SUBSIM Photography Thread

[fatty]

Hi everyone, I know there are some folks that frequent the forums who have an interest in photography. I am certain a thread to discuss photography has come up before but is probably dropped down to page 83475 by now. So I figured I could start up a new one where we can shoot the breeze, maybe offer some advice or constructive input about equipment and technique, share pictures and interests, discuss philosophy, etc. etc.

A few ground rules:

The thread is available for all members regardless of experience, skill, equipment, or interests. There shall be no attacks launched on others on these grounds.
That said, the core rules of SUBSIM of course apply, so you may want to skip on the glamour nudes of jimbuna for now! :lol:
Posting pictures is encouraged but please keep them to manageable dimensions and file size. Perhaps 800 pixels square with a maximum file size of 350kb are reasonable limits?
Check politics and personal vendettas at the door. Any grossly off-topic posts will be referred to the admins.
Have fun!

[fatty]

Here are a couple I've shot not far from my home over the last month. Fall is my favourite time to be out and about, I love the handsome colours and the crisp blue skies. :up:

http://www.jmgillis.com/./pics/files/converted-images/pics/Fall%20%26%20Reflections%20-%20Oct%202008/med_DSC02400.jpg

http://www.jmgillis.com/./pics/files/converted-images/pics/Fall%20%26%20Reflections%20-%20Oct%202008/med_DSC02532.jpg

I might have overused the graduated ND filter in the second one, and it might benefit from a tighter crop as well.

[MothBalls]

Nice pics Fatty. I haven't seen colors like that since the 70's.

[Skybird]

Colour Dance, Fall 2008:

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/7042/img0315nm3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/4971/img0217fb1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/2980/img0230fk2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/6213/img0265xs4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/5981/img0277ld3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/5879/img0296we6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Equipment, well, I have a traditional SLR (EOS 600) with several lenses, but don't use it anymore. These days I carry a Canon A590 with me, always, and that is an awful lot of camera for a ridiculously low price (125 Euros). I would like to have a DSLR, but I wonder if I really need it, and the price for the kind I would like (EOS 450) simply is not worth it to me. It's no serious hobby anymore, mores snapshooting at opportunity. That'S why I have the small camera with me, always, like my Swiss pocket knife. A DSLR often would not be with me when I need it - too big, too heavy.

[elanaiba]

I love takin' pics but not really good at it. Also I'm not really creative - as in I create shots - but rather I see them and take them. And I also never find the time to work on them afterwards...

Here's a couple of mine:

http://elanaiba.smugmug.com/photos/278309451_Nd4nw-L-1.jpg

http://elanaiba.smugmug.com/photos/290984386_4fvg4-L-2.jpg

http://elanaiba.smugmug.com/photos/290981512_aW2bq-L-2.jpg
As for advice... get a DSLR :)

[Biggles]

I like taking pictures, but I'd hardly call myself an expert:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Taken one day on my way from school.
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1365/img2837tw6.jpg
I think it's a streetlamp at night^^
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/600/img3067vc2.jpg
Possibly my all time favourite:)
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/922/img2979cz9.jpg
At the countryside.
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/9243/img2483di9.jpg

[Monica Lewinsky]

A few ground rules:

That said, the core rules of SUBSIM of course apply, so you may want to skip on the glamour nudes of jimbuna for now!


I assume semi-nude photo's of him [jimbuna] like this one are o.k., after all he does give us a thumbs-up that he is all for it? :

http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/thumbs-up.jpg



Back on topic, this is my favorite digital picture[s] that I ever took. I was busy planting flowers around the house in Spring time when my little helper stopped me from planting in this area:


http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/imag0231.jpg



http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/imag0232.jpg

[TarJak]

Nice work guys. Love the sunset Dan! and the Autumn colours look spectacular.

The Grand Canyon from 38,000ft (quite proud of this as it was taken with my mobile phone camera through an airliner window):
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Subsim08Image036.jpg

The Bay Bridge in SF This is a photoshop stitch together of 6 shots:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/BayBridgeSFO08.jpg

Sydney Harbour Bridge Nightfire (taken with a long exposure from a boat on the harbour):
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_4520.jpg

Luna Park from the same boat on the same night as the one above:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_4529-1.jpg

Sunset over Stockton Beach (another stitch together of 5 shots this time):
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/AU2008-589-1.jpg

Whales off Port Stephens in NSW Australia:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/AU2008-564-1.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/AU2008-568-1.jpg

Porthowan Cornwall (Stitch of 3 shots):
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Cornishcoast1.jpg

Victoria Memorial London:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/HolidaySep2006668.jpg

[fatty]

Nice colours Skybird, for some unknown reason it seemed bizarre to see vivid colours from overseas, but I guess you have trees over there too ;)

There is no shame in sticking to a point-and-shoot. Some mags I read lay praise on them for their small size and macro abilities, and the margin of quality between an entry-level SLR and a higher-end point-and-shoot is rapidly closing. When filled with goodies my kit bag is heavy and bulky and I often wish I had something smaller to keep in my coat pocket.

That said, though, if price is holding you back then keep an eye out. All the big companies are or have dropped some bombshells lately which might drive down prices on older bodies or competitors.

All very nice work guys. elanaiba, that Thunderbird especially... would love to have a nice wide print of that on my wall!

[Rhodes]

Here's a few that I have taken:
http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/5664/43855012ih3.jpg

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/5918/62670869ly1.jpg

Two pics of the harbour in my home city.

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/802/97218171gs4.jpg

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/126/55563553fe0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/55563553fe0.jpg/1/w511.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img124/55563553fe0.jpg/1/)

2 sunsets:

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/899/scanwc6.jpg

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/913/scan0001qd5.jpg

And a photo of the garden in the Anthropolagy Department
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/200/scan0004hp1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/scan0004hp1.jpg/1/w1201.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img124/scan0004hp1.jpg/1/)

[Fish]

Skybird, is that an insect on your first foto? Seems like some sort of caterpillar or a pop.

[Jimbuna]

A few ground rules:

That said, the core rules of SUBSIM of course apply, so you may want to skip on the glamour nudes of jimbuna for now!


I assume semi-nude photo's of him [jimbuna] like this one are o.k., after all he does give us a thumbs-up that he is all for it? :

http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/thumbs-up.jpg



I'll have you know I resemble those remarks http://imgcash2.imageshack.us/img134/9742/angry8se2.gif

Promise to post something soon http://imgcash3.imageshack.us/img412/4774/thumbsuplargeon1.gif

[Nokia]

Well here's some of my favorite photos.
These were taken at Lentäjien juhannus (2006)
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/750/ra1qu8.jpg
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6282/ra2du6.jpg
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8210/ra3bb4.jpg
And this last one was taken while sailing outside Helsinki this summer.
Hämeenmaa-class minelayer Hämeenmaa
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/695/hmeenmaaluokkanl6.jpg

Please note that the pictures were resized and parts of the photos were cut away due to the size limitations.

[Skybird]

Skybird, is that an insect on your first foto? Seems like some sort of caterpillar or a pop.
Not that I am aware of. I think it is another small leaf. The photos were made in September, maybe 4 weeks ago, thats why there is still plenty of green and bright yellow. This year I have it with colours, I snapshot the sky and trees and leafs by the dozens.

[elanaiba]

Biggles, I love your fourth photo :)

Re: the dslr - I only offer it as advice in that it opens up lots of opportunities. But no one should be ashamed of their cameras, the picture is in your eye more than its in your camera.

http://elanaiba.smugmug.com/photos/290974303_toVJx-L.jpg

http://elanaiba.smugmug.com/photos/290304163_p3TZD-L-1.jpg

http://elanaiba.smugmug.com/photos/290373590_CJmKa-L-1.jpg

http://elanaiba.smugmug.com/photos/290975143_rQexT-L.jpg

http://elanaiba.smugmug.com/photos/396573854_gtZxe-L-1.jpg

http://elanaiba.smugmug.com/photos/290981633_7Vy94-L.jpg

http://elanaiba.smugmug.com/photos/381161674_y2CAq-L-7.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q62/avgwarhawk/WWIIWeekend034.jpg

[Schöneboom]

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/9316/hellosailorscs9.jpg

Taken near Waikiki Beach, Oahu, HI.

[August]

Morning on Saponac pond

http://mysite.verizon.net/vzesrrf3/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/dscf1536cropped.jpg.w560h292.jpg

[Jimbuna]

The BB USS Texas

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/1884/1house16bq3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Rhodes]

Seagulls, on the beach...:)

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/2175/scan0002xx0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/scan0002xx0.jpg/1/w800.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img390/scan0002xx0.jpg/1/)

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/6742/scan0003gd4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/scan0003gd4.jpg/1/w800.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img390/scan0003gd4.jpg/1/)

[fatty]

Very tranquil and peaceful August. Is Saponac pond in RI?

Jimbuna: was that from the SS meet? Those people on the bow really provide a perspective of just what a monstrous ship she is!

[Jimbuna]

Very tranquil and peaceful August. Is Saponac pond in RI?

Jimbuna: was that from the SS meet? Those people on the bow really provide a perspective of just what a monstrous ship she is!

Yeah....if you look real close, you'll see Nikimcbee and me posing for the photo below together.

