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Business trip to Sweden but I was afforded half a day to myself so here are a few from the city most likely to leave you feeling utterly inadequate (fat, ugly and poor):
Yep - that is a familiar feeling - in Sweden and in DK. Lovely photos as usual.
Lovely photos as usual.
Thankyou DJ. Appreciated.
that is a familiar feeling - in Sweden and in DK
And in Vienna 🙂
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And in Vienna
That means nothing to me.
I'll get my coat.
Moar Vienna.
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'Self-portrait' 🙂
Only a still from a video cos I couldn't get the timer to run for long enough. Gloves used as a tripod. 🙂
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Trying light painting with a 3.5W laser:
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Not entirely satisfied with it, but I think the technique has promise.
I like it Ben, nice idea.
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After the ride.
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My boys.
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Another "urban ballerina" photo:
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N Yorkshire
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Cairngorms
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That's, er, not to be sniffed at. Nice picture!
Ha ha, good one. Thanks.
So many great pics on this thread it's unreal.
only a phone shot but i like it .
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Stopping to take photos during my commute again
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I've been in glorious Helsinki. Naturally I had my camera with me though the sun was so strong I had to wait until well after 7pm before I could take anything interesting. A few street portraits for your entertainiment.
If you click through to the Flickr page, I always include a description of how the portrait came to be made.
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My personal favourite for all kinds of reasons:
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S****y new lens, eh Greg? 😀
Here's an actual riding pic, on my way home from catching a great sunset from the hills.
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I like that Kit. Took me a moment to work it out. What tripod do you take riding?
Thanks! First time I've taken it on a ride, but it's a Manfrotto BeFree. Taken it travelling with me and it's been pretty good so far.
Another from last night.
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S****y new lens, eh Greg?
Er, maybe. Depends on who is asking 😀 If it's the wife then no, nothing new here, move along please.....
On the other hand it is crazy good. Those above are shot at f/1.4, wide open and they are sublime. It's just got a tad of softness to make it perfect for portraits. Stop it down to even f/1.8 or f/2 and it's like a scalpel. I thought that the Batis would be more than enough and that I'd never use the widest aperture of the GM but having done these, in the right situation, I will absolutely use it.
It's had great reviews, and glad you're putting it through it's paces. My option is a little more affordable; just bought myself the Samyang 85/1.4. Not really my usual type of lens, but looking to play around with portraits a bit more and £230 is a bit easier to stomach 😉
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Lots of photos from me this week. Here's probably the last one, and even suitable for a bike forum 😉
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Pen-y-fan & Llangorse Lake from Mynydd Troed
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Kit might I suggest that 'To the Lighthouse' might be a good alternative title?
You can 😉 Any particular reason?
Just because I'm a bit of a book and film buff and I have a habit of my own to make film and literary references when titling my own work. Nice work BTW.
Ah, gotcha (and had to look up the reference!). I hate naming stuff on Flickr, but it's preferable to DSC001435.jpg or whatever 😀
And thanks for the compliment!
Not proud of this one, but I hope to be proud of what it snaps with it's 12mb camera
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Always fun getting a roll back from the big Fuji. The light was a bit harsh, so might have to revisit this spot.
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These are a bit better.
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Not overly proud of these, but after cancelling the Bristol trip I decided to chill and went to one of my two favourite places on the planet.
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If you don't like Oxford's Natural History and Pitt Rivers museums then I think you are dead inside. Or haven't been.
The only hassle was finding that the Ashmolean (sensibly) won't let you wear backpacks to avoid things being knocked over. I could carry the camera bag (just) but it was a pain.
S****y new lens, eh Greg?
To go on s****y new camera?
If you don't like Oxford's Natural History and Pitt Rivers museums then I think you are dead inside. Or haven't been.
I used to have paleontology tutorials there, so I'm not keen, myself 🙂
This one is from a formal portrait shoot of a friend of mine - a mass of apparent contradictions but one of the finest human beings I know.
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To go on s****y new camera?
I've had it since the start of the year or so; I ditched the RX1r for a Sony A7s last year but that developed a fault so I swapped it for the A7rII.
KiwiJohn can you say more - by 'Big Fuji' and roll I guess you mean a Fuji medium format film camera. I am ' MF' curious and would love to know more.
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New camera day:
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