Your cool photos.

Swain OHaw · Post by **Swain OHaw** » Tue May 17, 2011 8:55 pm

Super stuff Sam, and I really like the processing ...

SamC · Post by **SamC** » Wed May 18, 2011 8:05 am

Thanks guys

a few more...

IMG_6738 by samuelcollins, on Flickr

IMG_6799 by samuelcollins, on Flickr

IMG_6726 by samuelcollins, on Flickr

IMG_6717 by samuelcollins, on Flickr

IMG_6711 by samuelcollins, on Flickr

IMG_6680 by samuelcollins, on Flickr

IMG_6672 by samuelcollins, on Flickr

Post by **Big Kev** » Thu May 19, 2011 4:29 am

I sat by my window for a while waiting for the birdies to come to the feeder. This is just an 18-55mm canon kit lens and me sitting about 2ft from the feeder outside the window. Very impressed by the resolution, despite my poor photo skillz so far

This slightly bedraggled looking blue tit was the first taker.

ysu · Post by **ysu** » Thu May 19, 2011 10:14 am

I love tits!
I mean they are lovely birds

VTRacing · Post by **VTRacing** » Thu May 19, 2011 3:01 pm

Good effort, Kev. I've never even tried photographing birds, because I reckon it would be pretty tough to catch them cleanly.

A word of advice, when photographing animals always try and make sure the eye is in focus (i.e. make it your focus point). The reason the third pic is the most arresting is because of that. It's tough to do with such a small target though!

I took a trip up to Rally Qld (a round of the Asia-Pacific rally championship) last weekend, just for a day, and grabbed some happy snaps from the spectator point:

KNAPPO · Post by **KNAPPO** » Thu May 19, 2011 5:17 pm

Nice VT, 2 & 4 are my pics.

Number 4 it just wicked, love the rock churnage and the plume behind the car.

durbster · Post by **durbster** » Thu May 19, 2011 5:35 pm

KNAPPO wrote:Number 4 it just wicked, love the rock churnage and the plume behind the car.

Fantastic shot.

DexterPunk · Post by **DexterPunk** » Thu May 19, 2011 6:02 pm

like!!

Post by **Big Kev** » Thu May 19, 2011 7:10 pm

VTRacing wrote:Good effort, Kev. I've never even tried photographing birds, because I reckon it would be pretty tough to catch them cleanly.

A word of advice, when photographing animals always try and make sure the eye is in focus (i.e. make it your focus point). The reason the third pic is the most arresting is because of that. It's tough to do with such a small target though!

Yeah I was quite pleased with those. They're speedy little buggers! I think focussing on the eyes is easy if you have bigger static birds like eagles and owls at displays but these fellas are only 5cm long and nervous as hell that they'll get eaten

durbster · Post by **durbster** » Thu May 19, 2011 7:21 pm

Stop eating them then!

durbster · Post by **durbster** » Thu May 19, 2011 11:05 pm

The wife's photo of her nephew:

Vilante · Post by **Vilante** » Fri May 20, 2011 9:39 am

I like #3 too VT!

Cute kid Durbs

Hazelb · Post by **Hazelb** » Sat May 21, 2011 7:07 pm

Couple from Soccer this morning...

My boy Adam (AJ)

mole2k · Post by **mole2k** » Sun May 22, 2011 7:29 am

Nice rally shots VT! I would love to get shooting some loose stuff like that as we generally dont get stuff here thats as loose as that so you can get that much dust being thrown up.

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I took my first ever trip to a motorbike road race today the prestigous Northwest 200. Unfortunately due to a series of incidents only one race was ran in it's full length so the shots are a bit one corner heavy due to that but I hope to get to a few more to try some different things.

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

Post by **norbs** » Sun May 22, 2011 2:00 pm

Apart from #7 (the whole tilt thing befuddles me), I love them Mole.

Swain OHaw · Post by **Swain OHaw** » Sun May 22, 2011 6:40 pm

Ah, see, I really like #7, the progression of lines really works for me ...

mole2k · Post by **mole2k** » Sun May 22, 2011 9:42 pm

For #7 you have to think of it as the road lines drawing your eye naturally to the rider then the riders gaze to the apex in the top left draws you deeper into the image and around the corner!

I almost could of went to art college!

Post by **norbs** » Sun May 22, 2011 10:25 pm

mole2k wrote:For #7 you have to think of it as the road lines drawing your eye naturally to the rider then the riders gaze to the apex in the top left draws you deeper into the image and around the corner!

I almost could of went to art college!

Nige?

KNAPPO · Post by **KNAPPO** » Sun May 22, 2011 10:44 pm

Taken on the Desire HD.

mole2k · Post by **mole2k** » Mon May 23, 2011 4:06 am

norbs wrote:
mole2k wrote:For #7 you have to think of it as the road lines drawing your eye naturally to the rider then the riders gaze to the apex in the top left draws you deeper into the image and around the corner!

I almost could of went to art college!

Nige?

haha, not quite!

I dont like shots tilted without a reason, mine had a reason

Post by **Big Kev** » Tue May 24, 2011 9:21 pm

Had another go with the lasers on my cell sorter today.

Very tricky things to photograph.

Swain OHaw · Post by **Swain OHaw** » Wed May 25, 2011 2:03 am

Great panorama Knappo, especially from a phone in those conditions ...

Kev, yours is almost surreal in a sci-fi kind of way ...

I was bored around the house today, and realised I haven't really taken many pictures in a little while. Nothing much, just playing around with bits of light in the garden door area ...

Yours, struggling against the forces of boredom,

Owain.