Recent content by Bill Cook

Brilliant how differently people see things! We moved from Skye to Dumfries & Galloway nearly 2 years ago, to be closer to my 100 year old mother-in-law who needed and deserved more frequent visits. Both my wife and I struggled a lot with "green". As in, "Wow, can't believe this green! Looks...

Argh!! Green?? You want Skye to be green??? :eek: ......:dummy: Very interesting how differently people see things. I'm captivated by the different brown textures of the grasses, sedges, rushes, heathers, bog myrtle. For me, green equals artificial, overgrazing, horrible! So it goes... ;)

Well, you know more than I do about this! Why? Well, you have the filters, I don't. Assuming you're digital & not film, then it costs nothing to take many shots with & without the filters. If you can see a difference when using the UV filters (I'd be surprised) then bin them. If the...

I'm intrigued by this thread! Living in the west of Scotland, and recently on the Isle of Skye, I can guess that the chances of a distant mountain being lit by sun at the same time as I am being lit by sun is probably an awful lot less than 50:50 - never mind the difference in sunlight...

I'm someone returning to photography after a long lay-off (well, I still took photographs, but mainly as subject matter for paintings). I'm now trying to get heavily into digital cameras and computer processing instead of film & darkroom. Can I ask your reasons for never using a polariser...

What about the Fuji FinePix S1. If you're shooting outdoors it's supposed to be weatherproof, which could be a big feature..

Well, I'd agree with May (or April) as a best bet. I lived on Skye for a couple of years recently, and still intend to return to build a house, once some pressing family matters are sorted. Midges? Loads - but it depends upon your attitude and experience. Expect to be bitten unless its...

That's a great composite, Donnie, I'd love to have it on my wall! Ah, a bit nostalgic as well - it just takes me straight back there. Returning from the Co-op in Portree to our rented house in Glen Eynort, perhaps I drove down that stretch of road 100 times? And almost every time either subtly...

I'm no expert on digital processing, but I'm posting this in case it might help. I've been using software called Hugin for a couple of months now. I'm absolutely staggered at its ability to stitch together images in a seamless way. I've only used its "automatic" functionality, but I believe you...

Thanks, Dale. Well, I have moved about a bit! Aged 12 I was at school in Mountain Ash. Later in life, I went to Bangor Uni, and then my parents retired to Anglesey. We liked Ayrshire a lot - had a 1.5 acre plot with uninhabitable cottage in the Stinchar Valley near Barr, but the plan to...

Thanks, Big Yin (you're not really he are you??) Regrettably, I'm not actually a fellow Scot. Born NE England, over the last 10 years lived in Ayrshire, then Skye, now Dumfries & Galloway (only moved south because of aged relatives in Manchester). But, I'm presently a happier person north of...

Thanks for the welcome, folks! I'll definitely be posting some images - and definitely be asking some questions as I try to get more into digital & computer processing! Hope I can help some others along the way..

HI Folks As an intro, guess I can't do much better than prune down the guff on my members page: Aged 67, been an amateur photographer for many, many years. I suppose I really got "serious amateur" when my first job was in Saudi Arabia in the early 70s. Bought a Minolta SRT 101 after much...