the Photo thread

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

I'm a complete chicken shit with heights, but I was ok. I wouldn't want to be up there for long in case there was a fire alarm or something! The worst bit was going up in the lift. My ears popped a few times. Anyway, preferable to them idiots that jump out of perfectly serviceable planes.

[Bruce Rioja]

See those buildings in the foreground? Well you'd have done well to have got me to the top of one of those!

[Bijou Bob]

Have we had a phobias thread on TW??

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Have we had a phobias thread on TW??

Yeh. It's got pictures of spiders on it which sent somebody (can't remember who) doolally.

[Raven]

Lancaster at Donington Park - 5-5-13 by Talie64, on Flickr



1934 Maserati 8CM - Donington Park - 05/05/13 by Talie64, on Flickr


1956 Lotus X1 Le Mans - Donington Park - 05/05/13 by Talie64, on Flickr


1971 March 712 Formula 2 Car I - Donington Park - 05/05/13 by Talie64, on Flickr

Won't bore you anymore.

[thebish]

hey - some cracking shots there! nicely done... too fast a shutter speed and you freeze the motion and the shot is sterile - too slow and it's all lost in blur! also - nice panning!

[Raven]

Shame the Lanc did not come over again so I could have slowed shutter speed down but did not want to miss any chance of a shot first time round

[thebish]

Shame the Lanc did not come over again so I could have slowed shutter speed down but did not want to miss any chance of a shot first time round

you gotta take it when the plane is there!! but - yeah - would be a better shot with some propeller blur...

[Always hopeful]

Been playing with a 9 stop ND filter for the first time. Here are the results.


Rossett weir by Harveykayaker, on Flickr

Oh and I went for a drive out this aft to Snowdonia (yet another sh*thole according to Dan).


Llyn Gwynant by Harveykayaker, on Flickr

[thebish]

nice is that the Big Stopper - or a cheaper version (which I have!)

[Always hopeful]

nice is that the Big Stopper - or a cheaper version (which I have!)

It's the biggest stopper I have, or was prepared to pay for. It's a Hoya ND400.

[thebish]

nice is that the Big Stopper - or a cheaper version (which I have!)

It's the biggest stopper I have, or was prepared to pay for. It's a Hoya ND400.

15sec exposure? I'd have been tempted to go for longer... the faster water (in the channel) and the still water have that long-exposure effect - but the side bits still look kind flowing... i wonder if 30secs would have made it all misty/whatever the word is for that long-exposure water look!

[thebish]

I bought a cheap big stopper last year - but have only used it once - on a visit to the lepe dolphins:


Lepe dolphins by revnev, on Flickr

(camera quite dust-spotty!!)

[Always hopeful]

nice is that the Big Stopper - or a cheaper version (which I have!)

It's the biggest stopper I have, or was prepared to pay for. It's a Hoya ND400.

15sec exposure? I'd have been tempted to go for longer... the faster water (in the channel) and the still water have that long-exposure effect - but the side bits still look kind flowing... i wonder if 30secs would have made it all misty/whatever the word is for that long-exposure water look!

I tried that, but if I went for anything over 25 secs it became washed out, even with the smallest aperture. It was a very bright day. Maybe the Big Stopper would have allowed a longer exposure. That's the price to pay for going for the cheaper option I suppose.

In some respects, I wish I'd paid out for a 10 stopper, but struggled to justify it. They're well over £100 as far as I can make out.

I'm hopeful that this filter will still produce those cloudy effects, I just need a duller day. I'm sure there'll be one just around the corner.

[Dujon]

How do these 'stoppers' work chaps? I know I could go a-searching but prefer my information from people using gear rather than those selling it.

[thebish]

How do these 'stoppers' work chaps? I know I could go a-searching but prefer my information from people using gear rather than those selling it.

It's just a dark filter - basically like putting sunglasses over your lens - stopping light from entering, then you can do long exposures in broad daylight....

I think the uses are limited - but they are used to get those pictures where the clouds are streaking across the sky (because they have moved during your 30sec exposure) and/or the moving sea has become a misty (often described as "dreamy") waterscape.... a bit like this: (not my pic)




so....

[Lost Leopard Spot]

And boo hiss to Lepe dolphins. I spent valuable minutes of my life perusing that photo looking for a sign of a flipper or other dolphiny bits. I finally googled Lepe dolphins only to discover they aren't dolphins. Boo hiss.

[thebish]

And boo hiss to Lepe dolphins. I spent valuable minutes of my life perusing that photo looking for a sign of a flipper or other dolphiny bits. I finally googled Lepe dolphins only to discover they aren't dolphins. Boo hiss.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

To restore some feng-shui to the Photo thread here is the only picture of a dolphin I've ever managed to snatch. The composition isn't great, but at least it's a dolphin.

[thebish]

I've never snatched a dolphin! well done!!