Photos you have taken in the last month of which you are proud?

Hartside top.

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One more of the girl above, close cropped. She was utterly gorgeous and completely lovely. I could not believe it when she told me she worked in 'logistics'. I asked her friend if she looked like a womean who worked in logistics and she just laughed and so said 'no she's an artist in denial'.

Lots of the photos I take of my boys are simply snaps to record a moment, but this one really caught something for me:

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(RX100 mk1 f/11 1/500 24.4mm)

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Sadly didn't have the SLR, so only had the phone & instagram.
Still quite like it.

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I like those alleyway shots Geetee.

My favourite time of the year,spring's a springing 😀
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Paris.

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Thanks Andy - every now and then you get lucky.

So Gee who was the model?
Was it the young bloke?

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Was it the young bloke?

Yes although the young woman with the braids was also a professional dancer so knew how to hold and present herself to an 'audience'.

It's quite intimidating shooting a professional when you're merely an amateur; I've read this in other people's experience, where they hire a model for their own photoshoot and suddenly feel the pressure to know what they are doing, to have an idea as to what they want and know how to direct that in the model. The experience really highlights the difference between just taking a picture and making a portrait. Anyone can point a camera at someone and press the shutter but there's so much more to making a portrait than that.

Pretty pleased with this shot taken on the shore of Bassenthwaite yesterday. I heard the roar of the jet as I was composing the shot, clicked the shutter, then looked up to see where the jet was. It was only afterwards that I noticed I had caught it on camera!
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Andy, Greg, if you haven't seen this already:

https://www.lensculture.com/portrait-awards-2016

<24hrs left to enter (as of 13:26 8th March)

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I love following this thread. Some fantastic shots, especially from the regular posters.

Thought I'd share one of mine. This is from Elie last night as I went out on the off chance there would be an aurora, but it wasn't strong enough to see clearly with the naked eye although the camera picked up the faint green glow on a 30s exposure. Instead of trying to capture the weak aurora I turned my attention to the lighthouse, and played around with various compositions until I was satisfied enough with this shot before going home with numb cold hands.

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Pretty pleased with this shot

**** me I'm not surprised! That's stunning. It coule be even better but it's just a suggestion. Think about trying a different crop, less panoramic, maybe even just traditional landcape 5x7 so that you put more emphasis on the jet - currently though it's an amazing capture, you almost need to do a double take to see it. I'd crop at the point where the snow capped mountain top runs out on the left.

The other thing to consider, and I would understand if you were reticent but in this case I'd encourage you to do it as you've got license for it, is to clone stamp the jet to a position lower in the sky and then remove the original. Try to get a little less blue sky between it and the horizon and then leave the jet smack bang on the intersection of the vertical and horizontal lines of third.

Andy, Greg, if you haven't seen this already:

Thanks for posting this. I already follow Lens Culture on my FB account and so I have seen this but until today I've not thought about entering. Ironically though, I just entered seven images this morning. I've been reluctant up to now as you actually pay to enter, so it's not really a competition, but you do get a review and feedback from a professional photo editor so I thought it would be worth it for that.

Andy, Greg, if you haven't seen this already:

I like this; I like the way the light from the lighthouse catches and illuminates the pavement in the foreground.

I'm a little intimidated to post to be honest!!

Anyway, here's a few which I love..

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Both just taken with my smartphone in the moment

I'm a little intimidated to post to be honest!!

Really don't be. If you like you're pictures that's all the matters. If you like your pictures but you want to get better then anyone will offer helpful insight and suggestions and anyone who ends up being a prick about it is, well, just that. I'd rather be a mediocre artist than a prick any day of the week!

Bedds,as Geetee says above don't be intimidated,as the title says Post pictures you're proud of.
I enjoy seeing what people post & I'll occasionally post something myself,if you're proud of a photo then post it,it's not competitive!

**** me I'm not surprised! That's stunning. It coule be even better but it's just a suggestion. Think about trying a different crop, less panoramic, maybe even just traditional landcape 5x7 so that you put more emphasis on the jet - currently though it's an amazing capture, you almost need to do a double take to see it. I'd crop at the point where the snow capped mountain top runs out on the left.

