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Personally I would have been too embarrassed to have posted these
heh heh, I love that stuff, water is endlessly fascinating - I take shots of the canal outside the office every day 🙂
That's a lovely pic, SFB.
but all I did was be there and press the button - nature did the rest for me.
but all I did was be there and press the button - nature did the rest for me.
And I imagine the camera did some pretty nifty things too...unless you print direct from your retina!
For the record I like the OP's shots, nice not to see overprocessed, messed about shots for once. I loved the old Illford 3200ISO B+W film...graintastic or lots of "noise" depending on your stance.
SSP
[i][b]he couldnt ride due to a minor mechanical (see if you can spot what it was in the pic)[/b]
is it me or is he missing a pedal
in addition to a bad case of chainius froggimus [/i]
Yep, the old - 'ill just fit the pedals when we get to the trail centre, oops ive brought 2 right pedals' error. He made up for it with some good pics tho.
And I imagine the camera did some pretty nifty things too
it made a clicking sound...
very 70's
im off to dig out my dad old SLR and some films i rattled off in the second eyar of uni, should be some happy memories and lots of bonfires if i remember correctly.
Does film go off? will it be ruined after sitting unprocessed for 4 years?
Does film go off?
yes, eventually
will it be ruined after sitting unprocessed for 4 years?
degraded but probably recognisable or better
oh, just uploaded some new ones:
mrnutt.wordpress.com
there's also my first foray into the world of B&W!!
as usual, don't hold back on the comments, I'm interested to hear suggestions as to how I can improve!
(yes I know I could buy a digital one that would do everything automatically)
ok here's one for SFB:
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here's the link that didn't work for my photoblog: [url= http://mrnutt.wordpress.com ]mrnutt.wordpress.com[/url]
this is for those whom wonder what it is I look like:
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this is my preferred guitar:
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and this is a picture of my pretty little niece:
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yep, I think I'm starting to get the hang of this 100% manual 35mm film camera lark! what do you think??
Back to the main point - who's Jo, and is Jo single?
Good to see the nasty SFB hazzunt put you off!
Nice pics! Has that white duck got no eye?
Tip; with portraits, get tight to the subject; fill the frame with their face, unless you are doing an 'environmental' portrait. And with kids, get down low, as it makes them feel more comfortable, and you are at their eye-level.
And whilst we're posting cute niece pictures:
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Good to see the nasty SFB hazzunt put you off!Nice pics! Has that white duck got no eye?
Tip; with portraits, get tight to the subject; fill the frame with their face, unless you are doing an 'environmental' portrait. And with kids, get down low, as it makes them feel more comfortable, and you are at their eye-level.
SFB has been nothing but an inspiration 😉
nah, I managed to catch the duck mid-blink, almost impossible! and before you ask, it smelt fowl!
as for pictures of kids at eye level, why? thats how I see them! and as for filling the frame with their face, yep but I'm saving those shots for Natgeo 😉
Oi, stop ducking the issue - Jo?
See Nettles' pic: he's got down to the little child's eye level. Kids will feel a lot more comfortable when you're down at their level. Speshly little kids. Try it.
He's right, I is a photographing genius. I even managed to catch the teething dribble on her chin 🙂
oh god no, I don't want to get that close to the little bleeders! 😆
and I'm afraid Jo's been tagged mate!
[i]he's got down to the little child's eye level[/i]
I didn't, she's freakishly tall.
Curses! What about the Spanish looking one?
That's his fiance, you cad!!!!
You utter, utter bastard.
[i]That's his fiance, you cad!!!![/i]
Really? I'd never realised 🙄
I'm with Simon. The natural stuff wins hands down. It's just a matter of catching the right image at the right time. Fannying about with it after the event is a bit daft really isn't it? Either it's a great image or it isn't.
Some great pics there. Except the drooly kids ewww.
Bath is ace.
unlike 400 near-identical snapshots of someone's arse
Nothing wrong with those pictures, except maybe not enough of them recently. SFB - More girlie's arses please!
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where was this taken? i swear ive been there,
Mr Nutt - I like the one of the clown juggling the chicken.
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I like Ms Nutt Knitting, got a really nice 70's feel to it, can you get replaceable focusing screens i.e. split prism for the zenith to nail your manual focusing. Try a handheld light meter to help work out your exposures.
