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April 18, 2017 at 8:34 am

Thanks Mark.

I found this chap in Sligo who came recommended and he did a really great job for me with the old negatives.
I’ll certainly keep Artur’s details handy in case I need scanning services again.

http://www.photofast.ie/p/35mm_black__white_film_developing__cd” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;

Cheers, George.

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April 23, 2012 at 7:07 pm

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April 21, 2012 at 11:01 am

Lovely sharp image of a very elegant looking bird. Well executed.

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April 21, 2012 at 10:59 am

Thanks folks.

Yes – it was the eye contact that made the shot for me. I just got lucky. Seems like the hawk was curious enough to twist his head towards me at just the right moment.

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July 25, 2011 at 12:13 pm

Thanks for the welcome folks.

I hope to be a frequent and (hopefully) helpful poster on the site.

Cheers,

George.

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July 24, 2011 at 7:35 pm

If only I could find the missing piece…..

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July 23, 2011 at 8:41 pm

Hi Dave,

I bought a Seagate Expansion Drive back in May and can highly recommend it. It’s nice and small (wallet size) and very portable.

As for size – well I guess it depends on how many photos you take and whether you save as RAW or JPEG. Personally I went with a 500GB drive and that will last me quite a while I’m sure. The only advice I can give is to decide upon a budget in advance and to buy the biggest capacity drive you can get for that money. My new 500GB cost me €55 incl postage (on eBay), but not sure what Maplin will charge.

Good luck with your purchase.

Regards,

George.

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July 22, 2011 at 1:46 pm

Hi tex – thanks for all the honest and constructive comments.

I really liked the way the light fell against the bark of the tree and hence the unusual aspect. Another reason for not going the lanscape route was the fact that there wasn’t much of interest to the left of the frame.

When I look at the bank now I can see what you mean about the horizon. a little bit of anti-clockwise rotation in PS would help.

Thanks,

George.

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July 22, 2011 at 12:30 pm

Ouch – I feel your pain.

Did a quick Google and came up with two repair centres, both of whom repair Canon lenses. Both in Dublin.

1. http://www.camerarepaircentre.com

2. http://www.cameracare.ie/services.html

The 2nd guy charges €25 for an inspection of the lens. Then you can decide whether to go with his quote or not.

Hope that helps.

George.

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July 22, 2011 at 12:03 pm

Thanks Fergus.

Yes – I agree, something in the foreground would have added to the shot. No swans in Farmleigh but there are lots of ducks. Just none anywhere near me on that particular day.

George.

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July 22, 2011 at 9:36 am

Here’s one in the University of Limerick:

http://courses4u.ie/Digital_Photography_course-c6141.html

Category Art, Design & Media » Photography
Type Part time / Evening
Description A knowledge of computers is an advantage but not essential

This step by step introduction will teach you the basics of digital photography (using the software package Adobe Photoshop Elements 2).

Learn how to:
• choose a camera suitable to your needs
• compose your photographs
• store, edit, print and email your photographs
• understand the jargon from pixels to jpegs to cropping and cloning
• understand simple ways to improve your images

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• master digital tricks and techniques
• know how to repair and restore old photographs
• create montages

Tutor: Rose Bradley
Venue: University of Limerick
Tel: 061 202530 / 202047

Course Duration €120
Course Times 8 Tuesday evenings
7.00 pm – 9.00 pm

Or you could try asking these guys:

http://limerickcameraclub.ie/cms/

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July 21, 2011 at 7:22 pm

shutterbug wrote:

Lovely shot, they are usually way up the back of the enclosure so lucky to
have caught it near the front!

Thanks everyone for the comments !

S(h)e was about 30 feet away – so I had to use the long end of my 50-200 zoom to zone in.
Pretty pleased to have got such a sharp shot – considering it was hand held and I was shooting through the (less than clean) glass. Not to mention the dozen or so kids that were jostling to get a look at the same time. :D

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July 21, 2011 at 3:28 pm

I bought something similar to this to scan some old negatives (from the 1990’s).

http://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk/1164/Summit-PhotoFix-Slide-Neg-Copier-.html

There’s many variations of this style of scanner out there. I think ALDI had them in stock at one stage under their own branding (Tevion?). Like any photographic equipment – you get what you pay for. If it’s just to preserve family snaps and the like it’ll probably to an ok job.

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July 21, 2011 at 2:59 pm

There’s a good tutorial (and some other cool HDR stuff) on this site:

http://beforethecoffee.com/photomatix-tutorial/” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;

This discount code is still valid if you do go with Photomatrix:

“Get 15% off the Photomatix program (reg. $99) just by entering “beforethecoffee” in the coupon code box of the Photomatix purchase page.”

Works out at €76.43 (a saving of €11.15)

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July 21, 2011 at 2:14 pm

If you have an autofocus camera or one that has TTL metering then you’ll need to go with a circular polariser (rather than linear).
The linear can affect the cameras metering and/or focusing system.

There’s a short piece on these filters here, which may be useful to you:

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/guide-to-buy … filter-131