Recent content by Milamber

I shall be working in Rugby for a couple of months and will be stuck for things to do in the evening. I'm not terribly familiar with the area so would welcome any suggestions for photography related locations in the area.

#TrueStory The car parks used to be national trust but are now privately run with infra red cameras reading your number plate on the way in. You then put your car registration into the machine otherwise you pay a fine. Bloody joke at 6 am. Even worse was the fact I had to pay for stopping...

You are probably right. Given the luxury of time I would perhaps have caught some more jets. I don't think I would have achieved much more on Crosby beach and, of course, the opportunities in the Lakes are endless. I had intended to catch a waterfall shot but in the end was too tired. Plus I...

I can't add photos from the app

Then went for a curry, drive to the Lakes, scouted out the selected spot (Grassmere) and slept in the car. Returned at 4am to catch first light, only to be met by some fellow togs doing the same thing. What are the chances of that happening?

Thanks for your reply Craig. Staying in north Wales makes much more sense but I really wanted to do Crosby Beach at sunset and from that point I had time to kill anyway until sunrise so the trip up to the lakes took care of that! Had an amazing time. 3am start to get to Wales. Stopped for a...

Also, shoot into the sunrise, shoot with sun behind or shoot at 45 degrees?

Next Thursday/Friday I'm having a bit of a mad moment. Getting up and setting off at 4am, collecting a friend and driving to the Mach loop to try and catch some planes. Following that, take in some sites before getting to Crosby Beach to catch 'Another Place' at sunset. Quick curry and the a...

No one seems to have mentioned JPEG compression and while there are limits on how much information you gather compared to a raw file the image degrades every time you open it

Hi and welcome from another Essexfarian

Funnily enough Hoppy and I were talking about this a little while ago! Funny conversation, ended up with me buying a 7D.