The 7th UK South-East "Everyone's a Winner!" Gossip Thread (All Welcome)

adrian5127 wrote in post #9640126
Sue Welcome to the thread and hope you enjoy it, it can get a bit manic at times but you aren't expected to read everything

Heretic! You have to read every single word - IT'S THE LAW

Btw- welcome to the thread

I don't know if anyone has been following the winter Olympics on the news but the Canadians are running a policy called " own the podium " part of this policy includes letting Canadian bob sleigh/luge/skellingto​n team have 300 hours practice on the runs while all other teams only get 30 hours. This doesn't strike me as very sporting so maybe when the Olympics come to London a similar policy should be adopted to increase our medal count.

What like have our marathon runners practice around Chelsea while the rest of the world get Brixton?

SwitchBlade wrote in post #9640729
What like have our marathon runners practice around Chelsea while the rest of the world get Brixton?

I reckon I'd run faster through Brixton

Ronin Silv wrote in post #9640699
I don't know if anyone has been following the winter Olympics on the news but the Canadians are running a policy called " own the podium " part of this policy includes letting Canadian bob sleigh/luge/skellingto​n team have 300 hours practice on the runs while all other teams only get 30 hours. This doesn't strike me as very sporting so maybe when the Olympics come to London a similar policy should be adopted to increase our medal count.

Yes - I heard about that. Some people were trying to attribute that as a possible cause fo the Georgian luge riders death. Not sure if it's that extreme but certainly not in the spirit of the Olympics.

The same bit had an interview with the guy running the Olympics and he said that the British press was reporting nothing but bad news about the games from what I've seen on the news it doesn't seem that well run with the Olympic flame behind chain link fence so punters can't see it properly and the death of the Georgian guy it would seem things are not quite right but that could be negative reporting

Sylvester XxX wrote in post #9639021
I think the eye are a touch too sharpened and the the skin as lost a bit too much texture. The highlights above the chair pull my eye away from her a bit also.

Thanks for the feedback. I'll do another edit tonight and pay mind to what you've said above, cheers Sylvester

Matt Photog Peters wrote in post #9639387
=Matt 'Photog' Peters;9639387]Is this a little dodgy? £15 for 12month subscription to National Geographic .. https://w1.buysub.com …d=3050085512104​9983&vid=1

courier wrote in post #9639715
im going skiing on monday

Sweet find. Think I'll go for that.

adrian5127 wrote in post #9640175
Had my first slightly reasonable sale today on shutterstock ( micro stock site ) instead of the normal 25 cents per download got $28. I know it is pittance but made me feel better about myself while I am waiting for the big sales to come through on Alamy

Nice I still haven't even bothered to attempt anything on Alamy.

Ronin Silv wrote in post #9640894
The same bit had an interview with the guy running the Olympics and he said that the British press was reporting nothing but bad news about the games from what I've seen on the news it doesn't seem that well run with the Olympic flame behind chain link fence so punters can't see it properly and the death of the Georgian guy it would seem things are not quite right but that could be negative reporting

Bad press sells papers, but saying that I dont remember the Olymmpics, Winter or otherwise' attracting quite this much negativety before


Right, going to go and eat cheese and read a book. TV is crap tonight.

Hi guys. It's my and Ali's mini-anniversary today (we met on this day).

So we're staying in with a take away and champers...

Matt Photog Peters wrote in post #9639705
=Matt 'Photog' Peters;9639705]I have subscribed ..

I'm shooting with Victor on Monday!

Should be a good laugh, especially the second place I spoke to you about.......chocks away Biggles

Oh, and thanks to Mitesh for the racing last night. It was a lot of fun!

vmlopes wrote in post #9640979
Should be a good laugh, especially the second place I spoke to you about.......chocks away Biggles

Rrrr yes, sounded pretty dam cool ..

adrian5127 wrote in post #9640175
Had my first slightly reasonable sale today on shutterstock ( micro stock site ) instead of the normal 25 cents per download got $28. I know it is pittance but made me feel better about myself while I am waiting for the big sales to come through on Alamy

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congrats fella, it's a great shot... a sale is a sale whichever way you look at it!

Pete wrote in post #9640977
Hi guys. It's my and Ali's mini-anniversary today (we met on this day).

So we're staying in with a take away and champers...

congrats fella, glad I'm not the only one who recognises the "meeting" anniversary! enjoy your evening!

Sylvester XxX wrote in post #9639130
You may find it easier to work on one aspect at a time.

Find some shade and use natural light (1 light source) and work on composition.

Then bring in a flash use it a fill or to add highlight/ background separation with the ambient light.

then add another flash, use ambient as fill, one as main other to separate and build from there.

Composition and exposure 1st I would say.

"fixing" in post is not impossible but it may be more beneficial if you looked at post as the equivalent to developing film and put your time into getting the image right in camera.

Also shooting at 1.8 you may not get enough of the subject in focus, which may of may not be what you want and the slightest shake can cause you to lose focus, although when dealing with flash it is the duration of the flash that freezes the image.

That is quite alot of words for me picture...

natural light iso 3200 f 2.0 1/640 on a vibrating bus

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f 1.4 1/250 iso 100 1 off cam flash

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Great advice Sylvester

Matt Photog Peters wrote in post #9639387
=Matt 'Photog' Peters;9639387]Is this a little dodgy? £15 for 12month subscription to National Geographic .. https://w1.buysub.com …d=3050085512104​9983&vid=1

Nope, I did the same myself last year.

Foodiesue wrote in post #9639549
Are you sure you're the youngest?

Welcome to the UK SE Thread, Sue, any nice pics of the part of the SE you are in?

adrian5127 wrote in post #9640175
Had my first slightly reasonable sale today on shutterstock ( micro stock site ) instead of the normal 25 cents per download got $28. I know it is pittance but made me feel better about myself while I am waiting for the big sales to come through on Alamy
...

$28 is still a sale, and that is brilliant news, Adrian. Well done!

Pete wrote in post #9640977
Hi guys. It's my and Ali's mini-anniversary today (we met on this day).

So we're staying in with a take away and champers...

Awww, many congratulations to you both, it's lovely you still celebrate the day