Goochie

I think just "night time" would be good

ProperCharlie

i think it should be "night time activities" and we should ensure that scoob96 submits one or two pictures.

[Edited by ProperCharlie - 11/26/2003 4:29:10 PM]

Sbradley

I'm up for this. Night time whatever. Just wondering if my shiny new lens will arrive in time or if I'll have to slum it with the current one.

Any particular night-time thing? Architecture? Nature? Lanscapes? Sport/activities? Or just whatever goes as long as it is dark outside?

And I can host pictures quite happily as well. Let me know if needed...

SB

JFB

How about "Scoobies of the Night"? starting with my learner effort:-



Jerome

Redkop

To make it fair can it be separated into Amateurs and Professionals, as it's obvious there are some very knowledgeable photographers here. Must be loads like me that just points and clicks and hopes for the best with a cheapo digi camera.

jameswrx

iTrader: (4)

Redkop's got a point there. I wouldn't mind a bash, could be a laugh.

john_s

iTrader: (1)

I'll give it a go too.

John.

carl

I'd prefer to see a subject (more of a "theme") where people can use a bit of interpretation. Often this produces surprising results, where someone has used a very creative interpretation of the theme to produce a completely different subject.

"Night time" to me suggests we'll get a load of night photos, and probably some of clocks at night.

Might be a good idea to split the winners into categories:
Best artistic effect
Best technical photo
Most original interpretation of theme
etc.

TopBanana

No pros on here as far as I know, only knowledgable amateurs - and then how do you differentiate?

darlodge

Can I also suggest that when the photos are submitted the photographers make a note of film speed, aperature, frame speed etc.. It will help the newbies to photography (like me again ) get a better idea of what works and what does not.

This is one topic that I am looking forward to al ready

Darren

Mr.Cookie

Jlanng

There are pro photographers on here, personally i think we should just all go into one big photo pot and the winner decided from that, this will give the non pro's something to aim for

Si
Ps all i know at the moment about photography is which end i point

Redkop

Darlodge


I wouldn't have a clue where to start looking for any of the above. I just about know how to use the flash and as for manipulation by Photoshop, well........

Goochie

so, are we agreed then?? "night time" is the theme and we submit our snaps together in one dedicated thread? (not this one)

GarethE

iTrader: (1)

One Pro here, but to be honest there are a number of good photographers on scoobynet, I'm just lucky enough to make my living at it - the downside is not getting any enjoyment out of taking photographs for myself anymore (or the time).

A technically superb picture of a boring subject does not necessarily make it a better photograph than a lower quality interesting photograph which provokes a reaction. However its obvious that someone with 'pro' gear ups the stakes a bit.

I say go for it - the best way to learn about photography is to take and discuss pictures with others, and with the knowledge that some here have (take a bow, Andy especially ) its got to help encourage everyone.

At the end of the day, its something that should be fun and you look forward to doing, not a case of it being a chore.....thats a sign of a pro (occasionally )

dba

Mr Cookie

sorry to be an ignoramus,is it here or in your cookie jar site?

AndyC_772

iTrader: (2)

Thank you all, you've been a wonderful audience

GarethE

iTrader: (1)

Nooo.... the other Andy

carl

If we all make sure we use an image editing program that preserves the EXIF information, then this should be easy to see.

darlodge

sounds good to me Carl

Darren

dr_ming

Film don't have no EXIF info But I'll try to remember to write it all down

ProperCharlie

can someone tell me how they host thier images? i have looked at a couple of places where you can pay a few quid and get some space, but they seem to have quite small file limits, like 0.5mb or so. do people compress their pictures to get around this or what?

darlodge

ProperCharlie,

most people on here have freee webspace provided by their ISP. I've got 50mb with Nildram and 50mb with NTL. I use both and for simple photos and file sharing it works fine. Just save your documents onto your pc and then FTP them up to your webspace. Then stick a link to them in here to the file

[ img ]www.yourwebspace.com\yourpic.jpg[ img ] Just remove the spaces from the brackets in my image link.

Or just send them over to me and I'll host them for you

Darren

ProperCharlie

i'm also trying to get the geek at work to create some space on the mail server for image hosting. if i don't get a result there, then thanks for the offer.

geek: what do you want to host images for?
me: scoobynet
geek: low priority!

(i should have told him that paying his bill was a low priority too )

Mr.Cookie

dba

Photo's should be show here i think all in one thread with the title of thread being whatever the moonthly topic is, this should be started by the winner of the last one, i also agree with (i think it was darlodge) that if we know shutters speeds iso ratings etc we should post them to along with any manipulation we may have done.

What do people think about deciding on a winner, i see two options

1) each month on the closing of the topic i set up a little poll on my site with a link (you don't have to be registered to vote) in the monthly topic, which will run for 3 days.

or

2) the winner of the previous topic decides who wins their choice of topic, obviously we can't do this for first one so maybe simon, shaun or one of the mods could decide (i know josh is a pro photographer and scoobychick is quite arty so maybe one of them)

Si

Scooby96

bollox - I wish I hadnt bought the gf the slr off ebay now - should have kept it for myself!

dba

I think a vote on your site is ok,and i think we can trust you to pick the topics,its not that important to complicate the process imo,except dont pick glamour,my wife will leave me

Mr.Cookie

BTTT

Well i went and did some night photography, er in the loosest sense

Are we all agreed on just a night time for the first one then pic's online by the ?? i was thinking 20th gives time for a winner to be decided and maybe they can choose a silly festive subject

Si

Little Miss WRX

How about sections of Digital, SLR and digital SLR then categorised further?

I am up for this, better get hunting for some nice locations in Aus.

dba

yep,took a couple of pics myself over the last few days

are you starting a new thread,just for the pics?

Mr.Cookie

dba

Will do, won't be a good quality one don't wanna play me trump card lol seriously though yup i'll start one after i've cropped what i've got here but it's pooh

Si