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Wow great shots Ripley - Im hoping we will have a free weekend to get down to Sussex where my OH's parents are - they quite often go out on the boat fishing and see whales - Id love to be able to get closer shots than the ones I got from the cliffs.

When I zoomed in on the photo, it actually looks like he's drinking a stubby of beer!

This is the first year I've got there - I've been trying to go for the last few weekends but the weather has been bad. There was people there with good set ups - deck chairs, tables, eskies, telescopes, crackers and dip etc! Im hoping to go back next weekend and hopefully see some more. The whiteboard said 41 whales had gone past today - they can be very hard to spot though!

Anyone else been whale watching and have pictures to share? We went today and saw two, but only got photos of one. It was quite far out, so these were taken at full zoom and hand held. Whale 1 by shellandriley, on Flickr A crop of the above Whale Crop 4 by shellandriley, on Flickr This one makes me laugh - they guys seems totally oblivious to the whale behind him Whale Crop 6 by shellandriley, on Flickr Theres more on my flickr page if interested.

Taken on my 1.8 today. First time I've used it in a while. Week 24/52 - Riley by shellandriley, on Flickr

Week 24/52 - Riley by shellandriley, on Flickr

Is the car harness the same as their usual harness, but with a seat belt attachment? I use the ezy dog harness to walk Riley, but I prefer a more padded one for use as a car harness.

Will get him to give P a shot. He said he'll probably just use the 350D, but he did get some good shots on the auto mode yesterday. It seems auto is ok for anything still, but for something like Riley, if he moves his head slightly it picks a really odd focus point. The weathers been really crappy and I haven't managed to get out, so the closest thing I got to something moving yesterday to practice on my was Dad and my OH I set the camera up and took photos of them walking up the stairs, using the saw, hammering in nails etc. All my shots were perfectly focused so I was happy with that, and ended up setting one of my custom presets too. It was like a little movie out of photos - the 7D is much much quicker than the 350D!

This weather is so average for practising! I need the rain to stop.

I love the first one ange. I haven't put my 50mm 1.8 on the 7D yet - a must do for the weekend I think.

Ill have to try and find something that moves - Riley is too lazy these days! In the meantime I've been browsing flickr checking out the exif data on alot of photos, it helps me learn

I like the look of that one! Can I ask where you bought it please? I got it from one of my wholesalers. I thought they'd be easy to find, but just googled and couldn't see any (in Australia). If you wanted one, PM me and I can tag one on with my next dog toy order. From memory, Riley had a large and it was around the $20 - $25 mark.

I just bought a new car harness for Riley. No plastic buckles, and its really padded too. Its called a Solvit Vehicle Safety Harness It doesn't plug into the seatbelt, it has a metal thing which you put around the seatbelt strap when its plugged in like normal. I found its better for less tangles.

I seem to keep going to AV, then TV if its a moving object. I vary rarely go to M. I think I need to start though, so I get exactly what I want. I wrote myself out a few notes on a piece of paper tonight to stick in my camera bag. I keep forgetting how to get to things - like going from One shot to AI Servo today - I always turn the wrong dial and wonder why nothings happening. So many buttons!

I think I froze outside before mucking around with the camera. Its so cold out there! Im hoping to get out on the weekend with the camera so will be able to have a go with some different subjects. I will try out the auto setting again then just for curiositys sake. ETA - It was me taking the shots on auto - OH hasn't used it yet. Ive deleted all the crappy ones but will see if I can dig up a few from the recycle bin.

So hard to get a shot of Riley without a ball in his mouth! He loves showing off his toys. Week 23/52 - Riley by shellandriley, on Flickr

Yeah Im not so worried about myself as I normally shoot manual, its just I gave the auto mode a shot, as I know thats what OH will use. Its not even that they need to be sharpened, all the auto setting shots are completely out of focus. I will have to get him to use a custom setting that Ill set up.

Today I have learnt that it is sooooooooooo much harder to get a decent shot on the 7d than it is on the 350d! All of my shots on the green auto setting were rubbish!!! The ones I took on manual - mainly AV mode have come out much much better. Im a little worried. If OH picked up the camera he'll go straight to auto, and Im really struggling to get a ok shot out of it, even in natural light. None of them are focused, and all seem over exposed.

