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Myksyk

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ED E

Damn Keps that timing with the blackbird. Well done.

Jan_de_Bakker

MysticalRain wrote: »

Very nice , where is this ?

Wailin

ED E wrote: »

Damn Keps that timing with the blackbird. Well done.

Agreed, brilliant shot!

FastFullBack

Is there a way to embed Flickr photos into boards using Flickr iOS app?
It's a real pain get the BB Code link on website using mobile browser.

keps

ED E wrote: »

Damn Keps that timing with the blackbird. Well done.

Sorry for not acknowledging... only saw post now.

Yes indeed- I took a good few photos and only spotted this one when viewing on the computer

ED E

Saw a large flock of those geese on Tue/Wed afternoon along the dodder Keps and was hoping you were out and about. Three large formations together, looked quite impressive.

keps

It's a big coincidence that you have 'cough cough' in your signature - as that is all I have done for the past 10 days - terrible dose doing the rounds.

Think I have shaken it off at last- so maybe pick up on some more flocks as I get out and about again:)

MysticalRain

Jan_de_Bakker wrote: »

Very nice , where is this ?

Colliemore Harbour near Dalkey.

budgemook

Loki98 wrote: »

Was the moon enlarged in this photo during post processing? Looks much too big to be real.

Loki98

Sorry about the delay in replying, I only came across this by accident.
Yeah the moon is enlarged, its a composite photo.

budgemook

Loki98 wrote: »

Sorry about the delay in replying, I only came across this by accident.
Yeah the moon is enlarged, its a composite photo.

yeah after I posted I was thinking "why did I post that, of course it's enlarged". Anyway, looks good!

Jan_de_Bakker

MarkN wrote: »

Really nice !! Where is this ?

DaireQuinlan

some swift google mapping later ...

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Rockfield+Park,+Beaumont,+Dublin/@53.3812571,-6.2189351,636m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x48670e354c352319:0x1022ca37afa4c071!8m2!3d53.3810854!4d-6.2206616

Jan_de_Bakker

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

some swift google mapping later ...

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Rockfield+Park,+Beaumont,+Dublin/@53.3812571,-6.2189351,636m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x48670e354c352319:0x1022ca37afa4c071!8m2!3d53.3810854!4d-6.2206616

Nice well done!

Did you manually scan or use some pattern recognition app to get it ?

DaireQuinlan

Jan_de_Bakker wrote: »

Nice well done!

Did you manually scan or use some pattern recognition app to get it ?

Noticed the water tower on the right hand side of the first shot, figured the taller buildings were Ballymun and tracked back across maps

Jan_de_Bakker

Im tempted to get into drone photography now .... just for the novelty factor.

humberklog

My house is in that pic:pac:

GBX

humberklog wrote: »

My house is in that pic:pac:

You forgot to take the washing in

Myksyk

Originally posted in Random thread by tatranska ...


Guys, just to let you know, keps photo of the otter last week is front page of today's Irish Times...Congrats

OldGoat

Keps riverside photos keep getting better and better. Some of the shots over the past few years have been magnificent.

magicbastarder

and the IT have an article written by keps about it now:

http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/the-otter-side-of-the-story-the-fishy-tale-of-today-s-irish-times-front-page-photo-1.3005380

keps

OldGoat wrote: »

Keps riverside photos keep getting better and better. Some of the shots over the past few years have been magnificent.

Thanks for the kind words OldGoat.
I'm retired and have time on my hands:) ( for a while anyway)

I bought a second hand full format camera( Nikon D600) about a year ago - and shortly afterwards purchased a new(cheap to my mind) Tamron 150- 600mm lens

I just find the combination works so well for me.

Thanks again

.Longshanks.

Art Deko wrote: »

Martin McGuinness pic

Sorry for quoting / comments in this thread, but I'm 99.9% sure I've seen this shot used in an online paper article yesterday.
Worth checking your permission / copyright settings?

Edit. Gioogle search shows multiple hits

magicbastarder

@Art Deko - just wondering if you were aware of this? just over halfway down...
https://endafanning.wordpress.com/2017/03/26/martin-mcguinness-and-the-hypocrisy-of-establishment-ireland/

(cf. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=102983958&postcount=495)

.Longshanks.

magicbastarder wrote: »

@Art Deko - just wondering if you were aware of this? just over halfway down...
https://endafanning.wordpress.com/2017/03/26/martin-mcguinness-and-the-hypocrisy-of-establishment-ireland/

(cf. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=102983958&postcount=495)

At this stage the photo was almost gone viral. I've seen it online in multiple sites, as Facebook profile pics, memes and even as a flag for a football (Ruby?) match.

Art Deko

Hi all and thanks for making me aware of this.
My photo of Martin McGuinness is being used widely and I've seen some composite images doing the rounds. Some people that are using it are starting to credit me as the original photographer.
Overall, Im happy to see it getting such great coverage but my concerns are that someone will start to use it for their commercial gain.
I don't think there is a lot I can do about it.

.Longshanks.

Art Deko wrote: »

Hi all and thanks for making me aware of this.
My photo of Martin McGuinness is being used widely and I've seen some composite images doing the rounds. Some people that are using it are starting to credit me as the original photographer.
Overall, Im happy to see it getting such great coverage but my concerns are that someone will start to use it for their commercial gain.
I don't think there is a lot I can do about it.

https://pixsy.com/

Jan_de_Bakker

It's a fantastic photo of Martin McGuinness

keps

@Wailin Photo 547


What a really heart-warming photo.
Is there a back-story that you would care to share?

