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29th November Something I don't tell everyone is that I live in a pretty rough neighbourhood and I was made all too aware of it when I saw this warning on a photo walk this afternoon. And here is a winning bloom from the hood.

Such brilliant answers can only be the result of a brilliant question. :) Thanks @WayneF

A quick question. The other night I was the "assist" shoot at a children's variety show and the main shooter, a professional wedding photographer, was using a hand held light meter. What the hell was she measuring? I found I was quite fine with my much lower-end gear while she had much more...

November 28th i am beginning to think I am either hopeless with this macro lens or there is something wrong with it. I just cannot get the dof right. Very disappointed in this photo of a drop of water on a leaf with a bug caught in it. I took others but just not feeling up to posting them

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OK so I buy a new tripod and base my choice around a few things: Budget! Load capacity Weight Size Brand reputation Reviews etc. Squeeze trigger and the tripod arrives with a hook underneath to attach weight as additional stability as required. All makes sense to me but where will I get this...

27th November Messing around with Macro again today. First shot island held and a sever crop 2nd shot is using new tripod and remote release and long exposure and and and ... not as sharp as I hoped. Result is I am on my 2nd whiskey already!

I'm back with the tripod ball head and I must say I am so impressed. I guess there are better heads out there but it is hard to imagine how this can be improved. So here it is. In yesterday's post I said that the long centre column can be replaced with a shorter version. Here are two shots...

I love coming back to this thread with a new toy. My Giottos Silk Road YTL9353 arrived today and I am very pleased with it. Nice and light weight and the perfect height for me. I have ordered a Giottos ballhead (see my sig) which is on its way and should be here in the morning - that will give...

26th November Exciting day with my new tripod arriving and I am expecting the quick release ball head to arrive tomorrow morning. So here is one shot of my tripod - will post the rest in "latest purchase" thread. At this height it is at shoulder height and the head and camera have yet to be...

25th November No macro and no portraits today! The first set of photos intrigued me. One tree, two wounds really close to each other yet they look totally different. Then some lawn daisies to remind me of my chores. and for dessert tonight - some lovely red foliage.

24th November Phew!!! I dashed out to camera club where we always take some photos to end the evening. These are usually based around something that is covered at the meeting. As I dashed out I took one shot - just in case we didn't shoot. Glad I did as that is exactly what happened! So i am...

23rd November We found another escargot in the veggies. This time we asked him to model and he was very shy ... As can be seen I am still not 100% certain of the DoF on this lens.

22nd November I had an awesome day as an "assist shoot" at the annual variety concert for stardom.org This is an organisation that takes care of special needs people concentrating on what they can do rather than what they can't. The "Jammers" were an incredible bunch of people that could not...

21st November Street photography at its scariest! This lady was standing 2 places in front of me in a queue. She suspected but wasn't certain that I took a photo of her. I acted as if I was shooting behind her.

Anyone have one of these that can give me some feedback? I can pick one up (new) for a pretty good price and am just about convinced to go ahead. However when it comes to buying it seems I don't need much convincing so hold me back if I need to be. I would also need a decent head to put on it...

20th November Went for a little walk and seems I have lost the knack! Took a bunch of photos which I thought were ok but they weren't. In the end only one is worth showing but the good news is I finally took the macro lens off.

19th November Oh dear ... I suppose if you don't make much effort the results reflect this.

18th November My flat mate has been complaining that her shots aren't as sharp as mine. So to test her lens I stuck it on my body and produced this. I thought it was pretty good. She now blames her "settings" but after some querying it appears she has never set her diopter correctly! She...

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