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

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Innerleithen XC Sunday Morning

Thankyou Soma

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My bike photos are usually crap. But I really like this taken on the Pentlands near Edinburgh

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These are way old, but I reckon they deserve to be here.
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Nearly forgot!
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and last
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Shot on the steps near Liverpool 1 shopping centre.
There is a football club shop in the centre called "Everton 2", rumour has it this name was chosen because it resulted in the postal address Everton 2, Liverpool 1.

Love scouser sense of humour.

Heading towards the Roaches
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Looking back t'other way, a beautiful day in the Peaks.
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Quite pleased with this one from this morning. Just the old camera phone:
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Couple of sunny Cheshire at the weekend - Nexus 5

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Over a month now as it's taken me some time to process holiday photos!

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Every year on the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, a thousand mountain bikers descend on Fairfax, Caliornia for the annual Appetite Seminar. This year riders who turned out early saw a spectacular inversion layer. I must have seen a dozen photos on FB, all taken from the same spot.

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Here are people taking photos of the same thing.

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Some interesting shots from the Blacks yesterday. Shame I only had my phone but you don't often get the chance to see such a good Brocken Spectre 🙂

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Solotrackworld on the Malvern Hills this morning

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Morning dew. Summer Hill in Winter.

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Sunset this afternoon, above Avebury.

Lovely, Malvern rider 🙂

Forest of Dean.
Capturing a mate on a rare occasion of him not riding with a foot down...

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Definitely not the last month but this has been commended in Landscape Photographer of the Year, is in the book and on display at Waterloo Station from today. Chuffed to say the least!

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That, Mr Jad, is an absolute corker. Hat off to you sir.

Jad, that's stunning! Fantastic DoF, and I can almost hear the crunchy noise from the granular snow in the foreground.
Beautiful. 😀

Well done jad - it's a belter!

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They weren't together but they sort of go together. They were sat very close. I like the way they sort of make a pair.

You can just about see the tiny people at the bottom of the waterfall...

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by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/7509988@N07/ ]Kit Carruthers[/url], on Flickr

Beautiful morning and just love the way the frost and the shadows look. Coombe Hill. Fuji X10

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Gullane Bay in East Lothian today. Bass Rock lighthouse in the background. Lots of windblown sand and interesting contrasts. It's a slightly shakey HDR image made using a Lumix DMC-FT5.

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Whinlatter on another day.

Went today and did the red loops. Didn't see a soul.
First time i've ever stopped peddling and been blown along sections of the uphill.

Also the first time i've ever gone through puddles and had the spray overtake me.

Canon FX, 58mm f/1.2, Kodak BW400CN.
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Angle Tarn, taken at 9.42pm last Thursday evening

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Lichfield Cathedral this morning.
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like this - how did you get the focus effect?

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My son playing on the beach front in Brighton on the weekend.

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Just a phone pic from yesterday´s ride.

@Bonchance - that looks like it was just a wide aperture which gives a small depth of field (less stuff in focus).

To replicate it, look for something on your camera that controls the f stop (aperture priority or full manual). A smaller number gives you a wider aperture which in turn gives a smaller depth of field.

Some of my favourite recent ones...

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Building opposite the Lloyds of London building.

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Reflections on the water around More London Place

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Shadows in the rain

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Inside the new Walbrook building

like this - how did you get the focus effect?

Since we're on the subject, it's worth highlighting that the depth of field, i.e. the amount infront and behind the focal point that is in focus, gets exponentially bigger the further away from the camera that the focal point is.

At f/1.2, something that is say 1m in front of the lens is likely to give a depth of field as shallow as maybe 5cm. At 3m+, as you can see in the picture above, it might be a few metres.

Working my way through some photos from Cuba trip in October:

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Like this for instance geetee.
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Some great sunrises on the commute this month.

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Exactly, and this, which was shot at f/2 but has a depth of field of infinity.

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So many great photos on this page I don't know where to start! I love Kit's waterfall, there's more than a touch of Ansel Adams going on there! And I love the shot of Polarisandy's with the white house set against the fell.
The colours in geetee1972's 'shadows in the rain' shot are gorgeous too.
Here's several taken at a gig in Bristol recently, couldn't get right down the front, sadly, but they're not too shabby, taken with the phone:

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Rather pleased with them, under the circumstances.

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Down my street.

Is that South Island?
We saw some incredible skyscapes in Wanaka. Your photo is reminiscent of that wonderful sky

@kiwijohn &justinbieber - the look/field/dof/contrast/something seems quite distinct - to me - a look digicam's don't always manage.. Was genuinely fascinated to hear what you actually used - thanks.

@ElShalimo, I'm in South Hobart Tas now. That was a quick phone pick.
Thanks bonchance, film may seem a bit of a faff these days, but you can pick up a decent camera for peanuts these days.

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Brighton front through the window of a bus shelter.

Like that Geetee

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Christmas Eve International Space Station

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great pic!

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My favourite page of this thread to date. Geetee - I like that a lot, in a similar way I like Whistler's 'nocturnes'.

Pictures of your own kids are always a bit moot when it comes to whether they are any good or not. They are you own kids so it's kind of irrelevant. PolarisAndy always seems to buck that trend with the shots of his son (love the use of light in some of them on his Flickr account). I'm hopeful this one does also:

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[url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/geetee1972/15918634758/ ]Sleeping Beauty[/url]

Breaking the rules a bit but it was uploaded this month 😕 More of Skye again. Not been out much recently hence the October shot:

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Roter Stern, love that...

Winter wander on Kinder today:

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Fabulous shot!

Mine from the week, Goring by Sea.

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Storms over Torridon

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😀

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I always enjoy this thread - you bunch of talented b-stards !

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And technically horrible in some ways, but I love it -

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We have a tradition for going into central London on the Sunday between Christmas and New Year. This year we went to the Imperial War Museum. I got two that I was particularly pleased with, one in particular I am very proud of. Which do you think it is (i.e. which is the better shot)?:

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[url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/geetee1972/15946226319/ ]'Seeing Double'[/url]

And technically horrible in some ways, but I love it -

I know what you mean but you definitely got something there. So much character in the dogs face and eyes. I love it.

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Fortunate enough for me this little bird landed close enough to the hide for me to get this, and other, photos within my camera's zoom range. Well chuffed, I usually have to use binos to see them!