Wentworth Photo Meet 8th March

[Hemlock]

Do I detect I'm getting a little name for myself regarding my style of photography?

[DaFoot]

Do I detect I'm getting a little name for myself regarding my style of photography?

 

Nothin' little about it

[Hemlock]

Neogen & Waldershelf - please come along & join us on Saturday - we're a friendly bunch!

As I said earlier, we will meet at 11am at the tea rooms in the garden centre.

We will wander around the grounds, taking photos as the uge takes us. Once everyone has had enough, we'll wander off to to Wentworth Park & take in Wentworth Woodhouse. If anyone wants, we can go round the village & end up in the pub! Very informal, & everyone is very helpful with advice, if needed. All skill levels are welcome - I'm near the bottom of the skill pile - thought I would feel daunted by other professional & semi-professional photographers, but that's not the case at all (they just laugh at my obsession with walls )

Dafoot - yes you can bring your tripod - the grounds are separate from the garden centre, so there's no staff there really - plenty of room. & you'll be glad to know I got to photo about 2 miles of wall last Saturday - so not much left to photograph this week!!!

[Grissom]

Oooh this is weird. Today I got an email to say that 2 pics of mine have been used in a book on Bizarre Buildings - namely this one and this one - the commission isn't huge but hey ho

 

The walls on the Needle's eye are fab - full of musket holes from a firing squad, and inside the walls are weathered with a lovely texture

[Hemlock]

I love the second one best Grissom! I would be taking shots from a much closer angle though

[hockeybear]

I might have to bring along my shiny new toy.... any idea what the situation is with use of tripods in the gardens? ie. will the staff complain about getting in the way?

 

is that the macro you were after?

you'll get really close to walls with that

[Hemlock]

is that the macro you were after?

you'll get really close to walls with that

 

One can get a complex you know !!

[ImpInaBox]

I might have to bring along my shiny new toy....

 

Hmm - what shiny new toy would need a tripod? If it's a long lens take it. There were some deer in the park last weekend and with a really long lens you might get some nice portraits. And there would be no trouble with a tripod - other than having to carry it about that is.

[neoteric]

I love the second one best Grissom! I would be taking shots from a much closer angle though

 

Yes they are great shots Grissom mine looked rather lopsided - is this close enough for you Hemlock?

 

OK I own up I'm another wall fan - Sandstone is favourite, although a good topping of Sheffield crozzle sets the blood racing, especial when you're this close:hihi:

 

Not sure if I can make it Saturday but will know by tomorrow evening.

[DaFoot]

New toy = new macro lens.

 

Would be nice to play with some flowers and invertebrates. Had a go at one of my spiders last night but she wasn't in the mood for modelling for me!

 

This is the puppy...

http://www.tamron.com/lenses/prod/180mm.asp

 

Most I've ever spent on a lens (hurrah for bonuses!) so want to play with it