Keith Houchen Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Drove out to the North Wales coast and took these at a great time for light, just as the sun was setting. Â Can't remember the name of the beach but it was deserted. While I'm here, can anyone recommend a decent and cheapish wide angle lens? Â Part of my mental health wellbeing is for me to drive us to scenic locations and take pictures, it really does me the world of good, and my gf and I would like to get more panoramic views. Â Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted September 8, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 8, 2018 It's not overly amazing, but I love this shot I took tonight of a show in Doncaster. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted September 8, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 8, 2018 21 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: While I'm here, can anyone recommend a decent and cheapish wide angle lens? Â Part of my mental health wellbeing is for me to drive us to scenic locations and take pictures, it really does me the world of good, and my gf and I would like to get more panoramic views. Â Cheers! The cheapest option is probably the Tamron 10-24mm, but if you want to do panoramas you're better off getting a tripod and learning how to stitch images together. If you try and use a super wide angle lens for "getting more in the image" you'll find the features of the landscape just disappear into the distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted September 8, 2018 Awards Moderator Share Posted September 8, 2018 22 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: Part of my mental health wellbeing is for me to drive us to scenic locations and ... play Pokémon Go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted September 25, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 25, 2018 On 9/7/2018 at 3:53 PM, Keith Houchen said: Drove out to the North Wales coast and took these at a great time for light, just as the sun was setting.  Can't remember the name of the beach but it was deserted. While I'm here, can anyone recommend a decent and cheapish wide angle lens?  Part of my mental health wellbeing is for me to drive us to scenic locations and take pictures, it really does me the world of good, and my gf and I would like to get more panoramic views.  Cheers! I think that's Talacre lighthouse, great place for a wander. If you fancy going a bit further up the coast, go to Bodnant Gardens, fantastic place for a look around and get some landscape stuff. ...And another couple for my never ending portrait challenge, including NXTs own Matthew Riddle  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Yep that was it! I remember cracking an awful joke about how I Metallica! Â Thanks for the recommendation, we will certainly check that out! Â As always, wonderful shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Welcome To Mordor by Keith Houchen  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted October 11, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 11, 2018 Was texting the other half about how many ladybirds I'd seen yesterday when the 2nd one in 5 minutes landed on me. Caught this by pure luck sending her a photo of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted October 11, 2018 Moderators Share Posted October 11, 2018 Not a photo, but on a related note. I am not sure what's going on with ladybirds this year but they are everywhere. They have swarmed the front of our house like a biblical plague. My wife is really jumpy with insects generally and it has her really freaked out. She was out there today spraying lemon juice all over the porch because apparently they hate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Incoming n00b ponce alert.  Inspired by the stuff you have in your house thread, we've decided to get some of our best photos printed and framed, al on the cheap obviously.  I was going to get some cheapo frames from charity shops and whatnot and was going to put some pics on a memory stick and Max Speilmann them fuckers.  However, will I have to resize all the pics to an 8 x 6 ratio to make sure they are stretched or squished when printed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted October 25, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 25, 2018 It depends on what size your frames are. I once made the mistake of assuming 6x4 was the same ratio at 5x7 and ended up with the sides cut off. We've got a hallway full of mixed charity shop frames that we're gradually filling, so when I decide what picture is going where, I refuse it and put the size it needs to be in the file name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Haven't got the frames yet @Nostalgia Nonce, was going to get the prints first but never had digitally taken pictures processed before. Â I guess what I'm asking is if I order them to be printed 8 x 6, will the files all be compressed or stretched to match, or are they all taken in a set ratio to begin with? Â Will a lovely picture of a squirrel remain that way, or will it look like when the bloke has hooks pulling apart in Hellraiser? I know this is really basic shit and I'm sorry for wasting everyones time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted October 25, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 25, 2018 They'll resize them and then crop them to be wider or taller. I've never seen anywhere that stretches or squishes the picture to make it fit. I'm really anal about cropping, so if I don't know what size it's going to end up being printed at, I'll make 3/4 different versions myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Winter Is Coming, Meerkat edition by Keith Houchen.  Who is it on here really loves Meerkats?  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted November 24, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted November 24, 2018 I'm in Italy! Only had hand luggage so smallest camera I could pack and only 1 lens and an iPad to get the raw files. Anyway, here's Venice.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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