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Friday Photography Blog No.7

by In Wales
Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 04:51:29 AM EST

Here we are again! It feels as though it has been a long wait.

Take a look at Photography Blog No. 2 for the technical details and please try to keep files to 600 pixels width and 100kb max file size. Feel free to ask any questions on this!

The theme this week will be Animals as well as the Photos As Usual section.

Have fun!

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Friday Photography Blog No.7 | 88 comments (88 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

ANIMALS (4.00 / 2)

ANIMALS

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 04:52:10 AM EST

Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 9)

Macro shot of a goat. I love the detail on the eye.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 04:54:32 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 5)

Very nice !

by estHer on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 03:22:44 PM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (none / 1)

Hello estHer, and thanks. We are always impressed with your photos!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 07:39:13 PM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 2)

Hi EstHer, nice to see you here! Your photos are wonderful - you really have a good eye for images!

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--

by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 07:49:53 PM EST
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Sapphire (4.00 / 7)

I know, I know, I've posted this before:

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:02:51 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 4)

Does anyone know what kind of butterfly this is. It is a little irritating, because when you watch it, it looks as if it is flying backwards. In the picture it is flying toward the upper right corner.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:04:05 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (none / 1)

Where was the picture taken? I only remember seeing that type of butterfly in hotter places.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:14:42 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (none / 1)

Southern France - near Arles.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:16:34 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 3)

looks like some sort of Zebra Swallowtail...

Zebra Swallowtail pic

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 02:54:36 PM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 2)

More pics of Zebra Swallowtails

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 02:56:53 PM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (none / 1)

Thanks! Yes it seems to be a Zebra Swallowtails. First time I saw one.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Oct 13th, 2007 at 01:21:48 AM EST
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Dogs on a beach (4.00 / 8)

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:04:19 AM EST
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Re: Dogs on a beach (4.00 / 2)

That's sweet!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:12:55 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 6)

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:08:12 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (none / 1)

I have some spider shots somewhere too. They are really fascinating to watch.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:13:37 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 5)

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:17:10 AM EST
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Dragonfly (4.00 / 9)

by Magnifico on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:18:02 AM EST
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Re: Dragonfly (4.00 / 2)

Oh very cool. I spent ages chasing dragonflies in Thailand and never managed to get a decent shot.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:25:03 AM EST
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Re: Dragonfly (4.00 / 2)

I'd like to thank a very cooperative dragonfly for being my subject. This shot took me a dozen or more attempts to capture.

by Magnifico on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:42:03 AM EST
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I wish this had worked ... (4.00 / 7)

I think I was probably too close with a fixed lens - obviously this isn't a shot I expected!

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:18:38 AM EST
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Re: I wish this had worked ... (4.00 / 2)

Nope, just checked: it was the Lumix FZ-7. I don't like that camera: don't anyone tell Helen.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:20:43 AM EST
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Re: I wish this had worked ... (none / 1)

The Lumix has a feature for chopping horses heads off?

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:23:47 AM EST
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Courtesy of estHer (4.00 / 10)

One of our cats, "Kiwi."
This photo was shot with my Nikon D80.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:39:57 AM EST
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Re: Courtesy of estHer (4.00 / 2)

What a great shot! Sweet cat, awww.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 06:40:51 AM EST
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Re: Courtesy of estHer (4.00 / 2)

What a nice looking cat

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:09:23 PM EST
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Re: Courtesy of estHer (4.00 / 2)

Kiwiiiii =)
The best cat in the world, with Suliao and Runty.

by estHer on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 03:21:23 PM EST
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Re: Courtesy of estHer (none / 1)

Hi Esther, nice to see you hanging out on ET again. I had a cat who looked just like Kiwi. She died with over 23 years and was a really amazing cat.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Oct 13th, 2007 at 01:23:56 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 5)

This pheasant appeared in my garden last February. I didn't have my zoom lens home so the photo is not great. The pheasant was far from the house.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:55:27 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 3)

A zoom? I'd be looking for a net!

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 06:25:06 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (none / 1)

nice...did you build that elegant chair for two ?

very beautiful, what wood is it?

"Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do." Jim Hightower

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 07:50:10 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (none / 1)

No, I don't build things. That's a bench purchased in Ikea seven years ago. It's their own special hardwood that they grow, I think, in Canada.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 07:58:17 AM EST
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Courtesy of estHer (4.00 / 6)

Shot in the French Alps, August 2007.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 06:43:37 AM EST
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Re: Courtesy of estHer (4.00 / 3)

What a great picture ! Lol I'm jocking

by estHer on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 03:22:06 PM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 9)

You can't tell from the shot, but this lion is cross-eyed:

Frightened cockatoo:

Un-frightened bats:

All from Bristol Zoo earlier in the year.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 07:05:27 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (none / 1)

I bet cross eyed lions don't make it to alpha male status.

Great shots though. I like the silhouetted bats.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 07:16:59 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 3)

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 07:40:18 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 7)

5:45am, Durham University halls of residence

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 07:11:55 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 8)

Tanzania

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

by whataboutbob on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 07:28:42 AM EST
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Fantastic, Bob. Thanks! Oh I would love to go out there. Can you pack me into a spare suitcase next time you visit?

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 07:32:47 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (none / 1)

I'll let you know! (I now realize I could have posted these larger...will remember that!)

