Recent content by YP1

Some great pics while I've been away from the thread :) Not much from me recently - too much cycling and too little stopping to take photos. But I had a play with panning tonight while my OH raced grass track Grass Track 28 July by helen_goldthorpe, on Flickr

Missed one. This was using the HDR effect setting and looks a bit overprocessed but was the only way I could get the colours looking right in camera otherwise it couldn't cope with the range. HDR effect sunset by helen_goldthorpe, on Flickr

A few pictures from the Tour de France and the camping associated with it :) The break by helen_goldthorpe, on Flickr The four miffys of the apocalypse by helen_goldthorpe, on Flickr The sun goes down on Day 1 by helen_goldthorpe, on Flickr King of the Dales by helen_goldthorpe, on Flickr The...

And one last pic By eck by helen_goldthorpe, on Flickr

As a set I'm not sure if it looks like I've overdone the selective yellow, but what the hell. I can take pictures of Yorkshire any time, and what I was trying to bring out with these was the building excitement for Le Tour. Using the selective colour isolates the yellow and makes it stand out...

I've been down to the park again... white flower by helen_goldthorpe, on Flickr sparkling cygnets by helen_goldthorpe, on Flickr evening sun by helen_goldthorpe, on Flickr

A few more from me. On Saturday we went to a wedding. The XF1 fitted in my handbag better than the DSLR so it got another outing. It did struggle a bit with low light. In this picture it was a choice between a wide aperture and narrower depth of field or getting quite a lot of graininess for...

The lens was right inside the flower for that. I got some strange looks as people walked past...

I'm very impressed by all the macro efforts on here so I went out and had a play on the way to the corner shop. There's nothing but jungle in my garden, but some peoples front gardens overhang the pavement and gave me something to play with... I'm still getting to grips with how close you can...

Tyre tracks in the sand by helen_goldthorpe, on Flickr On the beach by helen_goldthorpe, on Flickr (the big nephew) Sand to play in by helen_goldthorpe, on Flickr (the little nephew)

And I do like the Dragonfly :)

The choice of focal point is entirely the camera's choice so I can't take much credit ;) All the people on the beach are my family (one nephew in the water, one in the pram, my sister is far right and my brother in law, uncle and grandmother are at the waters edge). I decided it was more than...

Two last ones for now Out on the bikes by helen_goldthorpe, on Flickr Camel 2 by helen_goldthorpe, on Flickr

Thanks :) I did struggle a bit in bright sun. Sometimes what I saw on screen looked wrongly exposed but when I got it in the shade to review them they were actually fine so I ended up trusting the camera rather than myself and shooting RAW so I could try to fix it later if necessary. One...

Hello, I'm back from a family holiday in Fuerteventura with the big camera and the XF1 - the XF1 came out with me on bike rides and to the pool, and I'm working through those photos first. In reverse order, a couple from yesterday morning's pre-breakfast bike ride into the Corralejo dunes...