darryl-taylor

Happy Wednesday to All, great thread as always.

 

Quick mentions for a few that caught my eye, will be checking back later if possible for a more in-depth study; Matt L, Jeff L, Sen C, Jeannean B, Tim H, Tony H, and happy birthday Per-Christian<div></div>

the more dangerous assumption is that all paedophiles are male

Bokeh..

 

That lion pic is a stunner btw

I was under the impression that anyone in a public place is fair game, but on your own property you have a right to privacy. That being said; the privacy laws are a bit murky at the best of times, so I'd suggest speaking to citizens' advice

I feel slightly cheated that a lens discussion has taken place without the B word

Many thanks to those that gave my bridge a mention, very high standard again this week, well done everybody

Great start to the day as always, apart from it being too early. I've been messing about with night shots lately, so I'm posting one of the Infinity Bridge in Stockton-On-Tees and then going back to bed.<div></div>

<p>Great start to Wednesday as always, looking forward to seeing what gets posted throughout the day. Just a quick snap of a derelict boat this week</p><div></div>

<p>Thanks for showing us your nuts Matt, they go nicely with Jeffs' balls, which are stunning by the way.<br>

Excellent bug shots from Jeannean and Roberta as always, with stunning submissions from Pascal B, Keith O, and William P; but the bizarre looking bug award goes to Mark O'Brien, according to my daughter "that thing's weird".<br>

Mike C- beautiful colours<br>

Don Harper- a moment that the bride will treasure captured wonderfully<br>

Ton Mestrom- that image really appeals to me on many different levels</p>

<p>Not a bad or boring shot in the thread, so I'll balance things out a bit with mine. Went for a walk on Saturday and the most exciting thing I saw was some mushrooms....</p><div></div>

In near the end as usual. Jealous of the bug shots this week as usual, and the model A caught my eye as being an unusual vehicle.

 

Totally boring week for me, hence the boring snapshot<div></div>

<p>I don't have any experience with Kenko tubes or the 70-300, but my 55-200 has a MAXIMUM focusing distance of about 12 feet with a 36mm tube fitted. Minimum focusing distance is when something is actually touching the glass.</p>

Many stunning shots this week as usual, I've had a break from my losing battle shooting bugs and instead tried a shot of someone who enjoys bugging me....<div></div>

<p>Thanks for the link, although I wasn't actually able to use it as during the update process the program informed me that I have a non-genuine serial key. Since I only purchased it (at full price) last month, I am far from happy.</p>

<p>Be very careful where you buy from.</p>

Great shots as always, lots of colour this week. I'm still trying to get the hang of this whole macro thing so it's a dark and ugly bug this week. 36mm extension tube and on camera flash.<div></div>

Congratulations Richard

The only real problem I'm having with my D3000 is my own lack of skill, it can take far better pictures than I can, and that's

all I expect from a camera. It's not a D90, or D300, or a D3, and it never will be so don't worry about features that it hasn't

got as you won't need them until you've taken at least a couple of hundred keepers with the D3000.

If you get problems with noise in images, I'd recommend Capture NX2, it does a much better job than Noise Ninja on .NEF

files and for an "entry level" Nikon is probably the best value for money image editing software around.

 

What settings are you using your camera on at the moment?

Fantastic group of images as always; my submission this week is yet another bug, I'm determined to get the hang of this. Shot with a 105mm micro 2.8 and a 20mm extension tube<div></div>

"Anthropophagy Department"

 

that made me laugh

I'm all for buying their gear when they get bored with it, but eating them may be a tad extreme

Yet another bug shot<div></div>

Henry Posner , Jul 05, 2010; 12:01 p.m.

Jean-Pierre: B&H is very sorry for your dissatisfaction. I see an order from you was originated.....................

 

You've gotta respect service on that level

Avoiding the subject of cats.....<div></div>

Having to stare at a sky like this whilst stuck at work should be illegal<div></div>

Comparing a manual focus lens to an AF-S will not give consistent results; even if you've got auto focus turned off the

camera will still try to get information from the lens's chip before tripping the shutter, with an older lens the camera has no

chip to ping so it just relies on the information that you've input.

I carry extension tubes with me and use this lens for everything; product shots, landscapes, and macro, I'm very cheap like

that. It's not a particularly fast lens (both in terms of widest aperture and auto-focus speed), but if you can take time over

your shots it works fine.