Rick448

Superb image, I missed this on the forum. Beautiful composition and execution. 

4 warbirds.

Whitby

Congrats, I will really have to try and get out and take some shots for these challenges. 

M3

Congrats, great capture  

It's not alway easy to get something done if you don't already have a shot. I try to get something in each week, but between a busy job, a 3 year old at home and a university course it is sometimes difficult! 

Scunthorpe is in North Lincolnshire to be precise. You may be able to get some shots of British Steel at night depending on the available light. There isn't a great deal in the way of architecture there I'm afraid. As mentioned above, the Humber Bridge is about 15 minutes away from there, and you may get lucky with some nice opportunities to shoot that. 

1 minute ago, FUJI said:

I missed the original posting of this.....

What a fantastic, emotion-stirring shot it is..

Congratulations on a well deserved win Rick.

FUJI

Thanks Fuji 

Many thanks  

I had 2 Yonghuo 600’s as well as the Canon 600 and I couldn’t tell any difference in use or results. If I was was using it in a non professional capacity id go Yongnuo without a worry. Possibly if it was my only flash and i was using it for weddings etc I’d probably get the Canon for the extra reliability , that’s not based on any experience of being let down though. 

1 hour ago, colinb said:

An update and an idea - 

and to add to my comment about posts just dropping out of view.

My post on Hare Coursing last Sunday soon disappeared from view, it has 1 comment and 1 like - both from Kev (ta matey).

Now it may be that members are uninterested enough to bother looking or it my be everyone has looked and thought 'this is crap I will not bother liking or commenting'. Knowing/thinking only Kev bothered makes me feel was it worth it? - but what if I was a newby? What would I think especially if this happened a few times? I would maybe think 'sod that' and clear off to Facebook or somewhere.

So - do we need to look at the 'like' as 'read' and if you do look and don't wish to comment tick the dam thing so the poster at least knows someone care enough to look?

In short - CHANGING THE LIKE TO 'LOOKED' WOULD NOT ONLY ENCOURAGE OTHERS BUT WOULD ALSO HELP ADMIN TO UNDERSTAND MORE HOW THE FORUM WORKS.

 

I'm not sure if this forum allows the number of views to be shown as I have seen on many others. I guess that would achieve the same. I must admit it is disappointing to spend time posting images and commenting on others posts, just to have your own ignored. It is really hard to understand why there are so few posts on some images, and then lots on another, which may actually not be seen to be so good photographically (subjective I know). I do think there is an element of "that's my mates post so I'll comment" going on, but it is definitley worthwhile sticking with this to get new blood on here and hopefully improve things. 

Superb image, one I wish I could have taken myself. Top photography 

You've got me looking at these Fuji, I am going to have one made in the new few months. I want to capture some shots of my little girl, and then I think I will produce one each year as a Christmas present to show the best bits of the previous year.

Thanks for the inspiration. 

How about showing us the pictures you have chosen for your book?

36 minutes ago, Korky said:

Rick - There is a section with the title 'Image Critique' and if you post in there, you'll get much better feedback than in the normal sections. Overall, we tend to have a 'play nice' attitude on TIPF and folk are a bit reluctant to be over critical. Why not post an image in the critique section and see what happens? 

I like your idea re real names - perhaps Phil will pick up on that one at some stage.

Korky

Hi Korky,

I had missed that, I've just had a quick look, its not very busy in there is it. I do find the forum home page (not the site) a little busy though, and distracting. I guess that is mainly down to the forum software, and is not a criticism against anyone who works on it. I am just looking at what is likely to put new members off from joining in the first place, as well as keeping them on board. For me I also don't like the shout box on the front page, I never use it and i think this could add to the perception of a clique for new users. For me, the cleaner the front page looks the better, maybe have less actual forums until there is a need, as we aren't that busy it may improve things... maybe not. Just thinking out loud. 

In my opinion, I don't think it matters if people call each other by their real names, however it may matter to some new members who could feel left out. Maybe if we had the option to add our real names to the profile which is shown, that would alleviate the problem. I have seen this on other forums. 

I would agree with the post from Denis and response from BP. There is very little in the way of advice on how to achieve the shots, or indeed critique in general, other than to say "nice shot" etc. Possibly that is what people on here appreciate, but as a newbie to photography, I wanted to receive constructive criticism and help to improve. Maybe we need to add some additional forums to allow this, and keep existing forums as they are. Something similar to the Talk Photography forum, but without the over the top criticism and arguments in some cases! 

I definitely think there is room on here to provide help for members, and also keep new members interested. I am trying to make an effort to add more input to this site now, as I do enjoy the fact it is not full of so called experts who rip into peoples pictures, and I am also going to try to be more detailed in my feedback of photo's rather than just to say, nice shot. 

Congratulations Ryewolf. Great shot. 

Thanks all for taking part. 

I didn't respond to the email directly, and have only just had a chance to come here to comment. I've been away most of the week, and been very busy since I got back, 

I would agree that there does appear to be a smallish group of regular posters who may seem to be a clique, I'm not sure if this is actually the case, but I think due to the overall lack of posts it may seem that posts are not commented on as much as on some other forums. However in all honesty other busier forums you can often post images, or comments without a response. 

One of the reasons I don't post many images on here is because I use Flickr to host my images, but then have to faff about removing links, and posting small images compared to other forums. I realise this is probably to do with the cost of hosting the forum, but nonetheless it does put me off posing as many as I would if I could just link straight from Flickr. 

I will try to post more, and also comment more on other posts, as I wouldn't want the forum to die a death. Watch this space!

No one got anything to add?

This week challenge is titled ,flying’ this can be interpreted however you wish. Entries are open until midnight on the 19th January.  

Good luck everyone. 

Thanks everyone