Random Photo Part IX DO NOT QUOTE PHOTOS & < 800px PLEASE!

mehfesto2 · 01-04-2009 2:12pm

Got dragged to Fight Like Apes last night in DCU. Wasn't a fan of them up until last night - best live show Id seen in a good while. Great fun altogether!

Thankfully I had the camera in the car and their manager was cool with me shooting - Unfortunately the battery only lasted for 2 songs. Regardless, here's some of the pics!

KylieWyley · 01-04-2009 3:05pm

that first pic is ace. might have been cool to have captured their bodies also but I understand that you might have been too close to do so.

mehfesto2 · 01-04-2009 3:23pm

KylieWyley wrote: »

that first pic is ace. might have been cool to have captured their bodies also but I understand that you might have been too close to do so.

Yeah, I agree! Only had the 50mm lens with me, though. Pain in the hoop, but Im happy with one or two of the lot!

There was so many oppertunities for great band shots, had I a wider lens with me, like when she started attacking the bar with an empty crate, but considering I was shooting at 1.8 and with an iso of 1600, you can guess how dark it was!

AnimalRights · 01-04-2009 3:35pm

dinneenp wrote: »

Colblimp- nice pic of the colourful houses. Some nice ones down the docks on your pix.ie site. It's a bit offputing that anyone has to create an account just to leave a comment on pix.ie

It takes 3 secs and tbh I hate regging with sites but Pixies is easier than going to the loo after a nights heavy drinking.
There would be far too much spam and abuse of the voting system if there was no regging tbh.

humberklog · 01-04-2009 4:38pm

Snapped a Lesser Spotted Emo King Kong Skateboarder last week.
Neopan400. Looks better BIG.

xia · 01-04-2009 5:40pm

Taken last Sunday. Djouce - view of Dublin

KylieWyley · 01-04-2009 5:47pm

humberklog wrote: »

Snapped a Lesser Spotted Emo King Kong Skateboarder last week.
Neopan400. Looks better BIG.

"skateboarding prohibited" sign included in frame. excellent work!
is this down by the central bank?

humberklog · 01-04-2009 5:53pm

KylieWyley wrote: »

"skateboarding prohibited" sign included in frame. excellent work!
is this down by the central bank?

Thanks. Yeah at the bank. I had to get the sign in and nearly got a bonk on the head for my troubles. Just took 3 shots on the off chance and they all came out ok. On the print the sign is clear as...Loses a little in translation to computer I suppose.

njburke · 01-04-2009 6:19pm

Mobileblog> Are those eyes real ?

Found this subtle message recently must be there for years, never saw it in the viewfinder.

KylieWyley · 01-04-2009 6:26pm

it was quite murky, with a purply haze out in bull island last night. took this shot as boy racers were set on destroying their drivetrains by trying to pull handbrake turns on the sand behind me.

second is the same, but with a bit of tweaking in PS to lower the saturation for a murkier feel.

just noticed that theres a bit of distortion around the chimney stacks after downsizing the image. this isn't on the original.

dakar · 01-04-2009 6:46pm

A little Celtic detail from the parade:

mobileblog · 01-04-2009 6:56pm

njburke wrote: »

Mobileblog> Are those eyes real ?

Found this subtle message recently must be there for years, never saw it in the viewfinder.

Yeah, just a quick crop and a b/w preset added in Lightroom

nilhg · 01-04-2009 8:52pm

Busy harvesting

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humberklog · 01-04-2009 8:56pm

Parnell St. Neo400.

ro_chez · 01-04-2009 9:09pm

Cabaal · 01-04-2009 9:33pm

Dunmore East Waterford

Cabaal · 01-04-2009 9:34pm

nilhg, what type of lens are you using for that bee shot?

Kintarō Hattori · 02-04-2009 1:06am

The original image I took of my associate was absolutely awful (some might say this isn't much better!) with terrible colour balance. Thankfully I managed to get something I liked after messing about with a gradient map and adjusting the contrast and brightness:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/liamandagnieszka/3405761480/

alexandros · 02-04-2009 6:53am

nilhg · 02-04-2009 8:11am

Cabaal wrote: »

nilhg, what type of lens are you using for that bee shot?

The Oly 70-300 f4-5.6, on an E510, it's been a great servant to me.

ttcomet · 02-04-2009 9:24am

qork · 02-04-2009 9:49am

oshead · 02-04-2009 9:51am

Excellent, well done qork. Very nice.

Morrisseeee · 02-04-2009 9:54am

The White Flower

humberklog · 02-04-2009 2:29pm

Garda plug their pay drop from the Pension's Levy by opening a new Drive-Thru car valeting service on Dame St.

jaqian · 02-04-2009 2:52pm

Morrisseeee · 02-04-2009 3:12pm

Did someone mention 'Reflection' :

jaqian · 02-04-2009 3:27pm

Yeah I did

xia · 02-04-2009 8:31pm

Some reflection here as well, but more so focussed on the swan and the waterdrops

Calina · 02-04-2009 10:02pm

I went to Bettystown this evening. i was in search of the remnants of a wreck but didn't happen across it (where is it - does it need to be very low tide to see it or something?

Anyway:

I decided to go play anyway.

colblimp · 02-04-2009 10:46pm

Another walk around Cork today. Isn't it great being able to shoot away and not having to bother about developing costs?!!!

mobileblog · 02-04-2009 10:50pm

Nisio · 02-04-2009 11:13pm

A ceiling in the Sagrada Familia Barcelona

Weidii · 02-04-2009 11:48pm

Any advice on how I could have shot or edited this better would be much appreciated

It was taken on my camera phone so I didn't have much choice when it came to settings, but if advice comes my way I'll absorb it for when I actually take my poor dslr out of its bag.

Lagnagoushee · 02-04-2009 11:49pm

nilhg · 03-04-2009 12:26am

Pied Wagtail

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NORTH1 · 03-04-2009 12:28am

This guy has been hanging around the bird feeder outside my office, I know when he arrives as he is the loudest of the lot that hangs around the feeder.

I caught him today trying to land on the feeder.

These look a lot better large.

AnimalRights · 03-04-2009 1:28am

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colblimp · 03-04-2009 8:07am

I don't blame yer man for not letting those kids in - they look like a right bunch of scumbags...

rahtkennades · 03-04-2009 9:16am

colblimp wrote: »

I don't blame yer man for not letting those kids in - they look like a right bunch of scumbags...

Wow, could your brush-strokes be any broader?

AR I like the photo, thanks for sharing.

AnimalRights · 03-04-2009 9:19am

colblimp wrote: »

I don't blame yer man for not letting those kids in - they look like a right bunch of scumbags...

That was just a fraction of them, they kept trying to storm in!
On 1 hand I do be glad when they get in and steal whatever they get their hands on, Esso make massive obscene profits yet still only pay the minimum wage to their staff.
I took this from the inside of my car which has a filthy windscreen and I cannot believe how good the picture came out after allowing for that and I added lots of contrast which greatly helped.