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Seven-Spot Ladybird Larva.

I like how you've composed the river shot with the chap at the bottom, DavPaz.

Zardoz wrote:

Seven-Spot Ladybird Larva.

Ah, so that's what they are. I've had loads of these in my garden, particularly crawling about on the barbecue cover, and I didn't know what they were. Thanks.

Warhead wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Seven-Spot Ladybird Larva.

Ah, so that's what they are. I've had loads of these in my garden, particularly crawling about on the barbecue cover, and I didn't know what they were. Thanks.

Your garden should be free of greenfly this summer then.

What is this "early" morning of which you speak?

Went back to large rose to find it absolutly full of little bugs.

Zardoz - eventually you're going to find something in the undergrowth that you're really going to wish you hadn't.

I think I like this, but I'm not quite sure why.

Non-Manky rose is very nice, Decca. Just the right touch of colour and beautifully lit. Looks impossibly delicate and fresh - well done! I also like the moodier, dark background rose you put up on Flickr. And geese! Pah, don't talk to me about geese! Uncooperative bastards that they are! Still, lovely framing of the pond's edge cutting through the frame.

Some nice stuff there DavPaz. I especially like the sign in the hedgerow, a really lovely weathered look there with the red stables in the background too, and I like the man sitting on the bench.

Zardoz - eventually you're going to find something in the undergrowth that you're really going to wish you hadn't.

Good shots anyway, the usual high standard.

MarkG wins this awards here though - his B&W pill-box is wonderfully forboding with the sense of viewing it on an attack approach. The moss overgrown firing slit is a lovely detail shot too. I like the light and unfussiness in the flower stem shot that is difficult pull off. I really like the stained concrete and diffuse light for his architectural shot. What is it? It's really good. The seagul one is perilously close to being sublime. I wasn't sure at first but it's grown on me a fair bit. Maybe just a couple of percent highlight recovery needed to restrain the sharp bright effect just a touch - but I could equally be wrong on that one. Stirling stuff, anyway!

Beautiful colouring on that second one, but that glare in the top right is distracting.

Brrr, there could be any number hidden behind those trees in the second one.

my D5000 cranked up to ISO3200

Liverpool University Running Statue by MrDavPaz, on Flickr

Camera Phone Pic from my walk in this morning. Done what I can to jazz it up. Quite pleased with it.

Author:	DavPaz [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:59 ]
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Glyndyfrdwy Roadsign by MrDavPaz, on Flickr River Dee at Llangollen by MrDavPaz, on Flickr Old Tankers in a siding by MrDavPaz, on Flickr Neutral Zone by MrDavPaz, on Flickr

Author:	Zardoz [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:14 ]
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I like how you've composed the river shot with the chap at the bottom, DavPaz.

Author:	Warhead [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:15 ]
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Zardoz wrote: Seven-Spot Ladybird Larva. Ah, so that's what they are. I've had loads of these in my garden, particularly crawling about on the barbecue cover, and I didn't know what they were. Thanks.

Author:	DavPaz [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:16 ]
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Zardoz wrote: I like how you've composed the river shot with the chap at the bottom, DavPaz. Thanks man. From the angle I was at, it looked like the whole river was about the crash down on him. Through the lens, anyway

Author:	Zardoz [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:21 ]
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Yeah, it makes it look very powerful. Nice juxtaposition with the guy sitting there quietly and the RIVER OF DOOM CRASHING DOWN.

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Author:	Zardoz [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:22 ]
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Warhead wrote: Zardoz wrote: Seven-Spot Ladybird Larva. Ah, so that's what they are. I've had loads of these in my garden, particularly crawling about on the barbecue cover, and I didn't know what they were. Thanks. Your garden should be free of greenfly this summer then.

Author:	sdg [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:58 ]
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That seagull.picture is brilliant mark, my favourite in this thread for. While out of a lot of great pictures recently.

Author:	Zardoz [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:35 ]
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Gilly, you're breaking up!

Author:	Warhead [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:36 ]
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Zardoz wrote: Warhead wrote: Zardoz wrote: Seven-Spot Ladybird Larva. Ah, so that's what they are. I've had loads of these in my garden, particularly crawling about on the barbecue cover, and I didn't know what they were. Thanks. Your garden should be free of greenfly this summer then. Hope so. Introduced my two year old granddaughter to a ladybird wandering around on one of the patio chairs yesterday and she was very inquisitive about it, and not phased when I got it to crawl on to her hand. Pity I didn't have a camera nearby at the time.