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/7600/p1000088mh8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TarJak]

You could have given the deck a bit of a scrub before you took that photo. It would never pass muster in the navy!:rotfl:

One to make old salts feel at home:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/WWII%20Naval%20Museum%20SFO/Subsim2008153.jpg

[Brag]

Very nice pitchahs, guys, :up: :up: :up: :up: I'm impressed.

[Sailor Steve]

Jimbuna: was that from the SS meet? Those people on the bow really provide a perspective of just what a monstrous ship she is!
And she's really rather small for a battleship. And even Yamato was small compared to a modern supercarrier. And a supertanker? More than 10 times the size of the Texas.

Scary, ain't it?

[Tchocky]

Jimbuna: was that from the SS meet? Those people on the bow really provide a perspective of just what a monstrous ship she is!
And she's really rather small for a battleship. And even Yamato was small compared to a modern supercarrier. And a supertanker? More than 10 times the size of the Texas.

Scary, ain't it?

The New York class looked even smaller before the tripod mast was built.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/USS_New_York-1.jpg

Again, the guys on the bow provide scale, but it still looks like a big destroyer :p

[TarJak]

Another photo merge: Wallarah Bay on Tuggerah Lake:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/WallarahBay.jpg

Picnic at Hanging Rock:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/20050604014.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/20050604040.jpg

The Twelve Apostles:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/20050425032.jpg

Loch Ard Gorge:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/20050425030.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Some real beauties there TJ http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[TarJak]

Some real beauties there TJ Cheers mate!

Indian Ocean sunset. Cable Beach Broome:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/20051015034.jpg

[Jimbuna]

South Shields beach

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/7377/sshieldsbeach17rhe2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

South Shields pier

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4272/sshieldsbeach35rbv6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Kpt. Lehmann]

http://elanaiba.smugmug.com/photos/290974303_toVJx-L.jpg

http://elanaiba.smugmug.com/photos/290304163_p3TZD-L-1.jpg





http://elanaiba.smugmug.com/photos/396573854_gtZxe-L-1.jpg





I love these pics elanaiba. I must say that I find the last one to be really sad somehow.

[mr chris]

Great Photos Tarjak :up:
Reminds me off my time travelling around your country.
Good times:()1:

[kurtz]

Very tranquil and peaceful August. Is Saponac pond in RI?

Jimbuna: was that from the SS meet? Those people on the bow really provide a perspective of just what a monstrous ship she is!
Yeah....if you look real close, you'll see Nikimcbee and me posing for the photo below together.

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/7600/p1000088mh8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Y'know, the image of Cher singing 'If I could turn back Time' just sprang to mind:damn:

[Biggles]

Some pictures I took this summer:

Train at Centraal Station Amsterdam. That's the Amsterdam-Milano train btw, we took it all the way down to Italy, took aprox. 15 hours or so:):
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/8132/img2282yy6.jpg
That's my mate there sleeping to the left.
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/9243/img2291hn0.jpg
Frankfurt:
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/484/img2299li5.jpg
Northern Italy:
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/4972/img2311rn2.jpg
The view from the hostel in Genoa:
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/2729/img2313fa5.jpg

[Jimbuna]

The Tyne Brige: Newcastle Upon Tyne

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/8431/tynebridgewebmf7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TarJak]

Nice one Jim:up:. Love the lighting!
That bridge looks familiar though...:hmm:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_8466-1.jpg

[Hylander_1314]

My son got to go up in this last spring thanks to dad. I had my turn a few years back flying in Sentimental Journey.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll37/Conrad_B/B-17G_Seths_Pics_and_Films29.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Nice one Jim:up:. Love the lighting!
That bridge looks familiar though...:hmm:



Rgr that mate ;)

For anyone that may not know.....Australia built a replica in Sydney. :know:

[Biggles]

Hylander_1314, that ain't in Palm Springs, is it?:hmm:

[Hylander_1314]

No, it's at Jeffco Airport on the northwest side of Denver. We don't have palmtrees here.

But I have been to the Palm Springs Airmuseum, and really enjoyed the facility. I especially liked the 88 flakgun on display as you approach the entrance to the museum.

It's pretty cool, as every spring there are a handful of WWII bombers that tour different cities across the country, and take folks up for a flight, at a high fee, but at a cost of around 2000 US dollars per hour to operate, it's understandable.

Best part for me was sitting the bombardier's seat while landing. Made me wish I had a camcorder at the time.

My son loved goin' up too. Just like his oldman, you would have swore he was 10 years old again. He really liked the roar of the Wright Cyclone engines as came life on the takeoff run.

[TarJak]

Fossils Ganthaume Pt Broome:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/20051015049.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/20051015050.jpg

Croc:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/20051015057.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/20051015060.jpg

[HunterICX]

My son got to go up in this last spring thanks to dad. I had my turn a few years back flying in Sentimental Journey.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll37/Conrad_B/B-17G_Seths_Pics_and_Films29.jpg

*DROOL* :88)

I just love that bird!
best quality of that bird was that even if it took a hard beating it still managed to bring the crew home safe.:up:

Nice photo, Hylander_1314

HunterICX

[Jimbuna]

Hadrians Wall

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/7412/wall2nr4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TarJak]

Somone from north of the wall:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_1356.jpg

2006 Australian F1 GP:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_1333.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_1376.jpg

[fatty]

Very slick all around TarJak. What are you shooting with?

[TarJak]

These are shot on a mix of camera's. I've used a Canon 400D, my trusty IXUSII which I recently upgraded to an IXUS 80. There is one shot I posted taken from my Nokia mobile phone as well. :D

I also use an old Minolta XG-1 for film. But rarely now as it's cheaper to mess with digital than flim.

How about you?

[TarJak]

Hadrians Wall

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/7412/wall2nr4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)Nice shot of the wall Jim. I believe it's not far from where you live? Looks like it's a few years old. I took this one in '06 when I was there. Should have dropped in for a pint with you when I was there.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/HolidaySep2006239.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Not too far away.....Brampton is 52 miles.

[Skybird]

How high has the Hadrian wall originally been? I mean - it looks on the photo as if a dachshound could jump over it. :)

[TarJak]

Hadrian's Wall was 80 Roman miles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mile) (73.5 statute miles or 117 kilometres) long[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrians_Wall#cite_note-1), its width and height dependent on the construction materials which were available nearby. East of River Irthing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Irthing) the wall was made from squared stone and measured 3 metres (9.7 ft) wide and five to six metres (16–20 ft) high, while west of the river the wall was made from turf and measured 6 metres (20 ft) wide and 3.5 metres (11.5 ft) high. This does not include the wall's ditches, berms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berm), and forts. The central section measured eight Roman feet wide (7.8 ft or 2.4 m) on a 10-foot (3.0 m) base. Some parts of this section of the wall survive to a height of 10 feet (3.0 m).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrians_Wall

Most of the stone was nicked by Jim's ancestors to build walls for their sheep shagging farms. :D

[Task Force]

OOOah Jims family built stone fences.

[Jimbuna]

Hadrian's Wall was 80 Roman miles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mile) (73.5 statute miles or 117 kilometres) long[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrians_Wall#cite_note-1), its width and height dependent on the construction materials which were available nearby. East of River Irthing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Irthing) the wall was made from squared stone and measured 3 metres (9.7 ft) wide and five to six metres (16–20 ft) high, while west of the river the wall was made from turf and measured 6 metres (20 ft) wide and 3.5 metres (11.5 ft) high. This does not include the wall's ditches, berms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berm), and forts. The central section measured eight Roman feet wide (7.8 ft or 2.4 m) on a 10-foot (3.0 m) base. Some parts of this section of the wall survive to a height of 10 feet (3.0 m).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrians_Wall

Most of the stone was nicked by Jim's ancestors to build walls for their sheep shagging farms. :D

Ya bloody cheeky convict http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4311/uowadmingj5br8at0.gif

We never bred in prison cells like you lot http://www.spreadtheiris.com/images/smilies/smacka.gif

I've got the photographic evidence of who the sheep shaggers are http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5549/361313gr7.gif


http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5368/aussiesheepshaggerhb6.jpg (http://imageshack.us) http://imgcash3.imageshack.us/img240/9117/pointingqq8.gif

http://www.abfnet.com/forum/images/smilies/goofy2.gif

[TarJak]

Is that why you started this site?

http://webdiscoverymachine.com/img/adultsheepfinder.png

http://www.abfnet.com/forum/images/smilies/goofy2.gif

[fatty]

One from a trip late last summer:

http://jmgillis.com/DSC01878.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Is that why you started this site?



Nice wedding album photo :rotfl:

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/7130/aussiedk1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[JALU3]

http://th00.deviantart.com/fs36/300W/f/2008/277/4/d/4d3f820682948eb450745f975d0c2fb1.jpghttp://th08.deviantart.com/fs4/300W/i/2004/209/e/b/San_Diego_Convention___CC.jpg

This one is still my favorite that I have taken:
http://th02.deviantart.com/images3/300W/i/2004/160/9/4/Balboa_Park___Museum_of_Man.jpg

[TarJak]

Osprey in a boab tree; Broome:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/20051015142.jpg

[TarJak]

York city walls:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/HolidaySep2006223.jpg

[nikimcbee]

Just for AVG:
http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/4056/airmuseum014sf0.jpg (http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/4056/airmuseum014sf0.jpg)


Up Periscope!

