View Full Version : GIGRIN FARM..19th August
Would anyone be interested in a meet or mini meet here in july or august..?
i will be popping over myself just wondered if anyone else fancied it while there you can get some great shots of the dams and some waterfalls hills well its all there really ..
if anyone fancies it ill set something up if not ill pop up on me own " billy no mates lol hope someone fancies a meet
dave...:shrug:
Jimmy_Lemon
02-07-2007, 21:49
Where is it? :p
EDIT - Is this the place? http://www.gigrin.co.uk/gigrin_farm.html
richmond
02-07-2007, 21:51
Sorry to far for me. Have a good day, I'm sure there's a few Welsh members who'd like to meet up.
cheers for the link jimmy i know where it is .. did not think..lol
cheers
Well worth doing, but try and pick a nice day if you can. Blue skies make all the difference. You really need 500mm or more to fill the frame but you can do OK with a 400mm.
good advice ct ill be using my 300mm with a 1.4 converter 420mm ish
would be great if you and jan could make it :naughty:
i could pick your brains :naughty: only kidding i know you went the other year but i missed that one ..
Well we might do it depending on the date and the weather. Can't promise though. It was crappy light last year - grey skies all round.
The biggest problem with Gigrin is the viewing slots in the hides don't let you get enough height to get on the birds when they're closest and nearly overhead.. constantly fouling the top of the window with the lens.
If I could work outside the hide with a tripod and the 500mm I'd be there like a shot, but it would be frowned on I'm sure. The daft part is the birds wouldn't be in the least bothered, but with the numbers of visitors and togs you can see why they have the rule.
depending upon the date i maybe able to make this one
when i went a few months ago you could view the birds from an area above them,if that makes sense. Not in a hide and you do need a decent lens, but the backdrop is better.
i'll be up for that monkey boy :thumbs:
i'll be up for that monkey boy :thumbs:
Me too :) dependant on dates and weather of course :)
:thumbs: cool thats a possible 6/7 at the moment i will check out the weather situation but at the moment im thinking about aug 12th 19th hope that sound ok to most .. ill go with the flow.....:naughty:
I cant do the 12th but 19th will be good.
19th sounds like the one .at the moment i have at least 3 that can not make the 12th. also gives the weather a chance to change
If I could work outside the hide with a tripod and the 500mm I'd be there like a shot, but it would be frowned on I'm sure. The daft part is the birds wouldn't be in the least bothered, but with the numbers of visitors and togs you can see why they have the rule.
i will see what i can do mate :naughty: ill be in touch :suspect:
ok then folks its the 19th for this venture..:thumbs:
hope the weather is ok , if not there will still be three or four of us there for sure.. if anyone else fancies coming but is shy :shrug: "lol shy on here"
then just turn up ill be the one looking around like ive not a clue..
a few of us wil be poping up to the dams in the morning anyone who fancies this give me a shout the more the merrier...
speak to you all soon ill be bumping this thread regular...:naughty:
ill definitely be there on the 19th, ill be the daft one waving a lens about and swearing a lot cos i missed that perfect shot AGAIN ;) lol
ill definitely be there on the 19th, ill be the daft one waving a lens about and swearing a lot cos i missed that perfect shot AGAIN ;) lol
ha ha you just described me ..lol if you fancie going up and doing some more shots mate give me a bell . we are going up early then having a pub lunch...
that goes for anyone else as well
If I had the lens, the money, and the time, I'd be up for this. Sadly I definately dont have the first, probably don't have the second, and more than likely dont have the third.
Heres one from last time
http://www.cookster.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/0527-154939-01-01.jpg
ill definitely be there on the 19th, ill be the daft one waving a lens about and swearing a lot cos i missed that perfect shot AGAIN ;) lol
I want a pic of you trying to use the 600mm through those viewing windows. :lol:
I think ill be trying to be outside if i use the 600, i may give matey a call that runs the place and ask what protocol is :)
Heres one from last time
http://www.cookster.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/0527-154939-01-01.jpg
thats what i want mate ...
:naughty: a shot of yours...:naughty:
only kidding
im going to do a reccy in the next few weeks and have a word with the main man about the poss of a few shots outside the hides.. ill be in touch...
hopefully with good news
I think ill be trying to be outside if i use the 600, i may give matey a call that runs the place and ask what protocol is :)
Good idea. Well we know from the last time that the birds couldn't care less about you standing outside. ;)
hmmmmm http://www.gigrin.co.uk/hide.html this looks promising :)
hmmmmm http://www.gigrin.co.uk/hide.html this looks promising :)
thats the reason for the reccy mate .... heard they had a tower going up and possible shoots outside the hides
costs alittle more but for someone who knows what they want its worth it i think:shrug:
as said ill be in touch
unless someone fancies the reccy...:shrug:
hmmmmm http://www.gigrin.co.uk/hide.html this looks promising :)
It does indeed. About time too! :thumbs:
id happily pay a bit extra for decent chance of shots with no small windows !
when you planning on recceing Dave ? drop me a pm if you want mate.
when you planning on recceing Dave ? drop me a pm if you want mate.
ill pm you mate when i got day.. :thumbs:
photoden
07-07-2007, 22:47
I will try and make it myself if thats OK ? Silly question, exactly where in Mid Wales is it ?
not really mid wales
as far as im concerned more on the edge..
not sure where your from so can not give rough drivin time
if your into your birds . and this forum then i reccomend you try and make it,,,,
Its near Rhayader
Map here
http://www.gigrin.co.uk/maps.html
photoden
07-07-2007, 23:19
Thanks for the info, will be travelling from Bridgend, I just hope my 300mm f2.8 and 1.4tc are big enough ?
