GKPE: General Ramblings thread

lizard wrote:
Hi everyone,

ive just joined, never seem to get to the end of a thread as i get side tracked by all the awesome photos! can't wait to get some of my own up for a bit of friendly critique

Lizard

let me be the first today (just to beat weka ) welcome to the forum. And being your first post, well done in posting in the right place first.

There are alot of good threads out there and there are alot of talaneted people on this fourm.

So new folks tell us about yourselves. We are a great bunch and ask away if you have any questions.

Well, speaking for myself, I've got a pretty limited sort of photographic background, but I'm pretty sure that I'm better off behind the camera than in front of it.

I'm interested in pretty much all genres - apart from perhaps studio portraits, although I'm getting interested in them too. We've got a trip to Thailand coming up in October, and I'm determined to get some good shots when we go!

I'm checking out a 28mm f/1.8 to add to the gear list at the moment, because I figure with the 1.6x crop on my 350d that the lense will be useful for some environmental portraits of lizard when we get to Chiang Mai (and later Phuket). I'm going for a fast prime because I want to avoid using a flash if possible, I don't like the extreme look it gives sometimes. Also, my flash was stolen/has disappeared, so I'd have to get another.

That must be about 100 points by now for referring people into General Ramblings...



Are you a couple? Heh.

I'm with iKirst a member, who hasn't been active too much due to other commitments, but still very much into Canon photography. We met on the forum soon after she joined in January.. and been going out since then too... actually think it's almost 6 months to the day since Weka2000, forsaken, iKirst and Wazza all met up at Nihotupu falls!

Ok I played with the brightness and turned it down on my laptop.

So is this photo to dark still or is it ok

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Wazza wrote:
That must be about 100 points by now for referring people into General Ramblings...



Are you a couple? Heh.

I'm with iKirst a member, who hasn't been active too much due to other commitments, but still very much into Canon photography. We met on the forum soon after she joined in January.. and been going out since then too... actually think it's almost 6 months to the day since Weka2000, forsaken, iKirst and Wazza all met up at Nihotupu falls!

So it was my doing that got you and iKirst got togather. Waterfalls are magical. From memory you didnt think much of those waterfalls.....somethi​ng caught your eye instead

weka2000 wrote:
So it was my doing that got you and iKirst got togather. Waterfalls are magical. From memory you didnt think much of those waterfalls.....somethi​ng caught your eye instead

I think we worked out it was my fault, I put Simon onto POTN, and he dragged iKirst along. Pete also had a hand in it, as we knows iKirsts sister from a previous job.

Wazza wrote:
That must be about 100 points by now for referring people into General Ramblings...



Are you a couple? Heh.

I'm with iKirst a member, who hasn't been active too much due to other commitments, but still very much into Canon photography. We met on the forum soon after she joined in January.. and been going out since then too... actually think it's almost 6 months to the day since Weka2000, forsaken, iKirst and Wazza all met up at Nihotupu falls!

We are... almost 5 years now, actually. Almost time to trade her in...

Yes, I took a quick look at iKirst's site, you're a lucky man

I've got a website I'm cobbling together, I won't post it yet because the photos on it are pretty much just point and shoot. But I've got a bit of spare webspace/bandwidth if anyone doesn't want to pay for hosting. As long as you don't mind me asking how you took certain shots, I don't mind sharing!

Cool more new people, the more the merrier!

Welcome onboard guys! A great place to make a first post too, don't forget to checkout GKPE IV coming up in early August!

OK so that is at least four people now putting in a claim on that one

You're all just saying that, so you get first hands on 1DMk III. I can proudly say Kirst will be the priveledged one!

Back to work.

FlyingPete wrote:
OK so that is at least four people now putting in a claim on that one

I would just like to say that...
"I didn't do it, it wasn't me, I was nowhere near there at the time..."

Hey three posts off being a Senior Member!

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