Cor Blimey, didna think my photos were that bad, sob sob.

Cor Blimey, didna think my photos were that bad, sob sob.

That was the primates opinion, not mine!

Some puffins and a red grouse taken recently.

One of our countries finest, snapped at Wimbledon this year

UPDATE: I just remembered (for anyone interested in teleconverters), this was taken handheld with a x2 teleconverter at a true Focal length of 640mm!!!

Edited 20 August, 201114 yr by Lady Elanore

As this is the day we'll find out who is the winner of the Open, I thought I'd submit a photo of one of the guys who didn't make the cut in his qualifying match at Lindrick.

God Bless the Proud Man

Some pictures of the Red Arrows display in Peterhead 22/7/11, (35miles ish north of Aberdeen)

Pretty dull evening so apologies for quality, so dull the flash popped up a couple of times.

Peterhead prison can be seen on the bottom right corner.

There are 4 Arrows in this shot.

Edited 22 July, 201114 yr by John T

A couple of the pets

harve4544, What a Cardinal SIN, having a Cat and putting a Bell around its neck, even the collar is BAD news. The Bell alerts other animals to noise, good if your a Bird frustrating for the cat, and a collar could get caught whilst the cat is hunting and lead to the cat causing great harm or even death.

Maybe cat doesn't need to get close, those laser eyes are a killer on their own

One of my favourite cat pics - friend's cat didn't like the shutter sound too much!

She did eventually get out of the bath, but was always startled. I guess the camera was too scary :S

harve4544, What a Cardinal SIN, having a Cat and putting a Bell around its neck, even the collar is BAD news. The Bell alerts other animals to noise, good if your a Bird frustrating for the cat, and a collar could get caught whilst the cat is hunting and lead to the cat causing great harm or even death.

Not to worry it's only his magnet for the cat flap, he's far too lazy to hunt anyway he just sits and waits for the chicks to fall from the nest on our roof

Maybe cat doesn't need to get close, those laser eyes are a killer on their own

One of my favourite cat pics - friend's cat didn't like the shutter sound too much!

She did eventually get out of the bath, but was always startled. I guess the camera was too scary :S

Excellent pet shots, the first s my favourite. You have captured the character f the cat and the composition is spot on. The bokeh in the second is great.

Thanks Graham! The first really is fun and her owner cracks up everytime she sees it.

Not too happy with the WB on the second, the white crest is a little too cold in my opinion but if I warm it up a little, the rest gets very warm. They were both taken with available light and the light from behind me in the second was massively bluer than the light in the background. I haven't got round to figuring out how to do selective masking WB...

edit, both taken with a 200mm f/2.0 in case anyone's wondering. Big lens, but gorgeous bokeh

Thanks Graham! The first really is fun and her owner cracks up everytime she sees it.

Not too happy with the WB on the second, the white crest is a little too cold in my opinion but if I warm it up a little, the rest gets very warm. They were both taken with available light and the light from behind me in the second was massively bluer than the light in the background. I haven't got round to figuring out how to do selective masking WB...

edit, both taken with a 200mm f/2.0 in case anyone's wondering. Big lens, but gorgeous bokeh

Nice lens, and ideal for this type of shot.

Viveza will allow you to easily selectively alter th colour hue etc in a selected area without trying to mask it. You can also use the brush tool in Lightroom with auto mask set to 'paint in' adjustments.

Trying to get some portrait stuff under my belt. This was a quickie in a break of doing some fashion stuff.

Edited 7 August, 201114 yr by Mort

A few (non-manipulated) pics from a four-day sea journey from Bergen (60° 23’ N, 5° 19’ E) to a conference in Tromsø in northern Norway (69° 40’ N, 18° 56’ E) where you find the world's northernmost university and the world's northernmost brewery (decent lager). My four day trip was abut half of the 'Brisky Route', Norwegian 'Hurtigruten', with daily departures all year. It's not (just) a tourist cruise but also serves the coastal towns in Norway with freight/passenger service. Had I stayed on board I would have passed the North Cape and ended up close to the Russian border north of Murmansk. Larger pics in Flickr gallery

leaving the port of Bergen:

mooring:

crossing the Arctic Circle (marked by the globe on the island to the left):

The flag is hoisted:

In the Lofoten archpelago, sun deck by night:

The Troll Fjord (width 100 yds):

Passing a bridge at midnight:

Journey ended in Tromsø:

Here is one I took last week of a young girl leaping off the harbour wall at Craster. I don'think it is technically very good and the subject doesn't pop out at you, but I love the free abandonment of the girls expression and body language. I think, for me at least, that sometimes a picture I really like can be flawed technically in many areas, but still captures a 'moment'. Of course I could be talking cobblers

Edited 20 August, 201114 yr by Lady Elanore

Now if you could get a Kiwi doing that...............

Mind you, it would look like that upsetting cartoon with Kiwi trying to fly vertically down the mountain :(

It's not bad Amanda, you can certainly see her smiling and the feeling of freedom.

If I were to be super criticial, I'd say that it's a shame you're not zoomed out a bit so you could see the sea at the bottom of the frame. As it stands, it almost looks like a happy suicide - she's aiming to impale herself on that rod sticking out from the bottom left of the frame

A butterfly basking in the morning sun from a few days ago on holiday in France

Some great shots there folks:)

A few from the Festival yesterday -

20110820-IMG_2088 by bosshogg, on Flickr

20110820-IMG_2025 by bosshogg, on Flickr

20110820-IMG_1899 by bosshogg, on Flickr

20110820-IMG_1819 by bosshogg, on Flickr

20110820-IMG_1809 by bosshogg, on Flickr

20110820-IMG_1799 by bosshogg, on Flickr

20110820-IMG_1868 by bosshogg, on Flickr

20110820-IMG_1661 by bosshogg, on Flickr

20110820-IMG_1742 by bosshogg, on Flickr

20110820-IMG_1651 by bosshogg, on Flickr

It's not bad Amanda, you can certainly see her smiling and the feeling of freedom.

If I were to be super criticial, I'd say that it's a shame you're not zoomed out a bit so you could see the sea at the bottom of the frame. As it stands, it almost looks like a happy suicide - she's aiming to impale herself on that rod sticking out from the bottom left of the frame

I cropped it a tad as there was such a busy background with her jumping into a harbour occupied by brightly coloured boats. She sort of disappears into the scene a bit. I didn't plan the shot, I just happened to be in the Jolly Fisherman (great food btw) and saw the girls jumping from the pub. I rushed outside whilst my food went cold and grabbed a few quick shots. My mum thought I was mad, but then, she always did. I think I would loved to have taken a few shots from the boats below though or even from the wall opposite them. Perhaps next time

I might see if I can do something with the sharpness/clarity of the shots and see if I can give her a bit more punch.

I think, for me at least, that sometimes a picture I really like can be flawed technically in many areas, but still captures a 'moment'

I agree; this is one of my favourite photos I've ever taken. Technically it's awful (I was shooting the band on the (lit) stage but saw this in the corner of my eye) but I absolutely love it. No one else seems to see what I do in it. But, for me, being there - it sums up the whole gig and I love the way she seems totally taken out of the situation due to the camera.

(no idea who she is, and I've never met her, so it's not a 'pose' for me)