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Thanks Neil, he was interesting as he just sat there without a care in the world then all of a sudden if was like a light aircraft taking off :)

Haven't been out with the camera for a while so pulled my finger out and got out last week found a couple of cool subjects which I hope some of you will enjoy. Garden Fly by steve westbrooke, on Flickr iridescent green fly by steve westbrooke, on Flickr Chafer beetle by steve westbrooke...

Thanks for the input guys. Thanks Kodiak that's definitely an area I need to experiment with more so I can get a better understanding, problem is the little guys wouldn't stop running about so was hard to get an angle what wasn't his bum!

First go at trying to take pictures of insects and was loads of fun! Shame I missed the focus on the eyes in the first pic but fairly happy with them. Any advice on how to improve welcome. house spider by steve westbrooke, on Flickr hangin around by steve westbrooke, on Flickr

Thanks twist I shan't worry too much then

hi all Wondering if anyone has experience with the above in a Nikon fit. Treated myself to the lens and received on sat from Amazon and I'm pretty impressed with it on the whole, however, I've noticed that when the OS kicks in the AF point really jumps / moves with a half press of the button...

These aren't kite surfing but Kite Buggy and I think they are fantastic #4 is the one for me captures everything I loved about the sport, kite hung low enjoying the power. Thanks for sharing

Thanks for the CC huffy I'm really pleased that you like the rendition, I'm not a big fan of over processed images (which I'm positively guilty of) so was trying to be restrained with it. Will definatlety be going back at some point especially as its only 5 minutes frommy house :) The pic below...

Thanks for the input I completely agree about the perspective and need to learn how to amend it properly. It never dawned on me to allow room when taking the picture also so will look at the next time. I also didn't notice the halo / chromatic aberration on the tree so clearly need to check my...

Tried to catch the Golden Ball in the dying sun light this evening, still getting to grips with pp and this was a merge of 3 images using photoshops merge HDR function. I did do lens correction to alter the perspective but felt I couldn't get it quite right so left it as shot. CC encouraged as...

Sorry this is exactly it but had a senior moment and didn't mention it, although, you don't need to shoot as fast as you think to stop the action, and yes, in 4k you would get a better image although the silver only shoots at a max of 15fps while the black shoots at 30. in 1080p you can get...

Below are two examples. It was shot on a hero black 3 in 1080p, it isn't going to compare to your average DSLR but its not too bad. these are direct from the camera as well with no pp ks3 by steve westbrooke, on Flickr ks2 by steve westbrooke, on Flickr Only problem you will experience...

I'll upload a pic from a kitesurfing video when I'm at my laptop and you'll be able to see the quality of the stills taken from video. The camera is designed for action and if you buy a new one you'll be able to film 4K so the stills will be of a pretty high quality. What will you be filming?

I've got a hero black 3 so can only comment on that but if you are intending on pulling stills you really want to look at the higher end models i.e the black or silver. Battery wise, and I haven't used it for a while, I think I was getting around 45 mins - 1 hr but that was in the cold North...

#1 makes me 'want to be there' so is the winner for me but they are all stunning in their individual ways