Any boardsies at the bots last sunday?

elven

The place was crawling with camera geeks - any of you lot?

Surprising amount of stuff to shoot considering spring hasn't really got going yet. There was a tree with blossom though

Borderfox

Couldnt help messing around with your shot, hope you dont mind? I really like this time of year, so much going on in the nature world. A lot of rebirth..

CraggyIslander

Nope, but I'm planning to head down friday afternoon. Santa has finally delivered my Sigma macro ringflash today...... cant wait to try it out on the ol venus fly trap

Borderfox

Plenty to shoot with that in the Botanic Gardens..

tadhgrrr

i was there...first time trying out my extension tubes...ill post a few results soon. twas kinda funny really, the amount of kit flying around. and in the middle of it all some kind of photo group with a lady telling all her students to put their cameras in portrait mode, take a picture of the flower and see how it was different to landscape mode.....hard to focus when theres advice like that flying around

Hugh_C

elven wrote: »

The place was crawling with camera geeks

Never been to the bots, instead I was up the hills enjoying the rush of the wild:

mikeanywhere

hughchal wrote: »

Never been to the bots, instead I was up the hills enjoying the rush of the wild:

Nice shot, would loved to have seen a wider one though.

elven

tadhgrrr wrote: »

i was there...first time trying out my extension tubes...ill post a few results soon. twas kinda funny really, the amount of kit flying around. and in the middle of it all some kind of photo group with a lady telling all her students to put their cameras in portrait mode, take a picture of the flower and see how it was different to landscape mode.....hard to focus when theres advice like that flying around

I listened to that and had a giggle for five minutes or so :rolleyes: They were trying to figure out what the difference was between the modes... in the time i was there, they didn't get very far!

Were you using a tripod & flash in the greenhouse with the south african stuff, or were you one of the couple that both had cameras?

Hugh, love that shot. Don't knock your 'moody landscapes'

BanzaiBk

lol I was there:o My younger brother was up from Cork and we decided to go shooting together. We kept getting caught up with the group who were obv. doing a course or something. It was my third or fourth time and I'd never seen so many photog heads.

Hugh_C

mikeanywhere wrote: »

Nice shot, would loved to have seen a wider one though.

Thanks mike, a wider one would have been a physical impossibility coz there's nothing but fresh air behind and I was at the wide end of a zoom, getting soaked!



Huge

tadhgrrr

elven wrote: »

Were you using a tripod & flash in the greenhouse with the south african stuff, or were you one of the couple that both had cameras?

one of the couple. i take it you were in the red?

challengemaster

elven's always in the red!

(also a signature sign of her is her hands shaking, lots!)

elven

I was indeed. Shakey hands included. Should wear my pointy ears for these occasions too!

Borderfox btw i forgot to say - i like it with the darker branch, aye. I uploaded it to flickr and realised that it wasn't as pale as i wanted overall so i used the piknik thing to lighten it but that lightened the branch too. I'd prefer it with the background lighter though.

BanzaiBk, what do you look like? Did you spot me or tadhgrrr?

Masada

I havent been in the botanic gardens since i was in primary achool, must take a trip up there some time for a few snaps.,.,

Chunky Monkey

Heh I was at work. There's blossoms outside the front entrance to Beaumont Hospital. Wonder if I would get into trouble with a camera there...Can't bring my camera to work though. Nice shots Elven and Hugh

evilhomer

elven wrote: »

The place was crawling with camera geeks - any of you lot?

Surprising amount of stuff to shoot considering spring hasn't really got going yet. There was a tree with blossom though

I thought we were going to organise a boards invasion.... I mean outing?

My 100mm f2.8 Macro turned up and I have an itchy shutter finger

Anyone want to go over the next couple of weekend? The weekend of the 26th/27th would be good for me (plus I will be too broke to do anything else, last weekend before payday)

tadhgrrr

here are a few of mine from my trip to the gardens, taken with a 400D and a various attachments (first use of my new extension tubes with the 50mm 1.8, and one or two with my Tamron 70-300).

Any c&c welcome..first time really having a look at the macro world and it really opens up a huge new range of photo opportunities. definitely want to head back there in springtime when itll be in full bloom.

Masada

cool shots there man.,

sineadw

Really like the 4th one there. Yep - tubes and the 50 are fun!

I *still* haven't been, apart from making it to the car park one day post-pub.

Fajitas!

How is this Sunday for people?

I'm only around the corner anyways, and have some glass that needs a trip to the Bot's

GristlyEnd

I was planning to head over this weekend. Looking forward to trying out the macro lens on the D300.

