<<Genuine apologies to everyone who thinks the pics are boring>>
No need to apologise Roger, the diversity of this forum is what makes it so special and if the old boy is looking in tonight? (howdy Dave ) I'm sure he's amazed too.
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Roger - what kind of camera do you have? I was thrilled to finally purchase a digital camera but it isn't a very good one. What are the particulars of yours if you don't mind? Being able to zoom in that close means it must be good! Nice.
It's an SLR so you get control of aperture, shutter speed and focusing.
EOS450D is the model, it was reduced by £30 less than 12 hours after I bought it!
No more posts from me for a while, off to N/W Wales for 4 days, 'see ya' next week as I'm leaving at 4am (5 hour drive from here).
Cheers for the info Roger. Pity for you about the swift reduction in price! Mine takes ages from the point when you press the button to the flash actually going off so usually people have moved in that space of time and the pics end up shite. It's a permanently-on-special-offer camera!
Nice pics Roger and a few of Wales would be great! Always wanted to go to Wales (the Super Furry Animals started that desire. Seriously!) Have a great time.
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August 19 2008, 10:48 PM
Cool Bee picture; well all of them are great.
...Dr. Jean, Ant, TC, if your camera is slow to roll, perhaps the picture size is set to something gigantic, or perhaps the camera is set to produce extra-extra fine photos. I know that cameras can be dialed in to a sweet zone where they 'behave' like proper gentlemen-cameras. I think the ISO setting has a bit to do with the 'capturing speed' as well. It really is important, this camera lag, because shaking and things like that make taking photos such a chore you feel like chucking the camera in the closet and leaving it there. The 'exposure value' is important too. You can adjust the brightness of the pictures taken on most regular 'point and shoot' cameras so that you needn't use the flash for anything but indoor and night-time shots; this will both aid in speeding up the photo capture time, and saving you bundles of cash on replacement batteries & cell recharging time. The prices on new digital cameras are dropping like crazy. I l@@k at the new camera models, but it gets crazy because if you decide a nice new model, you pay top price; only to find it rendered shabby in a short amount of time by a yet newer version -- with more pixels, and have the price, with a TOUCH SENSITIVE 3.5" screen. But regardless, the person taking the picture makes the picture worth while looking at it.... I really like looking on all the pictures taken on BWW, it really is a treat when it happens: again, those were El-Coolio nature shots Titch. Did you take those out of doors?
dr. ink, yeah I know. I'm still learning all of the bells and whistles on my nikon d80, which can be treated like a proper mannual. I haven't figured out all of the kinks yet and the mannual is pretty silly.
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<<if your camera is slow to roll, perhaps the picture size is set to something gigantic, or perhaps the camera is set to produce extra-extra fine photos.>>
That's exactly how my camera is set, so now I know the problem, thanks
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Sean - "I agree the first three are stunning, the Bee especially."
I love Bees, Sean - I always amaze the children, even adults at times, by lightly stroking a Bee on its back with my forefinger when it's busy collecting pollen such as the one in Roger's photo - the kids yell "Stop it dad, you're going to get stung!" - I reply "No I'm not, watch & see" - the Bee that's being stroked will still buzz & hover inches from flower to flower gathering pollen grains, but eventually, with continued stroking, the Bee will settle and actually roll over on its back.
When I was visiting a friend in NZ his dad had two hives in a creek, we used to sit on the wooden verandah and watch the flight path of the bees, they emerge from the hive and rise up to about three meters,they then fly around and around in an orbiting flight and then when enough are gathered and flying around and around they head off to go collecting. It really is fascinating, I dont like it when people squash bees and wasps, I try to get them outside asap.
My mother, to this day, puts a jam jar a quarter filled with jam on her back porch doorstep in order to attract wasps so's they get stuck inside 'till eventual death - she says that it keeps them out of the house.
For years now I've been telling her to shut the fucking door.
as a 8 year old orso i fell in a wasps/ (?)bees nest, they stung me all over but specifically in my neck, it was a terrible experience and i still feel not comfortable with wasps/bees. Trying to act normal now in presence of the kids and it's getting better but to touch a bee and stroke it, not ready for that yet.
) I'm sure he's amazed too.
