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  • mr_goo
    mr_goo Posts: 3,770
    Lindos. I remember it well. Charming place despite it being busy.
    We went to Rhodes a dozen years ago arriving late at night. Only to find that half the island was on fire, quite spectacular from the air.
    Everyday when the wind changed direction the sky would rain black ash. Didn't do much to the water quality of the swimming pool either.
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  • Zendog1
    Zendog1 Posts: 816
    I finally gave in and bought a proper macro lens. Canon 100mm f/2.8 USM.

    Lots to learn and looking forward to it. Anyone else into bugs?

    36078734632_76bf53a316_b.jpgIMG_5715 by steve.palmer24, on Flickr
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,366
    That's a good shot. Tricky business photographing animals, children and... bugs.
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  • papavero
    papavero Posts: 57
    Feeding time at the zoo

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    Depressing thought, there were probably more people watching than there are Sumatran tigers left on earth.

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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,562
    ^^ Wow.
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Holy sh1t, they're amazing. ^^^
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    35661395396_386929b9c2_k.jpgWinifred by Ben H, on Flickr

    34859630104_7e484ea2b9_k.jpgWinifred by Ben H, on Flickr
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  • rick_chasey
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  • eric_draven
    eric_draven Posts: 1,192
    Avro Vulcan Bomber a few years ago on National Forces day at Scarborough,i missed it the year before there was no way i was going to miss it the second time,what a piece of engineering,I can remember as a young kid seeing them fly down the coast in the early eighties,not realizing they were training during the days of the cold war
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    They're great, Eric. What did you shoot them on?
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  • eric_draven
    eric_draven Posts: 1,192
    I have a Nikon D90,i bought it off a mate that is a graphic designer but his main interest is photography,he used the D90 as a back up to a D300 I think,but he bought another body that cost probably more than my mountain and road bikes put together,so now uses the D300 as back up,i have two lenses for it 18-140 and a 70-300 used the later for these photo's,would like a 500mm at some point but I cannot justify £450-500 for something I'm not going to used a lot
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    They're great, Eric. What did you shoot them on?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,366
    Those things are bigger than you realise and very noisy.
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    eric draven wrote:
    ... 70-300 used ... for these photo's

    Thanks Eric.
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  • eric_draven
    eric_draven Posts: 1,192
    Pinno wrote:
    Those things are bigger than you realise and very noisy.

    She came in over some trees quite low with the engines running low,it was like creeping death seeing the size of her and so quiet,but when the pilot used the engines she was loud,such an impressive machine though,shame we will never see her fly again
  • robertpb
    robertpb Posts: 1,866
    I first saw the Vulcan fly back in the late 50's at the Farnborough air show. It was a hot day and we were near the end of the runway, all I could see at first was this huge heat haze with a large shape within it, then gradually it took shape as it thundered down the runway, even then as a lad I thought how gracefull it was in the air.
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  • eric_draven
    eric_draven Posts: 1,192
    A couple from the Moto Gp at Silverstone,really hard place to photograph with an 8ft fence all round the track
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    We visited a lavender farm... out of my comfort zone, subject- and style wise and I think it shows. Not bad though and they're nice memories, which counts for a lot.

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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 25,805
    Ben6899 wrote:
    We visited a lavender farm... out of my comfort zone, subject- and style wise and I think it shows. Not bad though and they're nice memories, which counts for a lot.
    Second one is better IMO as it is less generic.
    Also, the first one needs a gradient filter, or post processing, to bring out the lavender.
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Ben6899 wrote:
    We visited a lavender farm... out of my comfort zone, subject- and style wise and I think it shows. Not bad though and they're nice memories, which counts for a lot.
    Second one is better IMO as it is less generic.
    Also, the first one needs a gradient filter, or post processing, to bring out the lavender.

    Funnily enough, I've tweaked levels to bring out the lavender as much as I dared without throwing the rest of the image. It's the end of the season for lavender, so the purples and magentas are not as vibrant as maybe a few weeks ago.

    Agreed the second one is better.

    I did some playing around with levels, to a greater extent, on the other photos in the album... more as an experiment. I prefer to shoot in B&W and leave the images exactly as they are.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 25,805
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Funnily enough, I've tweaked levels to bring out the lavender as much as I dared without throwing the rest of the image. It's the end of the season for lavender, so the purples and magentas are not as vibrant as maybe a few weeks ago.
    Assumption help. :wink:
    Try shooting RAW if you will be post processing for more latitude.
    It is possible to adjust areas of a shot while retaining others, software dependent. Or filters.
    I always shoot RAW, expose for the highlights and bring out the shadows later on the PC.
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Funnily enough, I've tweaked levels to bring out the lavender as much as I dared without throwing the rest of the image. It's the end of the season for lavender, so the purples and magentas are not as vibrant as maybe a few weeks ago.
    Assumption help. :wink:
    Try shooting RAW if you will be post processing for more latitude.
    It is possible to adjust areas of a shot while retaining others, software dependent. Or filters.
    I always shoot RAW, expose for the highlights and bring out the shadows later on the PC.

    Nice one. I'll try it!
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  • rollemynot
    rollemynot Posts: 436
    Second pic is bringing on my hay fever...
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 27,699
    Ben6899 wrote:
    We visited a lavender farm... out of my comfort zone, subject- and style wise and I think it shows. Not bad though and they're nice memories, which counts for a lot.

    https://flic.kr/s/aHsm1UHPho

    36677191602_bbf2202cf4_k.jpgGimme shelter by Ben H, on Flickr

    36013184454_89852e7206_k.jpgThe well trodden path by Ben H, on Flickr

    I know Mayfield well as it's just up the road. Lovely to ride past on a warm evening.
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  • Ben6899
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    Yes, it's really lovely. And I saw a lady who'd brought along her pet parrot.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 27,699
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Yes, it's really lovely. And I saw a lady who'd brought along her pet parrot.
    Blue, gold and green? I think I saw her down in Carshalton on Monday. There can't be that many pet parrots in the area.

    Apparently most of the hillsides in that area were used for lavender growing at one point.
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    rjsterry wrote:
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Yes, it's really lovely. And I saw a lady who'd brought along her pet parrot.
    Blue, gold and green? I think I saw her down in Carshalton on Monday. There can't be that many pet parrots in the area.

    Apparently most of the hillsides in that area were used for lavender growing at one point.

    Red and yellow. So there are at least two parrots. :)

    There are a good few Lavender farms on the outskirts of London.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,366
    Was the Parrot dead?




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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Zendog1 wrote:
    I finally gave in and bought a proper macro lens. Canon 100mm f/2.8 USM.

    Lots to learn and looking forward to it. Anyone else into bugs?

    36078734632_76bf53a316_b.jpgIMG_5715 by steve.palmer24, on Flickr

    Certainly am! Possibly first recorded mating Pearl Bordered Fritillaries this year. She had never even flown at this point!

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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Very nice, Rolf!
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  • diamonddog
    diamonddog Posts: 3,426
    ^^This, very good pic Rolf.

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