The other thing to consider, and I would understand if you were reticent but in this case I'd encourage you to do it as you've got license for it, is to clone stamp the jet to a position lower in the sky and then remove the original. Try to get a little less blue sky between it and the horizon and then leave the jet smack bang on the intersection of the vertical and horizontal lines of third.

I disagree: I think the beauty of the shot is the relative anonymity of the jet.

I already stalk GeeTee on Flickr but Kit C will be added to the list because of this - https://flic.kr/p/DZyhC9 (you "no light pollution ere mate" b'stard!) 😆

Here's a few recentish ones from me

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I've also been adding some 360's to Flickr such as this (click the link to see it auto rotate)

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I will have a look at the portrait link, thanks for that.

Geetee i'm always reminded of that quote, maybe someone will tell me where it comes from?
"The more i practice the luckier i get"

Re pro vs amateur, "pro" is not the same as good. To my simplistic reasoning it means you earn the majority of your living from taking photos and maybe you have an additional skill set, marketing, social media etc. There are plenty of amateurs who are as good if not better than pro's, they just don't earn their living from it and don't call themselves peofessional.

"The more i practice the luckier i get"

I think it was a golfer of some variety

you "no light pollution ere mate" b'stard!

😀 Not where I live, just up visiting a relative if it makes you feel any better 😉

Kit

Not where I live, just up visiting a relative if it makes you feel any better

Ahh fair dos 8)

Went to Finland at the end of Jan and whilst I didn't think we'd get Aurora, we didn't have any clear skies at all 🙁

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View from Hodge Close

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I popped round a friends house this afternoon for a quick cuppa and his persuaded his wife to pose for me (my friend has done so quite a few times so it was only fair). It's a simple window lit portrait that took about five minutes to get but I'm really happy with the results. The colour and toning is particularly pleasing.

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Don't know when I took this tbh but was developing a couple of rolls last night in the kitchen sink and accidentally reset the timer so had to take a guess at the time remaining. Quite lucky to get anything at all.

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This one is from an early 50s viewfinder camera which has been knocking around in a drawer for decades. Lets a 'bit' of light in and you can't actually see what you're shooting as the viewfinder's broken. Good fun though.

I love both of them Bon.

ta GT!

Couple from a brief episode today in Brighton, which was otherwise both fruitless and demoralising. I get so many rejections in Brighton compared to London for street portraits. Three people today wouldn't even acknowledge me. Fortunately these two did.

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This one is not particularly interesting but it really shows off just how good the A7rII and the FE55 f/1.8 are in combination; amazing detail and colour depth.

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like the lighting on the BMX dude GT.

Woke up from a siesta with the lad to find him messing about with my phone.

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like the lighting on the BMX dude GT.

Thanks - would you be surprised to learn it was achieved using on camera flash?

A couple from trying out my new [to me] D7000 w/35mm 1.8 lens earlier today:

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Thanks - would you be surprised to learn it was achieved using on camera flash

Had a suspicion it was, but it's very well balanced with the light coming into the tunnel. Looks like it's purely available light though.

The flash is being bonced off the roof of the tunnel and we're stood quite close to the entrance, but close enough in that we are stood in pure shade. I dialled down the amount of flash compensation by about two stops and metered just for the available light on his face to get this.

I take your comments as a complement - many thanks if that is indeed how they were intended 😀 I'm growing to like the look where the light is added but still looks natural. However for something truly brilliant have a look at this:

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This is pure available light which is remarkable given the catch lights in her eyes and the balance between how subject is lit and the background. Indeed, if you have a few moments have a look at the rest of this photographer's work because he's utterly brilliant:

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My new thing is dance photography:

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Hmmmm looking at my horsey one, I think it could do with a bit of a crop.

A sparrowhawk in our garden in Maryhill.

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Brutalist cube farm.

The sentinel of White Coppice

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The layers of Lancashire

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Not posted in this thread before but thought I would share this from January. OK technically not the last month but I haven't got out with the camera much the last few weeks.

bob_summers love the shot of your kid playing with your phone. Really captures the moment and is very atmospheric.