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3584/upperiscopesn4.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3584/upperiscopesn4.jpg)


Ol' McBee is in here. Can you spot him?
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3350/civilwar009fg6.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3350/civilwar009fg6.jpg)

[Dan D]

^^^^Great pics, guys!

Mazury 2008
Summer evening in the beautiful Masures, northeastern Poland. Part of my family lived in the region until 1918, which used to be part of the German province East Prussia back then.

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/302/masuren1tb3.jpg

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/3600/masuren2qt3.jpg

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/2186/youngestuc8.jpg
The youngest one is for once having a rest. The dead bug on the grass on the left was buried at sea by her soon later.

[fatty]

Very nice Dan. Those first two are a little underexposed and that third one would be great if you cropped out the top slit of sky.

Which brings me to a question. How do you guys feel about using Photoshop (or similar programs) to enhance your photos? How do you feel about viewing other pictures that have been enhanced that way? How much image manipulation is too much - are tweaks to contrast and saturation okay for you? How about cropping, resizing, etc? What about drastic changes like erasing or adding new elements?

[FIREWALL]

Here's one you'll neve forget.











http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/6620/screenshot45zd0ra8dg6.jpg
:p :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[TarJak]

@Firewall That is an image I'd prefer to forget.:dead:

Very nice Dan. Those first two are a little underexposed and that third one would be great if you cropped out the top slit of sky.

Which brings me to a question. How do you guys feel about using Photoshop (or similar programs) to enhance your photos? How do you feel about viewing other pictures that have been enhanced that way? How much image manipulation is too much - are tweaks to contrast and saturation okay for you? How about cropping, resizing, etc? What about drastic changes like erasing or adding new elements?
For me photography is all about the composition and that does not necessarily mean you should not add to or enhance what you have captured as long as the end result is an interesting image worth looking at.

I don't think there is an issue with using tools that are readily available to make an ordinary image extraordinary. If you look at some of the old darkroom tricks from the film days a lot of these were incorporated into the digital tools we have now so I can't see a problem in using them.

Take some of the photos by renowned Australian photographer Frank Hurley. Many of his most remarkable images came from his ability to cleverly make a composite of multiple exposures and he was working from glass plates! At the time it became known that some of these images were composites he was critisised, mainly for degrading the documentary value of the work. But does that criticism make the images any less striking or interesting to view?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hurley

An example of one of his composites below from his WWI days as official War Photographer for the Australian Army:
http://blog.awm.gov.au/focus/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/hurley-small.JPG

And this is one of his single exposure shots:
http://blog.awm.gov.au/focus/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/hurley-duckboards-small.JPG

Both dramatically portray the devestation of war but is the first image the worse for being a composite?

[fatty]

Well said Tarjak. My thoughts are similar. A similar example and my favourite is Ansel Adams, who achieved stunning shots using basic equipment from the 20s through to the 40s. From 1942:

http://www.theworldsbestever.com/2008/01/09/ansel-adams.jpg

My philosophy is something similar. All of my pictures must pass through Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop because I shoot almost exclusively in RAW format - the pictures cannot be viewed otherwise. I limit myself to the spirit of the darkroom tools, as you note: simple crops and rotations, burning and dodging, changes to contrast and saturation as can be achieved with different varieties of film. I carry a couple of useful filters and gadgets like that that help me avoid spending a lot of time in software, but as I'm a poor student that can't afford the latest and greatest equipment, I think it's acceptable to use software to go beyond those limitations.

It's just a naturally evolving process I guess. Your composite by Hurley reminds me of high-dynamic range imaging which does something similar, only with digital captures. A technique that was once criticized so sharply early in the 20th century has since exploded in popularity to the point of ad nauseum.

[TarJak]

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3350/civilwar009fg6.jpg
Those legs 2nd from the left look familiar...:hmm:
Nice shot by the way!:up:

[nikimcbee]

You're thinking of Mr. buna...:rotfl:


I'm holding the rammer on the big gun.

[TarJak]

That was my next guess.:lol:

[Jimbuna]

Hey ya bloody scallywags....nowt wrong with my legs http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4311/uowadmingj5br8at0.gif

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/1159/p1000088yz6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

At least I don't have to hide em under the blankets http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/7975/gigglebigtb9fg3.gif

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/5548/p1000139bh6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TarJak]

Malden Essex:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/HolidaySep2006193.jpg

Anyhow back to the serious business of photography. Some of the barges in this shot as as much as 150 years old and some were used in the Dunkirk evacuations in 1940!

[mr chris]

To celebrate finally getting my internet up and running at my new home. Here is a few photos of when i was in Canada last year.
The are taken with a very old camara.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/Picture035.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/Picture046.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/Picture047.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/Picture049.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/Picture054.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/Picture048.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/Picture038.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/Picture043.jpg

[TarJak]

Great shots Chris!:up: The Rockies are hard to beat for spectacular scenic shots.

[Captain Vlad]

Couple of shots I liked...one by me (the train), one by the significant other (our cat).

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk188/CaptainVlad/General%20Photos/BigTrain.jpg


http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk188/CaptainVlad/General%20Photos/BartHasOrangeEyesSmall.jpg

[porphy]

Will add a bit of mountain scenery. Good old Everest and her neighbor Nuptse in setting sun and with a full moon on the rise :)

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a126/Porphyr/Nepal383.jpg

And Pumori, the daughter of Everest!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a126/Porphyr/Nepal294.jpg

[Skybird]

Fallen off the mountain, Porphy, or is your return as scheduled? :)

[Jimbuna]

A really fantastic first one porphy :rock:

[porphy]

Fallen off the mountain, Porphy, or is your return as scheduled? :)
;) No falling this time, Sky. Just a very lame try to climb the south ridge on Pumori. We ran out of time, and higher up the snow was unconsolidated due to cold temperatures, so I doubt we would have reached the summit even with some more days. We switched over to an easy trekking peak the last days instead, and got some kind of compensation going to the summit of Imjatse (Island Peak). But that can't compare to Pumori, the latter is a climb, the former a walk with a bit scrambling to the top. Oh well, the mountains are still there for another year as climbers say. Even Reinhold Messner had to contempt with a 3 to 1 ratio of climbs and actual summits through his Himalayan years... ;)

A really fantastic first one porphy :rock:

Jimbuna, yes Everest and Nuptse really are lookers. The full moon was fantastic a bit later. Really sharp shadows in the night and no need for a headtorch. I was stunned at the scene, but with my small digital camera I couldn't take any reasonable good photos.
We had excellent views of Everest, Lohtse and Nuptse every day from our camps on Pumori. Evening views like this from my tent higher on the ridge will stay with me for a long, long time :yep:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a126/Porphyr/Nepal364.jpg

[Jimbuna]

I could well be looking at my next wallpaper http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[TarJak]

Cracking good shots those! :up: Never been to the Himalaya's. Looks like it would be worthwhile just for the photo opps.
Nothing as spectacular but I was playing around with geting shots of fast moving water:
Alexandra Falls in Victoria:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_1416.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_1420.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_1418.jpg

[Jimbuna]

High Force waterfall-Tees Valley

http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/8215/highforcefallsyg4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Boris]

Here's some of mine that I took on my walk through Europe...

The fields of Lower Saxony...
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f152/Boris117/P1000157.jpg

Midnight at the Dortmund-Ems Kanal
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f152/Boris117/P1000762.jpg

Horses in the Eifel
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f152/Boris117/P1010066.jpg

The Cathedral in Metz
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f152/Boris117/P1010588.jpg

by night...
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f152/Boris117/P1010619.jpg

The view from Roche d'Ajoux in the northern Massif Central
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f152/Boris117/P1020239.jpg

[Boris]

Great pics Boris, you walked all the way ?
Yep, from Hamburg to Santiago... and a bit further to Finisterre on the coast

Here's a few more...

Sunset just outside Selongey
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f152/Boris117/sunsetl.jpg

Chalencen
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f152/Boris117/P1020466.jpg

Polignac
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f152/Boris117/P1020635.jpg

Le Puy en Velay
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f152/Boris117/P1020642.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f152/Boris117/P1020851.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f152/Boris117/P1030173.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Absolutely incredible shots Boris http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[SeaWolf U-57]

there you go Great jigsaw puzzle pictures for Christmas prezzies

[fatty]

Thanks Boris and porphy both for posting some really epic shots. Boris, is that lightning on the right of #5 in your second post?

[Boris]

Thanks for the compliments guys...

yep, that's lightning alright :yep:

[TarJak]

Ruins of a tin mine building, Weal Coates above Chapel Porth Cornwal:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/HolidaySep2006491.jpg

Same structure with St Agnes Beacon in the background:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/HolidaySep2006489.jpg

Looking North along the coast towards Weal Coates:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/HolidaySep2006488.jpg

The view from Weal Coates:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/HolidaySep2006574.jpg

[joea]

Some great pics guys!!

BTW what image hosting service do most of you use/recommend and why? Looking at price (cheap/free) bandwidth, security wise.

[Boris]

Some great pics guys!!

BTW what image hosting service do most of you use/recommend and why? Looking at price (cheap/free) bandwidth, security wise.

Photobucket has always served me well. It's not as tacky as the quick and nasty imageshack and let's you set up an account, in which you can set up various subfolders. You can upload up to hundreds of images at once (ie a whole folder on your computer). It allows failry large image sizes and a monthly banwidth of 25gigs per account, which should be more than enough.

