Sarah's 365, 23rd May 2013 - Approaching Storm - Page 5

~Sam~ · 05-01-2013, 18:56

You've already told us the technical issues and why - my comments are that the composition is great, you caught that little thing at just the right time and the fact that the sky is completely whited out works in your favour - makes it a pretty 'clean' background against which you can place your subject.

Ideally, you would have had a phone call from some higher entity to warn you that a bird would be in your garden in 15 minutes, but since you didn't this is a great shot!

whipspeed · 05-01-2013, 18:59 **Thread Starter**

Thank you Sam, I appreciate your comment, don't suppose you happen to have a number for the higher entity so I can ask

~Sam~ · 05-01-2013, 19:22

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Originally Posted by whipspeed

Thank you Sam, I appreciate your comment, don't suppose you happen to have a number for the higher entity so I can ask

I'd give it to you, but it's not worth it - buggar's never bloomin' told me anything!!!

MWHCVT · 05-01-2013, 19:43

Oh all the birdy types are going to be very jealous of you for getting that

truth be told I am too a little bit

nice capture

Matt

whipspeed · 05-01-2013, 19:52 **Thread Starter**

Thank you, it was just lucky I had to pop out to the garage at the right time & wondered what birds were singing
.

Tezz450D · 05-01-2013, 19:56

Dont think i have ever seen a waxwing for real .... let alone get a shot of one...its great

well done

whipspeed · 05-01-2013, 19:58 **Thread Starter**

Thank you, I have wanted to see one for ages, they look so different to the normal sparrows & starlings in the garden. I was amazed though that 1 thrush chased them off.

whipspeed · 05-01-2013, 19:58 **Thread Starter**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~Sam~

I'd give it to you, but it's not worth it - buggar's never bloomin' told me anything!!!

LOL won't bother then, just keep looking out the window

shotokan101 · 05-01-2013, 20:06

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Originally Posted by whipspeed

Thank you Sam, I appreciate your comment, don't suppose you happen to have a number for the higher entity so I can ask

6-6-6

kennysarmy · 05-01-2013, 20:11

Wow - lucky you, never seen one in our neck of the woods!
Super capture....well done.

whipspeed · 05-01-2013, 20:15 **Thread Starter**

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Originally Posted by shotokan101

6-6-6

Number of the beast, lets hope it's not a cat or the birds in trouble

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennysarmy

Wow - lucky you, never seen one in our neck of the woods!
Super capture....well done.

Same here until today, so yes, very lucky

Sonriendo · 06-01-2013, 08:21

Nice composition, I'd say you were damn lucky that he landed on a photogenic branch

I think you did really well with it considering your equipment and situation

whipspeed · 06-01-2013, 08:23 **Thread Starter**

Yes, that was lucky

It gave me something to crop to.

whipspeed · 06-01-2013, 13:08 **Thread Starter**

6th January 2013
All the gear, no idea
Well, today was going to be such a simple day, photograph the back door to the church hall that I've liked since I was a child and the bonus of this shot is that my favourite coffee shop is next door, so photography followed by coffee sounded tempting for a Sunday morning.
So off I trot, get there with camera and tripod get set up and the first problem presents itself, I've left the tripod plate on my other camera at home, hey ho, will just do some handheld shots, so do them, have coffee (that was very nice), go home, look at shots & think hmmm, would have been better with a longer exposure on the tripod.
Ok, gear back in car, back down to town get set up and....... DOH, left the memory card at home, so back home pick up card and get set up again, this time everything in hand & get the shot, only to realise that the local nutter is standing behind me, now not wanting to get involved, I pack the tripod away quick smart, big mistake as caught finger in it causing a blister, making me bite my lip and mutter curses under my breath.
Hence the title of the shot & why I am off to lie down in a darkened room.
Enjoy!

6th-January-2013 by Sarah Brooke, on Flickr

carolthomasburns · 06-01-2013, 13:19

Wonderful story

so is this from the 1st try or the 3rd? Whichever it is, it is still a great shot - loads of detail I like to look at ..... paint peeling on the bottom of the door, the stone markings and even the moss on the step

Wonderful - Great work

whipspeed · 06-01-2013, 13:21 **Thread Starter**

3rd try, 1st lacked a little detail as hand holding at a higher shutter speed, this was ISO100 at 1 sec, so lots of detail recorded & was last shot before & trapped my finger trying to make the getaway

carolthomasburns · 06-01-2013, 13:24

absolutely perfect

and blister may just be worth it

Cg_Girl · 06-01-2013, 13:46

Sounds like my daily outings lol!... glad you got there in the end tho!.... This is lovely and the detail wonderful

whipspeed · 06-01-2013, 13:47 **Thread Starter**

I'm just glad I didn't have a Miranda moment & cap it all off by falling over

Cg_Girl · 06-01-2013, 13:48

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Originally Posted by whipspeed

I'm just glad I didn't have a Miranda moment & cap it all off by falling over

Miranda is hilarious!

whipspeed · 06-01-2013, 13:50 **Thread Starter**

Yep, big favourite in our house.

toadstool · 06-01-2013, 15:37

I keep hearing about Miranda... Will need to look out for it!

