the Photo thread

[Bruce Rioja]

No, Bruce.

The word I highlighted, the one which may (or may not) have caused me consternation, was an iteration i.e. a repetition of the part of the quote from Pulp Fiction (albeit one that was paraphrased). I think.

Anyway, Pop. I loved pop. American Cream Soda and Limeade were my favourites. We used to make lollies of them by filling a teacup and placing a teaspoon in it then freezing them in the icebox in the fridge (we didn't have a freezer proper in the '70's as the only frozen food we bought was fish fingers)

Ah, I thought you meant that it was an iteration by me from within my own sentence. Right oh. Yes, pop. It's frothy, man.

[Gary the Enfield]

No, Bruce.

The word I highlighted, the one which may (or may not) have caused me consternation, was an iteration i.e. a repetition of the part of the quote from Pulp Fiction (albeit one that was paraphrased). I think.

Anyway, Pop. I loved pop. American Cream Soda and Limeade were my favourites. We used to make lollies of them by filling a teacup and placing a teaspoon in it then freezing them in the icebox in the fridge (we didn't have a freezer proper in the '70's as the only frozen food we bought was fish fingers)

Ah, I thought you meant that it was an iteration by me from within my own sentence. Right oh. Yes, pop. It's frothy, man.

Oh yes. Cresta

[clapton is god]

Had a day out in the Lakes today, driving up at 6am so arriving in the south Lakes just as the sun was coming up. Saw this view developing so had to park up and wait. I think it was worth the effort:

[thebish]

^ fabulous morning lighrt and mist! cracking photo!

[Bruce Rioja]

Clapton, that is gawjuss, my son.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Mon Dieu! C'est merveilleux, Clappers!

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Photos like that make me want to return home Clappers. Superb.

[TANGODANCER]

Photos like that make me want to return home Clappers. Superb.

One of those "Oh to be in England" pics.
If it's that good in a photograph the reality must indeed be absolutely stunning. Great bit of photography Clapton,

[Always hopeful]

Had a first attempt at fireworks photography this evening. You don't really know if you've got good results until you get home. Here's a couple that I liked...

[clapton is god]

Those are excellent, AH. never tried that myself but keep meaning to have a dabble.

[thebish]

fab pics AH! I tried it a couple of years ago as a cool experiment from the roof of a building in Upminster..

[Always hopeful]

Those are excellent, AH. never tried that myself but keep meaning to have a dabble.

Thanks. Not quite in the same league as your photo above, but not bad for a first effort.

[Always hopeful]

fab pics AH! I tried it a couple of years ago as a cool experiment from the roof of a building in Upminster..

I was quite pleased with mine until I saw yours!!

I'm curious to find out how come yours are so much cleaner and crisper than mine. It might be that there was a cross wind that blurred mine, or was it that I was using the wrong settings or wrong lens? Were you using a prime lens? Mine were done using one of those 'jack of all trades, master of none' 18-270 telephotos, set at about 50 to 70mm with an aperture of f8 to f13 ish, tripod mounted, set to 'bulb,' with the focus set to just a bit less than infinity.

[thebish]

fab pics AH! I tried it a couple of years ago as a cool experiment from the roof of a building in Upminster..

I was quite pleased with mine until I saw yours!!

I'm curious to find out how come yours are so much cleaner and crisper than mine. It might be that there was a cross wind that blurred mine, or was it that I was using the wrong settings or wrong lens? Were you using a prime lens? Mine were done using one of those 'jack of all trades, master of none' 18-270 telephotos, set at about 50 to 70mm with an aperture of f8 to f13 ish, tripod mounted, set to 'bulb,' with the focus set to just a bit less than infinity.

they were taken with my Nikon D60 - the regular kit lens 18-55mm
aperture f8
ISO 100
focal length 18.3mm
focus - like you - just under infinity
tripod

3sec exposure (I used a shutter release cable to avoid camera shake - even with the tripod - and pressed the shutter when i saw a firework going up - before it exploded - and hoped it would explode in range - but then it was quite a big range as it was the 18-55 lens.)

but I reckon the key is that I took close to 100 shots and probably erased about 80 of them! with those odds - some are gonna be sharp!

full set here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/revnev/se ... 060160034/

[Always hopeful]

fab pics AH! I tried it a couple of years ago as a cool experiment from the roof of a building in Upminster..

