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 ChrisJD 23 Feb 2014
Not been one of these threads for a while.....

Here's a few from a family walk up Win Hill yesterday (Sat 22 Feb):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/105343926@N08/sets/72157641405710545/
 BStar 23 Feb 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Nice shots there Chris, I especially like 1402_MG_2052. Cracking stuff.

Here's one I took yesterday...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/b-star/12731258083/
OP ChrisJD 23 Feb 2014
In reply to BStar:

Same day - slightly different experience

Great gallery BTW
 TimC123 23 Feb 2014
In reply to BStar:

Really Like the black and white particularly Chris. Adam your flikr account make me ashamed of mine
In reply to ChrisJD: Love those panoramic shots. Stitched?

I've not been outside too much lately. Here's one from inside.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8411024@N08/12612098235/

T.

OP ChrisJD 24 Feb 2014
In reply to Pursued by a bear:

Nice photostream you have there.

The panoramics from Win Hill are hand held (usually portrait). RAWs processed in LR5 and exported as TIFFS and stitched in AutoPanoPro3.

This one is 9 images and measures in at 23,162 x 5340 (124MP)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/105343926@N08/12722094955/in/set-7215764140571...

 Chris Craggs Global Crag Moderator 24 Feb 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Curbar on Friday - only a destination for the hardy!

http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.php?id=235280


Chris
OP ChrisJD 24 Feb 2014
In reply to Chris Craggs:

Still living the Dream Chris,
 Chris Craggs Global Crag Moderator 24 Feb 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

> Still living the Dream Chris,

Either that or plodding on with the same old same old


Chris
Douglas Griffin 24 Feb 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Went to Forvie National Nature Reserve - one of my favourite places - at the weekend, to photograph the sand dunes.

Ended up photographing grey seals. My longest lens is only 200mm but they let me get quite close:

https://twitter.com/dgriffinphoto/status/437700750274486272
In reply to ChrisJD:

Some good shots so far...I took this one today from Moel Berfedd

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31983899@N03/12750592413/lightbox/
 craig h 25 Feb 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Only a few this week, but liked this one from a nice Sunday stroll http://www.flickr.com/photos/21913923@N03/12755486303/
In reply to Brian: Very good! Quite a show.

T.

Douglas Griffin 28 Feb 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

One from last weekend.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/douglas_griffin/12838560954/

Was back at Forvie today. Magical place. Never seen so many grey seals as this morning - both in and out of the water.
OP ChrisJD 09 Mar 2014

From last weekend (1st March) in Cwm Idwal, family walk up to Devils Kitchen

http://www.flickr.com/photos/105343926@N08/13010771383/in/set-7215764204513...
In reply to ChrisJD:

Nice one Chris...here's one from Friday evening looking down on where you took it from

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31983899@N03/12998283423/lightbox/
 Mikkel 09 Mar 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

New lense so tested it with taking handheld shots of the Moon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/83246699@N00/12994794893/in/photostream
 Skyfall 09 Mar 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Wrecked a canon 60D and damaged a 24-105 this weekend by a simple tumble/slide with the camera ending up in the water and covered in mud. Great weekend otherwise, feck...
 ayuplass 10 Mar 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayuplass70/12977212334/in/photostream/

Taken during a wander on Marsden Moor last week while attempting to get over jet lag - exposure to sunlight helps apparently!
 Henry Iddon 10 Mar 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:


The Raise Gletscher - crevasses opening up in the Lakes !

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152094304473197&set=a.1809507...
OP ChrisJD 10 Mar 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Good to see people out there taking great images.

Skyfall - I feel your pain ;-(
 CrushUnit 10 Mar 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:
I was quite happy with this one I took on Cannock Chase the other day. Just a single exposure no HDR. The dynamic range of these new cameras is really quite impressive

http://500px.com/photo/63413431
In reply to CrushUnit:

Very nice indeed, couldn't crop out the overhead cables though?

One from my descent of Mynydd Mawr tonight...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31983899@N03/13068914265/lightbox/
 CrushUnit 10 Mar 2014
In reply to Nicholas Livesey:

Ha only just noticed those, think I will PS them out.

I am heading to North Wales at the end of this week and have been looking through your galleries for some general location ideas as I have a very poor knowledge of the place..so thanks
In reply to ChrisJD:

Not a bloody cloud in the sky for the last couple of days...drat!