Sounds like an eventful day to get the shot

but it was worth it! I love the colours.

whipspeed · 06-01-2013, 15:38 **Thread Starter**

Certainly was.

shotokan101 · 06-01-2013, 16:07

Very nice shot and an amusing tale that we can all associate with I reckon

vince31 · 06-01-2013, 16:15

We all have those days but we preserve and still take nice images, I would love to see this image in Monchrome

Tezz450D · 06-01-2013, 16:21

wonderful shot with plenty of detail

whipspeed · 06-01-2013, 16:38 **Thread Starter**

Glad you all like it, I was laughing as I was driving round & round in the car

~Sam~ · 06-01-2013, 17:10

Really good shot and I love the story behind it! I love it as it is and think that the colour of the door is very interesting against the brick/stonework surrounding it, it really pops pit against it, but would also be interested to see it in monochrome.

There are a couple of buildings around here which used to be schools and still have the 'Boys' and 'Girls' in the stone above them, so might add that to my list of photos to take!

whipspeed · 06-01-2013, 17:14 **Thread Starter**

Thank you, I do like the colour of our local Ironstone as well. I am just working on a mono conversion, so I will post it here later.

whipspeed · 06-01-2013, 17:26 **Thread Starter**

Mono

6th-January-2013-mono by Sarah Brooke, on Flickr

Vintage

6th-January-2013-vintage by Sarah Brooke, on Flickr

05-01-2013, 18:56	#121
~Sam~ Has a smashing orangey bit Real name : Samantha Location: East Midlands Posts: 1,769 Camera: Canon 550D	You've already told us the technical issues and why - my comments are that the composition is great, you caught that little thing at just the right time and the fact that the sky is completely whited out works in your favour - makes it a pretty 'clean' background against which you can place your subject. Ideally, you would have had a phone call from some higher entity to warn you that a bird would be in your garden in 15 minutes, but since you didn't this is a great shot! __________________

05-01-2013, 18:59 Thread Starter	#122
whipspeed Feet under the table Real name : Sarah Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 2,089 Camera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII	Thank you Sam, I appreciate your comment, don't suppose you happen to have a number for the higher entity so I can ask __________________ Sarah www.sarahbrookephotography.co.uk My 2013 365 http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/for...d.php?t=456677

05-01-2013, 19:43	#124
MWHCVT Alfie Real name : Matthew Location: Warwickshire, UK Posts: 20,269 Camera: Canon EOS 5D3 Gripped	Oh all the birdy types are going to be very jealous of you for getting that truth be told I am too a little bit nice capture Matt __________________ IDSweek 5-11 April 2013 Light Painting Meets - South East - Northern (N.Yorkshre) Other Meets - NMA Meet (National Meet) - War in the Cotswolds (April) Guides - Light Trails - Star Trails - Wire Wool - Fireworks

05-01-2013, 19:56	#126
Tezz450D Feet under the table Real name : Tezz Location: Herts Posts: 1,731	Dont think i have ever seen a waxwing for real .... let alone get a shot of one...its great well done __________________ I always thought good photos were like good jokes. If you have to explain it, it just isn’t that good. My Flickr

05-01-2013, 20:11	#130
kennysarmy Feet under the table Real name : Jeff Location: Gloucester Posts: 3,448 Camera: Canon 5dmkii	Wow - lucky you, never seen one in our neck of the woods! Super capture....well done. __________________

05-01-2013, 19:52 Thread Starter	#125
whipspeed Feet under the table Real name : Sarah Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 2,089 Camera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII	Thank you, it was just lucky I had to pop out to the garage at the right time & wondered what birds were singing .

05-01-2013, 19:58 Thread Starter	#127
whipspeed Feet under the table Real name : Sarah Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 2,089 Camera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII	Thank you, I have wanted to see one for ages, they look so different to the normal sparrows & starlings in the garden. I was amazed though that 1 thrush chased them off.

06-01-2013, 08:21	#132
Sonriendo Loves the place Real name : Sarah Location: Next to the Bar Posts: 4,531 Camera: Canonista	Nice composition, I'd say you were damn lucky that he landed on a photogenic branch I think you did really well with it considering your equipment and situation __________________ 365ing Flickring Blogging

06-01-2013, 08:23 Thread Starter	#133
whipspeed Feet under the table Real name : Sarah Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 2,089 Camera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII	Yes, that was lucky It gave me something to crop to.

