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AlexH

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kenoh said:
So, just had my day ruined by a complete ******.

Wife and two daughters out for an Easter Egg Hunt at a local National Trust location. The girls were running ahead as usual and I was trying to get action shots of them with a 90mm manual lens. Lovely sharp images on my Sony. They got to fish for tadpoles and fresh water snails.

Anyway, they went into the play park and were alone. So I took some shots of them on the climbing frame. Queue ******...

This guy comes up to me and asks if I am the official photographer. Of course I say no and so he then asks why I am taking pictures of the girls. I said they are my daughters and I am allowed to take pictures of them where I want.

He then starts accusing me of being dodgy and I should be ashamed of myself! Bear in mind the girls are in a park on their own.

I asked him to accompany me to the office where they would confirm I can take pictures wherever I like - I checked - but he decided to walk away pointing at me saying loudly I was dodgy infront of other people. I felt completely mortified! and it has ruined an otherwise fabulous Easter weekend!

It has really upset me.

Surely if I was in deed dodgy, I would be using a sneaky camera phone to take shots, not a few grands worth of high end full frame camera full out in the open without any shame!?!?!

What a complete and utter t*sser... to ruin my bloody weekend!

Sorry guys, had to get it off my chest. Need to go break something cheap now to vent...
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I can understand why you'd be upset! I'd be mad as hell. I hate that you were treated like that. Some people are just day ruiners, and it doesn't really matter who you are or what you were doing, they're just going be jerks. What a miserable way to live!
[doublepost=1459149116][/doublepost]Today's photo:


V by Alex, on Flickr
 
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Ish

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I don't think it's you people would be wondering about @kenoh, anyone near enough to hear what was said would be would be wondering what his problem was.
 
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anotherscotsman said:
The first day of summer...says it all. Comments always appreciated.


First day of summer 2 by another scotsman, on Flickr
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This is exactly the kind of shot I aspire to create, turning an everyday scene like this into something with so much mood depth and texture. Would love to know lens and settings you used. Still getting my head around ISO shutter speeds and F stops. Stunning photo Scotsman!!
 
kenoh

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Ish said:
I don't think it's you people would be wondering about @kenoh, anyone near enough to hear what was said would be would be wondering what his problem was.
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I hope so! He was so out of line. Accusing me of being dodgy stood in front of the main building, amongst maybe 40 people, with an obvious purpose made camera, dressed smartly, with my daughters 20 feet away...

Meanwhile he was in joggy bottoms and a hoody in his 60s, and he approaches a complete stranger and accuses them of such a thing!
 
Hughmac

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kenoh said:
Really like the colour and the contrast here but I wonder, are you missing out on something quite special by cutting out the wheelbarrow?

Remember feel free to ignore me... I dont know what I am talking about.
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I take all comments on board, so I've gone back to the original and made a better crop :)

A bit like this...



Spring Collection by Hugh Russell, on Flickr

I really like this Nikkor-S 1.4 lens but not sure if it's as good as the Helios 44-2.
Think I shall keep them both.

Cheers :)

Hugh
 
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Hughmac

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kenoh said:
Really like the colour and the contrast here but I wonder, are you missing out on something quite special by cutting out the wheelbarrow?

Remember feel free to ignore me... I dont know what I am talking about.
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Oh, I see what you meant now - you wanted to see the whole barrow?
Sorry, I was too close in for that :(

Cheers :)

Hugh
 
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Hughmac said:
Oh, I see what you meant now - you wanted to see the whole barrow?
Sorry, I was too close in for that :(

Cheers :)

Hugh
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Hmm, hoped you had cropped there. I think the brightness of the barrow contrasts nicely with the flowers...

Oh well next time. :)
 
Hughmac

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kenoh said:
Hmm, hoped you had cropped there. I think the brightness of the barrow contrasts nicely with the flowers...

Oh well next time. :)
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Maybe never as we were in Wisbech at the time.
50mm on APSC is quite large, and my back was against a building to get anything in.

Cheers :)

Hugh
 
Hughmac

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kenoh said:
Lol... Its cool...

What about trying a Canon 28mm f2.8 FDn as your next wonder lens?
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I had a Tokina 28mm 2.8 in the camera bag, left back at the holiday let would you believe?
But I did take it to King's Lynn...

Cheers :)

Hugh
 
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Hughmac said:
I take all comments on board, so I've gone back to the original and made a better crop :)

A bit like this...



Spring Collection by Hugh Russell, on Flickr

I really like this Nikkor-S 1.4 lens but not sure if it's as good as the Helios 44-2.
Think I shall keep them both.

Cheers :)

Hugh
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I actually like it with the wheelbarrow, and not having it all in shot frames the flowers better, full barrow I reckon word have detracted a bit.
 
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