and chains given a seppia effect.

love the scales, and (this sounds weird) any chance you have, or could take, one of the chains wet? think some oil or water would gave loads of texture.

[davemac]

Originally Posted by mobertol

As requested a load of old bits and pieces of iron and widgets!

I think Gremlin might appreciate some of these too!

Weigh-scales and chains given a seppia effect.

What can I say but thanks, number 2 is a great shot as is the chain shot, and the scaffolding photo is almost monotone, until you see the blue bit, well done.

[churchfcrules]

Originally Posted by mobertol

As requested a load of old bits and pieces of iron and widgets!

I think Gremlin might appreciate some of these too!

Weigh-scales and chains given a seppia effect.

the scales have a definite spaghetti western feel!

[davemac]

Originally Posted by churchfcrules

love the scales, and (this sounds weird) any chance you have, or could take, one of the chains wet? think some oil or water would gave loads of texture.

I think you should talk to somebody about this.


What type of compact have you got, and how is the canon taking better shots.
I just get curious how people take shots and what equipment they have used, especially if I think "I wished I had taken that shot"

[churchfcrules]

Originally Posted by davemac

I think you should talk to somebody about this.


What type of compact have you got, and how is the canon taking better shots.
I just get curious how people take shots and what equipment they have used, especially if I think "I wished I had taken that shot"

for a start the compact is a little point and click hitachi, and it will only take the "standard shot" landscape, portrait.....full auto, yaydayyadayada, you know the score, i use it when im djing, and hand it out for people to take around the room, they bring it back, i put their piccies on a screen then burn em to disc for em to remember their evening.(intrestingly enough, and a bit of a thread wander i once gave it out when asked to do a Sunday afternoon at the railway in Huncoat, as i was carrying my stuff in the locals from the bottom of whinney hill were carrying it out of the other door, needless to say they were only joking, and my equipment was returned, except for my camera didnt come back to me that day, probably my own fault, but at least they weren't members of a criminal gang that terrorised a community, murdering anyone who got in their way, and if you understand that, good, if not ignore anything bracketed) it that sort of camera

no DoF adjustment, and i do like a bit of the old DoF, to go with my wet chains

(dirty laugh, sid james style)

[Gremlin]

Originally Posted by davemac

With regard to the zoom for the wickthings is it that you cant get close enough. I would go closer rather than zoom if possible.

I have taken photos for a transport and machine forum for years and only just started to get interested in macro. I borrowed a book from the library and also bought one specific for my camera to learn more about macro photography.
The advice I got regarding macro is to get as close as possible, if there is a slight movement left or right then it will be exaggerated the further away you are, basic trigonometry.
The lady who does my gardening was watching me take the photo of the butterfly and she said I was only an inch away.
The trouble with getting too close is the light can be blocked out by the camera if you are not taking notice, I also only use manual focus.

My main interest is big machinery or vehicles, motorcycles, steam engines, ships, planes or lorries. Although they are not "Today in pictures" the ones below are some I took for the magazine, I used a film camera rather then digital for some of them and lost a bit of quality through scanning them.

[davemac]

Originally Posted by churchfcrules

for a start the compact is a little point and click hitachi, and it will only take the "standard shot" landscape, portrait.....full auto, yaydayyadayada, you know the score, i use it when im djing, and hand it out for people to take around the room, they bring it back, i put their piccies on a screen then burn em to disc for em to remember their evening.(intrestingly enough, and a bit of a thread wander i once gave it out when asked to do a Sunday afternoon at the railway in Huncoat, as i was carrying my stuff in the locals from the bottom of whinney hill were carrying it out of the other door, needless to say they were only joking, and my equipment was returned, except for my camera didnt come back to me that day, probably my own fault, but at least they weren't members of a criminal gang that terrorised a community, murdering anyone who got in their way, and if you understand that, good, if not ignore anything bracketed) it that sort of camera

no DoF adjustment, and i do like a bit of the old DoF, to go with my wet chains

(dirty laugh, sid james style)

Whilst I say, you choose the camera that you are comfortable with, some people dismiss the compact as just that compact. I use a compact fujifilm F500exr and apart from interchangable lenses it does most things a SLR or a Bridge will do and is 16 megapixels.
Having said that we all choose a camera for different reasons, my main reason for choosing mine was, it had to fit in my top pocket. Not a photographical reason, but a reason to take photos, as its always in my top pocket. I even have a pocket in my pyjamas, just for chance something crops up in the night.