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Taken while camping in the brecons a couple of weeks ago.
Show me yours, go on.
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Taken at Brechfa this weekend; Me, Soma Rich, Andy, and Fenster...
DrP
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Getting MrsZ to smile with a camera nearby is quite an ask, so chuffed with this after getting it right first time guessing manual focussing and exposure. The world will be pleased to know I have no offspring, so no cutsey tots on bikes from me....
Mrs Z does that look of pity so well...
So would you if you had to look at me all day!
Is that helmet hair Drp, or were you once in the prodigy? 😉
Lee Quarry on Monday, obvious photo op.
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Sea Hurricane at Duxford. Taken years ago on film and scanned this week as part of my project to scan around 3500 prints!
PS Pic Obviously..
Just as you come around the anchor of the old Severn bridge (Aust Cliff) at low tide...
Always strikes me as Planet of the Apes scene.
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Taken in the Quantocks:
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Mrs B and the Beamlet amongst the Bluebells in our local wood:
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My recent favourite that isn't of the kids is this one.
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Recently scanned from a photo we have of the wife's late father.
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Taken last night. Sunset over The Campsies
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Just below the summit of Snowdon at about 9.30 in the morning a couple of weeks ago. I'm a complete point-and-click merchant and it was windy as hell, but I think it turned out quite well 🙂
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Sideways ....
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Some great photos here folks. Right now I have a back full of stitches, and I havent been out and about much, so as my May daily photos are not looking too good so far I wont post any. I suppose I have one or two ok ish karaoke ones, but I am looking forward to my May 22nd photo when I give a certain young lady her Spain footie top which i know she is looking forward to as her older brother got given a Cyprus footie top and she didnt get one so I am going to make up for that 😀
Taken in the back garden after a shower....
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Canyoning section, Raid Bimbache Extrem 2008. It's a happy pic because it was my first international job as a photojournalist-type-person (well, writer who takes a few pictures) last year and they've asked me to go back for this year's race which starts on Saturday.
bugger to set up, set timer run back to bike whilst counting to 10 get on bike ride and drop...........
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The two who will eventually leave me for dead on Chapel Gate and I won't be able to hate them for it...
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some stunners in there!
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me and atkins vert
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From a few months ago but I just set it as my desktop background.
lookmanohands = lookmanofriends 😉
Only joking - how many attempts did it take - presumably the timer fired off multiple shots. Brill effort.
Also loving the complexity of the Sea Hurricane image.
this one. Taken while out riding in March
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although I do quite like this self timer shot I did. I think it was about the 3rd run that I finally got myself in the frame!!
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Should really tweak the horizon, it was a bit dark to get it right on the night, but I wouldn't mess with the view.
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@scuttler......could only get the camera to take 3 pics at a time took 3 or 4 goes, so 12 or so piccys to get this one! (thinks) perhaps a name change to billynomates (end thinks) 😀
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The Moo sleeping in the sun in the yard. Taken a couple of weeks ago.
@scuttler: thanks!
Miss Charlie Phillis:
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Apart from the fact that I treated myself to a flash and used it to take a nice photo, I'm pleased as punch with the way my 6 year old nephew is learning how to ride a bike. 4 times he's been on it and he wants to wheelie so bad it hurts. Bless!
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Some great pics,
Grumm, where is that shot from, helvellyn?
Drac, thats a cracker! Reminds me of an Athena poster, but much much better 😀
* cough * may have a new fave pic as our One Photo A Day pool seems to be hotting up a touch 🙂
Best not add a link or anything
Tryfan back in March, I was quite pleased at how this came out for a quick snap
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This is one of my favourites because I was on holiday in my favourite place when I took it. And I think it is a fairly decent photo too.:
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captain_spaulding yup its Striding Edge on Helvellyn.
Matt P.
As a photographer, I think your shot is the most atmospheric.
You can have a gold star.
The Captain can have a silver star as the crop needs tightening (in post production ?) to remove the horse in the top L edge of frame.
TN - you get the bronze star today, you'd never tire of this image's visual impact.
TN, was it taken in France?
love that beetle sharki
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Ti29er - thanks. 🙂 I like taking macro shots and think I do quite well with my old panasonic (not so) compact.
eckinspain - it was. How the HECK did you get that from two leaves and a beeglie? (Either you know my favourite place is Font, or you just took a flyer that these are more common in France then the UK?)
I rigged up a BIG rope swing in the field behind our house and managed to snap this of a deliriously happy wee man.
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That's ma boy - bridges next.......
aviemoron - that's brilliant! Although he does look like he's about to pop!