Author:	Zardoz [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:45 ]
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My 2 (well almost 3) year old daughter likes looking for creepy crawlies with me too. Most of the time she scares them away though

Author:	Decca [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 13:07 ]
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Testing the D300 Must get dad to take my up to chatsworth at some point and get some looked after flowers taken (me mam works there so we have free passes)

Author:	Zardoz [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 13:26 ]
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I'd shoot these in the early morning or dusk and get some glowing low light on them. They looks a little cold/dull to me. The buds that are pointing down would work better shot portrait (or even just crop them that way). It would be nice to see a shot as close as possible to that huge rose bloom, try and fill the frame with it. They look a little lost at that distance and in centre stage.

Author:	Decca [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 13:32 ]
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Right you are o7 I'll pop out again in a few. What is this "early" morning of which you speak?

Author:	Zardoz [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 13:36 ]
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Decca wrote: What is this "early" morning of which you speak? Don't the kids wake you up then? I find this time of year (and depending on the position of your garden and how high your fences are ) that around 7pm is good time for a nice warm natural light. And with the sun getting lower the shadows become far more interesting too. Mess around with your shooting angle too, get some of the buds/blooms from below and above if you can. Maybe get the flowers 'looking' across the frame from the left or right too.

Author:	NervousPete [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 15:38 ]
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Mm, I cannot exagerate how important to photography the evening and early morning hours are. A very expensive camera and lens in flat, dull light will take a worse photo than a cheap one in great light. Also photography in the golden hours will make fairies appear in the leaves, increasing macro opportunities, whilst photography in the glaring brightness of noon will manifest the invisible Monster from the Id, which will knock your tripod over and cause global havoc in a disappointingly unphotogenic way. Nearly all my best photos are early morning or evening. Pretty much all the American ones are. The Smith Rock photos I took were taken at half seven in the morning, and the foggy road one previously at half six. Ta for the Smith Rock compliment by the way Craster! Means a lot to me. C'mere, big man! Manly hug I hadn't fully realised at first how nice that one was, as I put up the show-stopping earlier Smith Rock shot wot got published, and didn't want to put up another for a good long while as I didn't want to clog up my photostream with a load of the same thing. (I hate putting more than one shot at a time of the same thing.) But I always intended to put another one up eventually. This one was completely untouched aside from a very small smidgeon of desaturation - about 5% I think. But yeah, that too is now one of my faves. It's really grown on me. Thanks! Edit: Sadly can't see all these new additions at work, so I'll have to comment some other time. Also, been having bad dreams lately involving giant moths and things flying at my face, so thanks for the macro work guys. no, really.

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 15:36 ]
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ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! Love me \ Bugs aren't playing in Preston today, too windy. Think I got some nice cloud scapes though. Also: Cabbage Whites, the UKs most common butterfly is proving to be an utter twat to capture, so jittery, never keep bloody still.

Author:	sdg [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 19:02 ]
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Pete that tree picture is incredible, the light is lovely. Top marks I snapped a wee camera phone picture on my walk with Willow after work. She is swimming in the water. Attachment: Willow swimming.jpg

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 21:35 ]
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After a fantastic meal I hung around outside the restaurant taking some pics, playing with my polariser and admiring the random number generator my Nikon has where the light metering system should be. Took two I kinda like. There's a blue tinge to the grass in the first one that I don't know how to dial out in Aperture. I should google that shit. In fact, the whole thing is a bit oversaturated, I'll tweak it when I have more time. Outside The Hardwick by PenLlawen, on Flickr Outside The Hardwick by PenLlawen, on Flickr I'm also digging my 16:9 crops tonight.

Author:	Decca [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 14:10 ]
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Went back to large rose to find it absolutly full of little bugs.

Author:	Warhead [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 14:13 ]
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Decca wrote: Went back to large rose to find it absolutly full of little bugs. Would you like to borrow a ladybird?

Author:	Zardoz [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 15:15 ]
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Those have much more impact, Decca.

Author:	Decca [ Wed Jun 29, 2011 13:52 ]
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non-manky rose by Learnin' Curve, on Flickr Happy now chaps Gaggle 3 by Learnin' Curve, on Flickr

Author:	Cras [ Wed Jun 29, 2011 14:00 ]
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Good rose. Geese make a nice pic. Would have been better if you could have had the foreground one not overlapping the background ones - but I appreciate they are generally unwilling to co-operate

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Jun 29, 2011 20:13 ]
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I think I like this, but I'm not quite sure why. Edit -- replaced it with one with tweaked exposure.