Thanks for the info, will be travelling from Bridgend, I just hope my 300mm f2.8 and 1.4tc are big enough ?
my math is cr@p is that about 400mm
if so then i suspect you " as me will have to crop your shots"
dont tell the big boys
but they should be ok and handle the crop:gag:
Thanks for the info, will be travelling from Bridgend, I just hope my 300mm f2.8 and 1.4tc are big enough ?
You'll be fine. This is a full frame shot with the 1DMK2n and 100-400L at 400mm. This was taken just about as close as they get - virtually overhead. A lot of the shots will fill the frame less but you can still crop and fill the frame.
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/530/gigrin.jpg
my math is cr@p is that about 400mm
420mm. :)
It's a sight to behold - there are so many birds in the air you don't know which to go for and their flight patterns are quite erratic. You just have to pick one out and stick with it tracking it in the viewfinder - let the servo AF do it's thing till they're close enough to take the shot.
Aw! I missed this thread last week as I was in Cardiff. Rhayader is only half an from where I live. I have never done this kind of photography before. I would like to join up with you, but not sure if I have a decent enough lens in my kit. Is it worth me meeting up with you then? On the 19th? CT and the other pros, check out my stuff and tell me if any of it is capable. I suppose I could use the 20D and put on the 100mm macro 2.8 - or the crappy 75-300mm.:shrug: :thinking:
Gillian
I could do the dams and the landscapes. Maybe, I could borrow one of yours for a couple of shots... ......CT's pretty please?:) :nuts:
I'm going to try to arrange transport to this - if anyone is travelling down from near Liverpool, Chester or Manchester & fancies a bit of company & petrol money then It'd stop me hitchhiking :lol: :thumbs:
I could do the dams and the landscapes. Maybe, I could borrow one of yours for a couple of shots... ......CT's pretty please?:) :nuts:
You could happily borrow one of my lenses Gilly, but I can't categorically say I'll be going yet. Your 70-300 sounds the best bet at the long end.
Fairy snuff. I will put it in my diary now. It'll be like going on a school trip...:lol:
ill have the 100-400 with me so you can always borrow that Gilly as ill have the 600 attached most of the day if i can get into one of the decent hides :) or be outside.
Count me in dave :thumbs:
ill have the 100-400 with me so you can always borrow that Gilly as ill have the 600 attached most of the day if i can get into one of the decent hides :) or be outside.
Ian seen as your lending out lens's can i borrow the 600 for the day :D Please :D go on you know it makes sense :D you wont need it honest :D.
thanks
Mark
busterboy
11-07-2007, 19:55
Ian seen as your lending out lens's can i borrow the 600 for the day :D Please :D go on you know it makes sense :D you wont need it honest :D.
thanks
Mark
I thought you had one...:eek:
Don't tell me you sold it..:razz:
I thought you had one...:eek:
Don't tell me you sold it..:razz:
It had to go as I had to change the direction of my photography and buy other kit, as more money was coming in from other things, and thats what pays the bills.
Don't tell me you sold it..:razz:
YEP to MEEEEEE :) hehehehehehe
Ian seen as your lending out lens's can i borrow the 600 for the day :D Please :D go on you know it makes sense :D you wont need it honest :D.
thanks
Mark
Ill be using that mate, you can borrow the 17-40 if ya like though ;)
Ill be using that mate, you can borrow the 17-40 if ya like though ;)
ill bring a ladder as well :lol:
Ill be using that mate, you can borrow the 17-40 if ya like though ;)
that's nice of you, but i have one of those.
that's nice of you, but i have one of those.
Hehehehe doh
I will have to get the extenders stacked on the 70-200 L.
only 4 weeks to go come on folks you know you want to go...
one from today
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/862/gigrin-01.jpg
:naughty:
Gareth_R
27-07-2007, 21:59
I've only just found this thread. I will try to make it, subject to weather.
What time are you planning to meet up ?
Gareth
:thumbs:
a few of us will be in the area from about 10 ish onwards to shoot the dams and a bit of landscape.. i think they open at 1 or 2 but they feed at 3pm i will be there about 2 myself...
hth dave:thumbs:
they open the gates at 1, im intending to be there again :) last time was my first effort trying to track birds with the 600 so i want to have another go :)
last time was my first effort trying to track birds with the 600 so i want to have another go :)
and not a bad effort mate :lol:
:razz:
they open the gates at 1, im intending to be there again :) last time was my first effort trying to track birds with the 600 so i want to have another go :)
Try hand holding it! :D
Try hand holding it! :D
I did on a couple of shots lol they only reached the cutting room floor though ;)
LOL Definitely leave the converter off Ian - 600mm is plenty and you'll AF much quicker.
LOL Definitely leave the converter off Ian - 600mm is plenty and you'll AF much quicker.
Yeah i did have the converter off for some shots, but will leave it off for the next visit
photoden
19-08-2007, 20:27
What a great day it was, Kites by the shedload,
many thanks to Mike for the "education" !!
Great to be able to put faces to names.
Regards
Dennis & Gerhart
Ps I hope the Badger shoot went well Steve ?
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