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Not great quality as it was a bit hazy. Week before last. Best single day I've ever done, and the two best descents I've ever done
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Paddling (?) the Carron, January 2nd 2009.
(Added: Hmmm. Picasa uploader/resizer is not great...)
a few from my recent travels... 🙂
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Spacehopper - v.g. I seem to always take "action" shots, the kids, etc, etc, but I never seem to take landscapes or "things". The missus says I've got a cr*p eye for composition........
Captain Manwaring - where is that? West Coast of Scotland somewhere?
spacehopper - bit good at this eh? 😛
@ Captain Manwaring.
Ooh, ooh - Torridon in the sunshine. (Panting like a dog).
Jammy git.
i'm alright at composition (well probably rubbish but my girlfriend reckons it's reasonable!) but i can never seem to get the sort of clarity and sharpness of image as demonstrated in hopper's lovely shots. 🙁
Cheers Ti29er! Always nice when one comes out that captures the feel of when you took it.
Spacehopper - I love your pics, esp the last couple
I'm new to this photography lark and still learning the settings on my camera. On a weekend away with the in-laws (in a caravan in Cleethorpes) I sat on the beach and played around.
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Thanks guys 😀
all taken with a compact FujiFilm F30 too!
some great pics on this thread.. keep them coming!
all taken with a compact FujiFilm F30 too!
Right, I'm selling my SLR and getting one of those then! So much for my new hobby!
stick with the SLR! youll get better results in the long run 🙂
the lack of manual focus is the only bit that drives me a bit mad sometimes with compacts..
but i guess thats the price you pay for being able to put your camera in your pocket!
The F30's and F31d's hold their value well. Be prepared to pay a reasonable whack if you manage to find one on eBay. Have a reputation as a bit of a classic. I have the F31d.
My favourite this month
[url= http://www.andy-matthews.co.uk/365 ]My 365 project here[/url]
My desktop background. It was a lovely summer day and we rode 100km. 🙂
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grumm:is it not taken from near Striding Edge looking over towards Swirral Edge?
theginjaninja your pic should have won the 1 a day monthly comp.
Where was that taken?nightbikeman
Leftboy, it is coming off Dodd Fell, North Yorkshire, going towards Hawes. To be precise...
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grumm, yup its Torridon, about 2/3rds the way down the 8km descent from Bealach na Lice to Annat.
scuttler, yeah it was perfect. Was up there for 8 days just a couple of weeks ago so was able to pick the best day.
Fiat 500 (Spoleto, Umbria, Italy)
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Richpips - ah - there's stiff competition in our closely contested competition each month.
And remember, if you join the group and you can vote too 🙂
Cheers nightbikeman looks just like a trail I know in mid-wales
this is a merge of 8 photos that i got the other day before the arsenal chelsea game. obviously getting a few photos beforehand was the best thing about that day. 🙁
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Snapped this while out enjoying the ice
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I thought they were mowing the grass at first! 😆
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took my eldest on part of the Skyline trail last weekend. This is her on Grand Canyon
Verbier 2005 Katie was 9 and Abigale 7
Got it blown up and mounted on a wall, Girls have grown a bit now
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Also like this one from the year before
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Spacehopper, your pics win my vote today - wow. Especially the top one. 🙂
Everyone elses are cool, but I am a sucker for all things cherry blossom...
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[url= http://www.px3.fr/submit/vote/index.php ]CLICK HERE[/url]If you want to view some really outstanding photography, can I direct you ?
In short: There are many prestigious international photographic awards each year. One being PX3.
This is an important showcase competition attracting many top named celebrity photographers, and others. In the many varied categories you will not know whose is whose pictures. This is a good thing.
I have succeeded in being shortlisted into quite a number of diverse categories (quite a few to do with mountain biking) , a few of which you’d maybe not associate me with. Automotive advertising anyone?
Art Abstract?
I have spent 18 months on some projects leading up to this event so the competition is not taken lightly. This link became live and active at 16:00hrs on 14 May 2009.
The link to their main site is:
[url= http://www.px3.fr/submit/vote/index.php ]CLICK HERE[/url]
I can provide most of the links to my images, but sufficed to say most of my work is on the last page of the various categories.
Many will simply enjoy the photographic showcase.
I hope you enjoy the photographs.
Tim
Capt Spaulding - My missus wants to know what bike it is your little'n is on, mostly because its pink i think.
Its an Adams runner, CRC sell them for about 50 quid, got mine from LBS for £25 though. (also available in other colours) 😀
My kids
took this pic for mothers day
always makes me smile
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I thought they were mowing the grass at first!
Ha ha ha. Ironically my lawn doesn't look much different at the moment. (less trees though obviously)