06-01-2013, 13:08 Thread Starter	#134
whipspeed Feet under the table Real name : Sarah Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 2,089 Camera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII	6th January 2013 All the gear, no idea Well, today was going to be such a simple day, photograph the back door to the church hall that I've liked since I was a child and the bonus of this shot is that my favourite coffee shop is next door, so photography followed by coffee sounded tempting for a Sunday morning. So off I trot, get there with camera and tripod get set up and the first problem presents itself, I've left the tripod plate on my other camera at home, hey ho, will just do some handheld shots, so do them, have coffee (that was very nice), go home, look at shots & think hmmm, would have been better with a longer exposure on the tripod. Ok, gear back in car, back down to town get set up and....... DOH, left the memory card at home, so back home pick up card and get set up again, this time everything in hand & get the shot, only to realise that the local nutter is standing behind me, now not wanting to get involved, I pack the tripod away quick smart, big mistake as caught finger in it causing a blister, making me bite my lip and mutter curses under my breath. Hence the title of the shot & why I am off to lie down in a darkened room. Enjoy! 6th-January-2013 by Sarah Brooke, on Flickr Last edited by whipspeed; 06-01-2013 at 13:13.

06-01-2013, 13:19	#135
carolthomasburns Feet under the table Real name : Carol Location: Blackpool, Lancashire Posts: 1,965 Camera: Canon 1100D	Wonderful story so is this from the 1st try or the 3rd? Whichever it is, it is still a great shot - loads of detail I like to look at ..... paint peeling on the bottom of the door, the stone markings and even the moss on the step Wonderful - Great work __________________ "If you see something and you think it is beautiful then it is ..... it doesnt matter if others don't think the same. It is your eye that is seeing it and therefore it IS beautiful. Capture what you see and know that it is beautiful to at least one person .....YOU!' I try so I am constantly learning! http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolthomasburns/

06-01-2013, 13:21 Thread Starter	#136
whipspeed Feet under the table Real name : Sarah Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 2,089 Camera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII	3rd try, 1st lacked a little detail as hand holding at a higher shutter speed, this was ISO100 at 1 sec, so lots of detail recorded & was last shot before & trapped my finger trying to make the getaway

06-01-2013, 13:24	#137
carolthomasburns Feet under the table Real name : Carol Location: Blackpool, Lancashire Posts: 1,965 Camera: Canon 1100D	absolutely perfect and blister may just be worth it

06-01-2013, 13:46	#138
Cg_Girl Feet under the table Real name : T. Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 2,932 Camera: Canon 550d	Sounds like my daily outings lol!... glad you got there in the end tho!.... This is lovely and the detail wonderful __________________ http://www.facebook.com/Ts365ChallengeLifeBeginsAt40

06-01-2013, 13:47 Thread Starter	#139
whipspeed Feet under the table Real name : Sarah Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 2,089 Camera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII	I'm just glad I didn't have a Miranda moment & cap it all off by falling over

06-01-2013, 13:50 Thread Starter	#141
whipspeed Feet under the table Real name : Sarah Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 2,089 Camera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII	Yep, big favourite in our house.

06-01-2013, 15:37	#142
toadstool Forum Regular Real name : Toni Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,094 Camera: Canon 5D	I keep hearing about Miranda... Will need to look out for it! Sounds like an eventful day to get the shot but it was worth it! I love the colours. __________________ Project 365. Blog. Facebook.

06-01-2013, 15:38 Thread Starter	#143
whipspeed Feet under the table Real name : Sarah Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 2,089 Camera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII	Certainly was.

06-01-2013, 16:07	#144
shotokan101 Loves the place Real name : Jim Location: Glasgow Posts: 6,749	Very nice shot and an amusing tale that we can all associate with I reckon __________________

06-01-2013, 16:15	#145
vince31 Feet under the table Real name : Vince Location: Atherstone Posts: 3,721 Camera: Nikon D90	We all have those days but we preserve and still take nice images, I would love to see this image in Monchrome __________________ Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/hartstone31/ Photography is like Marmite ""You Love It or Hate It "

06-01-2013, 16:21	#146
Tezz450D Feet under the table Real name : Tezz Location: Herts Posts: 1,731	wonderful shot with plenty of detail

06-01-2013, 16:38 Thread Starter	#147
whipspeed Feet under the table Real name : Sarah Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 2,089 Camera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII	Glad you all like it, I was laughing as I was driving round & round in the car

06-01-2013, 17:10	#148
~Sam~ Has a smashing orangey bit Real name : Samantha Location: East Midlands Posts: 1,769 Camera: Canon 550D	Really good shot and I love the story behind it! I love it as it is and think that the colour of the door is very interesting against the brick/stonework surrounding it, it really pops pit against it, but would also be interested to see it in monochrome. There are a couple of buildings around here which used to be schools and still have the 'Boys' and 'Girls' in the stone above them, so might add that to my list of photos to take!

06-01-2013, 17:14 Thread Starter	#149
whipspeed Feet under the table Real name : Sarah Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 2,089 Camera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII	Thank you, I do like the colour of our local Ironstone as well. I am just working on a mono conversion, so I will post it here later.

06-01-2013, 17:26 Thread Starter	#150
whipspeed Feet under the table Real name : Sarah Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 2,089 Camera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII	Mono 6th-January-2013-mono by Sarah Brooke, on Flickr Vintage 6th-January-2013-vintage by Sarah Brooke, on Flickr