Recent content by Ixybill

Hi Dario, I must say your English is far better than my Italian. Looking forward to seeing some of your photos.

Camera shake which could be remedied by using a tripod but then I feel self conscious. I was out the other day taking photos of a flooded park, a lady said "you ought to send these to the local paper". I then spent five minutes explaining my photos weren't good enough!

And sometimes they are even standing next to me taking virtually the same scene!

I joined a camera club near where I live - I had completely the wrong idea about them. I thought there would be people to help me learn how to use my camera. I got there the man said to me I'm Dave we need chairs put out. Then I sat through somebody's beautiful photos of Scotland until the...

Thanks everyone - just worried that I may post something in the wrong place - I've already started an album which has no pictures in it - I'll get better soon (I hope!)

Have posted on the forum about a week ago but not said hello yet. I've been taking photographs for a couple of years now but want to improve my techniques so more of my photos have the wow factor. Got to learn how to upload stuff from Flickr - read the explanation on the forum but have forgotten...

I like that explanation even if it is unscientific!

Thank you all for the explanations :ty:

Thank you

Could someone please explain (in very easy language) the difference between close up and macro. Would it be something like a photo of a spider then the macro being focusing on its eyes or something?