[TarJak]

Same here for the same reasons. It's easy although I'm looking at the google photos as it has a single button upload from Picasa which I use to manage my photo's on my HDD.

[Jimbuna]

San Jacinto Monument Texas (not my photos)

http://www.seabrooktourism.com/uploads/images/san_jacinto_mon.jpg http://www.usstexasbb35.com/FTV-Volunteers/Misc-Photos/Texas-arial-Mon-Ship.jpg

[TarJak]

Skylight:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Subsim2008108.jpg

San Jacinto monument (my photo) :) sorry Jim couldn't resist:lol::
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Subsim2008048.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Nice one :up: ....I don't know why I never ended up taking one myself :-?

[Schöneboom]

San Giorgio Maggiore at Dawn
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2026/venice1ref0.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Lofoten Norway

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6981/lofotenqv4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Jimbuna]

A trekker's dream Jim, beautiful :yep:

A beautiful area.....just not warm enough for me though mate :lol:

[saltysplash]

Hi folks, Just a couple of pics of Sunset over Chatham Historic Dockyard where Nelsons Flagship at Trafalgar was built.

The Boat in the Foreground is my old MFV Emblem

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc227/saltysplash/14-1.jpg

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc227/saltysplash/15-1.jpg

[saltysplash]

A couple of pics of our trip across the English Channel/south eastern North sea in a 90 yr old dutch barge. We set off from Amsterdam, cruised the Dutch and belgium Canals to Neiuport then headed for England

She was riveted iron, 88 ft long x 14ft wide and our only means of propulsion was a 1940's Lister 4 cyl engine giving a average speed over the ground of 4 knts. No Radar or Depth sounder just our charts and a bloody good skipper and a crew of 4 in 2 watches 4 on and 4 off

sorry for the quality but they are stills taken from my video

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc227/saltysplash/20080418-031936-1.jpg

the wind has picked up to Force 4

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc227/saltysplash/20080418-032305-1.jpg

Perfect landfall, The Cliffs of Ramsgate and Broadstairs what a sight to behold after bouncing around in an old barge for over 12 hours

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc227/saltysplash/20080418-034427-1.jpg

Our trusty Lister Diesel, with yours truly checking the fluids

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc227/saltysplash/20080722-213628.jpg

[TarJak]

Nice shots saltysplash!:up:

Hi folks, Just a couple of pics of Sunset over Chatham Historic Dockyard where Nelsons Flagship at Trafalgar was built.

The Boat in the Foreground is my old MFV Emblem

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc227/saltysplash/14-1.jpg

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc227/saltysplash/15-1.jpg

[mr chris]

Some shots in a place just outside of Pafos yesterday.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/Picture007.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/Picture009.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/Picture029.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/MrChris99/Picture035-1.jpg

[HunterICX]

:up:Nice Chris, love the last 2

HunterICX

[Jimbuna]

Ya jammy bugga :lol:

[fatty]

Anyone been up to anything lately? I've been so dang busy this month, my gear has pretty much just been collecting dust.

[TarJak]

Managed a quick visit to Bath when I was in the UK last week:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/Swkav2R8pGI/AAAAAAAAANw/mUbj4Cvvbnc/s640/20091120%20050.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/SwkbZhgENYI/AAAAAAAAAOM/A7_kQYLoraU/s800/20091120%20047.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/SwkbkqqxKYI/AAAAAAAAAOo/x5Vmng_Xrbg/s800/20091120%20048.jpg

[nikimcbee]

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/8199/lighthouse5ro1.jpg

Oregon coast

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/348/lighthouse2zx4.jpg

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/3518/lighthouse3sy0.jpg

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/36/p1000007dv4.jpg

[McBeck]

Some nice shots in there. Heres a few of mine:

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs51/o/2009/325/c/5/c5c6b2b5bd2b27f7b37b0c42a183c423.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs43/o/2009/204/b/b/bba1c573c812e3588564a72f48f8c0d4.jpg

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs45/o/2009/204/5/d/5d15d45492252777c91665f8c40f32d5.jpg

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs50/o/2009/276/d/4/d428f2d8f6661692d7c6c30fee807c65.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs51/o/2009/284/3/1/313af36ccf0d636a96a2ad2cf16913ef.jpg

Se lots more at http://jonathanjorgensen.daportfolio.com/

[Platapus]

Those are excellent pictures McBeck.

My favourites are the first and third. Great use of light and pattern. :yeah:

[Biggles]

Got meself some pictures from London.
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/3825/bild002c.jpg
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/4039/bild140.jpg
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5103/bild166.jpg
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7483/bild159c.jpg
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/4639/bild160w.jpg

[Shearwater]

Nice pictures, Biggles :DL
Is that a BE2 in the second picture? Love those old biplanes.

[Biggles]

Aye, that's a BE2. You can also spot a Camel in the background, got some more pics from the IWM I might put up:DL

[Rockin Robbins]

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/RockinRobbins13/diningroom_pregamma_1_fattal_alpha_.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/RockinRobbins13/houseback_pregamma_1_fattal_alpha_0.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/RockinRobbins13/Porchshot_pregamma_1_fattal_alpha_0.jpg

[Shearwater]

Aye, that's a BE2. You can also spot a Camel in the background, got some more pics from the IWM I might put up:DL

Sounds good, please do :up:

[Jimbuna]

Aye, that's a BE2. You can also spot a Camel in the background, got some more pics from the IWM I might put up:DL

It's been years since I last visited IWM....looking forward to seeing them :up:

[TarJak]

London:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/SwkYPgIsYII/AAAAAAAAANk/KHkDLf2jx4M/s800/LondonPanorama.jpg

Purling Brook Falls QLD:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/PurlingBrookFalls.jpg

Natural Bridge QLD:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/NaturalBridge-copy.jpg

[Neal Stevens]

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/RockinRobbins13/Porchshot_pregamma_1_fattal_alpha_0.jpg


Nice! How do you do that?

[Rockin Robbins]

It's called high dynamic range photography, usually used for wide angle outdoors shots. I've been playing with using it in unconventional ways. It sort of gives my balcony a Norman Rockwell feeling, doesn't it?

With high dynamic range photography you give the shot a wider range of brightness levels than any film or CCD can process. Our eyes outperform any camera by having an incredibly wide exposure latitude. We see perfectly well in the shadows on a bright day. Film and CCD cameras have a narrower exposure latitude. By opening up the exposure latitude even wider than the eye sees, you can make some pretty striking (and some pretty ridiculous. The method is not without its hazards) photographs.

Here's another one of a very ordinary-looking church on a very ordinary-looking day:

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/RockinRobbins13/KRBC2.jpg

HDR photography loves shadows and reflections. A little Photoshop work on the sky wouldn't be out of place there in the cloud by the steeple.

[Biggles]

Okay, you sorry lot asked for it, here are some more!
German WWI artillery periscope:
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3984/bild099mv.jpg
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/583/bild100s.jpg
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/7995/bild108.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1913/bild112t.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9061/bild113.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/2290/bild115.jpg
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/6433/bild117g.jpg

[ivank]

nice pictures

[jeremy8529]

I just got this camera for a trip to Orlando for an internship, and I decided to take plenty of Panoramas! :D. Tell me what you think, some advice? I need help taking portraits.

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8004/1000021d.th.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/i/1000021d.jpg/)
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4127/1000043z.th.jpg (http://img27.imageshack.us/i/1000043z.jpg/)
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2961/1000047c.th.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/i/1000047c.jpg/)
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/142/1000063u.th.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/i/1000063u.jpg/)
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/1248/1000070p.th.jpg (http://img121.imageshack.us/i/1000070p.jpg/)
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9917/1000071.th.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/i/1000071.jpg/)
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/9830/1000072.th.jpg (http://img264.imageshack.us/i/1000072.jpg/)
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/1954/1000085r.th.jpg (http://img692.imageshack.us/i/1000085r.jpg/)

[TarJak]

Nice panorama's. Are they single or multi exposures stitched together. Personally I use multis taken for the purpose of stitching together later.

[Rhodes]

Here's a few from the film I developed!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2800/4093264500_720d71024b_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2517/4092496689_a0cf2e05a9.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2620/4093266772_4cfb5cceeb.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2711/4093258876_42df83f8a9.jpg

[jeremy8529]

They were stitched together from three exposures each.

[TarJak]

Eros in Picadilly Circus:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/SxIXD82tIII/AAAAAAAAAQk/HkrfAqQjG-0/s640/20091120%20012.jpg

The Eye:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/SxIYGxXRsOI/AAAAAAAAAQo/_ijw8aG6Dvg/s800/20091120%20026.jpg

[Biggles]

I like black and white, and I like to fool around with my pics. This is a thing I took yesterday...
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/1970/1111ae.jpg

[McBeck]

How about this HDR:
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs46/o/2009/236/2/d/2da42960a2edff534f1a729862d3d781.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

She is beautful. Nice shot!

[TarJak]

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/SxS9OgKZanI/AAAAAAAAAS0/xuz6GKr3G7Q/s912/20051015%20037.jpg

[Ducimus]

When im not modding, im hiking, some ad hoc panoramas i spliced together.

http://www.ducimus.net/one.jpg
-
http://www.ducimus.net/two.jpg

[McBeck]

The life of a bug:

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs49/o/2009/205/a/b/ab3d062d3b1afef5eb2cf215057501ba.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

I just made that picture my desktop background at work McBeck! National Geographic is looking for some photographers. Interested?

