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Here is a deliberate wonky colour experiment. I wanted more of a sepia look to it though.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Mar 21st, 2008 at 05:03:42 AM EST
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this is totally classic, fantastic composition, with a huge pull, perfectly enhanced by the sky. i don't know if you tweaked it, if you did, superb job, if not....pure magic!

the wrought iron and weathered boardwalk planks really work well together and the purple highlights in the sky are gorgeous.

stunning, i'd give you a ten if i could. it's great to see your style growing over the months, what an eye you have...

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Mar 21st, 2008 at 08:31:11 AM EST
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Thanks Melo, I tweaked the colours a little.

I am still umming and ahing over whether or not to go out with the camera today.  We've had rain and sunny spells so I may chance it. I have just cleaned all my leneses and formatted my memory cards.  I have my all weather clothing ready so I have no real excuse not to go out.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Mar 21st, 2008 at 08:45:30 AM EST
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if the wind is anything like here,  you'll have tyrouble holding things straight

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Mar 21st, 2008 at 10:09:08 AM EST
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Yeah it was a bastard out there.  Really chilly wind, pelting rain, then sun and then snow with my breath clouding in the air - the temperature drop was in a matter of seconds. No wonder silly unprepared people get caught out by the weather in the mountains.  

I ran back to the car and the sun came out in the distance.  I didn't get any especially good photos but I'll stick a couple in here in a bit.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Mar 21st, 2008 at 02:38:32 PM EST
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yesterday i took 150 + shots, there was so much going on in the sky, really 'weathering' as a friend of mine used to say.

then my camera died today, talk about the sunset effect!

it was a samsung techwin digimax S1000/kenox 10.1 mb, and i really liked it, though i hadn't got that deep into what it can do yet.

i'm uncertain whether to get another like it, or go for the 12.0 mb cameras that have come out since.

since most of what i try to capture is light effects, and i'm a complete dummy with manuals, i'd pay a bit more to have quality, but don't really need bells and whistles i probably get around to using.

any suggestions in the €2-300 range, anyone?

such a wonderful last day, though...

i had just mounted paddy today to go ride and two falcons started circling above me, quite low. i turned on the camera to grab some shots and it just lights up for a second then beeps at me, and the lens stays out.

gaah

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Mar 21st, 2008 at 12:26:20 PM EST
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You're sure it's dead?
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Mar 21st, 2008 at 12:29:14 PM EST
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i think the beep is coming from beyond!

it's moribund, there are flickers of response, but after 2 secs it dies. and yes i tried two fresh sets of batteries.

it's odd, because the lens cap had been jamming for a couple of months, i'd have to tap it for it to fully open, then i dropped it the other day, (first time), and the lenscap worked again.

2 more days of normal life then this...

RIP

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Mar 21st, 2008 at 12:51:31 PM EST
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I assume you changed the batteries.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Mar 21st, 2008 at 12:34:40 PM EST
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Just pops off the page. Nicely done In Wales.
by olivia on Sun Mar 23rd, 2008 at 06:04:58 PM EST
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Thanks and hi!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Mon Mar 24th, 2008 at 03:26:15 AM EST
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Hi Olivia. I'm hoping to see some of your beautiful photos over here. Maybe even some of your rejects that don't make it to your own blog :-)

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Mon Mar 24th, 2008 at 05:02:05 AM EST
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Lately all the photos I've taken are of the big mounds of snow we've been deluged with. Here's one taken this past summer when the world was green and warm ... ;)


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by olivia on Mon Mar 24th, 2008 at 12:07:07 PM EST
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Thanks, Olivia, for making me happy!

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Mon Mar 24th, 2008 at 01:53:08 PM EST
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