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

by whataboutbob on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 11:12:28 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 5)

"Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do." Jim Hightower

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 07:55:50 AM EST
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cocca (4.00 / 5)

"Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do." Jim Hightower

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 08:22:40 AM EST
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the kittens first night (4.00 / 9)

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 09:28:20 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 8)

I had already posted about the birds I saw hiking in the Cévennes ; here are other animals :

A very small frog :

We met a stray cat along the path, young and very hungry, who was constantly meowing. It was probably not feral as it liked to follow hikers.

As it was following us, we happened upon a water reserve for fire fighting, and where horses and sheep were able to drink (the Cévennes are very dry in the summer). The kitten took upon the occasion to drink :

At one of the gîte d'étape, we met hikers who had rented a donkey to do the carrying :

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 09:57:13 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 9)

Your frog reminds me of this little dude who was sitting on the door handle of my hotel room in Krabi when I wandered back drunk after an uphill adventure with a tuk tuk and 3 friends. We screamed the place down, it was hilarious. Poor frog.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 11:29:23 AM EST
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contentment (4.00 / 9)

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 10:09:38 AM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 6)

A lot of dog for a little girl (granddaughter).

Karen in Austin

Thence comes our true nobility by grace, It was not willed us with our rank and place. Chaucer

by Wife of Bath (priceluda at grandecom dot net) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 10:20:21 AM EST
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by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 01:27:03 PM EST
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Dogplay/random dogs at park (Rhodesian pups)

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 01:29:28 PM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 6)

Garden Spider

Seal/Channel of Bolinas lagoon

Ground squirl/Berkeley (marina), CA

Crows/Bekeley (marina), CA

Cowbird with worm/Berkeley, CA

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 01:36:20 PM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 6)

Kitty action shot (playing with branch)

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 01:38:27 PM EST
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Fits the theme, halfway...

Birdman/Pergamon museum, Berlin, DE

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 03:33:25 PM EST
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Re: ANIMALS (4.00 / 6)

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 06:42:25 PM EST
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cocca 2 (4.00 / 6)

"Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do." Jim Hightower

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 06:48:39 PM EST
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This bog is not complete without some...... (4.00 / 2)

COWS. This contribution from estHer.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Oct 13th, 2007 at 04:09:42 AM EST
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Re: This bog is not complete without some...... (none / 1)

In August we found this animal in our kitchen. The cats seemed uninterested in him and he seemed very much at home. It turned out to be the ferret of the neighbor across the street.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sat Oct 13th, 2007 at 08:03:00 AM EST
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PHOTOS AS USUAL (4.00 / 2)

PHOTOS AS USUAL

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 04:52:45 AM EST

Re: PHOTOS AS USUAL (4.00 / 8)

Rhyl Miniature Railway, Grand opening.
I love the juxtaposition of this beautiful old train, the period costume of the train drivers and then today's lot with their cameras and track suits and bling in the background.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 04:57:36 AM EST
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Re: PHOTOS AS USUAL (4.00 / 6)

Rhyl Miniature Railway again.

I just realised I should have cropped out the 21st century rubbish behind the boy. I don't think yellow plastic was widely used in the 1800's.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:01:11 AM EST
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Re: PHOTOS AS USUAL (4.00 / 4)

On Tuesday we cut down the "old oak tree" which had died.

We then cut down a huge pine tree which we were afraid could fall on our house. That saddened me. It was like losing an old friend. It took 40 years to grow and 40 minutes to cut down.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 06:39:44 AM EST
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Re: PHOTOS AS USUAL (4.00 / 2)

I used to get upset enough at the annual pruning of trees, it's awful to see a tree have to go down.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 06:46:20 AM EST
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winter walk (4.00 / 5)

the light that day was radiant-lambent...

"Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do." Jim Hightower

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 07:59:27 AM EST
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study in pinks (4.00 / 6)

"Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do." Jim Hightower

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 08:23:56 AM EST
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architectural detail, citta di castello (4.00 / 6)

"Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do." Jim Hightower

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 09:40:15 AM EST
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Re: PHOTOS AS USUAL (4.00 / 6)

I'm trying to get a decent black and white photo with Paint Shop Pro.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 12:31:26 PM EST
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Re: PHOTOS AS USUAL (none / 1)

It's a bit contrasty but I actually think it works quite well here. I like it.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 12:36:46 PM EST
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Re: PHOTOS AS USUAL (none / 1)

Thanks. I find it very difficult to get a good black and white photo with a digital camera. I have to work on it.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 12:41:04 PM EST
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Re: PHOTOS AS USUAL (none / 1)

Same here. I'm not used to looking at my surroundings for B&W. I don't really know how to translate the colour and tones into what makes a good B&W photo.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 12:50:11 PM EST
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Re: PHOTOS AS USUAL (none / 1)

What do you think makes a good black and white photo?

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 01:06:29 PM EST
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Re: PHOTOS AS USUAL (none / 1)

It's hard to say. You need good enough contrast and the right 'look' to make it work. Something that works well in colour doesn't necessarily translate to B&W. You can look at a monotone photo and know that it works or it doesn't. But it is hard to see for it when you are taking the photo.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 01:08:57 PM EST
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Re: PHOTOS AS USUAL (4.00 / 2)

I've noticed that when I work with b&w film a lot, I start to "see" a bit differently than when I work with color. It's like I automatically look for b&w images. But I lose it again if I do stuff in color or not photograph for a while.

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--

by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 05:51:28 PM EST
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