[McBeck]

I just made that picture my desktop background at work McBeck! National Geographic is looking for some photographers. Interested?Wow! Im honored :D

I have tons of nature shots....:
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs47/o/2009/216/d/2/d279109ae9f50dcb371c3c81107d68f5.jpg

Or maybe this?

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs42/o/2009/204/c/9/c9d90c410e8acb86301ef254d2bb2b4b.jpg

Lots more here:
http://jonathanjorgensen.daportfolio.com/

[TarJak]

Nice Macro work McBeck! Real pro stuff!:yeah:

[AVGWarhawk]

I was just going to say macro photography is you thing! :yeah:

[AVGWarhawk]

I switched up to the bug on the yellow flower for the desktop. Great picture! :rock:

[Jimbuna]

That is certainly some talent you have there McBeck http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[Biggles]

I'm actually considering to try to get into a photography education in Scotland. Although my pictures lack the talent and looks like many others, I am very keen to learn photography, and tbh, the main reason that my pictures may be blurry etc. is that I have a camera that ain't too good unless it's broad daylight. In those instances, the pictures can be pretty good. (I don't really like to take pictures with flash, I avoid it when I can).

From a scout camp:
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2668/bild148.jpg
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/5467/bild106.jpg
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5482/bild036h.jpg
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/6681/bild062.jpg

And two from, well pic a guess...
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9350/img2075w.jpg
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/4030/img2119.jpg

Yes, the last two pics are wery bright, 'cause their from my sisters camera, which I borrowed during my backpacking trip through Europe. She had that brightness on the camera, and didn't at the time bother too much about it...

[McBeck]

I was just going to say macro photography is you thing! :yeah:Thanks all!
Macro is actully easy. People are hard to shoot - thats my next challenge...

Heres som non-macro work:
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs48/o/2009/205/a/d/ad7bee0ff5e8163ae6493ecc361761f4.jpg

Sometimes its all about being the right place at the right time :D

[AVGWarhawk]

People are hard to shoot


Not true. Get in some good practice at the range. Also practice on running targets....oops never mind wrong kind of shoot. :-?

Nice shot of the bridge.

[Skybird]

Probably matching the mood of this time of the year. Found these by random chance on the local christmas market. Burn very nice.

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/3942/img0669.jpg (http://img709.imageshack.us/i/img0669.jpg/)

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7733/img0676lz.jpg (http://img692.imageshack.us/i/img0676lz.jpg/)

[Biggles]

Nice one Skybird. Also nice pic of Öresundsbron, McBeck. Last year I passed that one into the wild and unwelcoming lands of the Danes, it was exiting, I can tell!:O:

[Kptlt. Hellmut Neuerburg]

Heres some photos of and from Mount Rainer, the local mountian.
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/2927/mountraineratsunset.jpg
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/788/mountrainerscenery1.jpg
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/9435/mountrainerscenery2.jpg
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/3888/mountrainerscenery3.jpg
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/2473/upcloseandfaraway.jpg
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/9918/downtothevalley.jpg
Side note these photos where taken with an Exakta VX, made by Jhagee of Dresden.

[Biggles]

Bump? I like this thread.

Here is one I took awhile ago. I liked it.
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9419/bild028d.jpg

[TarJak]

Just got back from a trip down the coast where I got to spend a pleasant couple of hours at the Naval Aviation Museum at HMAS Albatross in Nowra. There were some interesting exhibits including a couple of oddities.


Fairey Firefly:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/SyyEJF0iJVI/AAAAAAAAAcM/I0q3TCNtP34/s1152/IMG_0763.JPG

Sea Venom:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/SyyDMg9XMPI/AAAAAAAAAY0/7yIZJlNIuZY/s1152/IMG_0705.JPG

Fairey Gannet:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/SyyHm3LKV5I/AAAAAAAAAdI/eDd-rJoARy4/s1152/Gannet.jpg

Sea Fury:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/SyyHnb0mAzI/AAAAAAAAAdM/dTQP3rLcML4/s1152/Sea%20Fury.jpg

Mig 15:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/SyyDv7tc6XI/AAAAAAAAAaw/RbYdOuL0X2Q/s1152/IMG_0741.JPG

Piano from HMS Illustrious:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/SyyDroB8NCI/AAAAAAAAAag/-fcvZFVwukY/s1152/IMG_0736.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/SyyDskqASmI/AAAAAAAAAak/YOGa1CrGC4Q/s1152/IMG_0738.JPG

The full gallery here: http://picasaweb.google.com/tarjaks/NavalAviationMuseum?authkey=Gv1sRgCMvSoIXI2JOEPA&feat=directlink (http://picasaweb.google.com/tarjaks/NavalAviationMuseum)

[TarJak]

Time for some wildlife shots:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0PIA0fqzyI/AAAAAAAAAnE/oGoIPyvq7rU/s800/IMG_1017.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0PICJWYq6I/AAAAAAAAAnI/jW_o9SrZyYE/s800/IMG_1049.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0PIDpbcYPI/AAAAAAAAAnM/YS1NMjQ1LPA/s720/IMG_1078.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0PIFP2SMBI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/6jFaLPfEUgo/s800/IMG_1084.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0PIGybUJ_I/AAAAAAAAAnU/hzvfLqPC-yk/s640/IMG_1103.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0PIIbkop6I/AAAAAAAAAnY/BYImPkmSjhw/s640/IMG_1104.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0PIJ9L28YI/AAAAAAAAAng/g1Z9zFESdoQ/s640/IMG_1108.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0PIK0tzWWI/AAAAAAAAAnk/aBSRtQdBN-Y/s640/IMG_1126.JPG

[Jimbuna]

Time for some wildlife shots:




http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0PIDpbcYPI/AAAAAAAAAnM/YS1NMjQ1LPA/s720/IMG_1078.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0PIFP2SMBI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/6jFaLPfEUgo/s800/IMG_1084.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0PIGybUJ_I/AAAAAAAAAnU/hzvfLqPC-yk/s640/IMG_1103.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0PIIbkop6I/AAAAAAAAAnY/BYImPkmSjhw/s640/IMG_1104.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0PIJ9L28YI/AAAAAAAAAng/g1Z9zFESdoQ/s640/IMG_1108.JPG



Those are some really cool self portraits you've taken of yourself mate.


http://www.criticallayouts.com/images/rsgallery/original/monkey-0214-1.gif

[TarJak]

I'll not let that catty remark get under my skin:O:

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0R8yGpcuyI/AAAAAAAAAok/zSntwoUmKQk/s912/IMG_1034.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0R8xGnRSVI/AAAAAAAAAog/U4VGBiMSLyM/s912/IMG_1033.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0R8irBqGhI/AAAAAAAAAoc/r7oc0oDY7ZM/s912/IMG_1022.JPG

[darius359au]

The Wife took this one on a school trip with the eldest to the Adelaide zoo

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Darius359au/fleahippo.jpg

[TarJak]

Sydney last night:

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0aFWSfNtmI/AAAAAAAAArM/_YcWlT17k0U/s1152/IMG_1287.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0aIHSYTlPI/AAAAAAAAArU/DgoEhhj3g7U/s1152/OH_HB_Pano.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S0aGP6sDKPI/AAAAAAAAArQ/rxbqdKYEDWE/s1152/IMG_1245.JPG

[Task Force]

Nice pics... wish i had had a camera when we went on are vaication to the bluridge parkway... Lots of nice scenery...
http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/blue-ridge-parkway-asheville-nc120.jpg
http://www.memorable-beach-vacations.com/image-files/blue-ridge-parkway-fall-colors-nc-roadway-640w-4251et-60.jpg
Not my pics... lol but thats what it looks like.

[=FI=Ghost]

I took this photo with my phone Sony Ericsson K510i a couple of years ago:

http://i47.tinypic.com/1176wr8.jpg

[TarJak]

Bath Cathedral:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S2wK8Y4WpUI/AAAAAAAAA48/xffRjwYba-s/s1152/20091120%20037.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S2wK2izKjrI/AAAAAAAAA40/G34B2aYciqA/s1152/20091120%20040.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S2wK0_blZNI/AAAAAAAAA4w/ga-ZaH5AC_w/s1152/20091120%20041.jpg

[Jimbuna]

WTF!! :hmmm:

:nope:

[TarJak]

WTF!! :hmmm:

:nope:
:O: That was from the trip last year when I met up with Francis. And no I haven't found religion. I like old architecture.

[Jimbuna]

:O: That was from the trip last year when I met up with Francis. And no I haven't found religion. I like old architecture.

You'd fit in well there....as Quasimodo :rotfl2:

[TarJak]

I'll make room for you as another gargoyle then shall I?:O:

[Jimbuna]

Please find my CV attached below :DL

http://mysterylinks.info/links/gargoyle3.gif

[TarJak]

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S35zNHD0ogI/AAAAAAAABX8/eKdmX1PCTuE/s1152/wessex1.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/S35yuC-oxfI/AAAAAAAABX4/L0sNuydFK6w/s800/HolidaySep2006%20260.jpg

[Lionclaw]

I thought I would share some pictures I took in October last year.

