Recent content by Dunny3000

I wouldn't say awful but I expect a competition winner to be mind-blowing, which that is not. Its ok at best.

It comes with a 90 day warranty. Not very long or is that the norm? Anyway I think I'm going to go for it, I borrowed the same lens from a work colleague and decided I want one of my own!

What are peoples opinions on refurbished equipment? I'm thinking of buying a refurbed 55-200 nikon lens on ebay. Indeed my D3000 is refurbed. Thoughts and experiences please!

Can I just pick peoples' brains? My mum has decided that for Christmas she's going to get prints done of some of my photos to give to people. Up to now I've never thought about the size of my pictures (dimensions-wise) as they only go on Flickr, sometimes I do crop images to improve them as most...

But you only become a professional photographer once you earn money for taking photographs. So where does one end and the other begin with your definition?

Does anyone know how to obtain these? I know they sometimes come with packaging etc to keep stuff dry in transit. But I wouldn't mind sticking one in with my camera box when I'm in the house?

Does anyone know how to get a photo on the 'Explore' page of Flickr? Apart from the obvious taking good photos, does anyone know the process of how pictures are selected? Do they basically have people who look at thousands of photos? Maybe someone on here has actually achieved this?

Yeah light trails, cars whizzing past etc. Some good pointers there, keep em coming! :)

Can anybody give me some pointers on shooting light trails? I tried it for the first time and I was unable to limit the light getting in, I stopped it right down to f22, adjusted the exposure compensation to it's lowest setting, -5 but the shots were still coming out completely white. Do I need...

Hello my name is Chris. I was told about this forum by someone where I work and thought I'd check it out, so here I am! I'm just starting out and just bought my first dSLR, a Nikon D3000. It pretty much skinted me but it was worth it and I'm looking forward to trying many of the weird and...