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fOtofair 2006 TBG

by ThatBritGuy
Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 09:21:22 PM EST

TBG fOtofair 06

Assorted images lurking furtively but mostly quite inoffensively on my hard disk...

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fOtofair 2006 TBG | 23 comments (23 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (4.00 / 8)

Postcard from home.

A hill near where I live.

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by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 09:22:10 PM EST

beautiful ... nt (4.00 / 2)

by olivia on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 10:02:04 PM EST
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Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (4.00 / 2)

That's a great photo. What part of Britain do you live in? Wherever it is, I want to visit. (Don't worry, I'd stay at a hotel and only require that you meet me for lunch once. My treat. )

by Maryb2004 on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 11:45:30 PM EST
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Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (none / 1)

indeed!! That is a very nice photo!!

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia

by whataboutbob on Sun Oct 29th, 2006 at 08:40:02 AM EST
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Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (none / 1)

I live here, which is mostly empty space as far as habitation goes, but is also the home of this and this.

Local entertainment includes quite a bit of this, especially during the Summer.

I never turn down an offer of lunch. :)

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sun Oct 29th, 2006 at 04:04:24 PM EST
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Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (4.00 / 8)

Stray rainbow.

On my wall.

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by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 09:22:38 PM EST

Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (4.00 / 8)

Fairground attraction.

Look closely you can see the frightened people.

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by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 09:23:19 PM EST

Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (none / 0)

Have you gone on it?

by fabooj (fabooj@mail.com) on Sun Oct 29th, 2006 at 01:23:46 PM EST
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Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (4.00 / 7)

Bath street festival.

The reason the camera is looking up is because they're wearing stilts.

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by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 09:24:04 PM EST

Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (4.00 / 9)

Brighton rock.

On the beach. (And that's quite enough literary references for now.)

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by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 09:24:59 PM EST

Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (4.00 / 8)

Park and Ride.

I was almost arrested while taking this.

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by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 09:25:37 PM EST

Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (none / 0)

I liked this one. I'm fiddling around with the black & white too. I have a friend who shoots summer landscapes through an infrared filter and gets some amazing results that way.

"Leadership passes into empire; empire begets insolence; insolence brings ruin." William Carlos Williams

by Indianadem on Sun Oct 29th, 2006 at 09:39:24 AM EST
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Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (4.00 / 8)

Tent city.

A notable Swindon landmark, apparently.

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by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 09:26:10 PM EST

Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (4.00 / 9)

Tree.

Dead tree, in fact. :(

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by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 09:26:51 PM EST

Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (4.00 / 8)

Rush hour.

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by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 09:27:29 PM EST

very cool! nt (none / 1)

by olivia on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 10:01:10 PM EST
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Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (none / 1)

I have no IDEA how you did this but I agree with Olivia. Very cool!

by Maryb2004 on Sat Oct 28th, 2006 at 11:43:09 PM EST
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Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (none / 0)

fabooj has explained it - put camera on tripod, open shutter, wait a few seconds, close shutter. There's some digital developing in Photoshop to bring out the basics, but the composition happens inside the camera, because moving lights are smeared out into streaks.

You can experiment with moving the camera too, but it doesn't usually look as good. :)

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sun Oct 29th, 2006 at 04:10:45 PM EST
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Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (none / 0)

How long was the exposure on that one. Even with a tripod, my freeway photos come out jagged. Maybe I should get a really good camera.

by fabooj (fabooj@mail.com) on Sun Oct 29th, 2006 at 01:22:32 PM EST
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Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (none / 1)

These are amazing!

by second nature on Sun Oct 29th, 2006 at 12:49:34 AM EST

Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (none / 1)

These are awesome. Exactly the type of thing I want to spend more time doing with my camera. I had a practika MTL3 for years, which was so easy to use. Now I have the Nikon D200 which is a stunning camera but so complex, I'm still getting used to finding out how to make it do what I want it to do on a shot. These are fantastic pictures though.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sun Oct 29th, 2006 at 03:22:06 AM EST

Re: fOtofair 2006 TBG (none / 0)

Incredible. Never realised there is such talent here like you (and In Wales and Colman).

BTW, can someone confirm that I can no longer take part in this BooTrib competition, with some registration deadline having passed a week ago?

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by DoDo on Sun Oct 29th, 2006 at 02:25:43 PM EST

Hi DoDo (4.00 / 2)

there's no registration required, all you have to do is check in at the master diary. There's still time to join the showcase!

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by Man Eegee (man.eegee :at: gmail.com) on Sun Oct 29th, 2006 at 03:41:37 PM EST
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fOtofair 2006 TBG | 23 comments (23 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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