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Hello all,

I'm new to photography and am enjoying learning about the hobby. I have just bought my first DSLR (Canon EOS 1300D) and have four lenses that should cover my needs, I am very interested in landscapes, wildlife and Macro photography. I look forward to reading through the forum and learning from the more experienced photographers on here. Any hints and tips on the more important accessories needed would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

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Welcome to TP, we're a friendly bunch (on the whole), you will find lots of information here giving you valuable tips, if you can't find an answer just create a post and you will get plenty of replies :D
I'm also in Hampshire and happy to hook up to do some photography, there are some good places in the county for wildlife photography such as various wildlife trust reserves.
 
:welcome: to the forum, enjoy :wave:
 
Hi, And welcome aboard TP, looking forward to hearing from you and maybe seeing some of your images on the various forums."Enjoy".
 
Welcome, lots in Hampshire for landscapes, new forest for starters.
 
Thank you for the welcomes it's much appreciated. I hope to get out with the camera soon I'm just not sure where to go to start or what subject matter to focus on (excuse the pun!). I'll have a good look through the images on this site for inspiration, there are some fantastic images that I've seen so far, you really are a talented bunch!
 
Where abouts in hants are you ?
 
Mark twiglet said:
Where abouts in hants are you ?
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Hi, I'm close to the river Hamble in Southampton. I go to the Meon quite often so there are good landscapes to be had, I just have to learn what makes a good composition (is that the correct term?) and how to frame a subject correctly.
 
I'm in Basingstoke, never been to either river, what's the wildlife like?
 
hashcake said:
I'm in Basingstoke, never been to either river, what's the wildlife like?
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Just the standard e.g deer. Badgers, stoats, birds (there is a bird reserve in Warsash), bats, there has been a seal spotted several times in the water near Warsash, and the usual wee beasties associated with the countryside. There is an old woods near me that offers up all sorts but especially fungi in the autumn, I'm hoping to get out then and get some macro/close ups of different fungi, not very exciting but it's an interest I've had since I was young,

I wouldn't mind trying my hand at urban landscapes/architecture so if you have any ideas of where would be good could you please let me know? Thank you.
 
Good time of the year to start. Misty mornings, sunrise, forests...
 
Shnarf76 said:
Hi, I'm close to the river Hamble in Southampton. I go to the Meon quite often so there are good landscapes to be had, I just have to learn what makes a good composition (is that the correct term?) and how to frame a subject correctly.
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I live near Meon - often go walking along the Hamble - usually with the dog unfortunately so that puts paid to considered photography

Recognize this:-

RNLI Hamble by Andrew R, on Flickr

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Shnarf76 said:
Just the standard e.g deer. Badgers, stoats, birds (there is a bird reserve in Warsash
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I've never seen a badger or a stoat in the wild, sounds interesting.
I've been going to Blashford nature reserve but I need to find somewhere closer that I can visit more often.
 
hashcake said:
I've never seen a badger or a stoat in the wild, sounds interesting.
I've been going to Blashford nature reserve but I need to find somewhere closer that I can visit more often.
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Badgers seem to be ten a penny around here. When I go to my favourite pub there is nearly always a badger or two playing in the country lane leading to it, it's a shame that quite a few are found dead on the main road from being hit by cars. I'd suggest getting permission from farmers to photograph on their land if you want to capture an image of stoats, they are very elusive creatures though and require a great deal of patience! But if the farm rears pheasant chicks for the yearly shoot I can guarantee there'll be stoats and foxes nearby so worth pursuing that avenue. (I used to work on a farm rearing pheasants and have witnessed first hand the damage a stoat can do if it gets into the pens, they may look cute but they are first rate killers!)

Now that I have a full camera set up I may just take it with me when I go metal detecting on my permission so if there's nothing much going on detecting wise I can hopefully catch a few photos of wildlife.
 
Shnarf76 said:
I do indeed recognise that! Do you recommend taking the photo in B&W or do you change it with editing software?
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Taken last year with an old (but wonderful) Fuji X-Pro1 and 55-200 zoom in colour and converted into B&W using NIK Silver Effex
 
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