Monkey

Starting to get out now, These taken at Highfiels Park in Nottingham

On 02/03/2024 at 08:34, skullfunkerry said:

It certainly is! So big in fact that the support towers are further apart at the top than they are at the bottom, due to the curvature of the earth
 

Thank you 

On 02/03/2024 at 10:47, Ryewolf said:

Great shot and you got a wonderful sky

Thank you

On 29/02/2024 at 09:55, mikbone said:

Nice colours too btw

Thank you

16 hours ago, mikbone said:

a lot of the sharpness has gone in posting

Try resizing image to 1200 along the longest edge and file size around 250kb same for facebook it doesn't get compressed then especially facebook there software really does compress high pixel images and destroys them 

16 hours ago, mikbone said:

which lens?. Nice and sharp whatever it is...

Thanks its a Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8L mk 2

!st outing with new lens and im very impressed  here are a couple of Cleethorpes Pier  

Humber Bridge 

Unfortunately no, i do always shoot RAW but only use Adobe camera raw for processing and photoshop to convert to jpeg and resizing images for internet, and to be honest i dont know or use much of those programs 

Lovely, one of my favourite places to visit

That’s works I often do them for screensaver on mobile phones 

On 11/02/2024 at 17:56, skullfunkerry said:

Me too, very atmospheric 

Thank you 

On 10/02/2024 at 19:57, Ryewolf said:

I do like the image of the bridge.

Thank you 

23 hours ago, Ryewolf said:

I'm in 2 minds as whether to go for a mirrorless camera next

Ive tried some of the mirrorless range namely the R6 and R6 mk2 and wasn't too impressed comparing it against my older 1dx2 it couldn't match the share speed of getting focus locked on and keeping it tracking as accurately. If i where to compare it against the old 6D which i had many moons ago then yes its good. i was looking to get a mirrorless but it couldnt offer me anything that my old 1dx2 was giving me, so i borrowed a friends 1dx3 and that is marginally better but the cost of several new cards, new card reader and around £2000 more than i spent on the newer 1dx2 (was a bargain at £1500 with the mint condition and extremely low shutter under 11000} i couldn't justify it and probably the 1dx3 would have swallowed my whole budget as im ordering  a canon 24-70mm f2.8 mk2 next week thats going to be into 4 figures add new tripod and backpack as well. So the 24-70 will live on the older 1dx2 and only used in single shot mode for walkabout and landscapes and newer one take my 100-400mm and 1,4x for wildlife and aviation. They should see me out lol as ive not yet reached the point where they cannot provide what i want from them and dont see that day coming either 

managed a couple of hors out last week in Derbyshire. Struggled using a tripod and getting settings right as not used a real camera like this for a long while. 

Arrived this morning in as new condition with only 11000 clicks this one will now partner my other one that has 369000 clicks so newer one will carry large lens and older one will hace a 24-70 coming next week. Just need to finish my treatment at the hospital and hopefully alls well i will be out in a couple months a lot more than the last 6 months. 

Strait out the mobile ive only resized nothing else 

He wants a biscuit for coming back after using whistle

All i can manage at moment is morning dog walk and Hospital visits BUT at least you can see one of our mutts this time

On 30/12/2023 at 09:24, Fogey said:

Physical size too big maybe?  I keep mine to less than 2000 pixels on the longest side on a 16 X 9 format

I allwys size mine for mobile phone and internet to 1200 pixels on the longest line and aprox 250 to 300 kb ive some more i will post but these particu;ar ones just wont load 

On 23/12/2023 at 17:15, Clicker said:

Was it the file  size that prohibited it ...?

dont think so they were all reduced to apr 300 kb and only 4 images so no idea why i couldnt post 

Delete please as wont allow images to load

Well deserved, beautiful shot

was hoping for a nice sunrise over the snowy landscape but it didnt happen Dogs went mental in the snow 

5 hours ago, Clicker said:

Well ....that's impressive  especially given the circumstances Monkey .. I am pretty useless at night time photography  !

My first go at night time photography and as said many lessons learnt it was black up there couldn't see the ground 4feet in front of me focusing proved an issue i would expect a 17mm lens on full frame even at f4 to have massive depth of field and cant make my mind up if the foreground is out of focus or too much blur from hand holding . But i wont give up it was a starting point and hopefully i will be getting a 24-70 f2.8 in a few months to play with as would like to do more night photography 

Very cold, forecast for snow tonight and early morning so maybe a different perspective coming, This morning could see bugger all for freezing fog