Photos you have taken in the last month of which you are proud?

Nice one manitou - cool shoes!

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This is a great thread, long may it continue to run.

Post some more pics then!

Anyone tell me where this was taken?

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OK! I don't have any more that I'm really proud of but here's a couple from last week!

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Going for grittiness here:

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Also quite like this from today's SXC race at Contin:

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Purbecks yesterday

That panning shot is great - must have a go at learning to do that at some point.

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Cheers Grum.

If I'm being honest, it was a complete fluke. I took lots of photos and achieved a very low success:failure ratio.

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stuartie_c - what kind of settings were you using there if you don't mind me asking? Esp shutter speed 🙂

Here's the EXIF data Grum:
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I just had my default aperture-priority mode with a large aperture to blur the background. Low light meant a slow shutter speed, but it was more by good luck than good judgement.

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BBQ last night after a day riding in the peaks with my best mate. Ideal.

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Thanks stuartie_c - will have to have a play at some point.

SImon where is that?

Nice one Shizzletrack

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Aimee Dix,(Orange Bikes)Danny Macaskill,(Orange Bikes)Ed Oxley (Singletrack Mag)

Nan Bield Pass shelter LakeDistrict

SImon where is that?

Middle Moor near Hayfield:
[url= http://www.bogtrotters.org/41241 ]map here[/url]

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V10 - really like that candid shot of the girl catching the sun. Was it someone you know, or were you stalking your local park?

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From Dalby World Cup XC on Sunday,the bottom of Medusas Drop.
A cracking day out.

Just my other half having a nap, unfortunatly no stalking involved 😆

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7 Stanes Newcastleton early morning

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One of my boys on the Whinlatter South Loop

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Audi R8 V10 Spyder spotted at Easter

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View towards Hound Tor, shafts of light!

And [url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/el_creedo/ ]Flickr Photostream[/url] to keep the Flickr Gods happy!

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Superb!

I've tried to get this kind of shot with slow-sync flash but my timing is never right. I'll keep practising!

Some of mine from Dalby world cup

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Couple of mine from yesterday evening:

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/49244979@N03/ ]Flickr[/url] Feel free to add me as a contact on Flickr...Im a bit of a billy no mates 😆

JamesH, I really like that 1st one of yours with the riders blurred / not blurred.

Cheers! i took absolutly loads of pics on sunday, my best ones are on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34546629@N02/

Grum...you have skillz my friend 😉 Very nice pic's.

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.duncan - I think I read in an earlier post that you aren't a professional photograher, but have you ever considered it as a part time job?
Your work reminds me very much of my Nephew who's only 21 and turned professional 2 years ago and he's doing very well out of it.

el_boufador - Is that a laser between his legs or was he just pleased to see you?

Have to agree with Bunnyhop - there are many fantastic images in this thread, but .duncan's are just a notch above - the snail macros and the dirt jump shots are visually stunning.

I'll console myself in my mediocrity with a picture of a cat's bollocks:

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@ Bunnyhop & stuartie C thanks for the nice words.

I have vaguely considered it, although being in full time education still and soon to depart to uni to do maths any ideas have been put on hold.

a few since my last post (basically my 365):

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Some absolutely stunning shots in this thread

here are a couple of mine

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Thanks lodius 🙂

dudie your second one is superb!

Also have to agree about .duncan's pics - very impressive. Sack off the boring maths mate! 😉

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@grum - Have you been taking pictures up the end of my road as well?

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That match shot is awesome crewlie - how did you go about getting it?

tinribz - where is that?

@OCB - yes I've been stalking you for some time now 😉

Sometimes on this forum there can be a lot of arguing and petty backstabbing and pointless trolling, but deep down we're a pretty good bunch of people with a fair amount of talent and a thread like this proves it, and makes STW a decent excuse for sitting in front of the web all day.

Well done to all.

Some genuinely brilliant pictures on this thread all - really good to see that much talent - feel quite inspired now. Thank you!

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Grum,

Bit late for a comment but...
that shot of the "twig" in the foreground with the sea in the background is my favourite one on here.

Beautiful.

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Got my new gf1 a few weeks back and am now trying to figure out all the settings.

Grum
Thanks.
Trial and error really.
Camera on tripod, flash on manual, big box of matches, and a wife who hates the smell of the things striking repeatedly:).Then cropped in and sharpened.

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Duncan, that dirt jump pic on page 7 is awesome!

FeeFoo - thanks very much - I'll sell you a print if you like 😉

Cheers crewlie - never tried stuff like that but will have to have a go at some point.

Lovely sunset pano

Just been out in my garden...

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photo post virgin - 😳

Here ya go

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oh thank you how did you do that ?

Just took the image address -

and pasted it inside image tags - you can use the img button and just past in the link above.

Flickr like you to link back to them - you can do it so when you click on the image it is also a link but I can never remember how.

cool cheers... i'll try later watch this space 😀

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Just popped out and taken this along the road........
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Looking across the Holy Loch towards Sandbank, Glen Massan and Beinn Mhor. Volcanic ash has its uses!

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Bought myself a 50mm prime lens last week, so I was out playing with it at the weekend. Does make you move about a bit more, rather than simply standing around zooming everything.

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Grum - you take some bloody good photos. Are they all straight off the camera, or do you play about with them to achieve the vibrancy of colour?

Thanks! 🙂

I tend to do a reasonable amount of messing around, though not always. I shoot RAW almost exclusively and import into Adobe Lightroom, which I think is great. I often add clarity and up the contrast, sometimes using the levels adjustments - also often use vignettes and graduated filters as well. Sometimes I will do (subtle) HDR, though not on most of these pics.

On this pic I actually toned down the saturation!

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This one I think I upped the contrast a little which made the reds in the sky a bit more dramatic.

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Shooting RAW seems to give you a lot of leeway in adjusting exposure, colour balance and fill light etc. If you don't mind faffing on a computer a little it's definitely worth it.

I'm not claiming to be any kind of expert btw but I've been pretty happy with my results. I do also shoot bloody loads of pictures and my shots/keepers ratio is not that great. 🙂

Have only just started playing with my GF's DSLR. Hur hur...

This was just me experimenting with trying to get depth into a photo. I also like the light and shade on the petrol flap. Comments encouraged:

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Seeing as this thread seems to be more of a nice photo sharing thread - I was thinking of making another thread to get some constructive criticism going?

No where near David Bailey standards but some of my favs i've taken this month

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Sorry more cheesy sunset pics!

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Nice shag.