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| Posted by novicius: Tue Feb 7th, 2023 05:28 | 1st Post |
| I was wondering how Robert is doing, as he has not been around for awhile, I hope that he is allright.....also, has Ed Constable forgotten us, still looking forward to see more of his photo s from Namibia...anyone knows about them ?
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| Posted by Eric: Tue Feb 7th, 2023 17:59 | 2nd Post |
novicius wrote:I was wondering how Robert is doing, as he has not been around for awhile, I hope that he is allright.....also, has Ed Constable forgotten us, still looking forward to see more of his photo s from Namibia...anyone knows about them ?Robert has been suffering long covid for some time but is slowly improving. However I suspect his absence from this forum is due to his greater interests of civil & mechanical engineering projects. I havent spoken with him for quite a while but last time I did, he told me that he doesn’t do much photography these days (can’t find the time) and as a consequence his involvement in the forum has lapsed. Ed Constable had been absent for a long period till his recent return and photos of Namibia. Like many people, their ‘other lives’ take priority over their time when it comes to visiting the forum. As has been said on other threads, we need to make the forum more interesting. Without that, there will be no reason to join in with the topics or even return to say ‘hello’.
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| Posted by chrisbet: Tue Feb 7th, 2023 23:21 | 3rd Post |
| I still chat with Robert from time to time - he is restoring a road roller in time for a show in July - he may resurface after that (pun intended!)
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| Posted by Graham Whistler: Wed Feb 8th, 2023 12:01 | 4th Post |
| I'm just off on a 2 week railway Swiss holiday with plenty of good snow landscapes I hope to post on my return. I am not taking the A1 Sony as I need to travel as light ASAP so will have the very good little 2MP Sony RX10
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| Posted by novicius: Thu Feb 9th, 2023 15:19 | 5th Post |
| Thank you all for the heads-up,good to hear about Robert and Ed C., and looking forward to see Graham`s photo`s as I am somewhat of a rail-afficionado myself,and yes, we may need to do something about the " low tide " here, so some brainstorming might be in order,having said that, there is something Amiable about being here which is not found elsewhere, so, " perk-up the pace while keeping the peace ",..a tall order to meet, yet we have been around for a long time, so I am confident that we Can and Will Persevere.
____________________ Back in Danmark I do not use my equipment to make photo`s .. I take photo`s to use my equipment The better I become at photography,the better my camera gets. |
| Posted by chrisbet: Thu Feb 9th, 2023 17:09 | 6th Post |
| I have just "advertised" on social media - might raise interest, but I am not holding my breath!
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| Posted by Eric: Fri Feb 10th, 2023 20:37 | 7th Post |
| Graham has said to me on many occasions that he still enjoys his local camera club where he can have an outlet for his photos getting good humoured critique and a bit of lighthearted competition. The biggest inertia I experience after all these years is ……getting out of the door specifically with the intent of taking photographs. It’s much more of a serendipitous habit these days. One way to reduce that inertia is to have a specific purpose in mind for the photographs. It is no longer clients and their wads of cash  so there must be another impetus.I have often wondered if WE as a group set ourselves a monthly collective assignment on a range of randomly chosen subjects, and presented them on the forum, if it would be (at least) another regular talking point? Would we engage with that idea in addition to posting periodic photos of our specific photographic ‘hobby’ genre?
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| Posted by novicius: Sat Feb 11th, 2023 05:45 | 8th Post |
Eric wrote:Graham has said to me on many occasions that he still enjoys his local camera club where he can have an outlet for his photos getting good humoured critique and a bit of lighthearted competition.Wonderful Idea !!..Graham is a lucky chap indeed,and yes,getting outthere can be somewhat daunting, especially with those modern lenses that look humongous and weigh accordingly, I have allways considered the 135 f2.0/180 f2.8 ED ai-s big lenses, but compared to my 24-70 VR they`re not that big at all..but my main problem is that I need to pull myself together and study Nikon Studio so that I can post here...I promise to make serious efforts in that regard..and will also see if I can shanghai unsuspecting photogs into our realm ... 
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| Posted by jk: Tue Feb 14th, 2023 15:06 | 9th Post |
| Well I have to say that I have other distractions at present with my daughter suffering from leukaemia. Also most of my photography is done pn my Fuji cameras. Not that that would stop me posting. I think a monthly subject may stimulate some interest or at least impetus to go take pictures.
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| Posted by chrisbet: Tue Feb 14th, 2023 23:05 | 10th Post |
| See https://nikondslr.uk/view_topic.php?id=1964&forum_id=25&first_new=1 for a starter for ten.
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| Posted by blackfox: Wed Feb 15th, 2023 20:46 | 11th Post |
| i'm still around though guilty as charged for not popping in enough . plus been a really bad year for birding up this end of the world ...that coupled with high fuel prices has restricted getting out ,I had a bad accident in late oct resulting in my face and knee having a argument with a mountain top that laid me up for 5 weeks then got covid just before xmas and now its the bitter wind chill on the welsh coast thats pinning me down . will try to pop in more often also upgraded my camera body to a olympus E.M1X which although bigger gives me birds eye i.d and full tracking extremely pleased with it plus prices have dropped by 2/3rds in a year
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| Posted by novicius: Wed Feb 15th, 2023 23:53 | 12th Post |
| Good to see you again Blackfox, and Glad to hear that You`re back on top of things .
____________________ Back in Danmark I do not use my equipment to make photo`s .. I take photo`s to use my equipment The better I become at photography,the better my camera gets. |
| Posted by novicius: Wed Feb 15th, 2023 23:56 | 13th Post |
jk wrote:Well I have to say that I have other distractions at present with my daughter suffering from leukaemia. Also most of my photography is done pn my Fuji cameras. Not that that would stop me posting.Sorry to hear JK, here is Hoping that your daughter will get Better soon .
____________________ Back in Danmark I do not use my equipment to make photo`s .. I take photo`s to use my equipment The better I become at photography,the better my camera gets. |
| Posted by blackfox: Sat Feb 18th, 2023 21:21 | 14th Post |
| I did try to post a few bird photos the other day ,but when I pressed post it just went to a load of computer gobbledygook
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| Posted by chrisbet: Sun Feb 19th, 2023 17:38 | 15th Post |
| If you try to paste a pic to the reply box that is exactly what you will get - the image "blob" - use the blue cross in the editor toolbar to upload your image or use the attachment box below the editor to upload the image as a file attachment
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| Posted by blackfox: Sun Feb 26th, 2023 08:34 | 16th Post |
| I personally think the main problem is faceberk and Twitter , yesterday I went through my flickr contacts and culled loads who had not posted for over a year , some I know are deceased but others are now posting on faceberk instead . , forums in general seem to be retracting the only online forum that i regularly visit that’s showing any growth is the olympus E group u.k forum ,and that’s probably down to the release of the OM1 camera body ..a lot of wildlife photographers I personally know have changed from canon,Nikon to Olympus due to it .. Even some that changed to Sony initially have now either changed to Olympus or are running both systems
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| Posted by chrisbet: Sun Feb 26th, 2023 09:31 | 17th Post |
| I follow very few people on Twits and rarely post - as for face ache I never post and only use the messenger to communicate with people I know irl. Ditto Instagram and Whatsapp - there is so much crap on the social media platforms posted by morons, they can stay there and leave the fora to people who have something sensible to say. Maybe that is the real problem - there are so few of that type of person. The horse fora have all declined except for Horse & Hound - and that is SO catty!
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