Best pictures.

Posted by: jbauer

Best pictures. - 24/08/2006 15:19

Ok, since the video thread seems to be a hit, let's start one for pictures. Here's some I like:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonbauer/197221978/
http://www.funmansion.com/html/Beautiful-China.html

- Jon
Posted by: lastdan

Re: Best pictures. - 24/08/2006 16:23

Quote:
Ok, since the video thread seems to be a hit, let's start one for pictures. Here's some I like:


http://www.funmansion.com/html/Beautiful-China.html

- Jon


amazing!

(no offense to the umbrella girls)
Posted by: JBjorgen

Re: Best pictures. - 24/08/2006 16:29

I'm guessing those China pics have some heavy color enhancment, but they're still fantastic.
Posted by: furtive

Re: Best pictures. - 25/08/2006 07:17

Blowing my own trumpet, but here is a random collection of my photos

http://www.furtive.co.uk/portfolio
Posted by: peter

Re: Best pictures. - 25/08/2006 07:38

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Blowing my own trumpet

Oh, well, if we're doing our own photos:



Peter
Posted by: furtive

Re: Best pictures. - 25/08/2006 07:41

And this is a guy I know. He has some stunning photos

http://www.esses.co.uk/
Posted by: mlord

Re: Best pictures. - 25/08/2006 11:07

I personally believe the video thread has degenerated into just a random spattering of rubbish now. Early on, it had a few excellent links, but now..

Still photos are a much dicier proposition. There's just too many bad pictures out there, and empegbbs.com is not dpreview.com, which is where many of us would rather see all of the cat and potato photos posted.

So how about some guidelines here? I propose the photos must involve empegbbs people, either as the shooters, or as the subjects or background.
Posted by: mlord

Re: Best pictures. - 25/08/2006 11:08

2003 Owners' Meet
2004 Owners' Meet
Posted by: mlord

Bastille Day - 25/08/2006 12:15

From a visit to Paris, two weeks after the 2003 Owners' Meet.

Fireworks.
Posted by: Schido

Re: Bastille Day - 25/08/2006 13:12

Panorama of a thunderstorm in the distance, just a few 100 metres from my home:


The cascade of Coo, in the belgian ardennes:


My sister and my friend walking in the ardennes:


And of course the 'sidehackin' pic:
Posted by: jbauer

Re: Best pictures. - 25/08/2006 13:15

Quote:
So how about some guidelines here? I propose the photos must involve empegbbs people, either as the shooters, or as the subjects or background.


That sounds like a good idea to me.

- Jon
Posted by: thinfourth2

Re: Best pictures. - 27/08/2006 12:35

My new toy off to play



A tour of mates workshop



a couple of miles from my house



heavy going



mates 340R




And finally the office




more shot here

http://thinfourth.smugmug.com/
Posted by: loren

Re: Best pictures. - 27/08/2006 17:53

wow that's a big engine
Posted by: webroach

Re: Best pictures. - 27/08/2006 18:15

A macaque and her baby... pic I shot in Jigokudani-Yaen Koen in Japan, near Nagano...

Posted by: thinfourth2

Re: Best pictures. - 27/08/2006 19:29

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wow that's a big engine


Actually its a gearbox the turbine is the little silver thing in the corner
Posted by: TigerJimmy

Re: Best pictures. - 28/08/2006 01:12

1 turbine, 2 screws? Is that possible? I absolutely *love* that big stuff. It's the whole reason I became a mechanical engineer.

I hope it isn't uncouth to ask, but is there any chance I could get a real engineer's tour of that ship????? Please???

Cool stuff!

Jim
Posted by: tanstaafl.

Re: Best pictures. - 28/08/2006 04:56

I have linked this picture on the bbs before, but it is one I am unabashedly proud of, so here it is again.

And thanks again to JBjorgen for hosting it! (It's too big to actually place on the bbs)

tanstaafl.
Posted by: Cris

Re: Best pictures. - 28/08/2006 11:51

Quote:
but it is one I am unabashedly proud of, so here it is again.



And so you should be, that is a great picture Night time photography is something I am really interestd in, but I am having problems, even with a tripod getting the images as sharp as that, what is your secret?

Edit - Attached is a recent attempt at night time wildlife, looks ok when shrunk and sharpened, but not good enough to print, spider was about 2cm, so not bad I don't think?

Cheers

Cris.
Posted by: tanstaafl.

Re: Best pictures. - 29/08/2006 23:30

Quote:
Night time photography is something I am really interestd in, but I am having problems, even with a tripod getting the images as sharp as that, what is your secret?



The "secret" is long exposure at small aperture to get depth of field.

This shot was about a 10-second exposure, probably around f8, with the camera sitting on a rock wall with the lens propped into position with a few pebbles. Then I used the camera's self-timer to actually trigger the exposure, as physically pressing the shitter release button would have introduced vibration.

Somewhat to my surprise, I guessed right on the exposure on only the third attempt.

tanstaafl.
Posted by: AndrewT

Re: Best pictures. - 30/08/2006 00:15

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pressing the shitter release button would have introduced vibration.

Having spent most of tonight watching Bottom, I can't begin to describe how much that typo made me chuckle! I'll go and clean the monitor now, goodnight.
Posted by: dr_dos

Re: Best pictures. - 05/09/2006 14:55

CN Tower Toronto



Toad somewhere in a pool in Toskany



Butterfly on Mainau Island



View from Mainau Island



Meersburg at Lake Constance