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Post by John Parry on Apr 26, 2006 16:26:00 GMT -5
Taken during a walk in one of the local parks (Yashica 230AF 35-105 Superia 200)    (Last one scanned a little fuzzily - sorry! Things are warming up and getting into bloom... Regards - John |
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Post by vintageslrs on Apr 26, 2006 18:22:47 GMT -5
John
I like the first very much!!
Keep on shooting and enjoying.
Bob
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Post by byuphoto on Apr 26, 2006 19:01:22 GMT -5
Really making good use of that Yashica
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Post by PeterW on Apr 27, 2006 4:01:04 GMT -5
Nice pictures, John.
Spring is here, spring is here.
Life is skittles and life is beer!
Well, it seems to be in Lancashire anyway. Spring has also come to Kent, at last! I see this morning I've got a lovely crop of dandelions in my front garden. I must go out and take some pictures of these humble flowers ...
... Just went down and took a couple of shots with the Canon T70 and 35-70 macro zoom. Got a couple of odd looks from passers-by!! ;D
Peter
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Post by Randy on Apr 27, 2006 7:19:03 GMT -5
I like the first one too John. Isn't it strange, that in this day and age people will stare at you when you are taking pictures? We are supposed to be in this digital age, yet I've noticed I don't see people taking pictures as much as they used to. I've been questioned by people when I'm taking pictures around town, and when I took pictures of my neighbors flowers, she gave me a stern crossed armed, "may I help you?" to which I replied, "I'm taking pictures of your flowers, aren't they beautiful?" and she scurried away like I was an Alien Being with a Ray Gun. Times have changed when you can't take pictures without being hassled.
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Post by cmc850 on Apr 27, 2006 14:44:21 GMT -5
Nice flowers...I'm going to try my 50 f4 macro takumar on my canon digital in the next couple of days...spring is busting out all over.
I'm with you on seeing fewer people taking pictures.....what I find interesting is how everyone has adopted these digital point and shoots and holds them at arms length, composing the photo on the tiny lcd screen. Somehow seems ridiculous...but I guess it works. Gives you a 1:1 through the lens view. Times have changed. Maybe these days if you are holding the camera up to your eye, and especially an older camera, you look like a pro, or just suspicious.
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Post by herron on Apr 27, 2006 15:51:43 GMT -5
Isn't it strange, that in this day and age people will stare at you when you are taking pictures?......Times have changed when you can't take pictures without being hassled. My wife and I took a walk yesterday after dinner. Just a stroll through the subdivision, where we've lived for 20 years. I had my camera with me, mounted on the end of a monopod -- just in case I wanted/needed any shutter speeds slower than I was comfortable hand-holding. You would have thought I was carrying a rifle!   Particularly when I stopped to photograph flowers, or the buds on the trees, in someone's yard! Folks would just stare at us. Several returned a weak wave when they saw who it was. But I had one neighbor (a man I have known since we first moved in here) get a little upset with me when I stopped to take a picture of a really nice redbud tree in his yard! Mind you, this was near the curb...not in the middle of his yard! He was rather snippy when he asked "What do you think you're doing?" I explained the tree was gorgeous, and I was taking some macro shots of the buds -- and he actually said "You should be careful shooting pictures of someone else's house!" I said, "Tom, I'm shooting pictures of the buds on your tree! You've known me for 20 years...what am I all of a sudden, a terrorist?" He told me there was no need for such an elaborate set-up just to shoot flowers! (I had a Mamiya NC1000, with a 50mm Vivitar macro lens mounted via an adapter, attached to a monopod -- a far cry from "elaborate"!!) Tom is not a really close friend, even though we have lived here so long...and I don't think he is ever going to be! He stood with his hands on his hips watching my wife and I leave! Spoiled the beginning of the walk, but my wife and I were laughing about it (and him) by the time we got back home! What a sad commentary on the world, though!  |
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Post by herron on Apr 27, 2006 15:54:18 GMT -5
BTW -- John...the lighting seems a little strong, but I rather favor the yellow shot!  |
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Particularly when I stopped to photograph flowers, or the buds on the trees, in someone's yard! Folks would just stare at us. Several returned a weak wave when they saw who it was. But I had one neighbor (a man I have known since we first moved in here) get a little upset with me when I stopped to take a picture of a really nice redbud tree in his yard!
