The 8th UK South East "Will somebody please start a new thread" gossip thread

It's not going to be all that impressive. By next winter I'm going to need some thick drapes to cover the doors to hopefully help increase the temperature in there rather than letting a draught run through and chill the place. Want to keep the functionality as a garage for when I do some DIY and work on the car.

TCIK wrote in post #9753334
drove past Oxford yesterday, saw lots of Red Kites & Buzzards! what were you shooting?

I tend to see low flying kites quite a lot when I'm in the car. But never when I have the camera handy.

You can tell they're kites by the way they fly (the look a bit like someone's shaking a sheet).

TCIK wrote in post #9753334
I'm looking forward to seeing your finished handiwork! sounds like you've put lots of effort into it...

drove past Oxford yesterday, saw lots of Red Kites & Buzzards! what were you shooting?

i went to the pitt rivers museum.

Evening all

couple of shots from a zoo trip last week whilst trying out my new 300mm f4L

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Layyz wrote in post #9753469
i went to the pitt rivers museum.

I've love to take a day walking around the museums in Oxford.

mungo wrote in post #9753473
Evening all

couple of shots from a zoo trip last week whilst trying out my new 300mm f4L

"Is this a peanut I see before me?"

TCIK wrote in post #9753194
wow - it is quiet on here again, tell me you lot aren't actually living in the real world?

so aside from our own urban explorers anyone taken a photo or two today??

& thanks for the further kind words on the logo, I work as a Marketing Manager - and I like to colour on my days off (when I'm not taking photos!)

Hi all, I worked all weekend again , but did pick up a new lens to cheer me up

Pete wrote in post #9753477
I've love to take a day walking around the museums in Oxford.

the modern art musuem was truly odd as usual.

Sylvester XxX wrote in post #9747858
A few from today...

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Great shots, where is Spring

Box Brownie wrote in post #9748077
Adrian, please remind me what gloves were these???

They are motorbike gloves which I got from Rob " STR Lindstrands "

Box Brownie wrote in post #9748297
Well, as a Pro tog he was saying that any outdoors shots he uses a fast enough shutter speed to freeze the action i.e. no wheel or hooves blur - a record shot and as such he uses the flash to freeze the indoors ones as well because "that is what the clients want" but said that if he was taking for himself he would try for some motion blur. Later on I listened while he spoke to a prospective buyer (of prints) and said the same but described his indoors ones as 'action shots' but there was no action because he had used the flash.....a slightly contradictory statement. I will have a look at his website later to see what he posts because on the viewing station he had setup those indoor shots were..........IMO not right, so I wonder how he will PP them???

Perhaps it is just me but horses are all about movement (like all animals) and yes I am sure the owners like to see some that are "static" freezes to check for the gait etc but some movement in the hooves is nice to me. Most if not all such carriage images I have seen are 'static' action!

These are some I took at Hickstead in 2008

I agree with everyone else, I would much prefer some blur it brings them to life. Do you go to lots of Equine events....one of my many jobs in my youth was working on a stud farm for Welsh Cobs which were shown in hand.

vmlopes wrote in post #9751191
Taken

Great shot, would have been interesting with some tomato ketchup

Pete wrote in post #9753466
I tend to see low flying kites quite a lot when I'm in the car. But never when I have the camera handy.

You can tell they're kites by the way they fly (the look a bit like someone's shaking a sheet).

I was driving and my friend was pointing at everything in a distractive manner!

I did see two Buzzards on the central reservation surveying the traffic - and lots of Kites circling - obviously a good day for soaring thermals - I'm gonna have to head that way with the intention of photo taking!

courier wrote in post #9753173
ok here's a few from my trip to portobello road on saturday

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Love these shots mate, but these two are my favourite. Nice PP work too.

mungo wrote in post #9753473
Evening all

couple of shots from a zoo trip last week whilst trying out my new 300mm f4L

Nice shots, very sharp.

adrian5127 wrote in post #9753596
Nice shots, very sharp.

love the 300mm f4 , not tried it with my 1.4 extender yet,

bet it dont match this though...............

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Big Heron Pic!

ies photos wrote in post #9753622
Big Heron Pic!

The agency saw these on my blog and want to send them out tomorrow so fingers crossed.

Blooming ugly thing!