Tollah, you still going? I could pick you up on the way..

Sounds great! We’re also bringing our mate Rob with us, who does a bit of professional photographering on the side.

I’ll be shooting Canon as will Tollah (if he’s able to make it).

Of Course

Tollah, you still going? I could pick you up on the way..

Thanks Graham but will be travelling up with Mandi as its the only way we seem to be able to spend time together recently 🙂

On saying all that I’ll be there if the weather holds out, can’t be bothered to drive for 2.5 hrs to get soaked and not get the camera out!

can’t be bothered to drive for 2.5 hrs to get soaked and not get the camera out!

+ 1 for me but I will be driving closer to 5 (from Cardiff).
Will there be some good riding too – like a reasonable distance?
Never ridden the peaks but always wanted to. I’m happy to come down Friday – have a decent ride Sat with somebody and the photo thing Sun?
I’m Australian, dont know anybody, or the trails but I’m going home in 2 weeks!

I’ll post up a link tomorrow with the route I have in mind. If you can read maps, the route is:

Hayfield – Twentytrees – Middlemoor – Little Hayfield (optional cut out)- Blackshaw Head – Lantern Pike – Rowarth – Matley Moor – Lantern Pike (again, figure of 8) – Sett Valley Trail (optional cut out) – New Allotments (optional cut out) – Far Phoside (optional cut out) – Ashes Bank – PUB.

In honesty, if we get to New Allotments I’ll be amazed. There’s some great riding around and if you can spend the weekend up here then go for it – I can plan a route or two or you but if you post up on the main forum you’ll quite possibly get an offer of guiding

I’ll come along if the weather holds out. I can’t imagine it’s much fun trying to hide pricy cameras under coats.

I’ll come along if the weather holds out. I can’t imagine it’s much fun trying to hide pricy cameras under coats.

Fair point, and to be fair if it’s lashing down then we can go for a non-camera style ride – but it may not be worth travelling half way across the country for that

<puts hand up>
Yes, I will be there (barring famine, flood and anything else that crops up this week…)
oh, agree, if the weather is poor, camera stays home…. i’ve just had a £450 invoice for this years annual service and repairs on the D700 & 24-70….. 😯

Back on track – many, many thanks to nbt and MartynS for routerring 🙂

Marsdenman bats for the other side, he’s a Nikon shooter. He makes money from it so he must be able to get some good photos from it, imaging what he’d be able to do with proper gear !

Marsden man would like it to be known that he largely makes his money photographing folk who are standing still. People and things wot are moving are a different ball game all together ergo, any decent shots from Sunday will be 100% fluke – a combination of his charm, wit and rad (long forgotten) skillz he picked up on the Seb Rogers course back in the day.
He would also like it known that Nikon is, of course, the only camera system in the world worth using 😉 Seems about 10, from the 1000’s of ‘togs at the Olympics, agree 🙂

If you are not familiar with your camera <cough> what goes on between Nikki the Nikon and I is our business only!

I’ll be honest though, I’ve still not got to grips with things like second curtain shutter sync and Flash exposure compensation

Now, it is kind of logical to think that, as I make money using my camera, I know everything there is to know about all techniques. This, of course, is not true 🙂
More than happy to do my best to help with advice on stuff I do know, though – just ask 🙂

I fancy popping along but Caz has got dibs on the car for Sunday morning so if any of you kind folk are going past Sale Moor and have space in the car for me and the bike, a lift would be great (more than happy to repay in lift to mid week rides or in end of ride beer)

Dont think i’m up for riding over to Hayfield that early 😀

He would also like it known that Nikon is, of course, the only camera system in the world worth using Seems about 10, from the 1000’s of ‘togs at the Olympics, agree

I was disappointed to note that Cannon out numbered Nikon about 10:1 at all the events I went to. I have to also confess to photographing all the camera men so I could zoom in on their kit to get model #s and also running a live Getty and PA feed on my iPhone so I could would out who they were from their shots, the good ones (Getty Images) were always on their own away from the pack who stood in the obvious place.

A thought – my first /top tip’ ahead of Sunday – based on just about the most popular question I’m asked..

Ever think your photo’s look brighter, or darker, when on your computer, compared to what you saw on your camera? It happens, a lot, and this little routine is the 1st step in consistency in your editing…

‘Calibrate’ your camera viewing screen to your computer screen – often overlooked and, pretty simple to do.
As your computer screen is the done you’ll use all the time for viewing and editing, use that as the baseline so.

Check camera instruction book for how to adjust the brightness of the viewing screen.

Turn compter on and let it warm up.

Whilst computer warms up, pop a memory card in your camera, set camera to JPEG. Take a shot of an average scene – pointing it at the houses opposite, with a bit of sky in will do the trick – we’re not after ‘art’ 😉

Upload image to computer screen, display full screen.
Put memory card back in camera, display the picture and then adjust brightness of camera screen to look as close as possible to that of your computer screen.

et-Voila – what you see in camera will look about the same on the computer 🙂

scaled – Member
I fancy popping along but Caz has got dibs on the car for Sunday morning so if any of you kind folk are going past Sale Moor and have space in the car for me and the bike, a lift would be great (more than happy to repay in lift to mid week rides or in end of ride beer)

If you are really keen and have the time, it’s an easy flat cycle along the Sett Valley Trail from New Mills to Hayfield

I’ll probably be riding from New Mills, doesn’t look far.