Author:	NervousPete [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:25 ]
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Non-Manky rose is very nice, Decca. Just the right touch of colour and beautifully lit. Looks impossibly delicate and fresh - well done! I also like the moodier, dark background rose you put up on Flickr. And geese! Pah, don't talk to me about geese! Uncooperative bastards that they are! Still, lovely framing of the pond's edge cutting through the frame. Some nice stuff there DavPaz. I especially like the sign in the hedgerow, a really lovely weathered look there with the red stables in the background too, and I like the man sitting on the bench. Zardoz - eventually you're going to find something in the undergrowth that you're really going to wish you hadn't. Good shots anyway, the usual high standard. MarkG wins this awards here though - his B&W pill-box is wonderfully forboding with the sense of viewing it on an attack approach. The moss overgrown firing slit is a lovely detail shot too. I like the light and unfussiness in the flower stem shot that is difficult pull off. I really like the stained concrete and diffuse light for his architectural shot. What is it? It's really good. The seagul one is perilously close to being sublime. I wasn't sure at first but it's grown on me a fair bit. Maybe just a couple of percent highlight recovery needed to restrain the sharp bright effect just a touch - but I could equally be wrong on that one. Stirling stuff, anyway!

Author:	NervousPete [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:28 ]
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One new, one old: Prineville tree. Salisbury Road

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:13 ]
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Wow Pete. They're both stunning, fantastic light you've captured. Beautiful colour in those blossoms, has a heaviness to them like they're being pulled down. Love the composition of the Salisbury Road shot, nicely placed triangles down the edge of the frame. Caught a beautiful expression on your friends face too. Could be a scene from the 50's if it weren't for the Yaris

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:16 ]
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NervousPete wrote: Zardoz - eventually you're going to find something in the undergrowth that you're really going to wish you hadn't. That's why I shoot first and ask questions later. Bugs don't phase me really, and besides I'm always behind an ugly step child

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:18 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: I think I like this, but I'm not quite sure why. It has a certain something. Looks like the ivy has been shot with flash but the rest of the scene blocked it.

Author:	markg [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:51 ]
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NervousPete wrote: Non-Manky rose is very nice, Decca. Just the right touch of colour and beautifully lit. Looks impossibly delicate and fresh - well done! I also like the moodier, dark background rose you put up on Flickr. And geese! Pah, don't talk to me about geese! Uncooperative bastards that they are! Still, lovely framing of the pond's edge cutting through the frame. Some nice stuff there DavPaz. I especially like the sign in the hedgerow, a really lovely weathered look there with the red stables in the background too, and I like the man sitting on the bench. Zardoz - eventually you're going to find something in the undergrowth that you're really going to wish you hadn't. Good shots anyway, the usual high standard. MarkG wins this awards here though - his B&W pill-box is wonderfully forboding with the sense of viewing it on an attack approach. The moss overgrown firing slit is a lovely detail shot too. I like the light and unfussiness in the flower stem shot that is difficult pull off. I really like the stained concrete and diffuse light for his architectural shot. What is it? It's really good. The seagul one is perilously close to being sublime. I wasn't sure at first but it's grown on me a fair bit. Maybe just a couple of percent highlight recovery needed to restrain the sharp bright effect just a touch - but I could equally be wrong on that one. Stirling stuff, anyway! Thanks, Pete. The pill box was just near work but I'd never seen it before, there's actually a statue of a soldier kneeling down with some binoculars (you can just about see it, it's very realistic and freaked me out when I first saw it, I thought it was a twitcher then wondered why a twitcher would be in a WWII uniform). It's an odd location, usually deserted and quiet except for the birdsong and the occasional roaring lion and the elephants at the nearby zoo. The dome is a concrete shelter on the newly rebuilt seafront near home, one of these (not my pic): I see your point about the seagull pic and I just tried faffing a bit with the highlight recovery but it started showing up the gull's tail too much and I wasn't keen. I could use a brush tool a bit I guess.

Author:	Cras [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:59 ]
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I think the glare of that seagull pic is the best thing about it.

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:02 ]
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Yeah, I don't think it needs any adjustment at all, personally.

Author:	markg [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 15:31 ]
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I thought I'd try taking pictures of some bugs at lunchtime, all I found was a snail so I took a picture and looked at on my PC but it made me feel sick, so I deleted it.

Author:	markg [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 15:52 ]
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I did get this one yesterday (in fact it's all there were, loads of them): Perhaps Zardoz Bellamy might identify it

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 15:56 ]
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Speckled Wood Butterfly that.

Author:	Decca [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 19:31 ]
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Had my first go at macro, (lens does 1:2 iirc) first go at macro by Learnin' Curve, on Flickr the girl by Learnin' Curve, on Flickr she was watching and I took a snap.

Author:	DavPaz [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 21:55 ]
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First one no worky

Author:	Cras [ Thu Jun 30, 2011 22:03 ]
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Beautiful colouring on that second one, but that glare in the top right is distracting.