Random Photos : Part 3

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gingerpaul

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242 months

Wednesday 10th October 2012
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Harry Flashman said:
I am - and yes please! The more I research, the more the 1.8 appeals (either in the Panasonic 20mm or the Olympus 45mm flavour), for the sort of photography I enjoy - quite a lot of indoor, attempts at bokeh etc.
These are all just snaps but hopefully they'll let you know what you can do. The first 3 are all rejects but they do show the bokeh quite well. I hope they help. smile

Edit - sorry for the massive image guys. redface


CommanderJameson

22,096 posts

225 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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At least it's not a snake!


Shaggy Ink Cap by Peter Whysall, on Flickr

Harry Flashman

19,283 posts

241 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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dtiom said:
Hi Folks, I've been lurking far too long admiring some of the excellent pictures, reading and learning from some of the postings. We had a couple of hours of the Aurora on Monday night and I thought I might share a couple.

C&C welcomed:


Aurora by dave thornley, on Flickr

and one with my car wink


Aurora by dave thornley, on Flickr
Nice! Welcome.

I am yet to contribute anything worthwhile to this thread - just generally soaking up advice on technique. Hopefully one day I'll post up something like these - fabulous!

Speed addicted

5,561 posts

226 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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Harry Flashman said:
Nice! Welcome.

I am yet to contribute anything worthwhile to this thread - just generally soaking up advice on technique. Hopefully one day I'll post up something like these - fabulous!
And the best way to do tha is go out and take loads of photos! You may well stumble across something you really like when you look at them later.

For example I took this while trying out welding glass in front of the camera, it's one of really quite a lot of shots taken that day and the only one I liked at the end up. The proportions etc are mostly luck as I was only trying it out to see what would happen.


Collieston bay by Brent Leport, on Flickr

markmullen

15,877 posts

233 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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Otispunkmeyer

12,557 posts

154 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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dtiom said:
Hi Folks, I've been lurking far too long admiring some of the excellent pictures, reading and learning from some of the postings. We had a couple of hours of the Aurora on Monday night and I thought I might share a couple.

C&C welcomed:


Aurora by dave thornley, on Flickr

and one with my car wink


Aurora by dave thornley, on Flickr
Wowzers that top pic is immense. Look at those colours!

OscarIndia

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171 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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leedogg3

323 posts

166 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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Remember me by Spaceman Photography, on Flickr

Not strictly a portrait so thought would stick in here for c&c.

A shot concocted me and my son last night.

Edited by leedogg3 on Thursday 11th October 12:20

Dogsey

4,300 posts

229 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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markmullen said:
That's lovely Mark!

dtiom

245 posts

138 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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Thanks for the comments folks, it has been an interesting week with newspapers and magazines wanting to publish the photos and story! Wasn't expecting to erupt like that.

Below is first photo I took on the night, ISO was way too high but shows the intensity of the Aurora when I first arrived. Looking at the space weather forecast, we may get some more this weekend.


Aurora by dave thornley, on Flickr

Hooli

32,278 posts

199 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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dtiom said:
Thanks for the comments folks, it has been an interesting week with newspapers and magazines wanting to publish the photos and story! Wasn't expecting to erupt like that.

Below is first photo I took on the night, ISO was way too high but shows the intensity of the Aurora when I first arrived. Looking at the space weather forecast, we may get some more this weekend.


Aurora by dave thornley, on Flickr
I love these Aurora pics, can I ask where you are to be lucky enough to see this?

dtiom

245 posts

138 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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The photos were taken from Ballaugh Beach on the Isle of Man. I've been hunting the Aurora over here for a number of years and in the past only managed to capture a distant glow, it's very rare to see a display like this over here. The conditions on Monday were perfect. When the Aurora doesn't show we end up trying "creative photography"!


Light Trails by dave thornley, on Flickr

dxbtiger

4,389 posts

172 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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Love the aurora shots

markmullen said:
Lovely shot Mark, big stopper I assume?

markmullen

15,877 posts

233 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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dxbtiger said:
Lovely shot Mark, big stopper I assume?
Thanks.

Yep, ISO 50, F18 and a Big Stopper gave me 121.3 seconds in broad daylight!

Blukoo

3,812 posts

196 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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dtiom said:
Looking at the space weather forecast, we may get some more this weekend.
Where can I find that space weather forecast?

GetCarter

29,358 posts

278 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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Sign up with this lot and you get e mail alerts: http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/

...makes no difference if it's cloudy mind [/snarl]

lloyd h

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172 months

YorkshirePudding

2,118 posts

184 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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dtiom said:
Thanks for the comments folks, it has been an interesting week with newspapers and magazines wanting to publish the photos and story! Wasn't expecting to erupt like that.

Below is first photo I took on the night, ISO was way too high but shows the intensity of the Aurora when I first arrived. Looking at the space weather forecast, we may get some more this weekend.


Aurora by dave thornley, on Flickr
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Blukoo

3,812 posts

196 months

Thursday 11th October 2012
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GetCarter said:
Sign up with this lot and you get e mail alerts: http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/

...makes no difference if it's cloudy mind [/snarl]
Nice one. Got the email and sms alerts now.
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