Accrington Web - Today in pictures

I have taken photos for a transport and machine forum for years and only just started to get interested in macro. I borrowed a book from the library and also bought one specific for my camera.
The advice I got regarding macro is to get as close as possible, if there is a slight movement left or right then it will be exaggerated the further away you are, basic trigonometry.
The lady who does my gardening was watching me take the photo of the butterfly and she said I was only an inch away.
The trouble with getting too close is the light can be blocked out by the camera if you are not taking notice, I also only use manual focus.

My main interest is big machinery or vehicles, motorcycles, steam engines, ships, planes or lorries. Although they are not "Today in pictures" the ones below are some I took for the magazine, I used a film camera rather then digital for some of them.

my dad was big into steam, but his thing was traction engines, all through the seventies & eighties,(he died in 85) as i was growing up, we would be at steam engine rallies, camping over the weekend, the last weekend we had with my dad was masham, steam rally, the "biggest", he used to say, we got back on the monday and he died of a heart attack on the tuesday. i was only 14, and back then i didnt appreciate, how he got to spend his lasft few days doing what he loved, as i am now older and wiser, i do

thanks for the pics, they made me think of him again

1&2 are the film?

mobertol

04-09-2012 13:12

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Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1012863)

love the scales, and (this sounds weird) any chance you have, or could take, one of the chains wet? think some oil or water would gave loads of texture.

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Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1012870)

no DoF adjustment, and i do like a bit of the old DoF, to go with my wet chains

(dirty laugh, sid james style)

I suspected there might be something kinky about the idea of wet chains;):D

Will see what I can do -they are actually just very dusty in a box in the tractor maintenance workshop.

The guys who were working couldn't understand what I was doing and wanted me to take snaps of them!

davemac

04-09-2012 13:12

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Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1012880)

I have taken photos for a transport and machine forum for years and only just started to get interested in macro. I borrowed a book from the library and also bought one specific for my camera to learn more about macro photography.
The advice I got regarding macro is to get as close as possible, if there is a slight movement left or right then it will be exaggerated the further away you are, basic trigonometry.
The lady who does my gardening was watching me take the photo of the butterfly and she said I was only an inch away.
The trouble with getting too close is the light can be blocked out by the camera if you are not taking notice, I also only use manual focus.

My main interest is big machinery or vehicles, motorcycles, steam engines, ships, planes or lorries. Although they are not "Today in pictures" the ones below are some I took for the magazine, I used a film camera rather then digital for some of them and lost a bit of quality through scanning them.

Love the machinery, you can smell the oil and steam, and with the lathe you can smell the metal shavings.

With getting close to stuff for the macro shots, if you don't get close enough you miss the thrill of having a wasp fly up one of your nostrils, or ants running up your trouser leg, I would recommend this to anyone.

churchfcrules

04-09-2012 13:14

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Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1012883)

Whilst I say, you choose the camera that you are comfortable with, some people dismiss the compact as just that compact. I use a compact fujifilm F500exr and apart from interchangable lenses it does most things a SLR or a Bridge will do and is 16 megapixels.
Having said that we all choose a camera for different reasons, my main reason for choosing mine was, it had to fit in my top pocket. Not a photographical reason, but a reason to take photos, as its always in my top pocket. I even have a pocket in my pyjamas, just for chance something crops up in the night.:camera8:

agree that if it suits your purpose, but i am a messer, and when you have so many settings on a dslr to play with, there is something about looking and thinking right i will need a higher iso cos its a bit darker and i ail have to use a slower shutter and iwnat to blur that background and change the exposure, cant do any of that on my compact, it takes images but not pictures, if you know what i mean

and i dont think you can post those pics that just crop up in your pjs, unless you belong to some other forums, your not telling us about lol

mobertol

04-09-2012 13:14

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Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1012865)

the scales have a definite spaghetti western feel!

The original is quite nice of the scales and they are very old - will post it and the original of the chains on the other thread for photos I have messed about with (or whatever it's called!)...

Gremlin

04-09-2012 13:15

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Just to show you how sad I am when it come to machinery.
I stumbled across the old building near the holiday cottage we rent at Gatehouse of Fleet and couldn't resist a peep inside.
Lo and behold, another treadle lathe, there were things there untouched for years including an old air compressor last tested in 1939.

Looking at the lathe in the last picture it appears someone has been in for a crafty drink since then.

churchfcrules

04-09-2012 13:19

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Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1012891)

pic 3 is stunning,

mobertol

04-09-2012 13:21

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Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1012891)

You would have a field day here -there is a huge range of equipment, old and new around -Tractors are just getting bigger and bigger -they also have a small combine here which is for the maize.

I went to see the huge steam engine working at Wigan Pier when my eldest was 5 so nearly 20 years ago -was very impressive.

Thanks all for your nice comments about my bits and pieces!:D

churchfcrules

04-09-2012 13:25

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and that wasnt a cheeky drink, if you ask him he will tell you that it is valuable aluminium that he is saving for the next job!

mobertol

04-09-2012 13:30

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the scales have a definite spaghetti western feel!

Just seen what you mean -I think it's the bit of looped rope which is a bit like a whip...

susie123

04-09-2012 16:00

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Sorry can't compete with all the machinery so here's some more doorways, this time from Italy.

1 Ferrara cathedral
2 Not really a door but a gateway - abandoned Roman arch in the docks at Ancona
3 Ancona cathedral
4 Music shop, Castelfidardo, the town that makes accordions - my other half surveying the scene from the doorway
5 Osimo
6 And again
7 Wine shop, Pienza
8 Florence
9 Pisa - leaning tower of...

davemac

04-09-2012 18:47

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Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1012889)

You just made it a roody doody comment, I said if something crops up in the night, not as you suggested if it crops up in my pyjamas, and there we are back to macro photography again.

churchfcrules

04-09-2012 18:51

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Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1013021)

you just made it a roody doody comment, i said if something crops up in the night, not as you suggested if it crops up in my pyjamas, and there we are back to macro photography again.

davemac

04-09-2012 18:55

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Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1012943)

Nice set of doors, number 5 is the one that does it for me, its the cobbles going off into the distance.

churchfcrules

04-09-2012 18:56

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2&7, like the shade split on 7