I use 2nd curtain sync nbt 😉 I may or may not explain why and how!!

re: 2nd curtain flash, don’t use it, may try it on Sunday. Can explain it.
(and, as ever, good old Google will pull up a gaggle of examples and explanations!)

Flash compensation – use that quite a bit – happy to explain 🙂

Trails are lovely and dry at the moment. Forecast to stay nice for the next few days…

http://www.accuweather.com/en/gb/hayfield/sk22-2/weekend-weather/713425

Looking good.

Still no idea if I’m coming or not.

Hadn’t seen this, was about to say I’ll be there, then realised I’m at work. GRRRR. Enjoy you lot, sounds like a good day out.

Is it SS friendly?

You’ve ridden quite a lot the trails already.
‘Far Phoside’ is the steep track (we rode it in that cold summer last year) where you filmed the descent, quite a few fallers if I remember, due to slippery, slidey, muddy, rainy fun, so SS will be fine.
Push though to get up ‘New Allotments’.

I’m gonna have to bow out I’m afraid, looks like I’m covering a wedding for a mate. Looks like a cracking route!

OK may bring a SS then, not sure I can be bothered to pedal a FS round all day if we’re taking it easy and shooting some photos 😉

If we get to New Allotments and Far Phoside I’ll be amazed. Twentytrees will be a bitch on SS, and the climb to blackshaw head is a bastard road climb, but other than that it’s all just nice riding. Honest.

It’s drying out up there. I know because the run off goes into a well and springs around my garden. New Allotments is a challenge to complete with the erosion at the top of the climb.

Twentytrees will be a bitch on SS

Hmmm… quite doable bar the loose bit after the first gate at the very bottom. Especially for a nichetastic singlespeed pro like Mr ‘Lah…

Anyway… I may pobble along on Sunday. I’m far from pretty, but my bike is quite attractive. Will there be photocake? 🙂

Really tempted by this, especially as I’ve just bought a new (well secondhand really) SLR body!!

Unfortunately I’m having problems with the rear wheel of the new bike slicing through tubes!! The furthest I’ve managed is 20 miles before a tube went! Waiting for a response from On-One!!

So sorry but no Brownies this time!! 🙁

Unfortunately I’m having problems with the rear wheel of the new bike slicing through tubes!!

We’ve just had this, or more specifically with valves ripping out of tubes. Turns out some numpty (naming no names 😳 ) had not fitted rim tape correctly so the valve hole was uncovered. New rim tape has solved that…

Well it appears that my wheels have been supplied with tubes (as you might recall) but without rim tape!! I’m currently in discussion with the supplier!

Well it appears that my wheels have been supplied with tubes (as you might recall) but without rim tape!! I’m currently in discussion with the supplier!

I’ve got some spare rim tapes in the box if you want to come along, only takes a few minutes to fit rim tapes. Problem’s going to be remembering to pack them and the trackpump…

Thank’s for the offer, but I think I need to have a weekend at home sorting a few things out. Also figuring out how to operat my camera!! 😳 😀

Anyway supposedly these wheels can be used with tubes and without tape no problem, this is what has happened to 3 tubes so far:

And

Discussions are ongoing!!

I wont be able to come out to play 😥 sorry, other plans have been made for me.
See you next time

I has got a gammy knee so will be bowing out too 🙁 Onzadog and mate Rob still coming though 🙂

Really wanted to make this but I’ve now got a wedding on tomorrow. I was even half-way fit too (by my own desperate standards).

Looks like the trains are awkward tomorrow so I’ll have to give it a miss.

Have a good day guys! Make sure you post up the pics.

If Mrs Scaled get back in the next 15 -20 mins from her sunday morning road ride i’ll head over 😀

Bah, sat 5 miles form hayfield waiting do the AA! Hope you all have a good ride.

Nice day out. We took longer than I expected on Middle Moor, so skipped right from there to the watersplash, where Tollah took a tumble. We grabbed a few more snaps while he was escorted back to the car, then we all retired to a local hostelry to prop up the local economy

Things I learnded today:

I am not very fit at the moment. Not very fit at all
I am not great at getting the exposure right
I can’t fix the crap exposure in “post” as the software I have installed won’t open my CR2 files.

Still, we had an enjoyable day out, people picked up different tips and everyone seemed to enjoy the riding we got in before the rain hit us as we made our way home. Next one will be Darn Sarf in France or the Forest of Den or something

Tollah, pre-crash by Notoriously Bad Typist, on Flickr

More: http://www.flickr.com/photos/n_b_t/archives/date-posted/2012/08/12/

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Some good pics there Jules. Didn’t realise I was gurning so much through the water splash.

Another top day out.

Tollah, hope your palm grows back in time for your trip.

Cheers for a top day out despite binning it and writing off my hand and 18-200mm lens! Been to A&E to get cleaned up and have to go back Tuesday for dressings to be removed!
Some nice shots there NBT