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Old 1st April 2020, 10:23   #151731
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Morning all - it's a bit of a "nothing day" here. It's not really sunny, it's not really cloudy - it's just .... nothing. Missus is pottering (should that be potting?) about in the greenhouse - and I'm doing not a lot - no change there then
Pleased to see that Andy is still alive - I was worried after he told Debz to "get back to the cooking..."
Good morning Rod, are you happy with your new camera, a Canon 450D? By coincidence, my Brother-In-Law had a Canon 450D and when he went to India for a holiday and on tour, he took many excellent photos with it. A great camera in my humble opinion.
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Good morning all, how is everyone?

Yesterday, I thought I would visit the bottom of the gorge on our small holding. Its been a few months since I visited, I wanted to see how it looked after 5 months of rain. It was overgrown, the stream and waterfall was overflowing, a bit slippy. On the way down, I took a tumble landing heavily on my back. I stayed still making sure I had not broken any bones and checked for snakes in the vicinity. I was ok and got back up, took photos of the trees and long grasses, but spent the rest of the day in bed licking my wounds. Falling down at my age, doesn't come easy, another lucky escape
I don’t know Phil, what should we do with you
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Yeah, not sure how he got away with that 'GET BACK TO THE COOKING' remark



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Old 1st April 2020, 10:36   #151734
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Thank you Jeff for your concern How are you managing being at home, are you able to get to the cruiser or is it not a priority at the moment?
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Good morning Rod, are you happy with your new camera, a Canon 450D? By coincidence, my Brother-In-Law had a Canon 450D and when he went to India for a holiday and on tour, he took many excellent photos with it. A great camera in my humble opinion.
I'm still learning & practising Phil - mainly on the increasing number of flowers blooming in the garden, as being isolated means I can't/shouldn't be wandering around scenic places!
The "Canon EOS450D for Dummies" book I got off Ebay is excellent - it explains things in layman's terms which is ideal for me.
If I want to get close-ups of flowers, insects etc. - what do you think to these combined wide angle/macro lens that screw onto the front of a normal lens (like this) - are they any good?
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Thank you Jeff for your concern How are you managing being at home, are you able to get to the cruiser or is it not a priority at the moment?
Hi Phil,

Marinas are all on lockdown so no chance. That and the fact is that it would be wrong to travel for unessential purposes whilst the country is in lockdown.

I'm okay at home. Been keeping myself busy cooking lots of meals and freezing the extra ones. Most of all though, I've been chasing our cats round the house with the camera to keep myself amused.
Not sure they feel the same way about it

I'm thinking of setting up my studio lights and backdrops in the house this weekend to try and get some portrait images of our furry friends......Don't let them know though

Plenty of videos to watch on Youtube, always some new tips and tricks you can pick up for Lightroom and Photoshop.
It's just a case of making sure my brain can remember them for when needed

How is Jessica and yourself doing (forgetting your falling down episode) ?

Hope you can get everything you need over there to keep fed, watered and medicated?

There will be a light at the end of the tunnel through all this and the world will bounce back of that I'm sure.
Just want it to be sooner than later before many more lives are lost and the financial suffering gets any worse.

Stay safe.
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I'm still learning & practising Phil - mainly on the increasing number of flowers blooming in the garden, as being isolated means I can't/shouldn't be wandering around scenic places!
The "Canon EOS450D for Dummies" book I got off Ebay is excellent - it explains things in layman's terms which is ideal for me.
If I want to get close-ups of flowers, insects etc. - what do you think to these combined wide angle/macro lens that screw onto the front of a normal lens (like this) - are they any good?
Hi Rod,

I know this was directed at Phil but can I interject as well?

The answer with those add on things is, they are okay to play with but will not give you as good results as a dedicated macro lens.
All depends on how much detail and how close you want to get on your subject.
A close up/ extension tube adaptor might be a better bet. These can be used with your existing lenses and effectively turn them in to a macro lens. They screw on to the back of your lens and then on to the camera body.

Hope that may help.
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Hi Rod,

I know this was directed at Phil but can I interject as well?

The answer with those add on things is, they are okay to play with but will not give you as good results as a dedicated macro lens.
All depends on how much detail and how close you want to get on your subject.
A close up/ extension tube adaptor might be a better bet. These can be used with your existing lenses and effectively turn them in to a macro lens. They screw on to the back of your lens and then on to the camera body.

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This may help Rod...

BRILLIANT thanks Jeff - that looks like a better bet than those that screw onto the front of the lens - and the fact that there is no glass to scratch, clean, break, protect is a bonus.
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BRILLIANT thanks Jeff - that looks like a better bet than those that screw onto the front of the lens - and the fact that there is no glass to scratch, clean, break, protect is a bonus.
You can usually buy them in sets of three.
I think Kenko is the brand that a lot of peeps get.
Just remember that most do not allow auto focus to work. As said before though.
Probably better off manually focusing anyhow when getting in really close .
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