Here's one from this morning's dawn

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31983899@N03/13079088175/in/photostream/lightb...
 dek 15 Mar 2014
In reply to Blue Straggler:

Nice work Blue!, a great set of photos. The rock texture is really well captured. (wasn't it a bit nippy down there today?)
 Blue Straggler 16 Mar 2014
In reply to dek:

Thanks dek, yup somewhat chilly in the morning, with bonus cold water running all over the holds, hence me not actually climbing
I had two T-shirts (the first a merino wool one), a hoodie fleece, softshell AND duvet jacket on. And hat, and "winter lined" Craghoppers trekking pants, and I was JUST warm enough. Everything brightened up at about 1.30pm when we were leaving!
We had bivvied on Holyhead too, which was cold for me (inadequate gear) and too warm for the others (over-the-top gear)
 Fraser 16 Mar 2014
In reply to Blue Straggler:

There's some cracking shots been taken lately I see - love the phone stitch pano. I was stuck indoors at Ratho yesterday, but I took the opportunity to try out my new Nikon compact:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/70132285@N07/13173428425/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/70132285@N07/13173259383/in/photostream/
 dek 16 Mar 2014
In reply to Fraser:

Like your Broomielaw jogger photo! Great timing!
 Fraser 16 Mar 2014
In reply to dek:

Cheers, just a fluke.
Removed User 16 Mar 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

One from yesterday evening at Llyn Dywarchen...testing nmy new Lee Filters

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31983899@N03/13173502664/lightbox/
 Fraser 16 Mar 2014
In reply to Nicholas Livesey:

Very nice indeed!
In reply to Nicholas Livesey:

Stunning - for the first time in 6 years I think I am homesick!
 CrushUnit 16 Mar 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Here is one I tried Thursday night, inspired by something similar I had seen on 500px, quite happy with the result, wish there had not been a fullish moon as would liked to have some stars in as well.

Its taken near the base of north ridge of Tryfan looking out over Llyn Ogwen.

http://500px.com/photo/63990445
 mudmonkey 16 Mar 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/100520660@N07/13020317963/

Attenborough nature reserve at sunset
OP ChrisJD 22 Mar 2014
In reply to Nicholas Livesey:

Wowser!

Love the Tryfan one as well.
In reply to ChrisJD:

Thanks Chris, the Tryfan one was just a wee snap before work this morning...not overly keen on it so glad I got out tonight
 CrushUnit 23 Mar 2014
In reply to Nicholas Livesey:

Very nice, I also really like the Tryfan one. I popped down to the Chilterns this week to try and get some pics of the red kites. Didn't get the shot I wanted but this is probably the best of the bunch.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/121107445@N05/13346444465/
 Skyfall 23 Mar 2014
In reply to CrushUnit:

V nice. Did you add the vignetting ? It works anyway.
 CrushUnit 23 Mar 2014
In reply to ChrisJD: Yes I added it as the sky was a bit boring and I thought it drew you toward the bird

OP ChrisJD 23 Mar 2014
In reply to Brian:

I've no idea who he is!
 Trevers 23 Mar 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

From just over a week ago, but really like this one. Thoughts?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtrevers/13229344515/lightbox/
 CrushUnit 24 Mar 2014
In reply to Trevers:
I like the composition, maybe improved if the bottom of the cog was included?

In terms of colour maybe it would benifit from some split tonning to add more interest or black and white?

Overall a good image I would say.
KevinD 24 Mar 2014
In reply to CrushUnit:

> I popped down to the Chilterns this week to try and get some pics of the red kites. Didn't get the shot I wanted but this is probably the best of the bunch.

They are slowly spreading through hertfordshire. Damned things only ever turn up when I have the compact rather than the DSLR with a long zoom.

on the photo front, from a cycle ride at the weekend.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dissonancefalling/13364312284/
Post edited at 20:57
 Fraser 24 Mar 2014
In reply to Trevers:

> From just over a week ago, but really like this one. Thoughts?

> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtrevers/13229344515/lightbox/


I like this a lot - the cropping doesn't bother me at all.

This was up at Dunkeld yesterday - not a great shot, but just a really nice day to be out in fresh air again!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/70132285@N07/13388839525/in/photostream/
 Trevers 25 Mar 2014
In reply to dissonance:

I had
> They are slowly spreading through hertfordshire. Damned things only ever turn up when I have the compact rather than the DSLR with a long zoom.

> on the photo front, from a cycle ride at the weekend.

> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dissonancefalling/13364312284/

I had one of them surprise me on a cycle ride. I think I was in Little Chalfont (so Bucks). Gave me quite a shock to have that thing fly in my face!
 Blue Straggler 25 Mar 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

I am actually partial to this, even though it's has no artistic merit and doesn't SEEMINGLY demonstrate anything interestingly technical.
It is one of the first acceptable low light, non-flash concert photographs I have taken using a mobile phone.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-straggler/13394031723/in/set-721576428812...

