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It's useful but a bit expensive, plastic bag + elastic band probably works just as well. in the early airfield days I used to use this... (I'm still using the same 'airfield' coat 2 1/2 years later!)

Considering the lens (i.e. not hugely fast + 'only' 200mm) I think these are excellent, the horse and rider are nice and sharp in pretty much every image. As has been mentioned the backgrounds are a little distracting, but probably not too much you can do, maybe try panning? A few 1/50...

I think #2 is going forward, but thanks for the help everyone. I agree with most that #7 is up there, but it's a fairly conventional panning shot that anyone could capture, so I would worry that it could get lost amongst the rest. The more I look at #5, the more I dislike it, yes it was hard...

Great shots. Oddly enough someboy added me as a contact on Flickr today and the latest pics in their stream were of that Megane.

Some great shots already, I have a feeling we will be getting lots of pics in this thread, so... PLEASE CLEARLY FLAG YOUR ENTRY! Even if it means re-posting your entry near the closing date, it will make my life easier. Can people also refrain from posting 'old' images in this thread, it...

Real life foliage is the next step, just rebuilding our garden so once that's done I will get out there and try that out. As for what people would think if they saw me, I knew I was going to be alone all evening so it was pretty safe!

Thanks for all the replys, I think I'm down to #2 and #7 now. #7 is the safer choice imo but I've always had a thing for #2 as technically that's the hardest shot I've ever pulled off, problem is a lot of people assume it was a photoshop effort.

I just browse Flickr for a few hours occasionally, get loads of ideas and inspiration from that place, pretty much everything that can be done with a camera has been tried, so it's a case of putting your own slant on something that's been done before. I don't have my original soldiers from...

Got 6 hours to kill this evening as the other half is out and I'm not picking her up until 2am, so I decided to do something constructive (well, sort of) instead of playing on the Wii all evening... A few more here... http://chrisharrison.smugmug.com/gallery/2378575_5oKfE...

Re: someph-ing different........... Great update, looking fantastic.

Congrats to Kris86 and James. for the tied victory in the last round, the new subject was drawn out of a hat from the two suggestions and is: Sky / Clouds Comp runs from now until midnight Sunday April 13th. Any photos entered must be taken between now and midnight Sunday April 13th...

Thanks for the suggestions guys, I ripped up some of my finest Spongebob notepaper, put the names on, screwed them up, chucked them in the air and then picked one up. (really, I did, this contest is more thorough than the US election!...) Anyhow, Kris86 was the name 'drawn out of...

Congrats to: James. & kris86 Who both secured 25% of the vote and therefore this round has been declared a tie. Thanks to all that entered and voted.

Right, we have a tie. Congrats to: James. & kris86 I have a new topic from Kris86 so I'm just waiting for James., as I'm not sure what to do in the event of a tie (the extensive rule book doesn't mention it!) I will stick both suggestions in a hat when I get them and pick...

:eek: Aint the best? That and #2 took me about 3 months to nail that sort of photo! Unbelievably hard to achieve. Just kidding though, each to their own, that's why I'm struggling to be honest, it will all come down to the judges taste at the end of the day.

pmsl, that's a bit random! That one does seem to have been used quite a bit, it keeps cropping up all over the place.

2 and 6 were technically the hardest to achieve, but as a photo at the moment I would go with 6. But then I love 5, it's completely different to most motorsport photos I've seen and it does show 'speed' the best...I think, but it's the riskiest shot to go for imo.

Looks like we may have our first tie, only an hour left :)

Basically, I need some help, which of these pics screams "speed" at you the best? I want something that will stand out amongst hundreds of pics, and I can't choose between these 8. Any thoughts? And maybe also why you are choosing a particular pic. 1 2 3 4 5 6...

Stormtrooper on a bike is awesome, my favourite from the whole set.

Amazing, one of those "I wish I thought of that" things. Did he email everyone about his pics or was he just discovered?

Fantastic camera mate, you won't go far wrong with it. It's essentially based on the D70 but has the awesome metering from the D50 and quite a few features from the D200. So it slots in perfectly between the D40/50 and the D200/300 and would be the logical upgrade choice.

How close is this! As it's so tight I will try and end this at a set time tomorrow, I will aim for 9pm as I should be about.

Yep, new comp should start on Friday night or Saturday. Seems to be quite popular so no reason to stop.

First pic and the last 3 are all awesome, love them. Was that Cup in the convoy pic (plate S31) actually at the airfield? Don't remember the plate.

Landscapes is a pretty wide-open brief, but even in the strictest sense of the word #1, 3, 4, 10, 11, 14 and 16 would certainly qualify as a landscape. The Spring bit is completely wide open as far as I'm concerned, it is Spring so any pic taken at this time would be classed as a spring...

Gutted for you Steve, even worse when something like this happens which you have no control over.

Here goes again. Vote will be open until Friday evening so hopefully we can get a challenge started ready for the weekend again (so if you are in the running, think of a new challenge now) As usual it wasn't always easy figuring out which were entries, so apologies if I've got it wrong, but...

Gutted I missed out on seeing that beast! Pleased she liked the car, the other half still misses it badly even though she has got her new car now, just can't please them can you!

Isn't working for me for some reason, bugger. Might have to try at work tomorrow.