The 16th UK South-East "The Cooper Crawley Creche" Thread (All Welcome)

Mike wrote in post #14733977
He's a hungry chap is more the truth, he's forever wanting more food!

try having three - they all eat from the wrong bowls and they're all neverending!

Pete wrote in post #14733990
And if you get another cat, it'll be called...?

we had his brother Rocky, but sadly he was hit & killed by a car

we do have a Bluebell & Mojo - no more cats for a little while

Kaben wrote in post #14734285
Howdy fellas. Great shout out for the mini Dark Knight of Crawley town.

heh heh heh, the nappy polluting vigilante!

Checking in.

New thread.

O RLY?

where's tuxedo Cat Kev? that's my fave one!

A cat-tastic start to the thread! Beats all those other creepy ones

New home. Back from work with the sniffles but was not missing out a days training out in this. Drives amazingggg. Launch control did make me go a little pale.

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felt_tip_felon wrote in post #14734618
where's tuxedo Cat Kev? that's my fave one!

He is a dapper fellow when he gets dressed up

felt_tip_felon wrote in post #14734451
we had his brother Rocky, but sadly he was hit & killed by a car

Oh shame. Sorry to hear that. I was hoping for a second cat called "Rocky 2" and maybe a third, fourth, and fifth...

souporman wrote in post #14734774
He is a dapper fellow when he gets dressed up

love this he wears it so well!

Pete wrote in post #14735009
Oh shame. Sorry to hear that. I was hoping for a second cat called "Rocky 2" and maybe a third, fourth, and fifth...

when you have more than one pet you tend to call them every other name except for their own, poor blighters!

checking in! woo! A Creche! Baby pix must now be acceptable

May have taken longer than usual but look what we have a nice new squeaky clean home and such an appropriate name, named after the newest (non picture taking) member who will have some extra company in his own age group soonish...............​but hang a mo, Cooper already has a SE PoTN playmate with Denis & Fiona's little one Marianne Isabella..............​.so drums fingers for next one of the anticipated trio.

By the way lovely cat pictures to see and talk of other fur coated friends for them to play with as they grow up.

Ah, ahoy there matey,s.

Good to see kittens and babies.

On another not, I officially got my new job as deputy team leader today. I've been doing it for a couple of years, but now have it in writing.

Oh and I have two weeks off.

Nice ride Teshi..

Hey everyone. Long long time no see. Photography has been far down my list for months as this has been a turbulent year. But my work has spontaneously decided to unblock POTN and summer means my camera keeps wink wink nudge nudging me to go take pictures.

First of all, the baby pictures in this thread and the last (I've started catching up a bit) are amazing. Special mention to the Batman one for the awww factor.

So, photography. What better photo op than the Olympics, right?

I'm just curious whether anyone here has got events booked and is planning to take advantage of it to capture some memories. If so, what photographic gear you are planning to bring with you?

With the Olympics organisers refusing to clarify photography rules ahead of Games (I tried emailing the helpline and only got a link to the generic restrictions page for my trouble), there is a bit of a risk factor to taking any long lenses with you.

However, they do accept that you can take photos as personal memories. So while I'll avoid bringing anything with an interchangeable lens to Wembley, here is what I'm thinking of taking with me for fencing, dressage and hockey:

• My Canon 7D. It's not afraid of high iso and the autofocus should be perfect for it. Also, crop = more reach.
  
• A Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 L IS USM I rented from LensesForHire. I wasn't about to spend money on buying one as my 70-200mm lens is my least used. I'm more of a city shooter. But I thought it would be nice to have a decent telephoto lens to take with me. Also, this review mentions it fits in a Lowepro Toploader Pro 70 AW Case. So it should fit all size restrictions, right?
  
  
• A Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 Pancake. This one. It reviews very well. All the people who have posted samples in this POTN thread seem to really like it. They say that, for the price (I paid £189 for it), the quality is excellent. Also, it takes no space at all and would fit in the same small camera bag easily.
  

Wendelius wrote in post #14736021
Hey everyone. Long long time no see. Photography has been far down my list for months as this has been a turbulent year. But my work has spontaneously decided to unblock POTN and summer means my camera keeps wink wink nudge nudging me to go take pictures.

First of all, the baby pictures in this thread and the last (I've started catching up a bit) are amazing. Special mention to the Batman one for the awww factor.

So, photography. What better photo op than the Olympics, right?

I'm just curious whether anyone here has got events booked and is planning to take advantage of it to capture some memories. If so, what photographic gear you are planning to bring with you?

With the Olympics organisers refusing to clarify photography rules ahead of Games (I tried emailing the helpline and only got a link to the generic restrictions page for my trouble), there is a bit of a risk factor to taking any long lenses with you.

However, they do accept that you can take photos as personal memories. So while I'll avoid bringing anything with an interchangeable lens to Wembley, here is what I'm thinking of taking with me for fencing, dressage and hockey:

• My Canon 7D. It's not afraid of high iso and the autofocus should be perfect for it. Also, crop = more reach.
  
• A Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 L IS USM I rented from LensesForHire. I wasn't about to spend money on buying one as my 70-200mm lens is my least used. I'm more of a city shooter. But I thought it would be nice to have a decent telephoto lens to take with me. Also, this review mentions it fits in a Lowepro Toploader Pro 70 AW Case. So it should fit all size restrictions, right?
  
• A Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 Pancake. This one. It reviews very well. All the people who have posted samples in this POTN thread seem to really like it. They say that, for the price (I paid £189 for it), the quality is excellent. Also, it takes no space at all and would fit in the same small camera bag easily.

That way, I would have something for portraits and something for the event.

What do you reckon? Are you aware of any further restrictions which would make this not work? And if you are going to the games, what are you bringing?

Wendy

Hey Wendy, which fencing events are you going to? I've got the finals for mens foil and mens team foil.

I'm not 100% sure on the photo rules, though I did get an email the other day with a pdf link. The pdf mentioned something about a maximum of 30cm for camera gear, but I don't know if that's total length, just the lens or what. I'll post the exact wording tomorrow, but it's not much more specific than that.