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The photo in the diary is a good old Welsh rugby watching afternoon in the pub. I don't know these people. It was my friend's birthday so about 30 of us met for lunch and stayed on to watch the rugby. Here's the moment Wales beat England.

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:44:56 AM EST
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My friend on her birthday in the pub, chatting like she always does.

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:46:57 AM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (4.00 / 10)

We had the whole skittles area reserved for us so it was nice and spacious, not packed full of drunk people and our pubs are smoke free now so this baby came along for his initiation. Only for a short while. 10 weeks old, with his very proud Dad.

I used the 50mm lens for these shots but the light was low so it was tricky getting decent shots.

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:50:52 AM EST
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Were you allowing the camera choose exposure or doing it yourself?

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 03:07:02 AM EST
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Full manual, 50mm lens with the largest aperture possible so that dictated the shutter time to get decent exposure without too much movement.

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 01:27:44 PM EST
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I posted that before I tried playing with the image: I saw then why you'd made that choice of brightness in the image! Nasty yellow monster!

Nice composition though.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:43:03 PM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (4.00 / 11)

I quite like that shot:

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 03:20:39 AM EST
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That did not occur to me to convert to B&W, thanks.

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 01:26:08 PM EST
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The original had lots of distracting colour that just got worse when I tried to up the exposure. Especially the blue on the baby that looked as if it was some sort of bizarre UV light or something against the big scary yellow patch. That's always a sign it's worth trying in black and white.

If you shot the picture RAW you should be able to get some more detail out of that slightly annoying highlight on the baby's head and still bring up the father's face a little more with a little post-processing. Or send me the RAW and I'll give it a shot - I'm playing with the Aperture 2 trial version which is rather a nice toy.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:40:10 PM EST
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Lovely yellow pub walls. Alas I did not take the photos in RAW since it was just a pub birthday thing. I must learn my lesson. Can still send you the original if you reckon you can do anything with it?

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:55:25 PM EST
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Sure, send it over - I'm messing with this thing anyway.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:58:25 PM EST
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Always shoot raw if you can! Sure, it means that you have to miss meals so you can buy big memory cards, but who needs to eat?

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:59:19 PM EST
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Thing is though, on nearly every occasion I've been out with the camera over the last few months, I have shot RAW, except for this!

I found some good deals on memory cards online. The price has come down a fair bit over the last 18 months.

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 03:05:10 PM EST
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Gorgeous scene!

by The3rdColumn on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:30:52 PM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (4.00 / 10)

Summer in cafes of Paris.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 04:34:33 AM EST
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Winter in the cafes of Paris.

The owner's working hard.

My couscous cafe.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 05:12:32 AM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (4.00 / 8)

An old friend and his kid who I ran into in what was my favorite cafe in Paris; a really old place. It's just changed hands and they were forced to remodel it to bring it into code. I haven't tried the new version yet, but it just doesn't look the same.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 06:56:06 AM EST
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From estHer (4.00 / 8)

A street scene in Guilvinec, Brittany, last July.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 08:12:06 AM EST
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God knows I ought to have a lot to post here, but today is devoted to scanning into digital about a zillion frames of old negs and slides. Ivonne has her new Point-and-shoot, a Panasonic Lumix FX-100, and perhaps she will contribute a few pub shots later- she's in French Lit class right now.

Capitalism searches out the darkest corners of human potential, and mainlines them.

by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 08:17:37 AM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (4.00 / 11)

In reply to my own comment, here's a quick one- the best food we found in Prague, and the best beer, in an open-air restaurant in a vacant lot, under the tents.

Capitalism searches out the darkest corners of human potential, and mainlines them.

by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 08:25:02 AM EST
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A street in Wyoming

""

"I said, 'Wait a minute, Chester, You know I'm a peaceful man...'" Robbie Robertson

by NearlyNormal on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 09:52:15 AM EST
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Le Sigh (4.00 / 2)

Where can I find this street NN?

I've an acute longing for the Bighorn Mountains now. I've seen my share of mountain ranges, but Bighorn is a very very special place to me. Mountain folding cutesy style.

The conditions when we drove through were possibly as ideal as can be. The sun slanting low, the sky turning from blue to copper and the summer colours fought for attention. At the side of the road, two cowboys on horseback were herding sheep, and a dog yipping in the distance.

And that was years before Brokeback Mountain appeared.

by Nomad (Bjinse) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 03:24:50 PM EST
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Re: Le Sigh (none / 0)

Head north out of Utah toward Jackson Hole. Might look a little different right now, I'd wait until May at least.

"I said, 'Wait a minute, Chester, You know I'm a peaceful man...'" Robbie Robertson

by NearlyNormal on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 05:28:45 PM EST
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Re: Le Sigh (4.00 / 6)

The Bighorns are a wonderful range, first time I saw them my Dad and I were heading out from Indiana to my assigned base in California. Took the northern route and, being a naive flatlander, I ended up nearly running out of gas so I had to stop partway through the bighorns at a closed gas station and we spent the night in the car. Nearly froze, but in the morning i was awed by the beauty of the place. I particularly like the approach when heading east, suddenly there is this magnificent range that just towers to the sky.

Damn, now I got the itch too. Here is a little taste of the Snake to get us both through the day:

""

"I said, 'Wait a minute, Chester, You know I'm a peaceful man...'" Robbie Robertson

by NearlyNormal on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 05:35:23 PM EST
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Hey!! Where are the helmets???

