Images from Limerick

Kess73

h3000 wrote: »

Keep an eye out here you might spot yourself

Actually checked that thread yesterday in case the shutterbug was a boardsie.

langdang

Kess73 wrote: »

Mine is silver. 2005 model. I rarely bring it or my SS into the town centre though, I generally take my regular car for town trips if I am parking up.

SS = ute?

Kess73

langdang wrote: »

SS = ute?

Nope, 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454

langdang

Class, love the Dodge Charger myself, prefer them to the Mustangs, but hey they're all cool.

Can't believe I haven't spotted (or heard!) you around Limerick
http://americanclassicars.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/1970ChevelleSS454LSX.jpg

Kess73

langdang wrote: »

Class, love the Dodge Charger myself, prefer them to the Mustangs, but hey they're all cool.

Can't believe I haven't spotted (or heard!) you around Limerick
http://americanclassicars.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/1970ChevelleSS454LSX.jpg

On the rare occassion I don't drive my regular car into town, I would take the Mustang and I take it to Cork on a semi regular basis. The SS I tend to take back home to Liverpool with me from time to time when I don't fly so that it gets a decent run out.

Will stop yapping about cars though as I will be taking the thread off topic.

With any luck some more great pics will be put into the thread soon to catch the eye.

SuperWoody101

Took these a few weeks ago.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.362906647053540.93113.278570372153835&type=1

Mc Love

What car club is that Woody?

SuperWoody101

Mc Love wrote: »

What car club is that Woody?

Don't have a clue mate, I was just going into the Plaza for a bit of lunch and just happened to have my camera in the car with me.

Wamble

From the Locke Bar this evening. What a day!


Setting Sun, Limerick City by Wamble, on Flickr

The Snipe

Peoples Park yesterday, while waiting for the Launch of the Life Long Learning Festival:

The Snipe

The Snipe

From yesterdays shoot: "Do you play with the Devil? No the Devil plays with me" - A shoot with Steve Spade.

The Snipe

If Memory Serves & Protobaby in Dolans:

Kess73

Like the pics from Dolans. Number two and three are good pics. They capture moments nicely.

The Snipe

Cheers Kess - Great to get feedback - I've got some from the launch of the Life Long Learning Festival too that I'll put up tomorrow (Supposed to be sent into everywhere yesterday but I was feeling like **** for the last few days! )

Wamble

Kess73 wrote: »

Like the pics from Dolans. Number two and three are good pics. They capture moments nicely.

+1. Two and three are beautiful. Good work.

The Snipe

Since ye liked two, ye might like this one:




More in the album btw, if ye click the photo!

Kess73

Nice again. I actually think that your "spur of the moment" type pics of live subjects are far better than your posed pics or your still life pics. The posed pics can look flat, but the spur of the moment ones often have great energy.

It was kinda why I made the suggestion to you in the other thread about trying to take a few wildlife pics. Wildlife can be even more difficult than spur of the moment pics with humans as you might only get one chance of a snap, plus there is more skill required (imho of course) in getting close or in getting a good angle. I think that from some of the pics you have put up over the past year or two that you do have an eye for live action pics, and wildlife pics might be a good way to hone that talent even further.

The Snipe

Thats true, but I need to pick up some new gear for that:( ( http://www.connscameras.ie/canon-ef-300mm-f2-8l-is-ii-usm/4960999664842pd.html I'll get it someday, infact I might be getting the Mark I version of it soon )


And I agree with what your saying, I was never really one for posing or composing, I've loads of just walking around town and stuff that I much prefer to ones that I'd thought out throughly :P

Kess73

XiledSniper wrote: »

Thats true, but I need to pick up some new gear for that:( ( http://www.connscameras.ie/canon-ef-300mm-f2-8l-is-ii-usm/4960999664842pd.html I'll get it someday, infact I might be getting the Mark I version of it soon )


And I agree with what your saying, I was never really one for posing or composing, I've loads of just walking around town and stuff that I much prefer to ones that I'd thought out throughly :P

Going by what you have said you use, I reckon you already have the gear for that kind of photography, in fact I know you have because I have seen some fantastic nature pics taken with far more basic equipment than you use.

