PHOTO COMPETITION — COMMENTS THREAD

boogieman

Good topic. Got a shot in the can that’ll fit the bill if nothing else comes up. 

SPECTRUM001

Obviously this was my suggested theme - so I had a couple of recent landscape shots in mind.

Decided on Seven Balloons though (I do have an Eight Balloons as well - but it's a little too distant and abstract).

boogieman

@SPECTRUM001 I had a similar balloon shot lined up for his month, but yours is way better so I had to rethink. 
Mine was taken on a misty early morning when I was out walking the dog in the fields behind our house. Just an iphone shot but I love the atmosphere of it. 

SPECTRUM001

Oh no !! Sorry @boogieman !!!

Well at least place it here so we can see (mine is also "just" an I-phone shot - amazing technology really) ??

boogieman

SPECTRUM001 said:

Oh no !! Sorry @boogieman !!!

Well at least place it here so we can see (mine is also "just" an I-phone shot - amazing technology really) ??

No worries I won’t bother putting mine up, yours really is way better. The sun was behind the balloon in mine so the colours weren’t really visible. 

Yeah, phone cameras are so good nowadays it’s not really worth taking a “proper” camera out unless you know they’ll be something special to shoot. 

skullfunkerry

I've been holding off on posting this month, because I did a night tour of the RAF Museum at the weekend and I wondered if I might get something cool while I was there, but in the end I went with a sunrise that I shot while I was working in Scarborough a couple of weeks ago. My favourite shot from the museum was this one:

Jaycee

@Haych is your pic from Tenby ?

I just put in my first competition pic having got myself a first Dslr camera, just need to learn how to work it now

SPECTRUM001

skullfunkerry said:

I've been holding off on posting this month, because I did a night tour of the RAF Museum at the weekend and I wondered if I might get something cool while I was there, but in the end I went with a sunrise that I shot while I was working in Scarborough a couple of weeks ago. My favourite shot from the museum was this one:

Crikey - wouldn't want to mess with that (alsation) !!!

tbh, I think your sunrise may be just a tad more appealing - given the swastika stage right - was that a Luftwaffe prop ?

Haych

Jaycee said:

@Haych is your pic from Tenby ?

I just put in my first competition pic having got myself a first Dslr camera, just need to learn how to work it now

@Jaycee, indeed it is, well spotted that man!

skullfunkerry

SPECTRUM001 said:

skullfunkerry said:

I've been holding off on posting this month, because I did a night tour of the RAF Museum at the weekend and I wondered if I might get something cool while I was there, but in the end I went with a sunrise that I shot while I was working in Scarborough a couple of weeks ago. My favourite shot from the museum was this one:

Crikey - wouldn't want to mess with that (alsation) !!!

tbh, I think your sunrise may be just a tad more appealing - given the swastika stage right - was that a Luftwaffe prop ?

I hadn’t spotted that swastika! Yes, there are quite a few German planes there

skullfunkerry

Voting is now open over in the competition thread

Be warned though: this is a very very hard month to vote on!

westford

Yesterday morning, too late for the comp…

Jaycee

That is stunning

Shrews

 'twas a cold and frosty morning a few days ago, with a really strong full moon.  Took the pic and then noticed I had captured Orion in the background.

Sadly, those moonbeams shine through. Anybody know how to prevent that happening (using just a mobile phone)? 

skullfunkerry

After a bit of a balls-up with the scores and a heads-up from @Shrews, the correct winner of this month's competition has just been announced:

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/216332/photo-competition-26-november-2021#latest

skullfunkerry

And the new competition thread is up:

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/218253/photo-competition-27-december-2021#latest

bertie

hmm interesting,   now Im a "pipe and slippers" man,  I keep meaning to  take it up again.......... dust off the old 40d (bought years ago with @strumjoughlamps ; recommendation at the time)   

Been thinking of either upgrading the body (70d or 80d  appears to be the options) and/or getting a 100mm Macro (the 2.8 USM not the 2.8L) 

boogieman

bertie said:

hmm interesting,   now Im a "pipe and slippers" man,  I keep meaning to  take it up again.......... dust off the old 40d (bought years ago with @strumjoughlamps ; recommendation at the time)   

Been thinking of either upgrading the body (70d or 80d  appears to be the options) and/or getting a 100mm Macro (the 2.8 USM not the 2.8L) 

The 40D is still a capable enough camera. If you haven’t got a decent lens on it you’re better off getting one than upgrading the body. If you’re still using the 18-55 kit lens it came with, then definitely upgrade it, they’re not a great quality lens. 

skullfunkerry

Very quiet in the competition thread this month… I know I’ve been absolutely stacked out with work and other commitments, I guess we’re all the same boat. Just managed to enter a picture though; it’s something that whenever I see it I always think instantly of Christmas…

boogieman

Haven’t had time to get out to shoot anything specific this month, so mine is just a iphone shot of my wife and brother in law sodding about at Leeds Castle. We’d gone there for a day out on his birthday.