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde

by Sam on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 03:56:31 PM EST
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High street (4.00 / 6)

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 Feb 22nd, 2008 at 01:41:27 PM EST
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Re: High street (none / 0)

The Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece. Fantastic place - once, years ago, I climbed over the fence when it was closed I wish I'd taken some tourist-free photos.

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 05:39:57 PM EST
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passing (4.00 / 6)

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 Feb 22nd, 2008 at 01:42:41 PM EST
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Re: passing (none / 0)

Was this an event or a very busy tourist site?

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 01:50:47 PM EST
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Re: passing (none / 0)

That's the top of the steps at the Acropolis.

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 Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:12:24 PM EST
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Re: passing (none / 1)

Obviously THE place to be seen.

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:15:35 PM EST
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if you want crowds though (4.00 / 6)

have the entrance to Karnak.

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 Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:16:00 PM EST
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Re: if you want crowds though (none / 1)

All those people would do my head in. How can you appreciate the place fully? Double edged sword isn't it? Tourism brings us to these incredible places that we would never have seen otherwise, but it brings so many of us. I spent most of my time in Venice muttering "bloody tourists" even though I was one.

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:36:46 PM EST
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Re: if you want crowds though (none / 0)

Well that was as we were thinking about leaving. we got there first thing before the majority of tourist coaches arrived. the crowds weren't there till later. Having been there when it's crowded, the tourists really stick to the central third of the site. so there were the four of us crawling round the rest, from where you occasionally saw the human sea behind the walls and columns at a distance. but it's almost like you're there on your own.

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 Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:57:56 PM EST
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Re: if you want crowds though (none / 0)

Good approach.
I always try to wander off the main bits when I go to places like that and you find the lesser seen gems that way. Venice was a good example of the key sites and streets being packed but all you had to do was step down a side alley or wander around a little and there was nobody in sight. I'm glad that most people don't have the imagination to think of that.

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 04:30:47 AM EST
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Re: if you want crowds though (4.00 / 7)

Inside the same site but off the beaten track.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 08:37:31 AM EST
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Re: if you want crowds though (none / 1)

Is this possible to escape crowds early morning or they start arriving at dawn?

by FarEasterner on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 04:26:17 AM EST
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Re: if you want crowds though (none / 1)

Well not really till 9.

When we turned up, there was a local on a scam who I wish I'd taken a photo of, but it wasn't till I saw him later that I understood. The man was carrying a wooden gate, which he set up at the bottom of a set of stairs, and was then charging tourists to go up. I had thought that it was odd to see a man carrying a gate, but didn't stop to take a pic, and was gutted for the rest of the day that I hadn't.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 08:41:02 AM EST
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Re: if you want crowds though (4.00 / 2)

Obviously a future CEO for one of the leading international banks...

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 09:15:14 AM EST
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Random collection (4.00 / 7)

of shots starts with my friends, busy dialling their mobiles:

Recently there was Losar in McLeod Ganj and Tibetans were wearing their traditional cloths, rare feast for eyes as they mostly changed to casual European style garments.

As you know part of my journey in North Eastern India I travelled with a group of Russians and we we not shy of exploring the best dining options. This restaurant with interesting decor was in Siliguri, otherwise drab transport junction.

The best eating experience offered Glenary's in Darjeeling not least for courteous service and views (see two shots in second section).

I can call this picture "Bhai ji"(it means respectable brother) as this woman was always referring to waiters (or any other Indian men) so.

by FarEasterner on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 06:31:59 AM EST
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Busy...

Caught in the act...

What's available...

Having a laugh with the brewmeister (through taps)...

Unwilling subject...

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 09:21:12 AM EST
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Great. These win "best photos for subject of the day."

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 09:23:35 AM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (4.00 / 3)

Thanks LEP!

That means a lot!

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 09:37:07 AM EST
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Where were these shot?

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 09:25:53 AM EST
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"The Lanesplitter", in Berkeley, CA.

On San Pablo Ave. at Univesity Ave.

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 09:38:40 AM EST
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Beer, glorious beer (none / 0)

Mendocino Blue Heron is one of the best beers in the world, and they have it on draught....{jealous}

Iron spring isn't bad either (had it once)

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Feb 24th, 2008 at 06:48:57 AM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (4.00 / 7)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 11:16:25 AM EST
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Excellent!

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 11:17:49 AM EST
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taken while messing about with my phone.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 11:34:27 AM EST
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Your phone takes a wide screen shot?

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 11:37:54 AM EST
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takes three and stitches them together into a panoramic view (which results in two barmen).

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 11:53:21 AM EST
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I thought it was a mirror.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 12:18:26 PM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (4.00 / 3)

Best view from a rooftop café of the of the street - Nice's Promenade des Anglais - for the carnival:

Where today it was:

Is this creationist fantasy?:

Flower dancers:

Bye - for this year:

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Sat Feb 23rd, 2008 at 05:28:35 PM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (4.00 / 4)

I was quite late this week, work as always !
Café's pictures ? Mostly portraits again...

Lost in translation ?

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sun Feb 24th, 2008 at 05:42:23 AM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (4.00 / 4)

Or the "old" and "new" way to work in a café...!

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sun Feb 24th, 2008 at 05:45:00 AM EST
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You seem as drawn to young women as I am.
Frankly, I can't think of a nicer attraction :-)

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Sun Feb 24th, 2008 at 09:09:59 AM EST
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