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bigjim that forest scene is awe-inspiring - Caspar David Friedrich is painting from his grave.
Wow. Just wow guys.
[url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/geetee1972/16131065702/in/photostream/ ]'Shingle Beach'[/url] at Goring by Sea.
This part of the south coast has a remarkable quality. It is both depressing and serene at the same time. I'm not quite sure how it manages this, I think it is a little like Blackpool! You have the excitement of childhood associated with the sea, coupled with the dreariness of experiencing it as an adult in a kind of 'this is England' kind of way.
[url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/geetee1972/15946051547/ ]'This is England'[/url]
This part of the south coast has a remarkable quality. It is both depressing and serene at the same time. I'm not quite sure how it manages this, I think it is a little like Blackpool! You have the excitement of childhood associated with the sea, coupled with the dreariness of experiencing it as an adult in a kind of 'this is England' kind of way.
One of my all-time favourite books, [i]When The Lights Go Out[/i], by Tanith Lee, plays on that, set in a slightly run-down SE-coast town at the end of the season, when the lights go out.
Great photos, btw, really catching that atmosphere.
bigjim that forest scene is awe-inspiring - Caspar David Friedrich is painting from his grave.
The light and mist was amazing, some really striking views, I wish I'd taken the proper camera, the go pro is so hit and miss.
my shadow had a rainbow too
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Yes i like those sort of shots geetee.
Find a patch of light and stick your subject in it.
I like the coastal shots as well, always plenty to see at the coast and great light.
A bit of black and white
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Warning! Newb with a new camera.....
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Extremely proud of this one (Skye, November)!
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[url= https://flic.kr/p/qAvhxb ]Storr and Sheep.jpg[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/7509988@N07/ ]Kit Carruthers[/url], on Flickr
Stunning images geetee, dramatic and despondent captured in equal measure.
Striking clarity and colours too.
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At last, one taken within the last month 🙂
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misty mornings
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Love the Storr Kit!
This morning:
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Andy nice shot, great use of tone and light as ever. Where do you get your film developed?
Jad, there isn't a way to message via Flickr other than to approve of someone's work by making them a favourite. Problem with that is it can become embarrasing to fave too many!
I really like your work; some great landscapes.
Aye would imagine that would be hard to light Mr Smith.
geetee, all b&w gets developed in my bathroom, colour goes to peak imaging in Sheffield.
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local horses.
camera Rolleiflex 3.5f, film Ilford Delta 400 , developer Ilford DD-x
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[url= https://flic.kr/p/qFmkVk ]Unusual garden visitor[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/93064031@N00/ ]Notoriously Bad Typist[/url], on Flickr
Looks like a juvenile Grey Heron who keeps coming and sitting on the neighbour's roof. Over the weekend he sat in the tree long enough for me to take a phone pic, then a small camera pic, then dig out the big (300mm f2.8) lens. Taken handheld @ 300mm
Here;s the view fro a P&S camera - as you see he's quite some way away
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[url= https://flic.kr/p/pJzzat ]Unusual garden visitor[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/93064031@N00/ ]Notoriously Bad Typist[/url], on Flickr
You see this is exactly why every time I ponder whether I shoudl try to take my hobby further, I realise that the pictures I take barely scratch the surface of the skill set you need to be a decent photographer.
I wouldn't know where to start with studio photography. Actually I wouldn't know where to start with anything that didn't rely 100% on the available light.
The skill needed to make this picture is far ahead of anything I can comprehend.
From Thailand.
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The skill needed to make this picture is far ahead of anything I can comprehend.
it’s just years of practice, mastering your tools and mini-problem solving. (plus an aesthetic visual awareness)
you could say that about most skills/professions/crafts
i wouldn’t know how to design and model a turbo plenum chamber and how to get it mass produced to a price point, to somebody that’s a walk in the park.
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Love that last one. Reminds me of George SHaw's humbrol enamel paintings.
Not sure about posting my own amongst these obviously talented shots, but I liked this one from a couple of days ago in Bordeaux.
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Like George Shaw a lot, never heard of him before. Beauty in the banal. Thanks for the heads up.
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@rhbrhb I love that and would be happy to hang it on my wall, the simplicity of it really appeals. Top Job!
One from a walk a few days ago.
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This one I called a 'ghostie' :o)
I popped into a bar on the beach front at Brighton to take my eldest to the toilet. I saw this doorway and just couldn't resist. It was as if it was made for candid portraits. He normally doesn't like having his picture taken but seemed happy to oblige in this instance.
colour i reckon geetee.
simple one for a bit of a project.
MORE
https://www.flickr.com/photos/polarisandy/sets/72157630984467096/
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It's January and you're project is doors? 😀 I like it.
Yep, I agree on the colour version being better. It's a Fuji X-Pro 1 and I have to say that while the shutter lag is very frustrating, the colour rendering is lovely.
I've got a Canon G7 with terminal shutter lag, faff.
