Kickin Back

Sad news, R.I.P. Thoughts are with his friends and family.

Just been on the Radio 1's news bulletin, complete with a chat with Tony Smith, so it's not a total blackout...

I'm looking for my next buy, I need a flash for my EOS450d... As I start looking I realise just how little I know -_- My main driver is cheap, but not that cheap that you shouldn't bother. What the hell should I looking for in a flash???

Figured you'd like it Seriously it's a good picture, interesting to the eye. I like the way the girl in the background looks like she's at acting half ready to pass the ball!

A few shots from my Edinburgh trip...

Really nice, I like the building shots they look good, and the sky... what's going on, it's blue ;-)

Agreed x2

Faces?... where?

Love that one... I had a bit of a play early this year with macro's etc. and had the following... I kept this uncropped as I was using it as my desktop for a while and it looked better to me that way... One for GJ

I thought it would be a good addition, and a task has cropped up where it may be handy... It's a Canon brand lens and is going to be paired with a EOS450d

Just acquired a 50mm f1.8 lens, well I will have tomorrow when it gets delivered, I'll just need some subjects now

EOS450d is great... Even I've impressed myself with some shots... just waiting for Father Christmas to bring me a good lens and hopefully I'll be knocking some good piccies out... need to make some quality time for me and the beast though

Great timing, great hit

Cheers Ed, I don't mind at all, I'm still very new to this. I was concious of the middley aspect, but I was a bit unsure whether to crop that way or not, given that there is not a great amount of detail in the rest of the picture ... plus I was getting a little bit too into it (i.e. it was past 1am on a school night ) I was a little concious of cropping too much as this is effectively a digital zoom and you can start losing the quality That crop looks very good it's fascinating how little things make a big difference.

Thanks. I was initially after a panning shot and a trip to Santa Pod the other weekend was as good an opportunity as any I was going to get. The colours of the car have only had the saturation played with a bit. In the colour shot though, as the car is primarily grey on a grey road and with a lot of colour in the background, it was looking a bit cluttered/lost so I tried the black n white approach. I'd already decided that I need a longer zoom, this was just the kit lens at a full 55m, but I suppose I could have run a tighter crop as there's a lot of wasted space at the bottom... hmmm, when do you know you've finished

Ok... be gentle. This is one of my first pictures that I've chosen to show people A little bit of post processing goes a long way of course...

Good god, what a grim looking day in Hull

Very impressive stuff there Ed... I really must get some stuff on t'interweb and show mesen up

'Fraid so... I got a new internal reader from Scan for about

Hmm... me to, especially after checking those pic's out above!

Yes the 450d kit lens has IS as standard, from what I read (and what I've seen) it is a pretty good lens, but I reckon I could do with something with a longer zoom... for the birdies (feathered ones )

Seconded... I'm not good enough for some of the more 'serious' photography forum's out there and it would be nice to post some pictures withough ridicule!

I've only got the kit lens with the 450d, and very good it is too... but, I'm thinking of something with a bit more punch, price is always a consideration, but, depends if the urge gets the better of me

I think at the budget you are looking at, any of the camera's mentioned will fit the bill. I recently got a EOS450d and love it to bits! I did quite a bit of reading up before settling on it, but it was a long an arduous choice, the D60 and the A200 all ran it close, but the 450d seemed to have it all, and I must say it's hard to fault... with the exception of the guy behind it