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Malc74 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 01, 2012 14:39

Heh. It was taken from my inlaws summer cottage, about 45 minutes outside of the city. So in Canadian terms, "just down the road".
(Note how I've also fallen into the odd Canadian way of describing distances by time taken to get there, rather than something sensible like miles or kilometres).

NervousPete · **Posted:** Sun Sep 02, 2012 20:44

I've never shot on the dancefloor before, but the weirdness that was the Beer Barn at the Detling reenactment festival was irresistable.

Not sure how they look, am uploading with a crummy monitor and they look all grainy and odd on this one, but on the laptop they look okay. Hope they are. Seeing Nazis dance to Footloose ranks as all time weirdest experience, probably.

Kern · **Posted:** Sun Sep 02, 2012 21:11

Nice shots Pete!

NervousPete wrote:

the weirdness that was the Beer Barn at the Detling reenactment festival was irresistable.

And as with previous years, I completely failed to pull. Though almost got recruited to Queen Vicky's army, till the sergeant asked how attached I was to my beard.

NervousPete · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2012 16:38

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Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13383

I like this one that Mrs AE took 'by accident' yesterday.

It was AE Jnr's eighth birthday party during the day, and then we went over to the park to finish the day off, this was taken on the way home, just a random 'point and click' job with a Sony phone, but the setting sun through the tree really gave it something a bit more.

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NervousPete · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 18:35

NervousPete · **Posted:** Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:40

Pennine Sunset

Ball & Chain

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:50

Love that Penine sunset shot. Lovely lovely light and colour.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sun Sep 09, 2012 22:08

Couple more butterfly pics, sorry.

Pretty pleased with these as they were taken using my 55-200mm lens.

NervousPete · **Posted:** Mon Sep 10, 2012 22:06

Nice flutterbys. I especially like how it's nearly a mirror image in the top one. That 55-200mm is one deceptively sharp lens!

Chosen for the man in the centre.

NervousPete · **Posted:** Fri Sep 14, 2012 17:37

NervousPete · **Posted:** Sun Sep 16, 2012 21:00

I had Aaron Copland's 'Saturday Night Waltz' playing on the stereo while editing this just now. Have a listen, it's great. Anyway, this is going to kickstart another little wave of American photographs. Wish I was over there, exploring again. Next year, for sure.

And in big view:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nervouspet ... /lightbox/

This was taken with the cheap-as-60-portions-of-chips Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens. The older non-VR version. They know their stuff.

metalangel · **Posted:** Sun Sep 16, 2012 21:12

Toronto as seen from near Ward's Island.

Thomas Rennie arriving at the Centre Island docks.

"Hey, look up here a second."
*not looking up* "Hmm, what?"

TheVision · **Posted:** Sun Sep 16, 2012 22:15

Did the Chuckle Brothers drop you off then?

NervousPete · **Posted:** Sun Sep 16, 2012 23:10

Still can't see why you traded Caerphilly for Toronto, Meaty. Lake looks awesome, btw.

Red Flags

Go here for the big fullscreen version: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nervouspet ... /lightbox/

Malc74 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2012 0:52

Nice work chaps! Pete, love the farm shot. Nice and crisp and great clouds in the background.

MA - love the top shot of the Toronto skyline. You framed it really beautifully. I'd love to see a night-time long exposure shot taken from that spot.

metalangel · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:37

The last time I took that picture, I was over to the left of the little green space, so I got the downtown core in the picture instead of the endless row of harbourfront condos. Oh well, I'll try again.

NervousPete · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2012 21:27

Pennsylvanian Industry

This one was taken in pretty twilight conditions, from a moving coach window, on my 35mm prime so there was no room for reframing. F/2.8 at ISO 1250 at half past nine in October! I'm pleased at how reasonable it came out. Wish it had slightly more give at the top, though.

Big version here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nervouspet ... /lightbox/

NervousPete · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2012 21:03

My first good photo of a horse. Pro tip: Lie down or crouch on the ground when taking photo.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

That horse appears to be trotting towards you. I'm not convinced I'd want to be lying down in front of it at that point.

NervousPete · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2012 21:17

You can't make an omelette photograph without breaking some eggs craniums.

I did realise I was pushing my luck, though! Was ready to roll out the way at one point!

NervousPete · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2012 21:51

This is my favourite of this weekend's work though...

I'm gonna whittle you into kindlin'!

Black crow sixteen shells from a thirty-ought six!

Malc74 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2012 22:25

That's fantastic, Pete!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sun Sep 23, 2012 23:15

Yeah, that's a keeper.

Here's one of mine from our day out today, pleased how it turned out for such a quick snap.

NervousPete · **Posted:** Mon Sep 24, 2012 22:10

Cute.

They mean it.

