The 17th UK South-East "The Summer of Awesomeness" Thread (All Welcome)

Hi chaps - been a little busy lately at work and I think my shutter finger has forgotten how to operate that little round button...

Some absolutely cracking shots on here the last few weeks - too many to name, so a general "well done!" to all!

14th December looks promising, will know closer to the time.

Howdy gang, been away far toooooo long so will chuck in a photo of a bike that I bought back in 1992 that I have just restored

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Love that ^^

I've just been given a copy of Lightroom 2 to get me started on the whole RAW thing... think I'm going to do both JPEG & RAW now.

Rechargeable battery question - which ones - mine seem to be ok in my studio for about an hour then they start to slow down a bit… I've got someone coming for a whole day next week so I need them last longer really… - for my speed lights sorry - meant to say that … so AA and AAA for the Cactus V5s which now seem to have got over their tantrums.

Gundogs wrote in post #16486103
Rechargeable battery question - which ones - mine seem to be ok in my studio for about an hour then they start to slow down a bit… I've got someone coming for a whole day next week so I need them last longer really… - for my speed lights sorry - meant to say that … so AA and AAA for the Cactus V5s which now seem to have got over their tantrums.

I just use the 7dayshop ones for flash work. They seem to last for hours and generally go from working fine to dead, so no real slow down. Depends on settings you're using of course. I generally shoot at 1/4 to 1/8th power on the flashes.

Gundogs wrote in post #16486103
Rechargeable battery question - which ones - mine seem to be ok in my studio for about an hour then they start to slow down a bit… I've got someone coming for a whole day next week so I need them last longer really… - for my speed lights sorry - meant to say that … so AA and AAA for the Cactus V5s which now seem to have got over their tantrums.

Also get one of these form Maplin fast charger, also works in the car.

Be carful though the batteries do get a little warm so just allow a little while for them to cool, it is quick at charging makes a little noise because of the fan.

Gundogs wrote in post #16486103
Rechargeable battery question - which ones - mine seem to be ok in my studio for about an hour then they start to slow down a bit… I've got someone coming for a whole day next week so I need them last longer really… - for my speed lights sorry - meant to say that … so AA and AAA for the Cactus V5s which now seem to have got over their tantrums.

I get Duracell 2450mAh from ebay for my speedlites. I find these great and reasonably cheap in bulk.

souporman wrote in post #16486229
I just use the 7dayshop ones for flash work. They seem to last for hours and generally go from working fine to dead, so no real slow down. Depends on settings you're using of course. I generally shoot at 1/4 to 1/8th power on the flashes.

Richard1959 wrote in post #16486759
Also get one of these form Maplin fast charger, also works in the car.

Be carful though the batteries do get a little warm so just allow a little while for them to cool, it is quick at charging makes a little noise because of the fan.

Martin Dixon wrote in post #16486805
I get Duracell 2450mAh from ebay for my speedlites. I find these great and reasonably cheap in bulk.

Thanks Kev, Richard and Martin - I will have a look at all those. The fast charger is a great idea too.

Lots of silly stuff in my studio today

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^ Hah, cute pics!

Question: planning to get some calendars printed with my pics as Christmas gifts -- what are some good places for them? I'm looking at Photobox -- quite pricey at almost £20 each (discounted to about £15 each for 10). Tried Vistaprint - quite a bit cheaper but a lot of my files are deemed too big for uploading by them. Any others that are good?

Think I had mine done at Bob Books last year they were really nice quality. http://www.bobbooks.co​.uk/products/calendars

Gundogs wrote in post #16486919
Lots of silly stuff in my studio today



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Dreaming of pheasants. by Penelope Malby Photography, on Flickr

Another gorgeous set of pics Penel, but this one really is beautiful.

Linda

Went for a short walk out of the office Tuesday took some photos now flikr not behaving will only allow me original size in the bbcode choice ........... pants on fire

Richard1959 wrote in post #16486995
Went for a short walk out of the office Tuesday took some photos now flikr not behaving will only allow me original size in the bbcode choice ........... pants on fire

Sussed it ............... still pants

Any who

This cyberman was about

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Richard1959 wrote in post #16486759
Also get one of these form Maplin fast charger, also works in the car.

Be carful though the batteries do get a little warm so just allow a little while for them to cool, it is quick at charging makes a little noise because of the fan.

I bought the exact same charger from 7dayshop a couple of years ago. I used it about 3 times and on the final time it ruined one of the batteries it was charging (it was leaking everywhere). Beyond that, it's worrying how hot the batteries get while charging, and it was really noisy too. I now have a pair of 8x chargers (I can't find them online anymore, but they look like this) that work great. Your experience may vary of course

LindaB wrote in post #16486984
Another gorgeous set of pics Penel, but this one really is beautiful.

Ditto as well, lovely shot.

I'm surprised you're having shutter speed issues with the dogs Penel, you're using flash right? If you cut out the ambient light the flash should just freeze everything happily in place regardless of the shutter speed.


Is anyone else up for the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park on the 14th? I was thinking of meeting up around 2-3ish, taking a few photos before it gets too dark by 4:30 and then having a beer or two. I suspect it will be hellishly busy though...

Went down to the South Bank Christmas Market last night with my son after school. Lots of yummy looking and smelling food + drinks.

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