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magicbastarder · 17-12-2013 09:47AM

OldGoat wrote: »

Henri Cartier-Bresson — 'Your first 10000 photographs are your worst.'

does that apply per camera? or per day?
that would explain a lot for me...

magicbastarder · 17-12-2013 10:05AM

actually, that reminded me of a photo of a boat in the setting sun which practical photography published some time in the late 80s. it had been taken by the editor, william cheung, and there was some text explaining the situation - he said the light had been so glorious he'd taken three rolls of film that light, but the situation justified it.
the next issue, there was at least one letter (the one i remember was picked as letter of the week) from a reader complaining that it's all well and good for someone who is an editor of a photography magazine to go out and shoot three rolls in an hour, but that simply wasn't possible for joe soap to be able to spend money on film as willy-nilly as that.

much easier to hit that 10,000 now...

OldGoat · 17-12-2013 10:37AM

I'm a tight fisted bastard so I work a scene and practice with digital and then shoot just one or two frames with film. My film hit rate is almost 1 for 1* though my digital hit rate is more like 100 to 1.

* Exaggeration for effect - reality is probably also about 100 to 1.

magicbastarder · 29-12-2013 11:19PM

so an old leica has become the most expensive item 'discovered' on the antiques roadshow. sold for the equivalent of abuot STG£380k, iirc.

magicbastarder · 31-12-2013 08:00PM

no 52 - the one of the syrian rebel resting in a cave - is phenomenal.

http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/year-in-pictures/

Sir Gallagher · 07-01-2014 01:54AM

Thinking of buying a new camera off ebay from one of those Hong Kong based sellers? Does anybody have any experience with one of these sellers? How reliable are they?

magicbastarder · 07-01-2014 04:35PM

can someone write some code to take all photos posted to the photography forum in 2013 and merge them all together, to get an average of the photos posted?
needless to say, it'd probably be a browny grey mush, but why let that get in the way?

dinneenp · 08-01-2014 01:54PM

digital-cameras-are-messing-with-your-memory

Lyaiera · 08-01-2014 11:56PM

dinneenp wrote: »

digital-cameras-are-messing-with-your-memory

It's interesting, but if I was told "Go take 10 pictures of these things" I probably wouldn't be engaging with the subject in the same way as if I saw 10 things I wanted to photograph.

dinneenp · 10-01-2014 01:55PM

Zillah · 10-01-2014 02:04PM

Here's hoping ye saved yer Sunbeam photos!

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/moves-to-protect-kerry-shipwreck-displaced-by-storm-1.1650139

CK73 · 12-01-2014 09:29PM

Can anyone recommend any photograph clubs in Belfast or Cork please? Preferably one accepting new members at the moment.

Ghost Train · 19-01-2014 11:41AM

key ring SLR

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221334946163

DaireQuinlan · 19-01-2014 06:01PM

Ghost Train wrote: »

key ring SLR

If that was actually an SLR that might just have been interesting.

magicbastarder · 21-01-2014 10:39AM

can someone remind me - is the 800px limit in the random photos thread there for page load time reasons, or display reasons for those with smaller screens?

DaireQuinlan · 21-01-2014 05:00PM

http://thenearsightedmonkey.tumblr.com/post/74035565240/the-curious-wanderings-of-batman-in-the-american

The curious wanderings of Batman in the american southwest

OldGoat · 10-02-2014 08:45AM

The new challenge in the challenge forum is "Your favourite inanimate object".
I read that as intimate.

Ben D Bus · 10-02-2014 01:20PM

OldGoat wrote: »

The new challenge in the challenge forum is "Your favourite inanimate object".
I read that as intimate.

I guess they could be one and the same

pixbyjohn · 12-02-2014 07:53AM

Ben D Bus wrote: »

I guess they could be one and the same

In your case maybe

dinneenp · 14-02-2014 11:10PM

Photography and on the late late show now!
Aib photo competition results and an interview coming up

fryup · 16-02-2014 10:27AM

This is the February picture from the bbc countryfile calendar, do you reckon its phototshopped to get that effect ??

DaireQuinlan · 16-02-2014 10:47AM

fryup wrote: »

This is the February picture from the bbc countryfile calendar, do you reckon its phototshopped to get that effect ??

Long exposure.

DaireQuinlan · 07-03-2014 10:21AM

Haven't updated this in a while...

Boards photography forum monthly post volumes 2010->2014
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhNqcmDq-CJedG9Jc1lseGxJZlR6aWQ5VHpUZDNkb2c&usp=sharing

5uspect · 24-03-2014 12:04AM

This is pretty cool:
http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2014/01/Hubble_s_modern_art

Tiriel · 24-03-2014 11:06AM

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Haven't updated this in a while...

Boards photography forum monthly post volumes 2010->2014
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhNqcmDq-CJedG9Jc1lseGxJZlR6aWQ5VHpUZDNkb2c&usp=sharing

That's pretty sad..

Effects · 24-03-2014 04:04PM

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Haven't updated this in a while...
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Shoddy work, it doesn't even have a horizontal access title. Could you also add a swan on each of the peaks please?

dinneenp · 15-04-2014 11:46AM

I'm selling 20 photography magazines through Adverts is anyone is interested.

Tiriel · 24-04-2014 12:06PM

A few of us recently took part in a project (including a few boardsie regulars) which is culminating in an exhibition, opening tomorrow night.

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I'm hoping that it's going to be a great night - so if you are free, pop in and say hello.

It runs for one weekend only, both Saturday and Sunday 12-6pm.

Zascar · 08-05-2014 04:51PM

This is quite staggering:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLiehzLTxXk

frozenfrozen · 08-05-2014 06:35PM

Zascar wrote: »

This is quite staggering:

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I genuinely thought the video was showing just how far behind the '4k' in phones is to a proper camera.. until he said the 5dmk3 was useless at the end of the video!

It was clear which one was better in every shot, the 5dmk3s h264 is nice looking and has far more latitude than the phone, and the 16bit raw blows the phone out of the water.

If that guy thinks the images he produced on that day were at the limit of what the 5dmk3 is capable of, he's very mistaken.

The camera phone is good and all that, but it doesn't compare to the 5dmk3 when it comes to stills or video, beyond the ease of snapping a picture and uploading it straight to facebook

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