tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post6587624536657102681..comments2024-03-27T09:27:33.931+00:00Comments on Idiotic Hat: Improvised AnarchyMike C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-22679736853471580342013-03-01T19:52:16.729+00:002013-03-01T19:52:16.729+00:00Well, yes, true, but a high ISO and an image-stabi...Well, yes, true, but a high ISO and an image-stabilised lens can work wonders...<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-13975788336656752732013-03-01T18:32:39.428+00:002013-03-01T18:32:39.428+00:00When you might need it!When you might need it!Kent Wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440197819258194471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-3341109629629172872013-02-28T23:03:13.722+00:002013-02-28T23:03:13.722+00:00Dave,
I actually have a decent tripod permanently...Dave,<br /><br />I actually have a decent tripod permanently in the car boot -- I just can never bring myself to use it, especially at night in a residential street with a telephoto lens.<br /><br />Mike<br /><br />Mike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-19682052483372970022013-02-28T22:01:18.759+00:002013-02-28T22:01:18.759+00:00By the way, Lidl have camera tripods for £7.99 thi...By the way, Lidl have camera tripods for £7.99 this week - cheap enough to keep in the car for such emergencies!Dave Leekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-71432573253367890592013-02-28T21:58:57.698+00:002013-02-28T21:58:57.698+00:00Excellent pictures Mike. I'm beginning to know...Excellent pictures Mike. I'm beginning to know the Common quite well. I do particularly like the Cloud Factory one.<br /><br />Why does your daughter have to go to a friend's house whilst you go clubbing?Dave Leekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-84688775206533090812013-02-28T09:52:18.855+00:002013-02-28T09:52:18.855+00:00D.Morris,
I thought things were looking a little ...D.Morris,<br /><br />I thought things were looking a little quiet for February... That explains it.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-20399157395289551992013-02-28T09:36:27.045+00:002013-02-28T09:36:27.045+00:00Mike, the Broadlands Road allotments were signed o...Mike, the Broadlands Road allotments were signed over to the University at the beginning of February 2013. Allotment holders willing to move have been re-located to a new site in Portswood - on the south east side of the University. I can only imagine the distress for allotment holders deracinated from decades of cultivating a friable loam, maintaining precious sheds and re-shaping key pieces of ex-dock equipment. Maybe you will be able to capture the metamorphosis of the old allotments to a new version of "improvised anarchy" en route, no doubt, to becoming a construction site for another University building. Tant pis!D.Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02342095668382529192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-19334392409752273912013-02-27T18:35:36.980+00:002013-02-27T18:35:36.980+00:00Understood. Of course I'm not looking for lite...Understood. Of course I'm not looking for literal photo-realistic depictions, but simply Mike C. visual interpretations ala the University buildings + fences.Kent Wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440197819258194471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-77982735208994119032013-02-27T17:29:08.506+00:002013-02-27T17:29:08.506+00:00Kent,
Sure thing, I'm working up to it -- acc...Kent,<br /><br />Sure thing, I'm working up to it -- access *is* a problem, these days, as there's a lot of security. When I first came here you could wander into the docks on a Sunday afternoon simply by crossing a railway bridge.<br /><br />The ones I've done so far have been from suburban streets outside the actual docks, which is convenient, and works for me. I need to settle on a "look" -- observant readers may have noticed my recent drift away from photo-realism towards a more cartoonish, graphical look, and I may emphasise this for these pictures.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-1072350857265421882013-02-27T16:08:07.707+00:002013-02-27T16:08:07.707+00:00Can I put in a plea for more of "the docks&qu...Can I put in a plea for more of "the docks" pictures? Being several hundred miles inland, it's something I see only occasionally. Do you have the problem photographing industrial sites that we seem to have in the US, with anyone w/ a camera under suspicion of being a terrorist?Kent Wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440197819258194471noreply@blogger.com