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/8063/pa180004.jpg (http://img91.imageshack.us/i/pa180004.jpg/)

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4123/pa180006.jpg (http://img52.imageshack.us/i/pa180006.jpg/)

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5357/pa180010d.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/i/pa180010d.jpg/)

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/9287/pa180007.jpg (http://img718.imageshack.us/i/pa180007.jpg/)

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4339/pa180013.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/i/pa180013.jpg/)

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/8738/pa180015.jpg (http://img641.imageshack.us/i/pa180015.jpg/)

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/1873/pa180016.jpg (http://img189.imageshack.us/i/pa180016.jpg/)

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/711/pa180019.jpg (http://img91.imageshack.us/i/pa180019.jpg/)

[krashkart]

^^ That's some beautiful land there. Whereabouts? Pics 5 and 6, I'd enter those woods and disappear for a while. :DL

[krashkart]

Took a lot of pictures on this last trip back home. Stayed with family in North Idaho. Looking through the 150-odd photos makes me tear up a little. I miss home in a big way. Here's a small selection:


Doggies In The Mist
These pooches were constant companions as we hiked around a nearby ski lodge. The younger, shorter-hair retriever was the most playful of the two. Got into a tussle with the both of them as we raced back down to the lodge later, stopped, gave them both a big hug and got a healthy dose of slobbery dog kisses in return.

http://krashkart.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/doggiesinthemist.jpg


Ski Lift - The Works
A short hike uphill from the lodge took us to the ski lift. There appear to be two guest rooms in the tower, toward the back. The forward half of the ground floor is dedicated to the lifts' machinery. Everything is out of action, save for the guest accommodations.

http://krashkart.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/skilift003.jpg


Control Hut - Looking Into The Fog
I don't ever remember a time seeing such a beautiful morning. Being at an elevation high enough to be in the clouds while standing on terra firma, for the first time in my life, was absolutely amazing. Took this picture from inside the lifts' control hut.

http://krashkart.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/skilift002.jpg


Silent Descent
A clearer outdoor view of the lift. Unsure how far it is to the bottom; a quarter mile maybe. Everything had an ancient feel to it. The lift hasn't been used in many years.

http://krashkart.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/skilift001.jpg


Unshaven Vagrant
Yours truly, smiling as usual. That morning was fairly chilly, especially on the mountain. I had to trade it all in for a plane ride back to Iowa several days later. :cry:

http://krashkart.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/vagrant001.jpg

[CCIP]

I don't have a good camera but I still like to snap things with my cheapie. Here's a few odds and ends from my neck of the woods.

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/d03-1.jpg
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/d04-1.jpg
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/d07-1.jpg
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/d08-1.jpg
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/d01-1.jpg
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/d02-1.jpg

(shamelessly copying krashkart with a self-picture at the end!)

[Lionclaw]

^^ That's some beautiful land there. Whereabouts? Pics 5 and 6, I'd enter those woods and disappear for a while. :DL

~4 km NNW of Örnsköldsvik.

[Biggles]

~4 km NNW of Örnsköldsvik.

Ah, I thought they had a "Norrländsk" look to them!:O:

My graduation cap arrived today! Took a pic in the kitchen:
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/6074/bild008y.jpg

[krashkart]

(shamelessly copying krashkart with a self-picture at the end!)

I am honored. *bow*

~4 km NNW of Örnsköldsvik.

A bit out of my range, I guess. :)

My graduation cap arrived today! Took a pic in the kitchen:

Sharp looking cover. :up:

[KnightsCross]

Just went through all your photos :D well done Gents they are great

[Jimbuna]

I don't have a good camera but I still like to snap things with my cheapie. Here's a few odds and ends from my neck of the woods.

(shamelessly copying krashkart with a self-picture at the end!)

I thank the lord your wearing a face mask :D

[tomfon]

The Tyne Brige: Newcastle Upon Tyne

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/8431/tynebridgewebmf7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Which time of year was this photo taken jimbuna?

[Jimbuna]

Which time of year was this photo taken jimbuna?

Sorry, can't say with any confidence....but I suspect Oct or Nov time :hmmm:

[danlisa]

Which time of year was this photo taken jimbuna?

Sorry, can't say with any confidence....but I suspect Oct or Nov time :hmmm:

To be precise'ish : 2004:11:18 :yeah:

[tomfon]

Thank you. I really like the colours and the feeling the "clear" atmosphere radiates.:arrgh!:

[ajrimmer42]

Never noticed this thread before :O:

Few from Whitby, North Yorkshire, in April 2010
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-sjc1/hs386.snc3/23583_1425489042118_1379526408_1196967_1041328_n.j pg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs386.snc3/23583_1425488922115_1379526408_1196965_6747494_n.j pg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs386.snc3/23583_1425489402127_1379526408_1196976_5359556_n.j pg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs386.snc3/23583_1425490562156_1379526408_1197002_759786_n.jp g

Staithes, just up the coast from Whitby
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs426.ash1/23583_1425490962166_1379526408_1197011_574905_n.jp g

Grosmont Station, North York Moors Railway
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs386.snc3/23583_1425491402177_1379526408_1197019_4770532_n.j pg

Robin Hood's Bay
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs426.ash1/23583_1425491842188_1379526408_1197027_7673273_n.j pg

And a couple from Graves Park, just up the road from my house, last Sunday
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/DSC01001.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/DSC01012.jpg

[Jimbuna]

To be precise'ish : 2004:11:18 :yeah:

Pretty close Dan :DL

Date: Nov 13, 2004 12:56:38 PM

http://www.freefoto.com/preview/1043-09-1?ffid=1043-09-1&k=Tyne+Bridge%2C+Newcastle+upon+Tyne+at+night

[Lionclaw]

Nice pictures ajrimmer42, I really like 2, 6, and 8. :up:

[Lord_magerius]

A couple from the last time I visited family down Wales, taken with a crappy 2.5mp camera
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/Toffeeapple/DSCF0335.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/Toffeeapple/DSCF0351.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/Toffeeapple/DSCF0356.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/Toffeeapple/DSCF0397.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/Toffeeapple/P080808_091402.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/Toffeeapple/PHOT0099.jpg

[Fish]

I made a few pictures in my hometown, nothing special.

As you know there is no global warming, but to be sure we bild a new dike.:know:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33724636@N04/sets/72157611667714981/

[Biggles]

Finally got a decent camera. Canon EOS 550D.
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/1463/img0077cj.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/816/img0074b.jpg
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6093/img0072rt.jpg

[TarJak]

I visted Vivid Sydney 2010 over the weekend and took a few shots:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2870.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2857.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2879.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2852.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2849.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2838.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2826.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2804.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2787.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2762.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2724.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2744.jpg

[TarJak]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2740.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2759.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2666.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2635-1.jpg


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2603-1.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2632-1.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_2514-1.jpg

[Lionclaw]

@ Lord_magerius

I like the photos of the castle. :up:

@ Biggles

Good pictures. :) I like the first one, but it would look better without the street light. :up:

@ TarJak

Nice pictures, really colorful. Beautiful city. :)

[krashkart]

Wow TarJak. That looks like a really cool event. Good desktop wallpaper material, too. :up:

[Jimbuna]

Nice shots TJ :up:

I thought you lot had burned all the churches down :DL

[Biggles]

Marriage of our crown princess:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs150.snc4/36870_433715753114_611363114_5732932_4826618_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs150.snc4/36870_433718083114_611363114_5733004_6520127_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs130.snc4/36870_433724593114_611363114_5733105_3499738_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs070.ash2/36870_433742323114_611363114_5733580_4639310_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs150.snc4/36870_433744273114_611363114_5733627_5502747_n.jpg

[Biggles]

And for the boat fans out there!
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/456/img0850vr.jpg
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/7375/img07421111.jpg

[Jimbuna]

HMS Visborg :up:

[Biggles]

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/8291/img1298.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs200.snc4/38360_444902203114_611363114_6016172_5327832_n.jpg

[Sockeye]

http://a.imageshack.us/img413/7986/conclo.jpg

[Jimbuna]

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/4064/p1000416.jpg (http://img832.imageshack.us/i/p1000416.jpg/)

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/8931/p1000417r.jpg (http://img191.imageshack.us/i/p1000417r.jpg/)

[TarJak]

Nice rocket Jim. Where is it?

Some shots from this weekend:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_0177.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_0174.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_0171.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/IMG_0181.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Nice rocket Jim. Where is it?



Eden Camp, Malton, North Yorkshire.

http://www.edencamp.co.uk/index.html

I done a favour for a local community transport company and drove a bus there in June....free entry plus a £5 food and drink voucher for the driver LOL :DL

IIRC the camp was used to hold Italian POW's during the last war.

I'll post some more pics on a dedicated thread in a day or two.

[Biggles]

Took this from my window the other night.
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/9710/img1488g.jpg

[ajrimmer42]

Eden Camp, Malton, North Yorkshire.

http://www.edencamp.co.uk/index.html

I done a favour for a local community transport company and drove a bus there in June....free entry plus a £5 food and drink voucher for the driver LOL :DL

IIRC the camp was used to hold Italian POW's during the last war.

I'll post some more pics on a dedicated thread in a day or two.