CraggyIslander

This sunday sounds good to me, provided I've shaken this cold/flu bug thingie :rolleyes: and the weather is reasonable (no fun cycling in pissing rain!)

Fajitas!

Don't worry if you still have a cold. I'll have a hangover.


(If I don't have a hangover, I'll still be drunk, or there's something very wrong.)

magicbastarder

Fred C. Dobbs wrote: »

This sunday sounds good to me, provided I've shaken this cold/flu bug thingie :rolleyes: and the weather is reasonable (no fun cycling in pissing rain!)

you must get your forecasts somewhere different to me:

met.ie wrote:

Further heavy rain in most parts on Sunday. Rainfall totals of 25 mm to 50 mm are possible over the weekend, with a risk of localised flooding.

Hugh_C

Fajitas! wrote: »

If I don't have a hangover, I'll still be drunk, or there's something very wrong.

I had a friend a long time ago who measured how good his weekend was by the number of times he vomited. A three puke weekend was pretty good, two puke mediocre, one puke barely passable and no puke a disaster.

You sound a bit like him.

:rolleyes:

Fajitas!

I don't like vomiting

CraggyIslander

hughchal wrote: »

I had a friend a long time ago who measured how good his weekend was by the number of times he vomited. A three puke weekend was pretty good, two puke mediocre, one puke barely passable and no puke a disaster.

You sound a but like him.

:rolleyes:

This vomiting bug thats going around must be heaven to him so

elven

ewww.

Good chance I'll make it on sunday, too...

CraggyIslander

magicbastarder wrote: »

you must get your forecasts somewhere different to me:

Hadnt even checked forecast, but according to breakingnews.ie we should be in the clear:


Sunday: Ulster and Connacht will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain, some heavy. Elsewhere, it will be mainly dry, but rather cloudy. Moderate south to south-westerly winds.
Max temp 9-12°C (48-54°F).

RoryW

what time are people thinking of ?

Fajitas!

Half 12 onwards is good for me.

If people want to PM me for my number, and give me a text, fire away. Even if it's pissing rain out, we can just stay in the glasshouses, and go for a cuppa later.

challengemaster

unfortunatly cant make it - tomorrow is when the christening is on... Shame, Still haven't been to the botanics!

I'm sure i'll get there sometime..

Fajitas!

From met.ie;

Cloudy with rain, heavy at times.

Should be grand for most macro. And the rain'll add atmosphere...

elven

glasshouses ftw!

I may be there by 12... time for cake first

Fajitas!

Fine. 12 it is!

I'm only around the corner anyways - If it's terrible, be racing back to mine* for tea and biccies*.








*I am in no way responsible for the condition of my house.

**Biccies may or may not be eaten already.

GristlyEnd

12 is good for me. I think it's supposed to clear up in the afternoon.

Calina

12, yay, I can stay in bed later than I did today.

CraggyIslander

Will try to make it, but all really depends on what its like outside my window at 11:30ish. 30-40min cycle in the miserable weather as it is at the moment would put me out

Fajitas I'll pm you my no in case the weather's crap at 12ish and then decides to clear up hour later and I'd be running late

RoryW

no macro lens but will try to make it and see what happens with what I have

elven

Did I say 12? gah.

sineadw

What the hell are you doing up at that time missus???

I can't go I have to go to fecking Panto Disaster

elven

Eh... I went for one or two in the hairy lemon with Al & some boardsies for a mini beers, and then we went to the Village, and there was dancing. Oh dear.

CraggyIslander

AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH

Got as far as Harolds Cross when I got a feckin puncture!!!!!!!! Just walked back home and looks like will need a new inner tube

AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH

Was so looking forward to letting the new flash loose on something other than random objects in the house :rolleyes:

elven

Aww. Was a good day, even the squirrels were cooperative!

Fajitas!

We'll do it again I reckon

Chunky Monkey

Are we allowed to take pics in the greenhouse?

Dades

Chunky Monkey wrote: »

Are we allowed to take pics in the greenhouse?

Nobody stopped me today!
Though one them of is seriously steamy on your lens.

magicbastarder

one day, i had to run in, grab two shots, and run back out again - three would have been impossible with the humidity there. i was on MF, though, which would have slowed me slightly.

Chunky Monkey

Nice pic Why did you have to run in and out? Not allowed?

magicbastarder

not that - it's because the camera was fogging up so quickly with the humidity.

Dades

Today I stayed to look at the plants, and it only took a few mins for the lens condensation to go away.

magicbastarder - that shot captures the humidity in there great!