Like the train tracks one. Might be worth cloning out the dust from the scans though. Fair play for posting them up for criticism.
[i]simonfbarnes[/i] you really are a miserable twonk! The couple of threads I've seen you post you seem to be constantly negative towards other people. Give it a rest.
cheers for the comments folks, but let SFB be eh? I don't take his comments to heart and to be honest I treat everything I read as tongue in cheek, yes he can be a tad acrid now and then but thats the fellas nature, SFB, don't go changing! 🙂
My trusty Zenit has a "built in light meter" but its about thirty years old so its a tad out, I could try a split prism or another light meter but to be honest about 50% of the pleasure I get out of photography is my guesswork and the imperfections that it produces. There's a lot of kudos currently placed on crystal clear focus and "the perfect" shot but to me pictures like the ones I've stuck up on my blog www.mrnutt.com tend to "do it for me" more than the more common "glassy" shots many folk strive for.
I like dirt. 🙂
i'm disappointed this thread doesn't have a high enough sunset content.
it's not a proper amateur photographer thread without sunsets and somebody's cat/puppy curled up on the sofa.
Ha!
This [url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginja_andy/2408606134/ ]better[/url] Gary? No sunsets but how about a moody [url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginja_andy/2451158973/ ]sky pic[/url]?
The couple of threads I've seen you post you seem to be constantly negative towards other people
but I post in dozens of threads. I think Mr.Nutt was soliciting opinions and I gave mine, which were negative about the shots he posted, not him.
Yes, but they weren't very sensitive, or constructive, were they? You just said they were 'rubbish', yet you offered no helpful tips or advice. I think that's what people objected to.
Fortunately, Mr Nutt is quite thick (skinned), so I doubt he'd take offence, but you could try being a little less insensitive, sometimes.
Some people are just deliberately contentious. No point getting narked about it RB.
yet you offered no helpful tips or advice
I questioned the sensibility of the experiment, but I'm pleased to see his later efforts are better 🙂
[i][b]I questioned the sensibility of the experiment[/b][/i] Oh the irony. I question the sensibility of you shooting handheld at 1.6seconds, on a 142mm focal length at f5.3 in the pitch black and expecting anything worthwhile to appear as a result (it didn't, by the way).
Why on earth you pressed the shutter release, I'll never know. Oh, and calling it 'Abstract'?! ****tastic.
Given you never take the camera off fully automatic, I can't understand why you'd want to lug a big SLR around with you Simon, when frakly you'd get similarly dull results from a P&S.
Comments such as those on your opening post really are irksome.
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Oooooooooooooo - photographer handbags are the bestest ever!
Popcorn anyone?
ADH - I'm rubbish. But at least I know it... 😀
I've had a truly rubbish day, going to log off and go for a ride. In the rain. And wind. And I've got a cold, etc etc.
Oooooooooooooo - photographer handbags are the bestest ever!
amateur ones are even better
I like them, MrNutt. SFB is clearly an arrogant cock with a photoshop fetish.
SFB is clearly an arrogant cock with a photoshop fetish.
yes but he does take the occasionally superb photograph, so I'm prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt 😉
Yes he does take good photos if you think that a good result is an amateur taking a photo that looks like it was taken by a pro to fulfil a particular brief. I've been a professional photographer in a previous life and I think the last thing an amateur should aspire to is to reproduce the type of commercial work that pros are commissioned to produce. They do it to earn money, you don't have to so do something different. Copying the sort of work that one sees published commercially is just more and more of the same and just says I have no ideas of my own and no way to value anything other than by what it might be worth if I were selling it. SFB's pictures are good technically and he could probably earn his living as a photographer from what I've seen but unless he is going to do that I fail to see the point of his photos other than for personal reward. however I must say this is an opinion based on just what I have seen here. SFB may well have other photos which he doesn't post here which might totally change my mind about what he is doing with his talent. MrNutt I do like the chef that has something about it. I think though that you deserve something better than the Zenit. Perhaps an Olympus OM1n or Pentax K1000 would be worth tracking down. They will both give you results when you get it right whereas the Zenit will let you down even when you do get it right.