St Pancras International

[Bish]

Just got my D40........first time on an SLR and just had a quick play at St Pancras. I am booked in on a course to learn the real ins and outs of SLR photography but was really happy how these came out.

[JimNotJon]

Brilliant photographs, black and white does it for me.


Last time I was in a train station, it was in hull.. I was taking photos and was warned by a police officer that I didn't stop taking photographs I could have my camera confiscated!

[r5gttgaz]

JimNotJon said:

Brilliant photographs, black and white does it for me.


Last time I was in a train station, it was in hull.. I was taking photos and was warned by a police officer that I didn't stop taking photographs I could have my camera confiscated!

Trainspotter.

I'll give you a railway hi-viz vest, access all areas then.

[lazyitus]

Great pics.

I assume you knew it was dead on 12pm ?

[Bish]

Nope..........the clock was broken!

[roy e6]

Great pics! What course are you booked on and where are you doing it? I was thinking of doing one myself.

[Job38]

Excellent photos!

Are you sure these are your first attempts?
What lens were you using?

[Bish]

Yup, only picked up teh camera on Saturday.......have taken pictures before with a point and shoot Sony thing but just spent ages trying to understand the SLR and I think they have come out nicely.

The lens is just the Canon 17-85mm which came with it. Any suggestions of other lenses I should get?

[Job38]

I was going to suggest a wide, like a Sigma 10-20, for Architectural stuff.

However, your photographs are so much better than my attempts, I've got no advice to offer!

[Bish]

Roy, I am booked in on this one for some time in january.

http://www.londonschoolofphotography.co.uk/

Only did this as it is pretty local and a friend did the 2 day course and said it was amazing how much she learnt in that short time.

[SlimJ]

Great pics, I can imagine that station would have a lot of areas to photograph!

But how did you get away with taking pics in there? Surely you are now on MI5's terrorist hotlist?!?

[dubnut71]

mate - they are fanctastic shots IMHO. Great eye for composition! I love that structure and enjoyed the prog on it, in fact I have a job to do in there in Jan hope I can get some shots too!!!

[chris.mapey]

Bish said:

The lens is just the Canon 17-85mm which came with it. Any suggestions of other lenses I should get?

Get some Nikon fit ones if you have a D40

I'd get something with some "reach" - say a Sigma 70-300mm, then something wider, say a Sigma 10-20mm.

I'd also recommend a flashgun as well - I have had good experiences with my Sigma one (it's the Super, rather than the standard one! - I don't have it near me, but IIRC its the SG-500)

That should get you started, in the fullness of time you will probably want a 50mm f1.8 prime, and maybe an upgrade of the 17-85 lens to one that's a bit faster.

Then you'll be justifying the upgrade to the body, then you'll start wanting bigger & more expensive lenses, then you change the body again...etc