Wailin

keps wrote: »

@Wailin Photo 547


What a really heart-warming photo.
Is there a back-story that you would care to share?

Hi keps, thanks very much for the kind words. That's my 6 yr old daughter. She has alopecia totalis. It started in September and within 6 weeks she had lost all her hair. Complete shock to my wife and I obviously. Still coming to terms with it but my daughter is inspiring. Not a bit fazed by it and is incredibly strong and independent. Apart from being completely bald she is healthy and active like any other 6 yr old.

I was unsure whether to add a comment with the photo but thanks for asking!

Wailin

P.S. That photo was taken on her 6th birthday in the kitchen. I Photoshoped out the background, it wasn't set up and was just a random shot as she was opening her presents!

allthedoyles

Jan_de_Bakker wrote: »

This is some park in Wexford or Waterford - cannot remember the name though ..



here is a link to the full size image, if someone recognizes the ruins ..

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2049/4514749743_294af2d984_o.jpg

taken about 6 years ago and can´t remember ..

Looks like the Monkey Puzzle at Woodstock Gardens , Inistioge , Co. Kilkenny ( might be wrong though )

ED E

Loki98 wrote: »

Salt mine in Poland?

uck51js9zml2yt

ED E wrote: »

Salt mine in Poland?

Yes..he told me a few weeks ago.....great photo

ED E

Isaias Warm Self-denial wrote: »

Yes..he told me a few weeks ago.....great photo

Ta, thought it was familiar.

brownian

Jan_de_Bakker wrote: »

Very nice , where is this ?

Coliemore harbour, Dalkey

DaireQuinlan

@Wailin; Trying to triangulate this

Wailin wrote: »

Is it the top of Toinlagee , lough Ouler below to the right and Mullaughcleevaun to the left ?

Wailin

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

@Wailin; Trying to triangulate this


Is it the top of Toinlagee , lough Ouler below to the right and Mullaughcleevaun to the left ?

It's above Art's Lough near Lugnaquilla. You can see the start of Lugnaquilla to the left with the snow. To the right and over the edge is Fraughan Rock Glen. A fantastic area I have to say with very few hillwalkers.

magicbastarder

redape99 wrote: »

Beach Fox

that's bleedin' fantastic.

mystic86

magicbastarder wrote: »

that's bleedin' fantastic.

I concur - fantastic shot!!

redape99

Thanks... it was one of those really lucky shots where I was putting the camera back in the boot about 8pm after a walk near Ballycotton and I just glanced over at the beach to see a fox sitting looking at me. It trotted around the beach and rocks for 4 or 5 minutes but was always stopping to check I wasn't moving!

keps

redape99

That photo looks like a high class promo for a forthcoming National Geographic special


Great Capture/Super Photo -Well done

redape99

That's way too kind Keps!

Got to Flickr Explore page on Thursday which I'm really pleased with.

uck51js9zml2yt

Guys can I ask a question about my shot #679

How would I have gotten light into the reflection in the eagles eye? I'm using Lightroom!

Balfey1972

Isaias Warm Self-denial wrote: »

Guys can I ask a question about my shot #679

How would I have gotten light into the reflection in the eagles eye? I'm using Lightroom!

Try using the radial filter (or brush) and zoom in 100 %
Increase the exposure, whites and highlights slightly and reduce the contrast a little. Use subtle increases and right click on the radial button and duplicate it a couple of times and look at the changes.

What version of LR are you using?

uck51js9zml2yt

Balfey1972 wrote: »

Try using the radial filter (or brush) and zoom in 100 %
Increase the exposure, whites and highlights slightly and reduce the contrast a little. Use subtle increases and right click on the radial button and duplicate it a couple of times and look at the changes.

What version of LR are you using?

Thanks
I'm using 5.7
I brought the whites and blacks as far as they could go without getting burnout.

ED E

CianDon wrote: »

200 MPH Motorbikes at 1/25th of a sec. Sure fire way to fill a camera with blurry pictures of hedges and and sky

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4164/34641329556_4e61c299b8_c.jpg

Were you tracking them by hand? Some knack that.

CianDon

ED E wrote: »

Were you tracking them by hand? Some knack that.

Aye I was indeed, but at that speed its pure pot luck of getting a shot. It was handy that it was a straight stretch, with at least a few second of vision of the bikes as they flew past. Obstacles like people, hedges and signs made it hard to track, but worth it for the odd photo that came out alright. I do a lot of Motorsport photography, and while with rallying its all about nailing a single shot in an instant, I've played around track side at drift events to really push my tracking skills.My own logic is that I pick out a particular part on a moving object, oddly with cars its the drivers door mirror that I aim for, and just try and keep that at the same point in the viewfinder as I move with its direction. GReat if it works out, but you come home with a serious amount of blurry pics when you push it into the 1/25 down to 1/10 ranges

keps

@Myksyk


That cyclist photo took a lot of thought,skill and ingenuity .. well done

Myksyk

keps wrote: »

@Myksyk


That cyclist photo took a lot of thought,skill and ingenuity .. well done

Thanks keps.