From: Vass on

"doetnietcomputeren" <doesnotcompute(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 2009-10-20 13:57:19 +0200, "Vass" <mark(a)XXREMOVEXXdoubleyolk.co.uk>
> said:
>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8314105.stm
>>> Holy shite. What a mess.
>>
>> I've been watching the stuff this guy uploads to flickr
>> have to say, even though its all HDR, some of it I'd have on my wall
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/artiephotography/
>
> I like some of those - there's a lot of skill in doing HDR well, and this
> chap has the knack.


and the subjects to shoot helps I'm sure :-) (envy)
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From: Switters on
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:47:42 GMT, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember "Vass"
> <mark(a)XXREMOVEXXdoubleyolk.co.uk> saying something like:
>
>>I like the beach scene. the blue one is a bit much for me
>
> Ditto that.

Well, it was at dusk and it just sort of came out blue. :o)
From: Beav on

"Vass" <mark(a)XXREMOVEXXdoubleyolk.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Grimly Curmudgeon" <grimly4REMOVE(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in message
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>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8314105.stm
>> Holy shite. What a mess.
>
>
> oh what the hell, in for a penny...
>
> may favourite of my HDR''s to date
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/canon-eos/3033008862/sizes/l/
> (I'll stop now)

The trouble is, you go to that place because the picture of it looked good,
then you discover it doesn't look anything like the picture, so you end up
disappointed.


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From: Beav on

"Vass" <mark(a)XXREMOVEXXdoubleyolk.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Grimly Curmudgeon" <grimly4REMOVE(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:675qd5dd1j3ubvee38vhutl414ffr65l4p(a)4ax.com...
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8314105.stm
>> Holy shite. What a mess.
>
> I've been watching the stuff this guy uploads to flickr
> have to say, even though its all HDR, some of it I'd have on my wall
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/artiephotography/

Sorry, but after a cursory look, they all began to look remarkable like each
other.

He obviously like a rampant sky, but the sky dominates too much, too often.

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From: Switters on
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:38:00 GMT, Beav wrote:

> The trouble is, you go to that place because the picture of it looked
> good, then you discover it doesn't look anything like the picture, so
> you end up disappointed.

Which is true of many a landscape photo going back over the years.