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on: August 16, 2007, 12:16:14 PM
Some shots I took at the weekend - had to be up at 05:15 to get there to catch the sunrise; (and my first post of my photos)

EDIT: Photos can now be found at www.flickr.com/photos/martinturner







Edit: Yay, I have finally managed to get them to display within the post!  Hope you enjoy them; comments always appreciated.  Or you can say hi by way of my flickr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinturner

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Reply #1 on: August 16, 2007, 12:23:48 PM
Very nice :) Its people like you that make me angry that im too lazy to get into photography :P
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Reply #2 on: August 16, 2007, 12:26:34 PM
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Very nice :) Its people like you that make me angry that im too lazy to get into photography :P


Tis all about getting out and snapping away, the more you do it the better you get.  These were taken with my Fuji S5600

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Reply #3 on: August 16, 2007, 13:51:31 PM
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Very nice :) Its people like you that make me angry that im too lazy to get into photography :P


Tis all about getting out and snapping away, the more you do it the better you get.  These were taken with my Fuji S5600



No way! I have that camera and I cant get anything like that quality. Damn I wish I knew how to use it properly!
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Reply #4 on: August 16, 2007, 14:13:42 PM
Love the Balloon Fiesta, used to go every year when I used to live in Bristol.

Great shots mate.

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Reply #5 on: August 16, 2007, 14:53:41 PM
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Very nice :) Its people like you that make me angry that im too lazy to get into photography :P


Tis all about getting out and snapping away, the more you do it the better you get.  These were taken with my Fuji S5600



No way! I have that camera and I cant get anything like that quality. Damn I wish I knew how to use it properly!


lol I was just thinking the same thing :)
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Reply #6 on: August 16, 2007, 17:43:04 PM
the camera is just a tool, its the person holding it who takes the photo. Ive seen some pretty amazing shots taken with a disposable, its all about knowing how to use what youve got.

great shots mrt, I like the first one particularly.

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Reply #7 on: August 16, 2007, 19:02:10 PM
Thanks all!! Very much appreciated!   :lol:

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Reply #8 on: August 17, 2007, 06:50:55 AM
Great work, I like number one, two, three, four and five. Bugger it I love the lot :)

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Reply #9 on: August 17, 2007, 23:02:52 PM
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the camera is just a tool, its the person holding it who takes the photo. Ive seen some pretty amazing shots taken with a disposable, its all about knowing how to use what youve got.

great shots mrt, I like the first one particularly.


True, people need to get out and use their cameras to take photos, lots of them, and think of what they are photographing, how it will look, direction, positioning.

A superzoom bridge camera, like the Fuji S5600 or Panasonic fz20, is quite capable of putting out photographs of a similar quality to an SLR. In most cases its what you do with it rather than what you have.

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