Recent content by James_G

I'd like to try my hand at some macro photography. No creepy crawlies, just a few watch faces, plants etc. However a decent macro lens comes in at a few quid so I've been looking 2nd hand, specifically manual focus lenses. If I went for something such as this...

Agreed, worked on my D60 (recently sold). The free version only seems to work on JPEGs however. Try to open a RAW and it'll ask you to upgrade to the PRO version.

Agreed, but his 540i sold already so I took photos of some other cars instead. I can't see how a picture of somebody driving along a quiet stretch of road would cause offence however?

I now read Practical Photography now that Photography Monthly went in a totally different direction recently. Nothing a proper, paper based, magazine for reading on the train.

Straight out of the camera, but with a bit of sharpening in Adobe's Camera RAW. I feel reasonably competent behind the lens, but Photoshop wise, I am still very much a beginner. Level adjustment is in the "Editor" presumably? I realise since getting home that I hadn't turned on servo...

Here we go then, got a break in the weather and so a chance to head out with some friends to take these shots. It's tough to keep the camera still, and there were a lot of out of focus shots, but as a first effort I'm pretty happy with these. CC welcome. 1. 2. 3. 4.

Thanks for the further replies, and the shot of the Citroen, which looks great. Alas it rained and rained yesterday so didn't venture out. Instead I made myself a softbox from a £1.49 Ikea bin.:)

Good suggestion. A friend drives an old Honda Civic with a split tailgate so I may try that for a comparison.

All Many thanks for all the great advice. Focusing modes hadn't occurred to me, nor the metering either, so some things to concentrate on. Should be doing it this weekend, so I'll post up some photos if they are any good. Cheers James

A friend has asked me to take some pictures of his car, now that it's for sale. The static shots I am happy with, but we hatched a plan for taking a shot of it while moving, for which I need some advice. Firstly, we have found a quiet stretch of rarely used two dual carriageway to eliminate...

Thanks all for the good advice. Talking it through with my kite-surfing friend, he assures me he doesn't go too far out, so I'm going to go for the 70 -200mm one here: http://www.lensesforhire.co.uk/nikon-af-s-70-200mm-f28-g-if-ed-vr-44-p.asp I'll post up some pics when I've used it...

Bought my D90 in there this weekend, stopping only briefly at the Porsche dealer round the corner to look at the new Boxster Spyder (silly roof and all). Great camera so far, feels great in the hands. So far, all shots looking v.sharp.

Last year I took some photos of a friend of mine while he was kite surfing and I was killing time waiting for him to come in. Not brilliant to my eyes, but he wants me to come along and do a proper job in a few weeks. Since I only have a Nikon D90/18-70mm lens combo I...

In the end I took the plunge and ordered the Kenko from Hong Kong via Fotocola (eBay). It's arrived today marked up as being worth $10 and looks and feels great. Haven't taken any photos with it yet, that's planned for the weekend. Thanks for the tips and based on my experience, ordering...

You don't need to pay £150 - £200 for an 18-70mm. I picked mine up just three weeks ago and paid £95 for it, and although 2nd hand it's mint. Of course being a touch older I was able to jump in the car and go take a look at it before parting with my money. Even so they seem to rarely fetch much...