Recent content by Rich_Ellis

Whenever I've been there's a small car parking area just before the locked gate thru the Camp site (look on google maps). Park there, thru the gate and campsite and on to the daytime parking area. Extra 10 mins max.

I've also found the liquify tool troublesome on my mac recently. It works fine in the preview but simply doesn't make the adjustment on the layer. Oddly, if i save the file first, then use liquify, it works! Even more strange is that I haven't updated to Mojave!

'command/ctrl+0' will have your pic at frame fill size!

Mmm...It's interesting. Whilst I thoughts Nora's image was a bit 'safe' I thought it did meet the brief well. It shows exactly the relationship emotionally she thought the lady had with her cat. I immediately thought of winter night, fireside, watching tv cuddling her precious pet. Just because...

Hi John I've shot the NL several times including up in Tromso. What Steve says about infinity focus is true so I used two methods to deal with this. One is to focus during the day on something on the horizon and either tape or remember where the barrel moves to. The second and more reliable is...

I had a fine for pretty much the same thing. Private parking company etc etc. I copy and pasted a letter i found on the internet. Apparently, a photo of you entering and leaving the car park is no proof you were actually parked up. I wrote to them quoting some legalese and hey presto, they wrote...

Thanks Chris, I found the wondering about it actually harder than the doing of it. At the end of the day, you needn't show anyone your results, have a go, laugh at yourself if it doesn't work and see how it goes from there!

I love this debate, it's refreshing to see a good discussion without all the normal to-ing and fro-ing, usually with anger bubbling just below the surface (or boiling over in many cases!). I 'learned the craft' of photography a good few years ago. I started to get bored, jumping around...

I thought Gabrielle or Marta should win but I think Ruperts "I'm a soldier" line got to me in the end and just annoyed me. I didn't like his final 3 images but I could see the middle one had some merit with the fragmentation. Disappointed they all went for the rich/poor theme and not something...

What cricket is that?

Yeah I think this one was the best so far in regards to understanding the judges comments etc. The guest was thoughtful and kind for a change and I think, generally positive towards the contestants which made for better viewing. Marta nailed it, I think Jan did too, the pain (mental) he suffers...

I'm still struggling with the brief they set each week. They're extremely subjective and each judge will have a different view of what it means. However, I listened very carefully to it this week and wondered what I'd do given the brief. It was so wide they pretty much said, 'anything goes'. My...

I don't think I understood the brief either. The judges just kept on saying the contestants didn't get it but they failed to explain what they meant by a 'story'. A story in 3 images is very difficult and I kept on saying to myself "explain what you mean". I would have been exasperated if I was...

I think he was trying to show a perfect confident model versus a guy far less confident and body perfect. However, he didn't succeed but at least he wasn't trying to copy someone else's art like flower crack girl!

Funny isn't it. The group shots did nothing for me and as for trying to copy someone elses art....Mmmmmm. Agree the mirror one was the best but oddly, I thought the two guys standing next to each other was a great idea and a good shot. He blew it by cropping the space on the right of shot out...