Coffee Table Books

Borderfox · 12-09-2007 01:07PM

Make one of your own shots?

Muineach · 12-09-2007 03:05PM

Or make one of the boards.ie photo's ? i.e. run it like a competition, the best will survive.

Have section's for landscape, urban, wildlife ? and then put them all up on a site that will print books (i know pixmania do), then anyone who wants a copy can go and order it.

Go on, let the flaming begin :rolleyes:
Just an idea

Borderfox · 12-09-2007 05:12PM

Good idea Muineach

City-Exile · 12-09-2007 05:21PM

Muineach wrote:

Have section's for landscape, urban, wildlife ?

What, no sport?
That's discrimination!

Muineach · 12-09-2007 06:37PM

Originally Posted by Muineach
Have section's for landscape, urban, wildlife ?

That should have included and etc. at the end, didn't mean to restrict it in any way.

God help anyone who tries to implement this

gandalf · 12-09-2007 07:08PM

He who suggests it

Merrion · 12-09-2007 07:50PM

Maybe go to the Steve Bloom exhibition in Stephens Green and pick up "Untamed"?

gandalf · 12-09-2007 08:09PM

Well the bad news is the coffee table is out of stock so I won't have it for 2 more weeks so keep the suggestions coming. And it is photographic books I'm talking about here (Gary Larson!!!

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elven · 12-09-2007 09:10PM

I'm sure there must be a publication with pictures of scantily clad women and airsoft rifles... that's what you're really after isn't it?

I have a lovely book, it's the BBC wildlife photographer of the year and there's some hugely inspirational stuff in it.

Muineach · 12-09-2007 09:14PM

elven wrote:

I'm sure there must be a publication with pictures of scantily clad women and airsoft rifles... that's what you're really after isn't it?

Might be tricky to get both, so why not go for 2, playboy yearly annual (not sure if they have one) and "Gun's N' Ammo"

Muineach · 12-09-2007 09:52PM

gandalf wrote:

He who suggests it

I wouldn't mind being involved it's just that I'm waiting for a bed in Beaumont (anything from 3 hours to 3 months) and recovery time could be 1-2 months (all going well), so it wouldn't be right to commit to anything

gandalf · 12-09-2007 11:22PM

Ouch hope you get one soon man and get well quickly afterwards.

Muineach · 12-09-2007 11:33PM

this is the second time round, so been there done that

so if you don't see me posting pic's that's the reason why.

That's why I started with the photography, I haven't been in work for 9 months now, i try to mix it up with wood working projects, electronics and gaming just to keep the mind active, get tired of something then time to switch for a bit.

That's also why all of my photo's are within walking distance of my house/garden (can't drive). If you met me, you wouldn't think there was a thing wrong with me and I have no symptoms, so of course they want to go for a surgery as I'm in good health, makes sense in a weird way :rolleyes:

don't worry about it, I'm not

City-Exile · 13-09-2007 09:48AM

Muineach wrote:

... so if you don't see me posting pic's that's the reason why.

I'm sure we wouldn't object to seeing a few pictures of the female nurses in Beaumont.

Muineach · 13-09-2007 09:56AM

City-Exile wrote:

I'm sure we wouldn't object to seeing a few pictures of the female nurses in Beaumont.

I'll see what I can do, it's also a training hospital so you get students from 18+

Valentia · 13-09-2007 11:40AM

OT. Looking at Philippe Plisson's stuff.....is this real do ye think??

City-Exile · 13-09-2007 11:50AM

Valentia wrote:

... is this real do ye think??

Well, considering that I've seen video footage of something similar, I'll have to say that it is.

rahtkennades · 13-09-2007 01:15PM

Valentia wrote:

OT. Looking at Philippe Plisson's stuff.....is this real do ye think??

No reason why not. Dolphins and Porpoises very commonly swim in the bow-wash of boats. They seem to like to surf on the wake that's created. The ship in that picture is obviously extremely light given the whole bulbous bow is out of the water. So it's throwing off a huge wake that the .... common dolphin? is surfing.
TBH I'm more surprised with how the ship is moving when it's that high out of the water! It'd be a pretty uncomfortable ride!

TJM · 13-09-2007 01:56PM

Valentia wrote:

OT. Looking at Philippe Plisson's stuff.....is this real do ye think??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg5pNFQ8qnM&mode=related&search=

Muineach · 13-09-2007 10:16PM

Well I went and got "Untamed" by Steve Bloom, first off, it's very very heavy, think 19inch laptop and your not even there.

Secondly, I don't know how he gets away with some of the shots, my sister was looking at the book and said "look, this one is all blurry", must go back through my photo's see if any are salvageable :rolleyes: .

Doe's he tend to work on film or digital ? just some of the photo's look strange to me, like a focus point in the foreground, and another in the center ?

Good book though, I'd recommend having a car sitting outside the door

Muineach · 14-09-2007 07:01PM

Damn you Steve Bloom, I woke up, nice and sunny and decided I'd go to the zoo (Dublin), good day, but now I have 620 RAW files to sort through :eek: oh the humanity, and tomorrow I have my nephews birthday which will add another 300 RAW files to the list

Merrion · 14-09-2007 10:03PM

I know what you mean - I have so many photos of these guys I could stitch them together as a movie...

Muineach · 14-09-2007 10:25PM

Merrion wrote:

I know what you mean - I have so many photos of these guys I could stitch them together as a movie...

been there done that with a fox :rolleyes:
I'm sad, I know

Calina · 15-09-2007 06:33PM

Valentia wrote:

OT. Looking at Philippe Plisson's stuff.....is this real do ye think??

Hi,

I happen to have the camera details for that shot in a book called Rencontrer La Mer (no longer in print and thus my most valued photography book).

He shot it with a Canon EOS 1N the lens was (quote) 600/4L and he used Fuji Provia 400 film. I don't like the new framed version of it though.

Hope this helps a little.

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