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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
07-07-2014, 09:03 AM
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My submission for the July contest. A shot of my girlfriend and her kids having a walk near our log cabin during a break away.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 Photo Contest
04-29-2014, 03:12 PM
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my entry to the competition. taken at sunrise in Ayrshire.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
05-08-2012, 01:56 PM
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this ones f/5.6 1/250 ISO 800 at 200mm i think its not too bad.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
05-07-2012, 03:28 PM
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i cant say for sure i used those exact setting but i tried every stop i had (f/4.5-f/29) and a full range of shutter speed and ISO, i do have one which kind of matches the colour of your moon above but when i view it in PSE8 the background looks like blue paint splashed all over it (possibly a damaged memory card). the good thing is the moon is out every night so i dont need to stress myself over it i can just keep practicing but its good to know my lens is adequate. thanks.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
05-07-2012, 03:05 PM
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great shots, if you could can you tell me how you did this? my moon shots are very over exposed, i tried hundreds of different settings and in every one the moon was just a bright ball of light with no definition. i was using a 55-200mm kit lens so im hoping that a better lens would help but any tips would be welcome.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
05-07-2012, 12:05 PM
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Hi, I'm Brian Murray, I'm 38 from Airdrie in Scotland. I have always had an interest in photography but never thought about it as a serious hobby, then I managed to drop enough hints to my wife and got a Pentax K-r twin lens kit for Christmas, I actually spent about 4 months researching the best camera to buy and everytime i tried comparing features and specs the k-r always came out on top (for my intended budget anyway), it even seemed to trounce a lot of higher end cameras as well which i was pleasantly surprised at. so since Christmas I have been very attached to the camera and even trying to make a little extra money from it (my main job is as a care home manager). there was a panic moment recently when during my first paid job at a 70th birthday party, my beloved k-r stopped working, i felt like the lonliest guy on the planet and all i could think about was the advice i had read from professionals about always having a back up camera. well, lesson learned now but i will have to save some to get the back up. no such problems getting my own back up with the repair mind you, I took the camera back to Currys expecting it to be exchanged as it was barely 3 months old, they said they had to send it to Pentax first, so i waited, and waited, 12 days later i found out they had still not sent it away and i went to the store and went mad, asking for an immediate replacement, again they fobbed me off blaming Pentax for not providing a courier service so i went home and sent off an email to the CEO and got a call the next morning telling me to come in for a replacement. The only thing that bothers me is i dont know what went wrong with the first camera so I can only hope It doesnt happen again or at least i can get a back up before it does. i have joined a few forums as i feel i want to try and learn photography on my own without going through an expensive college course. i believe i have a natural flair for it and hopefully over time i can learn the technical side of things as i go along so there may be a few panic posts posted to find out where i went wrong.
thanks for having me.
B.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
05-07-2012, 11:41 AM
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This was one of the first photographs I took with my new k-r, it is my first DSLR. My wife bought me it for Christmas and we went to the Hilton in Ballater for New year, I took this on our first night there and I had been reading an article about how to shoot without using a flash, I went for a walk around the hotel complex and spotted this scene, I turned off the flash and cranked up the ISO to 12800 and this was the result.
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