I improvised this stabilizer for video use with my dslr. I now just carry a very light monopod plus this gizmo in the car boot. A tripod was far too much trouble on the fly, especially if video is the...

reflections maybe of interest .. sometimes faces appear. Is that a gorilla? Maybe i need a shrink! JIM T

i am interested in various reflections to alleviate my boredom. Here's a few of mine. The pool pic is a reflection in a window that is 2 floors above a pool that is bathed in sun. Key thing is wall...

Tom G Wrote: (May 27, 2013, 04:17) -- jim truscott Wrote: (May 23, 2013, 10:05) -- I've taken a few pics with one hand, either hanging on or ready to run. In this case had to wave my black hat wit...

kNox Wrote: (May 26, 2013, 03:43) -- Yeah, I don't know why but "tame harmless freshwater crocs" isn't the exact wording I'd choose for what's over there :D I wouldn't go near them in a hazmat suit! ...

PongoAlpha Wrote: (May 26, 2013, 02:12) -- Who's Crocodile Dundee standing in photo 5 braver man than me! -- Photo of the guy who is paid to feed the freshwater crocs. These are fisheaters in the wi...

the last one for interest .. a couple harmless freshwater of lovebirds

I've taken a few pics with one hand, either hanging on or ready to run. In this case had to wave my black hat with one hand to create panic. A croc farm nearby home for restaurant market. They get...

cont: last post didn't quite fit..... An eyepiece for a viewer is absolutely necessary and easy to make. Old divers wet suits are ideal or closed cell foam from local rubber shop makes a cheap eye...

Having to use the rear screen of a dslr for video is pretty awful. There are numerous versions of viewers to fit rear screens costing £300 upwards and none i find very practical. They can't be detac...

Don't know about you, but i'm allergic to humping a tripod. It's just too much trouble. I use a sirui p-326 stick and found the extra handle very useful when using a tele or when doing video. I hav...

Couple more pics as couldn't upload them with others .... how the legs slide out and lock using common o rings and weights held on with o rings . Two screws in the weights hold then in correct pos...

I don't know if any members are into video in the newer versions of dslr cameras. They have been around for a while and lots of people have adapted their cameras for video. I've attached some image...

vlad Wrote: (May 20, 2013, 05:08) -- Pablo8 Wrote: (May 19, 2013, 16:08) -- I cannot think of any other 'Hobby' where so many people are wanting to make money out of doing it, instead of leaving it ...

Don Schaeffer Wrote: (May 19, 2013, 10:37) -- I think these are magnificent. They enlarge my world. I like the way Wally seems so patiently to accept the mosquito bite. -- yes right in the eye... and...

PhotoPlay Wrote: (May 19, 2013, 07:23) -- jim truscott Wrote: (May 18, 2013, 03:07) -- PhotoPlay Wrote: (May 17, 2013, 23:23) -- Amazing shot. Surely love those photos. What are your camera setting...

PhotoPlay Wrote: (May 17, 2013, 23:23) -- Amazing shot. Surely love those photos. What are your camera settings here? Any filters use or post processed workflow done? Thanks -- Sunsets taken a bit la...

PhotoPlay Wrote: (May 17, 2013, 23:19) -- Interesting macro pics of a frog :) Would love to shoot one of those someday. Care telling us your Camera settings here if you still got it? Thanks -- Camera...

A man waits for a bus in the rain, and dumber still, i stand in the rain taking his photo. My excuse is...'to produce work of art' Subject may be the tiny man or it may be the mural? Every ...

Had a pet frog for about 12 mths ..called it wally after the 'wheres wally' kids game. It was hard to ever find in the bushes..lived on my old computer screen in outside cupboard most days. Went out...