Published on 12, July, 2020
Glad Tidings to All. I have two good reasons to begin this Thread:
One is to discuss Photography in general. I myself am told that I am "good at it", yet I would not claim to be "Professional" at it.
I start this Thread a lot for the sake of Posting Pictures and discussing such things, if that is alright...?
My Second reason for beginning this Thread is... Pictures tend to "disappear" after a while upon this Forum...! And so this is attempt at a Thread specifically addressing Pictures Posted Here.
I shall start with at least one... of 'Interesting Cloud Formations Over Where I am' (In London):
Talking of Dinosaurs, thought I'd add this one. In the grounds of Crystal Palace are some Victorian examples of dinosaurs. I remember seeing the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs when I was young in a book of London, and they were featured on an edition of Blue Peter when Christopher Trace was a presenter. The pictures used to look so realistic to me. How times have changed!
This is not meant to be just a gallery of my photographs. So lets see some others, but I will keep posting to keep this thread alive!
Greetings TrainSpotter, I was unable to log on last night, due to Personal Circumstances. (If they happen again I shall specify someplace. :-( )... Yet what I wanted to say was...
I do wonder if there are not that many Photographers in this whole Forum apart from yourself and Mr. Robert123... Anyone else may be semi-professional, like myself, and others may be willing yet upon seeing what is Posted so far, a little unwilling, sort of...
To reply to your Dinosaurs Picture, I shall post this:
The entrance Lobby of London's Natural History Museum, when the Diplodocus Skeleton ("Dippy") was still present. Now it is a Whale, yet I have not visited since then.
With regards to my own pictures, I have either Thames Tall Ships Festival, or a tour of NHM Dinosaurs (almost 10 years ago!). I began this Thread to attract Pictures, and yet, well... we see how many other persons are and are not contributing...? I do not know what to do about other people. (And in the Summer I may not be here at all.)
Here is an Iguanodon Skeleton. The lighting is not optimal, and it is difficult to get into position for good lighting (because I do not work for the NHM)!:
Greetings to TrainSpotter. Of course I understand what you say (including the "Alice" quote.)... I shall somewhat finalise what I said. The subject does not matter - here - yes, that is true.
...Yet some may be a little reluctant to Post, or are technically unable.(They cannot shrink Picture Size to less than 800x800 Pixels, or cannot "Flatten", or convert to JPEG... or even know what any of that sort of thing means...?)
...In this Forum, Pictures of people are not really allowed. (Most of my own pictures are of people who stalk or harrass me, see my UserName.)
...Although I began this Thread, I am in support of the general thought that it features only pictures taken by oneself...? (A reply from NAS would be nice, here, yet, well, it is the weekend, now...)
To close this Post: it is *not* meant as hostile or a complaint. I was just pointing out somethings... thus here as if in peace offering (!), is another NHM Picture. A Gallimimus Skeleton.:
The whole beauty of photography is that it is both driven by other interests and it drives other interests.
So as someone interested in Steam Railways I try to get some nice pictures of steam railways. As someone interested in history, I visit churches, abbey and castles and take pictures of them. I also take pictures of items there and then learn as much about them as I can. I see patterns and bits of things and think they would make a nice picture. I look for nice textures and the way light and shadow are making interesting effects. I also look at other pictures to see if I can get ideas, not to copy the picture but to get a bit of inspiration.
I love the sight of early morning mist over a river or lake or in a valley. The way the early or late sun shows off nature's sculpture in the hills.The way a photograph can evoke memories of a time or event long gone and which otherwise only exists in the deepest recesses of the mind.
So please do post about dinosaurs in the thread.And boats, and shoes and ships, and sealing wax, and whether pigs have wings. And a photograph which will illustrate your thoughts and ideas. Let it drive the imagination to destinations otherwise unknown..
Trainspotter said:My rules for photography are simple. If you don't take a picture it you won't get one. So whatever the light it is worth having a go. And lighting is all photography is about. And using any conditions to the best advantage you can.
Excellent Post, Thank You Kindly.
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The rest of this Post has little to do with Photography, and is about Dinosaurs, and myself nitpicking... I would like to start a Dinosaur Thread, had I not begun so many other Threads already...
Brontosaurus is renamed Apatosaurus. The skeleton (replica) is as I said, a Diplodocus, nicknamed "Dippy". Both Dinosaurs look similar and so people do get them mixed up...
...Eeeek! Please do not throw that Camera-Lens at me - it is not my fault that I am one of those funny persons who is "obsessed with Dinosaurs"...! Look at this instead...
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/dippy-on-tour.html
A while since I went to the Natural History Museum. First time was when I went with school in 1964 on a steam train which took two and a quarter hours to get to Euston, which was slow even then (it was a specially chartered train). I remember the Brontosaurus (as it was known then) as you entered the museum.
My rules for photography are simple. If you don't take a picture it you won't get one. So whatever the light it is worth having a go. And lighting is all photography is about. And using any conditions to the best advantage you can.