Photography Thread

rjsterry

briantrumpet wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Oh and i'll add, the pale light going through the windows and the shadow it creates on the wall. It's just lovely the more I look at it.

Another one I put on the Topsham FB group has been popular, and then I realised that it too has shadowed light, both through the phone box, and through the street light, showing on the wall.



I think picture you were commenting on, I'm also drawn in by the fact that you can see the sky through the two windows lined up through their top floor.

True. Windows tend to end up as black rectangles; it's unusual to be able to see into and through a building.

pinno

Term1te wrote:

I recent view from my local hills.

That looks like the lake district Term1te?

Quite beautiful.

briantrumpet

Pinno wrote:

Term1te wrote:

I recent view from my local hills.

That looks like the lake district Term1te?

Quite beautiful.

Nah, reckon it's somewhere furrin. Reckon thems might be Alpine pines.

term1te

Nearly right, not quite in the Alpes, but not far away. Its taken in the Swiss Jura, about 20 miles to the south of Basel. From a bit higher up the hill, you do get a good view of the Alpes though.

briantrumpet

Term1te wrote:

Nearly right, not quite in the Alpes, but not far away. Its taken in the Swiss Jura, about 20 miles to the south of Basel. From a bit higher up the hill, you do get a good view of the Alpes though.

Aha, I've done the French Jura on my way to Annecy, but didn't see any views, as it was in a big thunderstorm, and we were close to hypothermic on the descent and with eyes stinging. It was the only time I've been pleased to find a Macdonalds.

Ben6899

A simple B&W of my trusty Preffisio...

Dolan Preffisio by Ben H, on Flickr

briantrumpet

Rather nice - some local folk on Facebook have been enjoying my photos of Topsham, so I've offered use of them to Hospiscare if they want to do cards/calendar etc. for fund-raising. It helps when you live somewhere scenic and are passing the scenes every day - if you have a passable eye for composition, and lots of opportunities to take photos, you sometimes get lucky.

Ben6899

briantrumpet wrote:

Rather nice - some local folk on Facebook have been enjoying my photos of Topsham, so I've offered use of them to Hospiscare if they want to do cards/calendar etc. for fund-raising. It helps when you live somewhere scenic and are passing the scenes every day - if you have a passable eye for composition, and lots of opportunities to take photos, you sometimes get lucky.

That's brilliant. I'd love someone to want to use my photos.

briantrumpet

Ben6899 wrote:

briantrumpet wrote:

Rather nice - some local folk on Facebook have been enjoying my photos of Topsham, so I've offered use of them to Hospiscare if they want to do cards/calendar etc. for fund-raising. It helps when you live somewhere scenic and are passing the scenes every day - if you have a passable eye for composition, and lots of opportunities to take photos, you sometimes get lucky.

That's brilliant. I'd love someone to want to use my photos.

It's helped in this case by being in quite a community community that a lot of people feel affection for (its Facebook Page has over 2000 members), and that's also pretty. I just snapped this one of the train station yesterday, and in 24 hours it got 100+ likes.

Ben6899

Nice lighting in that one. I get what you mean though. Still, well done!

Ben6899

At Kings Cross St Pancras Underground station

Away from the Crowds by Ben H, on Flickr


And an Ensign Selfix that I picked up at an antiques warehouse

Ensign Selfix by Ben H, on Flickr

pblakeney

^^^^ Nice! ^^^^

Ben6899

Cheers Blakey!

pinno

Nice pic of St Pancras. Do you employ the same woman for other pictures?:

Ben6899

Different ladies, Pinno. Lady in St Pancras is a complete stranger; lady on Hampstead Heath is my better half.

Ben6899

MAC tests on animals, allegedly...

Peaceful Protest by Ben H, on Flickr

shirley_basso

This may sound like a sarky comment, but it's not intended to be - I do like your other pics.

The protest one - where/what is the focal point? It all seems a bit blurry?

Ben6899

Shirley Basso wrote:

This may sound like a sarky comment, but it's not intended to be - I do like your other pics.

The protest one - where/what is the focal point? It all seems a bit blurry?

The girl's face, shrouded by the fur hood...

pblakeney

A Slight tangent. If you are all for animal welfare then why glorify the wearing of fur, even if fake? Plastic protester.

Ben6899

PBlakeney wrote:

A Slight tangent. If you are all for animal welfare then why glorify the wearing of fur, even if fake? Plastic protester.

I totally agree. Hence the focus.

rjsterry

Ben6899 wrote:

PBlakeney wrote:

A Slight tangent. If you are all for animal welfare then why glorify the wearing of fur, even if fake? Plastic protester.

I totally agree. Hence the focus.

Ditto Grace Dent blathering about how great it was that veganism was threatening universally evil British livestock farmers, and a couple of weeks earlier filling social media with pictures of her new dog, which she'll need to feed meat to avoid malnourishment. Sorry, completely off topic.

pinno

PBlakeney wrote:

A Slight tangent. If you are all for animal welfare then why glorify the wearing of fur...?

It's fake polyester.

Ben6899

Pinno wrote:

PBlakeney wrote:

A Slight tangent. If you are all for animal welfare then why glorify the wearing of fur...?

It's fake polyester.

It still glorifies it. Anyway, have a pigeon!

Pigeon by Ben H, on Flickr

rjsterry

Nice use of depth of field.

Ben6899

rjsterry wrote:

Nice use of depth of field.

Thanks. Taken with my favourite lens - 50mm F/1.8.

pblakeney

Pinno wrote:

PBlakeney wrote:

A Slight tangent. If you are all for animal welfare then why glorify the wearing of fur...?

It's fake polyester.

Snipping for sniping is beneath you.

Ditto on the depth of field.

SotomayorCarlos

briantrumpet wrote:

I've shunned the Facebook 'invites' to do a black-&-white photo for seven days, mostly because I don't think in b&w normally, but also because photos converted from colour normally look just like they've been converted from colour.

But I think this one works: B&W excels at shapes & shades (especially dramatic ones), and the original was barely in colour, the focus being the clouds and the silhouette of the castle & trees. It was tweaked to be more contrasty.

Amazing pictures, by the way! Loved how the black & white made beautiful compositions with the clouds. Where can I see more of that?

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Sotomayor
Editor of Restaurantes en Polanco

Ben6899

There is going to be an arts exhibition at work. I will be submitting three photos and I need to decide which ones!

pinno

Ben6899 wrote:

There is going to be an arts exhibition at work. I will be submitting three photos and I need to decide which ones!

Well done. Does that involve us?

Ben6899

I was going to pain over it with Miss6899, but, well I'd appreciate the input, if anyone has any thoughts!