The 6th UK South-East Spider-Infested Plague Pit Gossip Thread (All Welcome)

Jonathan wrote in post #9215052
The icing on that particular stupidity cake was the "Baby On Board" sticker in the back window of the car. I'm fairly confident that the parent is a greater danger to that child than I could ever be

At risk of revealing myself as grumpy old git, before those BBonB stickers and the slow down for horses ones, I used to have a hell of a time constantly accelerating into the back of such vehicles.

AND now that every station on the underground have copied Bank stations lead and all have gaps, it's nice that they announce it at every station, I could have spent hours falling down them otherwise. There used to be a thing called common sense, don't come across it very often anymore.

Just got in from a studio in Willesden, blue sky and sunshine when I set off, by time I'd got to the other side of Wembley I had to wipe the slush off my visor and I really began to see the benefit of heated grips.

The snow's caught me up. now it's dark & snowing here in Wokingham

Glad I'm home and warm.

ies photos wrote in post #9215094
cracking shot Matt.

Jonathan wrote in post #9215229
Tailgating is dumb regardless of the contents of the back seat.

Yep .. Never gets them anywhere, you usually catch them a few miles later sitting in stand still traffic as you wizz by! Haha ..

Pete wrote in post #9215252
The snow's caught me up. now it's dark & snowing here in Wokingham

Glad I'm home and warm.

Snowing here too, quite alot too!

courier wrote in post #9215236
HDR question

I was reading the link posted up earlier in thread and came accross this bit:

Set the camera to AEB. Auto Exposure Bracketing. We want to produce an image with as much detail as possible so set it to +/- 2 stops. What this then means is that your camera will automatically change the exposure compensation after each photo. You take the first at 0, then it drops it down to -2. You take another, it puts it up to +2 and you take the last.

1st of all do i just change AEB in the menu? I mean is this where the setting is located
2nd How do it get it to take 3 pics at the varying AEB levels?

sorry for noobness:o

Yes - it's in the menu. Once set, you have to press the shuuter button 3 times to get the bracketd shots. TBH, unless the whole scene is static, I just take one sahot (in RAW) and process it to -1, 0 and +1 stops exposure in the RAW converter.

Jonathan wrote in post #9215256
Once set, you have to press the shuuter button 3 times to get the bracketd shots. .

ie take 3 consecutive phots and the rest will be done for me automatically?

Right. Gotcha.

courier wrote in post #9215236
HDR question

I was reading the link posted up earlier in thread and came accross this bit:

Set the camera to AEB. Auto Exposure Bracketing. We want to produce an image with as much detail as possible so set it to +/- 2 stops. What this then means is that your camera will automatically change the exposure compensation after each photo. You take the first at 0, then it drops it down to -2. You take another, it puts it up to +2 and you take the last.

1st of all do i just change AEB in the menu? I mean is this where the setting is located
2nd How do it get it to take 3 pics at the varying AEB levels?

sorry for noobness:o

Ok ,with the camera set to AV, go into the menu hold the +/- button and turn the roller on top, you should then see the bracketing on the display move out to +1/-1 from 0, set it so it is on +2 0 -2 then hit the centre button so it sets the function, you should them get a symbol on the menu with 3 rectangles where each one is a different color. Now with the camera set-up simply hold the sutter button until it has taken 3 shots!

This is what I do on my 400d anyway ..

Dang, beaten too it!

sinister wrote in post #9215245
AND now that every station on the underground have copied Bank stations lead and all have gaps, it's nice that they announce it at every station, I could have spent hours falling down them otherwise. There used to be a thing called common sense, don't come across it very often anymore.

LOL - I could not have made it this far through my life without the advice of train companies. The lost property offices of South Eastern would be littered with my personal belongings were it not for their timely reminder every time the train stops somewhere.

Angry looking duck in Regent's Park yesterday,

sinister wrote in post #9215292
Angry looking duck in Regent's Park yesterday,

Looks like he's about to quote you on Section 44.

Thanks! Will try this!

courier wrote in post #9215308
Thanks! Will try this!

What software are you using for the HDR?

Anke wrote in post #9215306
Looks like he's about to quote you on Section 44.

Hahahahaha ..

Great shot that, he looks freezing cold!

Anke wrote in post #9215306
Looks like he's about to quote you on Section 44.

After seeing the police using unmanned aerial surveillance vehicles at the Bestival festival on the Isle of Wight this year, I wouldn't put having robo'duck'cops beyond the realms of fiction any more.