Eden Camp's the shizz :rock:

Few of my recent photos, all of which and more can be found on my DeviantART (http://urbanprotocol.deviantart.com/) :D

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/234/7/8/Furnace_by_UrbanProtocol.jpg

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/231/7/1/Bygone_by_UrbanProtocol.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/220/4/a/Fire_by_UrbanProtocol.jpg

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/231/5/6/Barbed_by_UrbanProtocol.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/232/3/2/mA_by_UrbanProtocol.jpg

yeah i likes black and white :yep:

[ajrimmer42]

More recent ones :D

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/268/0/2/steam_by_urbanprotocol-d2zggdv.jpg

http://urbanprotocol.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2zggdv


http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2010/268/8/c/times_past_by_urbanprotocol-d2zgfji.jpg

http://urbanprotocol.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2zgfji

[Jimbuna]

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/3295/p1000500t.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/i/p1000500t.jpg/)
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/7479/p1000513u.jpg (http://img819.imageshack.us/i/p1000513u.jpg/)
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6167/p1000515lt.jpg (http://img59.imageshack.us/i/p1000515lt.jpg/)
http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/7116/p1000522j.jpg (http://img840.imageshack.us/i/p1000522j.jpg/)
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/609/p1000565a.jpg (http://img178.imageshack.us/i/p1000565a.jpg/)
http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/4809/p1000567.jpg (http://img543.imageshack.us/i/p1000567.jpg/)

[stringy]

U33 Spotted off Devils Point Plymouth UK taking part in Flag Officer Sea Training Exercises

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/7161/uboot.jpg

[stringy]

HMS Tireless heading out into Plymouth Sound.

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/1513/tireless.jpg

[stringy]

Spotted in more typical Devonport weather

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/3141/dolfijn.jpg

[krashkart]

Europe has it pretty good. I mean, y'all have castles and heavy timber structures that have stood for centuries. :DL

All we have are Wal-Mart's and Starbucks. :shifty:

[stringy]

Another visitor to Devonport taking part in NATO exercises. This time its the Bundesmarine frigate Bayern normally based in Wilhelmshaven

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/6986/f217.jpg

[TarJak]

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TLRXxqlCNqI/AAAAAAAAB74/WY58n5_Y1UE/s912/IMG_3537.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TLRX0bfMLkI/AAAAAAAAB78/pm1_uL44K0A/s912/IMG_3540.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TLRIJ4ZXOiI/AAAAAAAAB7Q/IZDonYbep20/s912/IMG_3571.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TLRIKr99NDI/AAAAAAAAB7U/YcU9lH1qrag/s912/IMG_3577.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TLRILjsS76I/AAAAAAAAB7Y/nmvwPHna3dU/s912/IMG_3590.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TLRJutpXV5I/AAAAAAAAB7o/drsoXKQEIlI/s912/IMG_3588.JPG

[Castout]

All we have are Wal-Mart's and Starbucks. :shifty:

and they too shall stand for centuries :O:

[AVGWarhawk]

Europe has it pretty good. I mean, y'all have castles and heavy timber structures that have stood for centuries. :DL

All we have are Wal-Mart's and Starbucks. :shifty:


Yes sir. One realize what young pups we are here in the US.

[stringy]

Another pic I found browsing the backup drive this time HMS Oceanhttp://img121.imageshack.us/img121/5509/hmsocean.jpg

[krashkart]

and they too shall stand for centuries :O:

:rotfl2:
They'll be bought out and re-branded at some point. Just wait and see.



Yes sir. One realize what young pups we are here in the US.

Indeed. We might just get lucky and make it to our tricentennial. :):woot:



@TarJak - Lovely pics in #198! :yep:

[TarJak]

Some shots from the recent Sculpture by the Sea exhibition between Bondi and Tamarama beaches on Sydney's coast:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TNOu94IpBzI/AAAAAAAAB9g/QrXBCrULGK0/s912/IMG_4262.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TNOu_K9EvhI/AAAAAAAAB9k/VPGsJhBg0jM/s640/IMG_4272.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TNOvAAmnsuI/AAAAAAAAB9o/WPOBcGp-ejM/s912/IMG_4274.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TNOu7xx1QvI/AAAAAAAAB9Y/z0Is1rmnk-8/s912/IMG_4246.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TNOu817gSdI/AAAAAAAAB9c/cXnlBe7YlOY/s912/IMG_4255.JPG

Bondi Icebergs club pool:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TNOuxOfKtaI/AAAAAAAAB9Q/n2k69dcTlxM/s912/IMG_4280.JPG

[tater]

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o222/tatersw/Misc/mantis1.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o222/tatersw/Misc/mantis2.jpg

Not bad for a pic from my phone.

[Biggles]

Your phone!? That is indeed impressive!

[tater]

iPhone4. I scaled those down, too. Thought the thread wanted them smaller.

[tater]

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o222/tatersw/IMG_0701.jpg
Should add that like the 2 above, taken with iphone... the best camera, they say, is the one you have with you.

[Gargamel]

Some random picks from my HDD. Thumbnails cause they're huge. I messed in photoshop with one of them, you can probably tell. Most of them are straight from the camera. I so prefer shooting in BW than in color since unless the color is an asset photo, I think it just distracts from it. And yes, that's New Orleans. My church group was on a post-Katrina rebuilding project.

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/774/canon200801200121.th.jpg (http://img830.imageshack.us/i/canon200801200121.jpg/)http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1769/canon200801200092.th.jpg (http://img98.imageshack.us/i/canon200801200092.jpg/)

http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/4923/canon200801200087.th.jpg (http://img826.imageshack.us/i/canon200801200087.jpg/)http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/1616/canon200801200099.th.jpg (http://img638.imageshack.us/i/canon200801200099.jpg/)

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2534/canon200801200111.th.jpg (http://img80.imageshack.us/i/canon200801200111.jpg/)http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4673/threecardmonte.th.jpg (http://img138.imageshack.us/i/threecardmonte.jpg/)

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/1377/canon200801210228.th.jpg (http://img219.imageshack.us/i/canon200801210228.jpg/)http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/7716/canon200801210164.th.jpg (http://img5.imageshack.us/i/canon200801210164.jpg/)

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4769/canon200806280772.th.jpg (http://img148.imageshack.us/i/canon200806280772.jpg/)




(http://imageshack.us)

[TarJak]

Huskisson Sunrise - Jervis Bay NSW:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7I8T1k5M7U4/TRB_CzaUd4I/AAAAAAAABO0/51mvvTbEbeI/s912/IMG_5314.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7I8T1k5M7U4/TRB_Dj_gguI/AAAAAAAABO4/mLQJCafn-KQ/s912/IMG_5315.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7I8T1k5M7U4/TRB_ESzdoFI/AAAAAAAABO8/8S-0QZQYFnQ/s912/IMG_5316.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_7I8T1k5M7U4/TRB_FJDsw7I/AAAAAAAABPA/-ZjNXxDXpAw/s912/IMG_5318.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7I8T1k5M7U4/TRB_F1wYw_I/AAAAAAAABPE/BaqP3PPww7I/s912/IMG_5325.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7I8T1k5M7U4/TRB_GuDLO6I/AAAAAAAABPI/t0twBQs3dtc/s912/IMG_5330.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7I8T1k5M7U4/TRB_HYVyUTI/AAAAAAAABPM/8ouSU2by5Vg/s912/IMG_5333.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7I8T1k5M7U4/TRB_Im3NnII/AAAAAAAABPQ/xUoJhzquCjQ/s912/IMG_5335.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7I8T1k5M7U4/TRB_Jd4ptwI/AAAAAAAABPU/0GdPEttu3HY/s912/IMG_5337.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7I8T1k5M7U4/TRB_KUYYGxI/AAAAAAAABPY/gP2C9fBMwyo/s640/IMG_5338.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7I8T1k5M7U4/TRB_KxB8KDI/AAAAAAAABPc/EBeukHmWDiY/s912/IMG_5346.JPG

[TarJak]

Took a quick trip up to Leura in the Blue Mountains today:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TRsT-OqA1tI/AAAAAAAACC8/NTCXPj-OHmI/s640/IMG_5472.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TRsRW5lJ5wI/AAAAAAAACCg/IxW88aK-3W4/s640/IMG_5476.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TRsRTu6lYJI/AAAAAAAACCY/ptqEAxCFOqc/s640/IMG_5485.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TRsRUr52xfI/AAAAAAAACCc/PB3Qs75gdko/s912/IMG_5487.JPG


http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TRsRYdzz6AI/AAAAAAAACCk/kkF6RHhV74g/s912/IMG_5521.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TRsRZg04vUI/AAAAAAAACCo/xvllBrapPm8/s912/IMG_5546.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TRsRa9q1FeI/AAAAAAAACCs/LnVhOjzLvig/s912/IMG_5503.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TRsRcpPfDsI/AAAAAAAACCw/EmoD2--JkTc/s912/IMG_5516.JPG

[Vendor]

Magnificent and beautiful!

[Jimbuna]

Very nice Grant....what's that bird in the tree?

[TarJak]

Cheers gents, its a Laughing Kookaburra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_Kookaburra). This one was a juvenile sitting on a branch about 30m up a tree near the car park that we stopped at.

[Vendor]

Cheers gents, its a Laughing Kookaburra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_Kookaburra). This one was a juvenile sitting on a branch about 30m up a tree near the car park that we stopped at. What type of photographic equipment, use of, when you take pictures?

[TarJak]

What type of photographic equipment, use of, when you take pictures?
These where taken with a Canon EOS 500D with EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS and EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS lenses.

