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[gpick24]

Originally Posted by Ryewolf90

5th Oct 2017 - A Robin



Not the greatest shot of a Robin I've done, the background is far too busy...

Looks like a perfectly natural habitat for a robin, what more could you want?



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[Gremlin]

Originally Posted by Ryewolf90

Same here...

Unless you have a pro camera/lens combination which are usually fully weather sealed - but they do come at a hefty price premium...

If it's just a few spits and spots of rain/light drizzle, I usually keep the camera under my jacket/fleece with the lens hood on, whip it out when I want to take some snaps and then put it back and wipe the body/lens body with a kitchen towel whilst under my jacket.

If it's absolutely teeming it down with rain, like it was yesterday, it's a different matter.

This is what I used yesterday: Storm Jacket - they came in Standard or Pro versions (in various sizes to fit different lens/camera lengths). The only difference between the Standard and Pro, is the Pro version has a velcro opening on the bottom for use on a tripod.

Mine is the medium Pro, but still big enough to cover my Sigma 150-600mm lens at full stretch + camera, plus can be bunched up to fit my 24-105mm lens + camera. Cost me around £40-45 a few years back. (Wex Photographic sells them...)

The size of the pouch with folded cover is 15cm long, 10cm tall and a couple of centimeters thick, weighs about 50-70gram, the material is waterproof/water resistant... and I can now say with confindence that even after an hour stood in the rain that both were bone dry at the end.

The rain got so bad that even the birds bogged off and sat out of the rain.

I'll take your word for it mate. I've started leaving the 150-600 at home more and more lately, I'm finding it hard to wag about without a tripod.
My favourite combo at the moment is a Nikon 810 or D750 with a 24-120 f4 lens.
Unless I've something specific in mind then I've a selection of primes to choose from.
I'm not really into wild life photography or plants. I haven't a clue what's what.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by Gremlin

I'm always afraid of taking my camera and gear out in bad weather.
There's too much money invested in the equipment.
Good for you though in getting out and about taking those great photos.

My camera's are quite humble...not in Russells league at all, but I do not like taking them out in bad weather either.
I know if they were to be weather damaged I would not get them replaced.

[Gremlin]

It's more than just having the best cameras MARGARET, the eye behind the lens is most important.
My partner studied fine art at John Moores University and I met her friend who studied with her a few weeks ago.
She had taken most of the monochrome photos for a BBC documentary about the old Liverpool docks and the demolition of them and old Liverpool.
I was very interested in what equipment she used and was amazed when she said "A LUMIX bridge camera on auto and an eye for a scene' and like me doesn't like too much processing and editing.
Just goes to show. Biggest isn't always best.

[Margaret Pilkington]

I have a couple of LUMIX camera's...I also have A Fuji compact which I carry everywhere.
You can have the most sophisticated camera in the world, but if you do not know how to use it, then it is wasted...equally having a 'feel' for a shot...and of course being in the right place at the right time are all good ingredients for a good picture.

Pictures are also a very personal thing. The shot you take means something to you because it is a moment in time, in your life.
It may evoke different emotions from someone who views the shot.

It used to be that National Trust properties did not allow you to take photographs(I do not know if this is still the case).They would, however, let you buy a compilation of shots taken by a professional photographer...on glossy paper and not cheap.
I would prefer that places like this would allow you to purchase a licence to take photographs that are personally meaningful.
I am sure this would be cost effective to them.
No outlay on paper, printing costs and a photographer.

[Gremlin]

I had to purchase a licence to take photographs in Peterborough Cathedral, got a big label to fix to my coat.
I've taken photos in the big house on Angelsey and that near Bangor(you know the ones Margaret) but flash wasn't allowed.
Luckily my camera takes pretty good photo with hi ISO settings in low light.

[Ryewolf90]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

It used to be that National Trust properties did not allow you to take photographs

It can depend from property to property, some allow photographs inside, others don't - the same goes for English Heritage. Riddlesden Hall does allow photography inside as well as outside - though it's limited to personal use only and not commercially.

Same goes for other museums etc, Howarth Art Gallery does allow any photography inside (and it'd be probably be limited to personal use of the outside only given that it's private property), when I went to Helmshore Textile Musuem I had to sign a form saying that I wouldn't use images taken inside commercially.

[Ryewolf90]

Originally Posted by gpick24

Looks like a perfectly natural habitat for a robin, what more could you want?

As you say, perfectly natural habitat, it's a perfectly good image of a Robin, but there's natural habitats and natural habitats that don't detract from your subject...

Just a few from the last few years, all of Robins in natural habitats, the 3rd image was taken earlier this year not 15ft from the one I posted...

[Ryewolf90]

That should be 'Howarth Art Gallery doesn't allow any photography inside', damn that Edit Post option disappears quickly....

[Ryewolf90]

6th Oct 2017 - Astley Hall, Chorley

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by Gremlin

I had to purchase a licence to take photographs in Peterborough Cathedral, got a big label to fix to my coat.
I've taken photos in the big house on Angelsey and that near Bangor(you know the ones Margaret) but flash wasn't allowed.
Luckily my camera takes pretty good photo with hi ISO settings in low light.

Yes, they have a similar set up in Exeter Cathedral.
The big house on Anglesey is another one I have happily snapped away in(without flash).
Osborne House does not allow you to take any pictures inside the house...flash or no flash.
Indeed, I was stopped from taking a picture of the grounds from an upper storey window.
I thought that was a bit excessive seeing as my photography was harming none of the artefacts inside the house.
I just wanted a good vantage shot.
They have stewards(plural) in every room and corridor.
Needless to say I did not splurge on the photographic souvenir of the place.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by Ryewolf90

That should be 'Howarth Art Gallery doesn't allow any photography inside', damn that Edit Post option disappears quickly....

Ten minutes is all you have got...to edit, that is.

[Gremlin]

Originally Posted by Ryewolf90

That should be 'Howarth Art Gallery doesn't allow any photography inside', damn that Edit Post option disappears quickly....

I've taken photographs in Howarth Art Gallery and nobody told me to stop.
It wasn't a special occasion either.
My partner took some of me posing by the piano also.
That was a couple of months ago.

[Ryewolf90]

7th Oct 2017 - Poole's Cavern

[Ryewolf90]

8th Oct 2017 - Steam Train on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway