Photo-a-day

[mmh]

this guy landed on me, gave me quite a shock..

Why is it not squashed!!!

eww eww eww...

haha

[Whiternoise]

Bob, looked at the EXIF - 28mm?

That a Siggy you're using?

Any idea where they have come from, or why?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...alparrots.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3869815.stm

Lots of different theories as to why there are so many. Personally i reckon it started when owning parrots became fashionable, people were crap at looking after them and many just flew off and bred like mad. The reason there are so many is because it's a prey free habitat (besides cats), there's food available all year round, and they breed a lot!

Result is what you see in the photo

[Bobster]

Why is it not squashed!!!

eww eww eww...

haha

http://frontpage.woodland-trust.org....tagbeetles.pdf

[Bobster]

Bob, looked at the EXIF - 28mm?

That a Siggy you're using?

i used a variety of glass, 28 1.8 with a 2x tele, a 28-75 2.8 with 2x tele and reversed 50 1.8

[Whiternoise]

Ah ok

My reversing ring came today so i'll have a play with that properly

What combo did you use to get the stag beetle? Didn't know you got blighters like that in Dorset!

[Bobster]

just a Tamron 28-75, its got pretty good focal distance..

if you click the link above, the PDF shows the area's where they can be found in the UK

[kalniel]

[Ruggerbugger]

Edinburgh from Arthur's Seat

[cubiter]

Here is another from the garden

[Blastuk]

looks like a lovely place to eat lunch kal

[kalniel]

looks like a lovely place to eat lunch kal

It was the hotel grounds, so more likely to be breakfast (though that shot was early evening - the one on the last page was in the morning), but yes, nice view. I've been before when it's slightly foggy and it's quite atmospheric.

[CMC]

Ok, so it's technically not a recent photo, but I was trying to revise this week and couldn't focus, so I went back to my photos from my Round the World trip last year and picked out a few more that I like, but hadn't thought much of last time



View across the Chao Phraya River from Tha Phra Athit (Pier 13), in Bangkok, Thailand

[TheAnimus]

CMC is that a polarizer your using?

[CMC]

nope, just a little post processing, used the shadows/highlghts tool in photoshop, then slightly desaturated the image, and added a vignette

[Whiternoise]

Whilst up at the airfield last week

If you look closely, you can spot a glider in the centre-top-right.

[Blastuk]

i'll just leave this here