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7479/16251751206_6574643c2a_b.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7479/16251751206_6574643c2a_b.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qL7tr1 ]Untitled[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/22550523@N08/ ]polarisandy[/url], on Flickr
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7528/16106197089_c10dfd1705_c.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7528/16106197089_c10dfd1705_c.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qxftgg ]Royal Observatory Sunrise[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/7509988@N07/ ]Kit Carruthers[/url], on Flickr
Not that I won (or entered...), but the Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year awards have been announced.
http://www.slpoty.co.uk/2014-winning-images/
Wish there was a "like button" Mackem!
As always, I come back to this thread to find yet more outstanding photos! I really wish there was a 'Like' button rather than the 'Share' one, there are far too many to really pick out.
Here's one I took the other evening at Oslo, Hackney, of the lovely, and criminally under-rated Gemma Hayes.
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Really pleased with how it came out, lighting was a bit awkward, but to my delight I had stood exactly where her head would block the direct light from the spot behind her, giving a rather pleasing 'crepuscular ray' effect.
Taken with my iPhone 6+, no post processing.
Had a wander down Portobello Road on Friday in between meetings. Quite a collection of characters down there. This guy really caught my eye:
Not to be rude by him but he definitely had a look of the grim reaper about him!
[url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/geetee1972/16295962512/ ]The Grim Reaper[/url]
[url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/geetee1972/16109456290/ ]'Death'[/url]
Bilding on a theme from another recent post:
[url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/geetee1972/16295960832/ ]Through a Glass Darkly[/url]
Not sure if these girls spotted me or not, I think on balance they did!
[url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/geetee1972/16298456811/ ]Hats[/url]
These guys definitely didn't spot me though. This is a perfect candid moment.
[url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/geetee1972/15680367193/ ]I Feel Like Dancing[/url]
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I'd say that was pretty remarkable for a hand held shot. I'm guessing you braced against a tree?
Quite chuffed with this one from today looking down from Rivington on a snowy fat bike ride.
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Patterdale MRT winter training
https://www.flickr.com/photos/103901323@N05/sets/72157649941990808/
I absolutely love that photo.
Thankyou very kind of you to say.
I'm no critic, but it simply makes me smile; it's got so much happiness in it. (My interpretation, etc etc)
I'm no critic, but it simply makes me smile
I'll take a positive emotional response from an honest person than a bucket load of even positive rubbish from a critic any day of the week.
So many good pictures on here. I'm really going to have to up my game !
The pictures you've posted here are very nice and I can see what I think you also saw in taking them. They could easily be made even better with a bit of post production work. Nothing drastic; I'm not a fan of creating artifice (though impressionism is just fine, it's not the same as artifice in my view).
The first and second picture in particular would benefit from an increase in contrast. If you have Lightroom or an equivalent, try adding a classic 's curve' in the tone pannel. A google search for 's curve lightroom' will give you many tutorials. Also add a graduated filter to the landscape shot to bring the exposure down on the sky.
I wouldn't say I was particlarly pleased with this shot, but since I am quick to post candid street portraits of others, it seems only fair to post one of me.
[url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/geetee1972/16299380062/ ]The Thin Grey Line[/url]
As candid street portraits go, I was however quite pleased with this one:
[url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/geetee1972/16110964277/ ]Gay Couple[/url]
Please note that the title is entirely and purely a decriptive play on words, nothing else.
nothing like the standard on here, but I like this. taken with a crap camera phone.
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Thanks for the advice geetee. I will admit that post production is my weak spot, so it's going to be something to work on this year.
A few from the local park...
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ben...wow!
BenCooper - stunning !! Thanks for sharing
Thanks - it's just our wee local park 😉
www.maryhillpark.org - may as well give it a plug.
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Clicky for biggy
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The second one in particular looks a bit disappointing small
It a picture of sketch I did.. so might not count in this thread.
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Maybe for the first time on this thread I know where someone's photos are taken. AlexSimon's, heading towards slippery stones and Stanege edge descent if I'm not mistaken. I've got a day's tutorial in the Peak(s) sometime this Spring, so I might be able to post something decent after then.
Keep me inspired 'till then.
There isn't much to look at in this picture, but I really like it because it captures a really simple moment between mum, dad and their son. It's perfectly 'candid'; no staging, posing, no artifice. Just a family.
[url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/geetee1972/16141428840/ ]Dressing Down[/url]
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After seeing so many pictures of the Christmas Wheel etc in Edinburgh I liked this neglected part of the whole scheme.
And another couple, the Train Station shot made it on the BBC Website that day.
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All taken with my phone so not up to the standard of some here. This is my favourite thread. <big hugs/>
How do you make these posts so that you can click for a bigger picture? Ta
I just get the same image path and put it in a URL around the img code.
So at the moment you've got
[ img ] http://path1 [ /img ]
You end up with
[ url= http://path1 ][ img ] http://path1 [ /img ][ /url ]
Otherwise get some bbcode from your hosting site.
@AlexSimon: that second shot is a cracker.








