This seems to be popular with other people:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-straggler/13391096864/in/set-721576428734...
(a freediver being coached during a static breath holding competition)
 CrushUnit 27 Mar 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:
This is a 9 stitch panorama of the Radcliffe Camera in Oxford from the Church of the Virgin Mary tower (well worth the £4 if you're in the area). A pig to get it reasonably proportionate (much helped by the new tools in CS6). I am pleased with the final image.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/121107445@N05/13455060794/player/
Post edited at 21:45
 Fraser 27 Mar 2014
In reply to CrushUnit:

So you should be, the result is excellent!

In reply to ChrisJD:

One from the other day...I've been looking for this tree for ages and then, quite by chance, bumped into it!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31983899@N03/13453532215/
OP ChrisJD 28 Mar 2014
In reply to CrushUnit:

That's a peach of an image
 CrushUnit 28 Mar 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Cheers. Also got this one in the church around the corner which I was pleased with, not used to photographing buildings, its a bugger to get things straight. http://www.flickr.com/photos/121107445@N05/13469712243/
Douglas Griffin 28 Mar 2014
In reply to CrushUnit:

A tilt and shift lens is what you need! Not cheap, though...
 Skyfall 28 Mar 2014
In reply to Skyfall:

> Skyfall - I feel your pain ;-(

I, er, upgraded (ff). It's looking good so far ....
 The Potato 28 Mar 2014
In reply to Nicholas Livesey:

thats a sweet shot man, Ive been looking at that tree but not got it at that angle, good stuff
 chris fox 29 Mar 2014
In reply to Nicholas Livesey:

That'd look sweet Hi key B/W Nicholas
Removed User 29 Mar 2014
In reply to Douglas Griffin:


CC PS now has perspective warp which is very handy for this kind of image if you don't have access to a TS lens, think there is a perspective crop in CS6 too.
I was up in Glen Clova last week.

Walking conditions were excellent but my lens kept getting appallingly dirty due to the spindrift;

http://colinhendersonphoto.com/blog/2014/3/27/sunshine-and-spindrift-hiking...
Douglas Griffin 30 Mar 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

One from yesterday, taken in a cave on the Moray coast:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/douglas_griffin/13507480973/
 Tim Sparrow 01 Apr 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Elan Valley (Garreg Ddu bridge dam) on Sunday morning.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/115435568@N03/13567640573/in/set-721576432767...
OP ChrisJD 02 Apr 2014
In reply to ow arm:

> sorry for the non mountain/outdoors pics but I do enjoy macro aswell

Don't apologise - you can post links to any type of image!
 Jon Read 02 Apr 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Does within the past week count?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/readza/13556626774/
OP ChrisJD 02 Apr 2014
In reply to Jon Read:

It's all a bit flexible time wise .
 mudmonkey 15 Apr 2014


https://www.flickr.com/photos/100520660@N07/13743599235/

Out of the bedroom window in Chamonix...
 mudmonkey 22 Apr 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Up the Aiguille du Midi being a tourist while snow and weather rubbish...


https://www.flickr.com/photos/100520660@N07/13967278281/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/100520660@N07/13970888234/

 Henry Iddon 22 Apr 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Er - I'm waiting get them processed !!!

http://twitpic.com/e1qhx2
In reply to ChrisJD: One from last week; no more than a snap of the Cherhill white horse really, but I like it.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/8411024@N08/13946232043/

Having just got myself a 10-stop ND filter, I shall be off to play with that later this week,

T.

 Fraser 23 Apr 2014
In reply to Pursued by a bear:


> https://www.flickr.com/photos/8411024@N08/13946232043/

Nice shot, I've always wanted to see that!

> Having just got myself a 10-stop ND filter, I shall be off to play with that later this week,

What make and where did you get it? (I've been considering one recently too)


Couple from my local crag at the weekend:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/70132285@N07/13967248233/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/70132285@N07/13944185091/in/photostream/

I've always wanted to get a shot of someone on this route ('Omerta' F7c at Dumbarton Rock) but it's very very rarely climbed, despite being an outstanding arete line) Then on Sunday, a friend decided he'd give it a try and got it in a session in stunning weather.



In reply to Fraser:

> What make and where did you get it? (I've been considering one recently too)

I got a Tiffen filter (see http://www.tiffen.com/displayproduct.html?tablename=filters&itemnum=67N... ) from Amazo0n; it's available through other shops too. I went for a screw-in one rather than a Lee/Cokin type because I'll mostly be taking longer exposures with my normal lens (equivalent to 28 - 108mm) and I've found that I get some vignetting at the longer end of the lens' range when using a filter holder. Hopefully this will sort it.

