I've found that all compacts suffer at nighttime, I guess that's something you'll have to accept... or just find something to stabilize it on and make sure you don't shake. Didn't you buy yours just recently? Have you looked at all the settings available to you? I say that because if you mess around enough you can get good non-daylight photos. Lookatafewexamples.
Where are you going in China?
Seriously, your Yellow Tulips photo the best flower picture I've seen. I've set it as my wallpaper. You should consider seeing if Microsoft is interested in it for a Windows 7 background.
"I like to run on treadmills, because at least I know I'm getting nowhere."
- Me
I use John's Background Switcher and set it to get pictures from wossname's, zaza's, penagate's, grilkip's and Merrion's profiles so it acts as my current desktop. Don't tell them, their heads will burst when they discover the awesomeness of being used as wallpaper material by me. Try your luck in China, I'll add you when you get back.
Book recommendation: "Digital Photographer's handbook" By Tom Ang. (Notice how they spelled photographographer wrong ) £25 is a bit pricey but it's a very glossy book
Which one would we look at though? I did a search on a local site for the book and found two "variations" of it. Don't know if it's only different covers or not, though the price of the hardcovers would imply otherwise.
Kalahari.net? How patronizing is that... Do you get your tea from rooibos.com?
No, I don't drink tea, but I buy coffee called "Boeretroos". (Boeretroos is the old afrikaans word for coffee)
Originally Posted by wossy
I've got number 4 on that list.
I've ordered it. Should be arriving some time next month. In the meanwhile, I went ahead and baught this. Quite interesting and informative for someone like me who has never done any photography in his life...
I'm going to buy a CP filter in the next couple of days, can't wait.
Photographography, for me, is rapidly becoming more exciting than programming. I never thought I'd ever say something like that, but there you go.
I'm actually considering a career change and moving into photographography.
My eldest son is getting married next month, and I'm having to pay for the photographer. They charge £500 MINIMUM, and for that all you get is a DVD ! No book ! And they charge more for taking pics at the reception !!! Talk about easy money
I'm getting out more and more since my youngest son got better (and the weather improves). I'm now going out of my way to get out and take snaps. It's beautiful out there.
Some polariser snaps taken at @ a 30 degree angle at water, facing a moderately overcast sun - blue/grey sky. Taken at Dovstones reservoir - the water seeps through peat into the res, hence the brown colour (no furred kettles up here). These are unedited. (I had my canon out in public and stuck it on my tripod)
Pic 1) UV filter only.
Pic 2) UV filter + minimum polarisation + more aperture
Pic 3) UV filter + maximum polarisation + more aperture
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How often do you go out for photos (even if it involves just walking around in the garden or the house)?
Well, by that definition I go "out" every day.
However, there's nothing really very photogenic (eg flowers, sunsets) around my town (unless you like bad graffiti and rotten buildings) and the surrounding countryside is mainly ploughed farmland. If I want to go somewhere actually interesting I'd have to go either further afield or into Derby city centre. And to be honest Derby isn't the kind of place I'd feel comfortable carrying a camera around. Derby folk are not friendly people on the whole (I'd, know I've lived here for nearly 30 years).
So I'm looking into some of the regular coach routes into the Peak District so I can go away at the weekends for a spot of perambulation and photo snapping.
The "Dales" up there are some of the most beautiful places in England. Lathkill Dale is a steep V-shaped valley with loads of exposed bedrock and a large stream running through it. That's always a fantastic place. Monsall Dale is similar but has some better long-range views. Lathkill has the best chip shop known to man.
That book recommdends just taking random pictures around the house though, even of things you'd normally never look at (because you see tham every day without thinking). So most of the time I'm just experimenting with the camera settings without taking any really amazing pictures.
I'm somewhat handicapped by the lack of a vehicle though hence the coach trips idea.
I'll probably end up travelling up to Scotland at some point to get some proper landscapes done (anyone fancy a ROAAAAAD TRIIIIIP ? )
Funny you should say that. I've been thinking the same thing, but including going round the coast.
On my list is the purchase of a small caravan - but you're restricted to where you can park-up overnight. Other possibilities include a campervan / autosleeper / motorhome. Perhaps even an 8 seater minibus / ex police (special ops) transporter van etc. that can be stripped and kitted out as a motorhome for bed and breakfast. I'd rather make my own schedule, and driving's no problem.
Cumbria is only a couple of hours drive up the M6, the Dales even closer, and the Peak District on my doorstep. I would have done it last year, but the weather was crap and my son's Crohns made anything more than a day-trip difficult. Soon, soon...
Perhaps even an 8 seater minibus / ex police (special ops) transporter van
You'd have to spend some $$$ reinforcing it so it can take the punishment of having a several reclusive programmers-turned-photographers driving around taking pictures of flowers and clouds. Mil-spec vehicles just aren't able to cope.
EDIT-- Uploaded a few new pics to flickr.
Last edited by wossname; Apr 27th, 2009 at 06:51 AM.
Funny you should say that. I've been thinking the same thing, but including going round the coast.
On my list is the purchase of a small caravan - but you're restricted to where you can park-up overnight. Other possibilities include a campervan / autosleeper / motorhome. Perhaps even an 8 seater minibus / ex police (special ops) transporter van etc. that can be stripped and kitted out as a motorhome for bed and breakfast. I'd rather make my own schedule, and driving's no problem.
Cumbria is only a couple of hours drive up the M6, the Dales even closer, and the Peak District on my doorstep. I would have done it last year, but the weather was crap and my son's Crohns made anything more than a day-trip difficult. Soon, soon...
So British people call them Caravans? Americans call them I think Trailers.
Reminds me of the movie Snatch.
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- Me
So British people call them Caravans? Americans call them I think Trailers.
Reminds me of the movie Snatch.
RVs or recreational vehicles in the term I have heard.
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Funny you should say that. I've been thinking the same thing, but including going round the coast.
On my list is the purchase of a small caravan - but you're restricted to where you can park-up overnight. Other possibilities include a campervan / autosleeper / motorhome. Perhaps even an 8 seater minibus / ex police (special ops) transporter van etc. that can be stripped and kitted out as a motorhome for bed and breakfast. I'd rather make my own schedule, and driving's no problem.
Cumbria is only a couple of hours drive up the M6, the Dales even closer, and the Peak District on my doorstep. I would have done it last year, but the weather was crap and my son's Crohns made anything more than a day-trip difficult. Soon, soon...
Just take a school bus (Preferably stolen from a school for the blind)
You'd have to spend some $$$ reinforcing it so it can take the punishment of having a several reclusive programmers-turned-photographers driving around taking pictures of flowers and clouds. Mil-spec vehicles just aren't able to cope.
There's a guy (force_auctions_uk) sells ex-police vehicles (amongst other medium sized vehicles) on ebay. Police vehicles get auctioned off annually when their new budgets are allocated. They have a full service history and top-notch maintenance. Some of these are prisoner vans, complete with cages. The cage door gets removed so you can't lock yourself in, but you can reassemble it later.
I took this using one of the first digital cameras i have ever seen when i stumbled across a emergency evacuation exercise in Central Queensland Australia.
and this is my car and my dog "Mangrove" after it landed.
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Originally Posted by mendhak
Didn't you buy yours just recently? Have you looked at all the settings available to you? I say that because if you mess around enough you can get good non-daylight photos. 
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