Big version here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nervouspet ... /lightbox/

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Two fae the night's pedal.

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North fae above Greenock.

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East over Loch Thom.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Cor!!

Malc74 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 29, 2012 15:39

It's funny how the oddest things appeal to you when you're out with your camera, isn't it?
Manky old sign on a tennis court fence, for what it's worth.

Them's the Rules

NervousPete · **Posted:** Mon Oct 01, 2012 17:04

Battered, dusty sign? Dilapidated chain-link? Autumnal leaves? Nowt silly about those elements, they're all gravy to me! Nice work. Dappled shade works unusually well.

Love not War

Malc74 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 01, 2012 19:54

Excellent - very nicely captured. The guy on the right seems to be enjoying it a bit too much, maybe!

One more from me - back to the landscapes, and a majestically calm afternoon at the lake. I just managed to snap this before a motorboat began shooting back and forth, permanently ruining the serenity.
Large on black suits it best.

End of the Season

NervousPete · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2012 20:49

The Veteran

Kern · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2012 22:48

Nice one!

Bonus marks for getting that young Pvt Kern in the background. He'll get his commission one day.

NervousPete · **Posted:** Fri Oct 12, 2012 23:13

The relentless march of US Civil War imagery continues... relentlessly...

Flag Bearers

NervousPete · **Posted:** Mon Oct 15, 2012 23:36

Just got my first roll of film I properly shot without destroying back from the developers. Four were terribly underexposed, three were fuzzy, two were double exposures and one was just plain meh. But these two I like...

Shot with a Yashica 124G TLR on medium format PortraBW 400 film. Pricy, but fun!

NervousPete · **Posted:** Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:25

Candle

Sometimes I privately gripe against my D90 with the demands of its crop sensor in low light (which is the only light for me, really) forcing me to shoot at difficult speeds. My mind turns to a full frame, like the D600, and I think of how much more awesome all my photos would look if I just bought a better camera.

And then the D90 smugly manages to pull of a great shot with ISO 1000 in low light and it reminds me why I fell in love with it. :luv:

you D90! Taken this weekend in a wood, approaching dusk. Cripes.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

The light shed from that candle works absolutely perfectly. Great work, Pete.

NervousPete · **Posted:** Wed Oct 17, 2012 13:44

Cheers dude. T'other from same day...

Flash Girls

Union women in the trees.

NervousPete · **Posted:** Wed Oct 17, 2012 22:32

And now for something completely different. Look, it's even sunny!

Pittsburgh, PA

Taken with Nikon kit lens, 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6.

NervousPete · **Posted:** Thu Oct 18, 2012 22:05

Another shot zoomed closer in.

UPMC Pittsburgh

It's been a year since I was there. *Sniff* I miss America. Wanna go back.

NervousPete · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2012 0:13

I like this one.

A friend of my auntie and uncle in Pennsylvania threw a house-party. This is their lounge window. Lovely light.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:32

Salaire brewery have a photography competition on. check their website for details.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2012 18:23

This just happened over my house. Shit framing cos I'm shit.

sunset-191012 by (TheTrue)Dimrill, on Flickr

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Damn. Look at that colour.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

We just had that same scene here. It was lovely x

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Heh. Thought I was in twitter, then!
:facepalm:

NervousPete · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2012 18:45

Luvley reds and oranges, though! Trickiest colour of the wavelength to capture, fact fans!

NervousPete · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2012 21:34

Somebody's little sister got married yesterday! :luv:

Congrats to my little sister Jen and all round nice guy Ian!

:excellent:

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

NervousPete · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2012 17:53

Strange but purdy. What is it? (Don't say 'a white hole'.)

Okay, brace yourselves here. I shot 24 frames of 120 film on the old Yashica Mat 124G. One reel got destroyed as a misaligned plate inside essentially double-exposed everything. Good job I discovered it at the time so I didn't have the heartbreak of developing it. The other reel was largely fine with only a couple of double exposures, but only six made my cut. Fortunately I went in hoping against hope for just one good one of the bride and groom, which I got. Everything else was a bonus.

Man, film's a brutal fucker. Not much leeway, and I was manually exposing by rule of thumb, gauging the light and adjusting according to shutter vs aperture calculations based on the Sunny 16 rule. The math seemed to have worked though. Phew.

Here's the results...

Father and Bride

Bridesmaids

Bridge, Groom and me 'rents

Bride, Groom and my Grandmothers

Bride, Groom and Bridesmaids

Jenny & Ian - the Bride and Groom! :luv:

Pricy shooting film though, think I'll stick to digital mostly in't future!

Malc74 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2012 18:38

You've done a great job there, Pete! A really great job, actually.
Oh, and congratulations to the happy couple!

Be Excellent To Each Other

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