Any other serious Photographers out there. Iāve never made a living from Photography but have been addicted to taking pictures for the last 40 years.
I carry a camera and take pictures pretty well every day, be it with my pocket point ānā shoot or my DSLR. Being retired I have plenty of opportunity and with the sheer convenience of digital imaging it opens the door for the average hobbyist to create in minutes, pictures that in the past would have taken hours to produce.
This b&w land/skyscape from last weekā¦
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Does your wife like photography? I bet she does. I bet she does. Nod nod, wink wink.
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I bought a D3200 and have yet to take it out the box, havenāt have the time really, canāt wait to try it out but that was 6 motnhs ago.
Itāll keep until you retireā¦actually the secret is to get a dog. Gets you out every day.
I have a pointer he certainly gets me out and about, he doesnāt sit still long enough to photo ha ha!
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Originally posted by @Barry-Sanchez
I have a pointer he certainly gets me out and about, he doesnāt sit still long enough to photo ha ha!
Yep I have a Cocker Spaniel and heās the same. The good bit is you get out regularlyā¦picture ops everywhere.
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I really like photography, but tend to like photos that others take, rather than my getting around to take them. I have a pretty good camera, but always forget to take it with me. End up using my mobile.
I often think about doing a class/course, but never get round to it, or able to afford it.
Local camera clubs are good way to get started. Most will give advice and some even tutorials freely and youāll find yourself looking at pictures and thinkingā¦I could do better than that.
Probably the best one Iāve ever taken. Canon Powershot attached to a weather balloon. This is about 80,000ft over Northampton - looking South.
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Originally posted by @Barry-Sanchez
I have a pointer he certainly gets me out and about, he doesnāt sit still long enough to photo ha ha!
Save it for grinder, Bazza!
Same trip. Different time. About 15,000ft.
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Great picture Cholulaā¦I take it was work related. What was the trigger mechanism?
Yep - work related. We downloaded software that over rode the camera settings - then set it to take a pic every 30 seconds. We got about 600 photos in total - alomost all of which were stunning - weāve done it twice since and never had the same luck.
I have a love of high cirrus as you can see from my pictureā¦they come out brilliantly in b&wā¦blue sky can be saturated to black and the thin whispy clouds take on an otherworldliness.
Hereās another b&w taken yesterday afternoonā¦
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I remember seeing this observatory in Carl Saganās āCosmosā TV series years ago but it was the wooden dome and the antique 24" telescope that stuck in my memory. The last time we were in Flagstaff in 2011ā¦had to take the tour. 
My picture during the lectureā¦
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I love looking at photographs and those on this thread are wonderful.
Iāve only got a very basic digital camera, myself, but would like to upgrade some time in the near future.
Anyway, I thought Iād add a couple of my own shots to this thread because no collection would be complete without a couple of sunsets, would it? 
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.
Santo Tomas, Menorca
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Beautiful sunsets Halo.
TBH the quality you can get from basic digital cameras these days is excellent. Unless you want very large prints to hang on the wall a basic entry level DSLR will easily enlarge to 24" x 16" prints. I have half a dozen of this size on our walls from a 10.2mp DSLR so donāt spend a fortuneā¦Ā£350 - Ā£500 will get you a 24mp camera today. See if Barry wants to sell hisā¦still in the box, unopened 
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I wonder if CholulaKid or anyone else could solve the riddle of something that has puzzled me for some years:
The 3 photos below are some that I took from a plane flying above Siberia. The last one shows 2 parallel lines running from the centre bottom edge of the photo. Through the plane window these lines seemed to be something on the ground yet they appear to be too straight and to cut unrealistically through the landscape. Any idea what they could be?
Originally posted by @Halo-Stickman
I wonder if CholulaKid or anyone else could solve the riddle of something that has puzzled me for some years:
The 3 photos below are some that I took from a plane flying above Siberia. The last one shows 2 parallel lines running from the centre bottom edge of the photo. Through the plane window these lines seemed to be something on the ground yet they appear to be too straight and to cut unrealistically through the landscape. Any idea what they could be?
Oil pipelines I would think.
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