Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Fri Jul 19, 2013 3:28 am  

Managed to get this gull whilst aperch the 'mine' at Scarborough Harbour a couple of weeks ago..no fiddling with the image either

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Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:06 pm  

Played cricket on Saturday, and the 2 umpires stopped the game for 10 mins to walk over to a guy who was sat in his car taking photo's of the game!

We had a couple of "junior" players in our team, but both lads are 17, so at what age do you need parental consent to be able to photograph local cricket/football/rugby matches??

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:16 pm  

Mike Oxlong wrote:

Played cricket on Saturday, and the 2 umpires stopped the game for 10 mins to walk over to a guy who was sat in his car taking photo's of the game!

We had a couple of "junior" players in our team, but both lads are 17, so at what age do you need parental consent to be able to photograph local cricket/football/rugby matches??

If the land isn't privately owned then I don't think you can stop people taking photographs in such situations, a private land owner can restrict access (so for instance you can still photograph from public land) but there is nothing illegal about taking photographs of children in the UK on public land unless of course that could be construed as 'pornography'. Photos of kids playing sport or just larking about in a park isn't pornography but some people do get a bit shirty over it..

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Mon Jul 22, 2013 8:26 pm  

Mike Oxlong wrote:

Played cricket on Saturday, and the 2 umpires stopped the game for 10 mins to walk over to a guy who was sat in his car taking photo's of the game!

And I hope the bloke told them where to get off, he was doing nothing wrong at all.

I was at a local loch last summer trying out a couple of lenses when a group of schoolkids turned up with a couple of teachers, I was told, not asked told to stop taking photos as there were kids about, they got short shrift too,

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:30 pm  

A patch of cleaned up oil after the rain on my D90.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:32 pm  

West Leeds Rhino wrote:

A patch of cleaned up oil after the rain on my D90.

It looks like a very difficult jigsaw puzzle.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Thu Aug 01, 2013 2:35 pm  

Has anybody used or heard anything about http://www.procamerashop.co.uk ? They offer a 3% discount if you pay by bank transfer and that got me a bit wary.

Has anybody used or heard anything about http://www.procamerashop.co.uk ? They offer a 3% discount if you pay by bank transfer and that got me a bit wary.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Thu Aug 01, 2013 3:41 pm  

Iain wrote: Has anybody used or heard anything about http://www.procamerashop.co.uk ? They offer a 3% discount if you pay by bank transfer and that got me a bit wary. The address is a lock up in Carlisle and I wouldn't trust a site like that mate. At least with eBay you have the Paypal protection.

Iain wrote: Has anybody used or heard anything about http://www.procamerashop.co.uk ? They offer a 3% discount if you pay by bank transfer and that got me a bit wary. The address is a lock up in Carlisle and I wouldn't trust a site like that mate. At least with eBay you have the Paypal protection.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Thu Aug 01, 2013 4:14 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

The address is a lock up in Carlisle and I wouldn't trust a site like that mate.
At least with eBay you have the Paypal protection.

Please note that this address should only be used for mailing correspondence or pre-arranged returns. We are a solely internet based business and as such do not facilitate the transaction or sale of goods from these premises.

It could be totally legit of course.

But I wouldn't trust it with high value items either - I once had a customer in the Huddersfield area who ran an online camera sales business but they actually had a warehouse there and a sales office and everything you'd expect from a legit business, eventually they couldn't make it pay either, the owner withdrew all of his investment and took it off to Spain where he runs a similar operation without all of the office and warehouse overheads.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:09 am  

One of the most photographed buildings in Leeds - the former Holbeck Public Library.