[Vendor]

The pictures are of course very sharp, and gives a nice representation, in other words you have good equipment, :DL

[TarJak]

The pictures are of course very sharp, and gives a nice representation, in other words you have good equipment, :DL
And I keep it in perfect working order.:03:

[Jimbuna]

And I keep it in perfect working order.:03:

Met my cousin and his family from Brisbane today and they gave me a calendar of the Gold Coast.....as well as a few jokes about you Aussies....more to follow....keep drinking out of them saucers :har:

[Gargamel]

These where taken with a Canon EOS 500D with EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS and EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS lenses.

Huge fan of the Canon EOS series, especially the IS Lenses

I have a Rebel (something or other, budget buy) and A7E (non budget buy) with the standard 25-85 (Forgot exactly its range) and an 75-300 IS

Also have an old Pentax K1000 (my favorite for shooting BW 35mm, used to have my own darkroom) with a full range of lenses, 20mm fixed 1.8, 50mm fixed 2., 120mm fixed 1.8, and a 60-300 3.5-4.x. Also frequently used a 2500mm f12.5 telescope for astral and some wildlife. Problem is getting them to hold still long enough!

[TarJak]

You've got some good gear there. You should post some shots.

I've also got an old Minolta XG1 and a few lenses for it that I use occasionally when film is needed. TBH now that digital is where it is I'm finding I use it less and less now though.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TR2OxzSEqjI/AAAAAAAACDU/DUM8CebnzmM/s640/IMG_5545.JPG http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TR2ROGwjipI/AAAAAAAACD8/FjZKfCC0YfM/s640/IMG_5396.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TR2RtC79fII/AAAAAAAACEA/XxoMZhgtcG0/s912/IMG_5386.JPG

[Gargamel]

Posted some of my work a page or two ago. I'll have to dig through the attic to find my prints from my older days, have a couple I fondly remember.

For vacation and wildlife type work, I use digital, for when I need a lot of repetitive shots.

But When I'm setting up a shot long term, planning on shooting 5-6 bracketed frames, etc, then low speed BW film is my favorite, 64 or 50 speed. grain so fine you can smell it when it gets mixed with the fixer..... yummmm....

[TarJak]

Sorry I missed those earlier. They look really good.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TR2Unc2eK5I/AAAAAAAACEU/w5zLBiTBxEc/s640/IMG_0927.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TR7xAOMsjrI/AAAAAAAACEw/ZQgGB5hFtO4/s640/IMG_0938.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TR7xO8-SP-I/AAAAAAAACE0/Im8C5UDqnxI/s912/IMG_0934.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TR7wvwloHYI/AAAAAAAACEs/e2sgeDI8sRY/s912/IMG_0924.JPG

[TarJak]

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TSD9a4lX14I/AAAAAAAACGQ/v0mcS36vLqc/s912/IMG_0940.JPG%5C

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TSEBnfakEHI/AAAAAAAACGo/sgx29_nUzQY/s912/IMG_1271.JPG

[TarJak]

Did some messing around in the garden this afternoon and managed to catch this bee around some flowers:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_rpGh8toDHE4/TSWRjdI79oI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/KbufYcKtmho/s912/IMG_5589.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_rpGh8toDHE4/TSWReeEVUJI/AAAAAAAAAEA/h6Nc7ewV7sA/s912/IMG_5569.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_rpGh8toDHE4/TSWRhSBW4vI/AAAAAAAAAEM/CnpYksS-6E4/s912/IMG_5585.JPG

[Growler]

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TSEBnfakEHI/AAAAAAAACGo/sgx29_nUzQY/s912/IMG_1271.JPG

PLEASE tell me you're selling this one as a print.

[TarJak]

PLEASE tell me you're selling this one as a print.

I can if you want one. ;)

[Vendor]

Are you taking pictures of other "birds" also, :DL

[TarJak]

Are you taking pictures of other "birds" also, :DL
Not ones I can share.;)

[Vendor]

:O:

[Growler]

I can if you want one. ;)

Man, if i had a place to put it, I would TOTALLY pay for a print of that shot.

That is a stunner; you should be selling prints of that one - I expect they'd easily fetch US$125 and upwards.

[Lionclaw]

Great pictures TarJak! :up:

[Gargamel]

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/9755/img0137bj.jpg


Taken with my iPhone 3Gs, then used a panoramic app to paste the pics together. Not bad for doing it all on a phone.

It's my Office.

[Jimbuna]

PLEASE tell me you're selling this one as a print.

Who'd one to buy one of that?

Loads of Aussies have those sheds in their back gardens :DL

[Growler]

<-- Not Aussie.:DL No shed, either.

[TarJak]

A few more shots of the shed:

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TTH8CNrPi1I/AAAAAAAACI8/HlCsJ7nJw3c/s912/IMG_5757.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TTH8DiMXVCI/AAAAAAAACJE/I_-B13k8pKo/s912/IMG_5812.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TTH8EfvemCI/AAAAAAAACJI/iCOilIrLVeg/s912/IMG_5816.JPG

Statues in a park:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TTH8CyuewuI/AAAAAAAACJA/8psRRyaPF1I/s640/IMG_5775.JPG

[Betonov]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs255.snc6/180321_194262320586293_100000075783694_763898_1232 622_n.jpg

Overlooking my village from a place high enough that snow has not yet melted under the warm autumn sun

[krashkart]

[snip]


Taken with my iPhone 3Gs, then used a panoramic app to paste the pics together. Not bad for doing it all on a phone.

It's my Office.

It looked like a solid image until I read your description... then I looked again. :rotfl2:

Bless you guys, mate. :salute:

[Biggles]

One Sundaystroll on Mälaren later:
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/4238/img2557l.jpg

[Gargamel]

Found a nice stitch program, Autostitch (http://cvlab.epfl.ch/%7Ebrown/autostitch/autostitch.html), and it does it automatically!

Got this one from the New River Gorge a few years ago.
Took the wife there for a camping trip to show her where I worked as a River guide before we had met.
The rock outcropping we are standing on is about 15-20 feet wide, you can see the sides on the edges of the photo.

(Sorry about size, I can't get it to thumbnail :( )

http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/5020/nrgpano1.jpg

[Biggles]

Nice!

Remembering the death of Olof Palme...
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/7499/palmea.jpg
Picture quality is a real mess but oh well...

[Biggles]

Sunset over Stockholm.
http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/9130/img2714z.jpg

[TarJak]

Nice shot Biggles.:up:

Pinnacles Nambung National Park Western Australia (WA):
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TYHugQp_G6I/AAAAAAAACKs/FTe_yvguaWY/s912/IMG_5936.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TYHwO6_9TlI/AAAAAAAACK0/LvsLayC7FRI/s912/IMG_5947.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TYHwR2V5x6I/AAAAAAAACLE/z-bTVsBx2AU/s912/IMG_5973.JPG

Sand dunes Nambung National Park WA:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TYHwQU-ftBI/AAAAAAAACK8/gj-JwuCZ9lc/s912/IMG_6002.JPG

Sunset Seabird WA:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_Aa3Z9QSGhFM/TYHwRO0YmAI/AAAAAAAACLA/_BWzt84P4OU/s912/IMG_6027.JPG

[Jimbuna]

Are those rocks and pebbles from the UK? :DL

[Growler]

Here's one of mine; figured I'd oughta get at least one shot in here.

http://cobaltseas.deviantart.com/art/Against-The-Sun-201351591?q=gallery%3ACobaltSeas&qo=0
(http://cobaltseas.deviantart.com/art/Against-The-Sun-201351591?q=gallery%3ACobaltSeas&qo=0)
Or not. So much for getting it in this gallery; linkage instead.

[tater]

Some San Francisco pics:

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o222/tatersw/Misc/IMG_8562-1.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o222/tatersw/Misc/IMG_8556.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o222/tatersw/Misc/IMG_1352.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o222/tatersw/Misc/IMG_0535.jpg

[CCIP]

Nice shots tater! Hope the kids enjoy the visit, and you also.

Hoping to check in and snap a few pictures at these same locations myself next week.

[Dowly]

Hoping to check in and snap a few pictures at these same locations myself next week.

I am expecting them to be offyou, with a silly face like most of your shots are. :DL

Striped uniform perhaps? In the background the Alcatraz island? :O:

(Yes, you can hire me as your manager, $1500 a day + 24pack of beer a day)

[CCIP]

I am expecting them to be offyou, with a silly face like most of your shots are. :DL

Striped uniform perhaps? In the background the Alcatraz island? :O:

(Yes, you can hire me as your manager, $1500 a day + 24pack of beer a day)

Well the money might be tricky, but the beer I can always swing.

I like your ideas sir :D

However since I'm mostly in town on business, I'm gonna have to dress just a little smarter than usual :O:

Hopefully the weather holds up - my plan is to drag myself over to the docks and check out Pampanito and the O'Brien next thursday.

[tater]

O'Brien is moving (under her own power as she does) this Monday according to the guy who gave us a tour. They're unloading all the lead ballast since the price is high and replacing with stone.

SF was fantastic (got home last night). Even with rain. It's cheap, too, at least compared to the city I most often visit, NYC. Such an easy trip from NM that we'll definitely be back, possibly just for a weekend.

[TarJak]

I loved my visit to SF. The Pampanito and O'Brien are great exhibits.