Recent content by stevewestern

I knew, I remember seeing that picture before! I was hinting that you might be pretending to be from a younger generation than me...... (which you probably are);)

Go on, treat yourself and him too. You'll get such a buzz being out with him and his proper camera and as @Mr Perceptive says, he'll feel like a real big fella. It'll stay with both of you forever, and what a perfect excuse for you too.

My first bike a BSA Bantam which I got when I was 7 came with a set of feeler guages and a few rusty tools in a very rusty little tool box which I still have. I felt so grown up. That was 58 years ago..

Sadly I got it.. I'm guessing you are pretending not to have :cool:

How awfully sad. Chris was so much a part of TP, and brought so much fun to the place. Like so many others here I'll miss him lots.

I saw him playing with Eric Clapton on his last tour, didn't know he was going to be there and he was excellent, as was the entire gig. I'm not a big fan of the typical pension boosting tours as I fear the musicians will be just going through the moves, but this was far from that. I'm not sure...

One of the saddest songs I know, and the best version of it imho. It's a song that has attached itself to a lot of people and memories from my recent past.. View: https://youtu.be/QsCcGWO1j7w?si=cexSm_DULmR40VMU

Just out of curiosity Jonathan, how can a decorator do a newly plastered room in half a day? He'd need to prep, mist coat and then 2 coats on the walls and I assume the trim would also need at least 2 coats, possibly 3. I'd expect it to be 2 days at least, maybe more. I'm not trying to justify...

No way could I afford the 150-600 but have to say that having had a 100-400 and now owning a 75-300 with t/c I HATE external zooms or whatever they are called, as they are problems waiting to happen. I've spent a lot of money recently having non-internals zooms cleaned and serviced.

I'd say that the main thing is that you saw something and made it look like that, which is the essence of being creative, no? I recently started trying to be creative having realised that I just snap rather than create and it's a whole new ballgame.

Yup, we meet there like a pair of drug dealers swapping cash and brown boxes.. I look forward to buying your 150-600 soon! And this time at a bargain price......

You made another good decision when you sold me your 100-400 many years ago too! However you seem to have progressed with your photography since then....!

That's stunning, wonderful light and so well captured.

Yes, a great shot, one I may try to copy...

Serious grievin, no g