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| This is my buddy, Tom. Apparently he cries for me when I go to work, and when I come home, he runs to meet me. He loves to play fetch with a ball, although his favourite is the plastic rings around plastic milk cartons. When you do though, you have to be careful with him if he has it in his mouth, he will scratch but does growl quite aggressively like a dog, to warn you first! He and I are the only two males in the house of 4 cats a dog, and another person. We gotta stick together lol. He is such an expressive cat, I have loads of pictures of him. |
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Trixie is the dog by the way, and terrorises Tom, pulls and tugs at him, but he just takes it  |
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Take the dog please Iced, lol, just leave me Tom. Need to be greeted when I come home lol. |
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hmm was thinking more of nabbing Tom ................. but they are both cute ! |
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| The last one, looks like, "I dont care where I relax. Here is just fine. lol  |
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love these photo's you have done well as cats and dogs are not always abliging to the camara, |
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| | From:  Afmad | Sent: 12/10/2006 9:44 PM |
Love them , they are so very clear and you can see every hair and whisker,love the "dog from hell" one hahahhahahaha, can even see its tiny puppy teeth,
wish i had some sort of understanding witha camera. all i can manage are "snaps" and not very good ones either. |
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Af the next time you use your camera, and either look at the screen or through the viewfinder, think of this rule. In photography, it makes for a better photograph, if you divide the frame both horizonally and vertically into thirds. When you wish to photograph any subject, try to use something else in the area, using on of the thirds vertically or horizonally, to enhance the shot. If you practice this, you will find your photographs will improve greatly. In fact, as I was taught many years ago, anytime you are out and you see something that might interest you photographically, curl your hand and place it over your eye. Then think of the thirds, and try to create an image using those thirds. After practice it will come naturally, and you will surprise yourself as well as those that observe your photographs. Believe me, it is not as hard as it may seem. Please let us know how it goes ok? As well, if you have any questions, please address me, or carrot with them |
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| | | From: Afmad | Sent: 12/13/2006 5:55 PM |
Sounds interesting smiles,i got an idiot proof canon from about the 80's it does everything automatically,sadly i dont use it now as it has those fiddly things we used to use called FILMS lol.
We have been using Bears olympus digital, and he has had some very decent results with it, I however still manage to get delightful views/animals or whoever and very often manage to blur them or ruin what would have been a nice photo by chopping bits off like ears or noses. Maybe I should just accept the fact that no matter how wonderful or expensive the camera, it is only as good as the person behind it, in my hands the famous Hasselbad would perform no better than the old and humble Kodak instamatic I shall have to remain happy with my mediocre "snaps" and leave the nicer ones to Bear . I cant help being very jealous of carrot and his wonderful abilities though, Tom's eye, where he is looking to the left is amazing, you can actually see the clear cornea (I think) as it has a reflection on it. You clever bugger carrot. |
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| | | From: Afmad | Sent: 12/13/2006 6:00 PM |
| I should have added that sadly a couple of weeks ago bears olympus died, we have no idea what happened to it, it was not dropped or anything, but I replaced the batteries and nothing we have tried lots of new batteries incase they were flat and ..nothing. Now he wants to save and get another this time a little bit more expensive,(the last one cost me £100) he wants one with a decent zoom and an optical zoom? one you can fiddle with yourself instead of the camera doing it for you. We haven't as yet looked into it properly so will leave that to him. |
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Af I remember hearing from an instructor I had so many years ago. That an individual had purchased a very expensive camera, with a very expensive lens, but couldnt figure out why their photographs didnt measure up to the amount of money they had spent on it. Yes, it is true, you can spend a HUGE amount of money on any very expensive camera, but if you are not aware of the basics of how to frame a photograph, or make sure, that when you are taking a photograph, that you allow yourself enough time, to capture what it is you wish to leave as a memory. As you and Bear are both aware, art takes time, and good art takes time and practiced skill. As for the camera that doesnt work, it might be an idea to take it to the shop you purchased it at, and if it is still under warranty, they will fix it. It is always good to know, what the cause of a problem on a camera is or was. One can feel more comfortable with one's self that way, knowing what to avoid or not avoid, if that be the case. I must agree with you on Carrot's photograph of "Buddy Tom." He has a very steady hand, and his camera settings are perfect, to capture in such incredible focus, the cornea of it's eye, the tiny hairs on it's nose and face, as well as the whiskers on it's cheeks. It is an excellent photograph, and I truly look forward to seeing many more of his well executed photographs. |
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Af, thanks for the compliments (you too Smiles) ..... with digital photography it is easy to learn, and cost effective to learn too from your mistakes. Your Olympus camera, which I am guessing from the brief description you have given, is an FE model, 370/470 or something like that? Try using decent high powered batteries. Preferrably rechargeable 2000mAh (or higher) nickel metal hydride types (Ni-Mh). Even Duracell batteries do not cut the mustard for running a digital camera of a couple of years ago. Take it to a local Jessops or other camera store, who will be able to test it using a set of demo batteries. As for a replacement camera for it. I have bought one for my father, a Samsung Digimax D53. It's zoom is pretty standard at 3x optical, image quality is average, but it does have a pretty decent close focus capability ability and has manual controls too! All for £80!! Bargain. However if you want manual controls, decent zoom, and decent image quality, try the Canon Powershot A710 is. It has an image stabiliser, 6x optical zoom (35-210) optional attachments for screw on lenses all for around £230. Or a Fuji S6500. Better lens spec, 10.7x zoom, (28-300mm) manual controls, nice handling, great close focusing for around £300. Beyond £300 you may as well wait and save a little more and go for a digital SLR (which is what I use). These start at around £400 for a Nikon D40 (D50 would be preferable if you can get one) or Samsung and Pentax both make DSLRs for £400. My camera of the moment though, has to be the Ricoh R4, for £180, if you can lay your hands on one (the R5 if you can t but it will cost about £250). It doesn t have full manual controls, but it does have limited shutter speed controls, and an amazing close focus. It has long battery life, great image quality, compact size, metal body, 7x lens (28-200mm) image stabiliser, and almost instant shutter response. The Ricoh R series has always been a favourite of mine, and I do have an R1. The R4/5 will be capable of doing the type of shot of Tom's eye, if it would sit still enough, because you wouldn t be able to use flash without creating a shadow or blinding the cat. That shot though, was taken with a digital SLR a Canon 20D with a Tamron 90mm macro lens an a Canon Speedlight 550EX flashgun (bounced ie pointed, to the ceiling) this image below was taken with the R1, from it you can see the close up capabilities of it. |
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Possibly Olympus FE170 ? (or similar) As for blurring them, try (with camera off at first) half pressing the shutter button, then without releasing, follow through. This makes the camera focus. Be patient and practice, then with kids and animals, anticipate where they will be when they take the picture, because there will be a short delay while the camera actually records the image. |
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| | | From: Afmad | Sent: 12/15/2006 8:26 PM |
Thanks for both your help,I don't reckon its worth bothering to find out if the cameras not dead, Bears had it a few years now and i bought it for him I think it cost around £100. So maybe it's now time to start saving and try and get a bit better one. I'll get bear to look at the suggestions you put carrot, I think they will be very handy as i know he hasnt got much of a clue.With me, I think the tripods a good idea if it's possible to use it at the time.
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| | | From: Afmad | Sent: 12/15/2006 8:29 PM |
| Oh and his dead camera is an Olympus C 150. pretty dated i should think lol |
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