pauln

Lol deal ;)

Thank you very much, you've been so helpful :)

Super shot well deserved :)

Yey I've reached my first milestone of 1000 views :)

Excellent news, keep us posted :)

You'd need a small aperture like f22 with say a 6 to 10 sec exposure or an nd filter if it's really bright, maybe a 4 or 8. You could use welding glass in front of cam instead but it give a green colour cast so you would probably have to convert the image to mono

I shot mine with 24-105 at 24mm, 30 sec exposure, iso 50 f7.1 but f 11 - f 16 if light allows. The reason for the long exposure is because I don't have any light or sound triggers so I had to rely on a long exposure to capture the action. Lightening is very bright so if the overall image is also very bright you may not realise if you have captured anything until you reduce the exposure but you will end up with a lot of bin fodder. Use a tripod (it's a must) and a shutter release if you have one, I left mine at home the other day so I had to use a 2 sec delay instead. Block your view finder with something dark because on long exposures, ambient light can leak in through the view finder and possibly ruin the shot other than that make sure you and your equipment are weather proof and have fun

:-o really wasn't expecting this. Thank you, and thank you all for the lovely comments :)

well done, fingers crossed for you

It turns out they have to be PNG files for clothing so I'll have to make PNG copies

I just uploaded at high res 4500 at longest at 300 dpi. I should have read the small print as I just assumed if you upload high res they can manipulate as needed. Thanks for the heads up though as I would really like to try it because I think a few of mine would look ok on a t shirt, I might even treat myself lol

I'd like to try some clothing but it keeps saying I haven't got any valid images so I'll have to contact them and ask how to do it

Thanks everyone, I've only put a few bits up for now I'll have a proper look tomorrow, I might even go to the zoo if the weather holds out and see if I can get any new images

for anyone that may be interested in taking a look http://www.redbubble.com/people/paulneville

Best wishes mate, you've made me feel very welcome since I joined so my thoughts are with you and here's hoping for a full and speedy recovery

15k is a lot of money for a set up unless your just buying something like an 800mm lens which by the way is available with a camo wrap if you want to buy in to a system on a professional basis then canon would be worth looking at not because of the colour of the equipment but canon professional services are first class, any problems you have are fixed within 24-48 hours and if not a replacement is issued until the fix is completed. I can't comment on nikon but as a Canon user I'm happy with the equipment and service provided

I have to agree, it's a superb image and a well deserved winner

That would be great, thank you :)

I've changed it to "please note" rather than disclaimer and have now replaced copywritten to copyrighted :)

Thanks for pointing the errors out, by all means if you have the time to proof read it that would be very much appreciated, anything you highlight I will amend ASAP :)

I have received an email from the zoo, they have said they can't because if they allow me to sell then they would have to allow others, I can understand their point but I think it's an excuse, they have however given me the email address for their marketing dept regarding selling my images so I will email them and see what they say

1/200th will freeze water mate unless it's really moving at a pace

The 560 isn't a hss speedlight mate, it will burst shoot at 1/8th power or less but is still limited to either 1/200th or 1/250th as decided by your cam body otherwise you will get a shadow caused by the camera's second curtain

Well done, may I also suggest you look at some form of diffuser at some point too to go with the flash, I use soft box's with mine which help to spread the light evenly,you can "bounce" flash your subjects to stop some of the harsh shadows direct flash can cause, also don't be afraid to use it in bright sunlight as fill flash :)

The best way I've found although there are still issues is to save for Web rather than save as jpeg, png etc. It does save at a low res but it seems to display slightly better than larger 300 dpi images