I was quite pleased with mine until I saw yours!!

I'm curious to find out how come yours are so much cleaner and crisper than mine. It might be that there was a cross wind that blurred mine, or was it that I was using the wrong settings or wrong lens? Were you using a prime lens? Mine were done using one of those 'jack of all trades, master of none' 18-270 telephotos, set at about 50 to 70mm with an aperture of f8 to f13 ish, tripod mounted, set to 'bulb,' with the focus set to just a bit less than infinity.

they were taken with my Nikon D60 - the regular kit lens 18-55mm
aperture f8
ISO 100
focal length 18.3mm
focus - like you - just under infinity
tripod

3sec exposure (I used a shutter release cable to avoid camera shake - even with the tripod - and pressed the shutter when i saw a firework going up - before it exploded - and hoped it would explode in range - but then it was quite a big range as it was the 18-55 lens.)

but I reckon the key is that I took close to 100 shots and probably erased about 80 of them! with those odds - some are gonna be sharp!

full set here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/revnev/se ... 060160034/

Hmmmm. Interesting. It seems I used very similar settings and methodology as you, but yours are all better than mine. I should have said that I also used a shutter release cable.

I'll put it down to either my crappy lens, or the windy conditions. Either way, I'll use my kit lens next time.

[thebish]

it does sound like a kind of jack of all trades lens... that's probably what's going on here... it's your glass, not your technique! the wind won't have helped either... I think mine were taken on a cold - crisp - but not-windy night - so the air was clear and fresh...

[Always hopeful]

it does sound like a kind of jack of all trades lens... that's probably what's going on here... it's your glass, not your technique! the wind won't have helped either... I think mine were taken on a cold - crisp - but not-windy night - so the air was clear and fresh...

Actually, on reflection, mine look a lot better on my PC than they do on the forum. I had to reduce them in size to get them on there, maybe I did the wrong sort of re-sizing and reduced their quality. Yours seem to be the same on your Flickr account as they are on the forum. Perhaps I need to start using Flickr.

[thebish]

it does sound like a kind of jack of all trades lens... that's probably what's going on here... it's your glass, not your technique! the wind won't have helped either... I think mine were taken on a cold - crisp - but not-windy night - so the air was clear and fresh...

Actually, on reflection, mine look a lot better on my PC than they do on the forum. I had to reduce them in size to get them on there, maybe I did the wrong sort of re-sizing and reduced their quality. Yours seem to be the same on your Flickr account as they are on the forum. Perhaps I need to start using Flickr.

aye - that also might be a problem!! if you allow some uploading program (like facebook f'rinstance!) to compress your photos as it uploads them - anything can happen!! Flickr allows full resolution uploading...

nowadays I am being a bit more anal about it and only shooting in RAW - and keeping the RAW originals...

[Always hopeful]

I'm not really familiar enough with RAW, to know what the pros and cons are. That's my next step in what should be a quite simple act of using modern technogy to capture an image representative of reality.

[thebish]

I'm not really familiar enough with RAW, to know what the pros and cons are. That's my next step in what should be a quite simple act of using modern technogy to capture an image representative of reality.

basically - the pros are that you are not letting the camera do your processing and compressing for you... to get a jpeg out of a camera means that the camera is doing some of the processing and compressing - and making some of the choices for you.. so with RAW you have much more flexibility and all the data u is captured from the scene - nothing is discarded...

cons - larger file sizes (less space on ur mammary card) and you have to do some of the work - and not all pc image editors read RAW files...