A decent 55 -250mm or 75 -300mm lens would be all you would need to pop onto one of your cameras (assuming a lot of your pics are taken with an 18 -55mm lens)


Having said that, some of the best nature pics I have seen have been taken with decent digital cameras like a Fujifilm HS30EXR or the HS20EXR it replaced (sweet digital camera if I say so myself), so on that basis you would be using much higher end gear than people using that level of digital camera.

With a cameraphone, a person can get this close to a sparrowhawk for a very basic shot. Would have been less than five feet from the bird and it was perched at chest height. Granted it took the guy living near you to get in that close to a completely wild hawk with my phone without spooking the bird at all.





Different bird but from about 15 feet with the same phone




Same bird after a kill





Now they are very basic shots with a 4mp phone with a zoom function called an arm.:)

Now a guy like you with proper gear a a bit of actual talent could get good action shots from range, and would be able to capture the bird in action rather than have the bird focusing on you. Plus if you were good enough to get in really close to an animal I imagine your equipment would be able to display all the detail on that animal whereas click and pointers like myself would only get a basic image. Would be very curious to see what you could do in terms of nature shots.

The Snipe

My camera can't use a 75-300 :P As I use a Canon 1D Series which is an EF Mount and not EF-s (Getting techinical now :P ) So the longest Zoom I have in my possession is a 200mm 2.8L, which on a 1.3x would be 260 - however a 75-300 on most SLR's are about 480mm as they have a 1.6x crop sensor :P

And how dare you say I use an 18-55! :P (joking) I use a Canon 24-105 F4 L :P

Kess73

XiledSniper wrote: »

My camera can't use a 75-300 :P As I use a Canon 1D Series which is an EF Mount and not EF-s (Getting techinical now :P ) So the longest Zoom I have in my possession is a 200mm 2.8L, which on a 1.3x would be 260 - however a 75-300 on most SLR's are about 480mm as they have a 1.6x crop sensor :P

And how dare you say I use an 18-55! :P (joking) I use a Canon 24-105 F4 L :P

the 200mm is more than enough. Hell even your 24-105mm could do a job as long as it was not overworked in terms of range.

For some reason I thought you had a Nikon or something like a Canon 60D as well as the big gun. Could have sworn you had something that looked very very different to the quite distinctive 1D in your hand last year.

The Snipe

I used too - but not anymore, I will be picking up a 7D Alright, aswell as a 300mm, which is perfect for birds overall.

Kess73

XiledSniper wrote: »

I used too - but not anymore, I will be picking up a 7D Alright, aswell as a 300mm, which is perfect for birds overall.

Fethered I hope. Can't have you getting caught trying to zoom in windows.

The 7D is a serious piece of kit. Nice price tag on it and also in terms of speccing one out.:eek:

How much are they over here? I know they are around a grand back in the UK.

The Snipe

They are about 1.4-1.6 here however, Kerso in Scotland have them for about 1.1

Either going to go for a 7D or else a 1D MK IV if it drops in price with the 1DX.


Are you back in the UK Again?

The Snipe

They are about 1.4-1.6 here however, Kerso in Scotland have them for about 1.1

Either going to go for a 7D or else a 1D MK IV if it drops in price with the 1DX.


Are you back in the UK Again?

Kess73

XiledSniper wrote: »

They are about 1.4-1.6 here however, Kerso in Scotland have them for about 1.1

Either going to go for a 7D or else a 1D MK IV if it drops in price with the 1DX.


Are you back in the UK Again?

No I am still living in Ireland.


Nice camera choices. I upgraded my camera not so long ago, but what keeps me happy camera-wise would be a few levels below what you like to use, and certainly waaaaaay below what you are looking to upgrade to.

A decent digital camera that is fairly intuitive control wise and I am happy.

The Snipe

Well I already have the MK III, so going to the MK IV isn't that large a jump, but anything to the 1X is just HUBBA HUBBA! :O

Merp

The Protobaby shots are very good dude!! Well done!

(Thinking of picking up a 7d myself at some stage, probably off Kerso too, great to deal with)

The Snipe

Aye, Ian Kerr is a gent! I'd gladly give him more business!