T.
 chris fox 23 Apr 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Took this at work on Saturday

https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisfox/13966947643/
 Fraser 23 Apr 2014
In reply to Pursued by a bear:

Cheers, looks good - will check them out.
In reply to Mikkel:

What lens did you use for the moon shot? Like it
 Charlie Noakes 24 Apr 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Taken a couple of weeks ago at the sheep pen boulders. Have been getting to grips with my newly acquired dslr and so far I'm pretty chuffed.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/120461213@N05/13893816985/
 mudmonkey 26 Apr 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:


https://www.flickr.com/photos/100520660@N07/14031362703/

Dome de Gouter and some nice clouds, taken from the balcony
 Choss 26 Apr 2014
In reply to mudmonkey5:

Loving the shifty looking dog
 d_b 26 Apr 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Some from a backpacking trip over Easter:

http://www.spectral3d.co.uk/Personal/pics/2014/mullardoch/
 mudmonkey 27 Apr 2014
In reply to broken spectre:

Cheers, he was a bit afraid of the lens I think so had to stop shooting!
 OwenF 28 Apr 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

http://www.remoteexposure.co.uk/Logbook/Family/20140421-Easter-Weekend/i-R5...

from trip to Ardnamurchan over Easter with my brother.
 Robert Durran 28 Apr 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Flowers in Wadi Rum:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/124082247@N06/sets/72157644366152592/

First trip with the new XE-1

OP ChrisJD 28 Apr 2014
In reply to Robert Durran:

Good to see you enjoying the Fuji
 RBonney 30 Apr 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

I took these three in Font recently, wondering which one people think is best, they are all pretty similar though.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/95193218@N03/sets/72157644032907078/
 Charlie Noakes 30 Apr 2014
In reply to RBonney:
For me the best is 'font night climbing 1'. I think the composition with the tree and the boulder is more pleasing and balanced in the frame. Saying that, I prefer the light trail in the number 2 the most, probably as it is a little darker.

Forgot to say, nice shots!
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In reply to ChrisJD: Having spent last week in Cornwall, I have a bucketful of pictures I haven't processed yet. However, this one...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/8411024@N08/14142952803/

...was an experiment, trying to reduce the number of things in a picture and still make it work. Yes, I have much to learn and no, it isn't a great shot but nevertheless, I am quite pleased with it for a before-breakfast wander round a friend's garden with a camera.

I have been trying to work on outside shots with the less-is-more idea for a little while but without a great deal of success. I need to get out more, and see fewer things.

T.
 Trevers 11 May 2014
Douglas Griffin 17 May 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Mellon Udrigle, yesterday morning:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/douglas_griffin/14204227174/
 Mikkel 17 May 2014
In reply to Simonfarfaraway:

> What lens did you use for the moon shot? Like it

Sigma 150-500 on a Canon 600D
 CrushUnit 17 May 2014
In reply to ChrisJD: Really happy with how this one turned out and a quick rush through the centre of Pisa on the way to the airport.

http://500px.com/photo/70692999/pisa-by-gareth-candlin?from=user_library
 steve taylor 18 May 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.php?id=239681

Like Joshua tree, but hotter and with acres of unclimbed rock like this. Hope to be getting out more now that I have transport and getting some decent shots.
 TimC123 20 May 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:
A few after a recent trip to Portland and over past the recent landslides

https://www.flickr.com/photos/78771485@N07/14174566896/
 mudmonkey 27 May 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Come by! A most enjoyable day at Bamford - quick fell race then sheepdog trials and sheep shearing.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/100520660@N07/14092076077/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/100520660@N07/14092081257/in/photostream/

 Alyson 15 Jun 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

I hardly ever get chance to take pictures these days, but I waved my lens at a few startled beasties in Norfolk this week.

This one is my first ever pic to make Explore in flickr, so I'm dead pleased with that

https://flic.kr/p/nFDCq6

though I personally prefer this one

https://flic.kr/p/nGbYBu
 Trevers 15 Jun 2014
In reply to Alyson:

> https://flic.kr/p/nGbYBu

I love this one, very creative composition
OP ChrisJD 07 Jul 2014

Was over in Ireland this weekend and had a nice stroll on Inniscrone Beach (after a seaweed bath at Kilcullens):

https://www.flickr.com/photos/105343926@N08/sets/72157645503414246/


(Enniscrone – also spelt Inniscrone and officially named Inishcrone)
 Charlie Noakes 07 Jul 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Broadway Tower, taken a few weeks ago on a stormy evening.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/120461213@N05/14186120930/in/photostream/
 Fraser 07 Jul 2014
In reply to Brian:

That's a really decent shot, nice work.
 Fraser 08 Jul 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:

Taken a week ago, just outside Glagsow:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/70132285@N07/14586034424/


And this one from Saturday of 'Team Strong' at Creag A' Bhancair: Niall McNair going for the onsight of belayer Iain Small's new, as yet unnamed E7.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/70132285@N07/14598650892/
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