There's been a few new purchases, time this was bumped up. Kirislin: Canon 7D, 50mm 1.4, 100mm 2.8 Macro, 70-200mm 2.8L IS Bellatrix: Canon 5D Mark II, 50mm 1.4 (and the 1.8), 24-70mm 2.8L, 100mm 2.8 Macro, Speedlite 580EX II JS: Canon 1000D, kit 18mm-55mm & 55mm-250mm, 50mm 1.8, Speedlite 580EX II SchnuzaeryBoy: Nikon D80, Nikon D700, 50 1.8, 18-50 2.8, 28-80 3.5-4, 24-70 2.8, 70-200 2.8, SB-400, SB-900, 1.4x TC, 2x TC Becandcharch: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.4, Speedlite 580EX II and a kit lens I dont even know what it is as I never use it! persephone :point&shootonly here Fuji finepixS8000sfd and a sony cybershot DSCN1 Ellz: P&S only here too: Olympus SP600UZ and Sony Cybershot DSC-S650 MavericksMission: Canon 450D, 18-55mm & 55-250mm Evolving: Canon 500D, 50mm 1.8, 18-55mm & 55-250mm Mish13 : Sony A700, 16-80 F3.5,90mm F2.8,11-18mm F4.5,18-250mm F3.5, 75-300mm F4.5, 50mm 1.8 (Bellatrix, you have my dream camera) CrazyCresties: Lumix TZ65 and my Canon (which is still in storage for another month!) 350D 18-55mm kit lens, 70-300mm and 500mm Tamron mirror lens (about 20yrs old from my old Minolta but works with an adaptor!) Belgian.blue: Canon 550D 18-55mm & 55-250mm .. very soon a 50mm 1.8 and a Sony Cybershot P&S eta: Just purchased a 50mm 1.8 and a Lowepro Versapack 200 AW biggrin.gif Fattima: Nikon D90, kit 18-55mm & 55-200mm Clover: Nikon D40x, kit 18 - 55mm, 55 - 200mm & nikkor 70 - 300mm. MTD : Sony A350 , 55-200mm, 18mm-70mm , 50mm 1.8 SammieS: Canon 7D, 18-200mm but I think I also want a 50mm soon! DMA: Olympus E-30, Olympus E-420, Zuiko: 14-42mm, 12-60mm SWD, 18-180mm, 70-300mm; Sigma: 24mm, 30mm, Olympus EX-25; Canon PowerShoot A590; Canon AE-1, 28-70mm, 85-200mm Ripley: Canon 50D (I've not even used it yet! Was a present from my husband 2 weeks ago); Canon 30D, Canon 300mm f/4 L, Canon 1.4 teleconverter (don't need to use it though), Canon 50mm 1.8 (I hardly use this lens either), Sigma 17-70, Sigma 10-20, 2 ND grad filters, a newish Fuji pocket digital + underwater housing which I am going to sell soon and a Canon DSLR film camera that I probably won't use again. eta: Husband has an Olympus DSLR E500 with kit lens if anyone wants to buy it, not many shutter clicks on it at all Linda K - Canon 5dII, 24-70L, 85 1.8, 50 1.4, 135L, 16-35L & Nikon D700 50 1.4G TerraNik: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.4, a couple of kit lenses that I rarely use, Speedlite 580EX II Tlc: Nikon D80, 50mm 1.8, kit lense 18 - 135, speedlight. Panasonic fz50, nikon coolpix P&S RottnBullies: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.8 ValleyCBR: Olympus e420, Zuiko: 14-42mm and Zuiko 40-150mm LucyCharzie: Canon 1000D, 18-55mm, 50mm 1.8 Ravyk: Canon 550D, 50mm 1.4, 60mm 2.8 macro, 18-250mm, Panasonic Lumix FZ-28, Panasonic Lumix FT1 [waterproof] Firestone: Canon 450D, (I love) and today I laybyed the Canon 50mm 1.4 can hardly wait CareyJ: Canon 450D, 18-55mm, 55-250mm, Lowepro camera bag, Sony Cyber-Shot DSCTX p&s Poocow - Canon 350D (need an upgrade!), kit lenses, 50mm 1.8, 70-200mm. Next purchase will be a Speedlite. ~*Shell*~ - Canon 5D Mark II, Battery Grip, 50mm 1.4, 50mm 1.8, 70-200mm 2.8L, 530EX II Speedlite, Canon IXUS80IS, Canon IXUS210IS Tibbiemax - Canon 50D, 18 - 200mm, 50mm 1.4, need more stuff!! MrRedDog - Mine arrived yesterday Canon Eos 7D, Canon EF 50mm f1.8 II, Tamron SP AF 10-24mm f3.5-4.5 Di II LD, Tamron AF 28-300mm f3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Plus a few other bits and pieces: bag, filters and stuff (now it's play time) DogSportObsessed: Canon 1000D, 18-55 mm, 75-300 mm (only just got it last week ) Smisch: Nikon D3000 18-55mm 55-200mm & limited use of a D50 (I seem to be the only one who actually likes the D3000 camera..) Does anyone have a recommendation for a site to buy lenses thru, I want a 70 - 300mm Lense but not so willing to pay $1200 for it... I did find a few online for as cheap as $400 but not sure if its a safe option.. Reccommend please! Lic_82 - Sony A200, 50mm 1.8, 75 - 300mm, 18 - 70mm... Canon 40D, 55 - 250mm, 18-55mm ( i think lol I havent got it yet) plus hopefully will have a 50mm 1.8 for the 40D soon smile.gif Misha&MIlo - Konica Minolta DYNAX 5D (off e.bay as i'm new at SLR and didn't want to spend big bucks and find out I didn't like it smile.gif ) 18-70mm, 75-300mm with a few uv lenses. (he sold the lot to me for $250 with memory cards well actually everything I will need for now biggrin.gif ) Fuji finepix S2000 point and shoot Sony Cybershot DSC-TX5 waterproof camera tdierikx - Canon 450D, 18-55mm IS, 55-250mm IS - and backup is a Canon Powershot S5 P&S (12x zoom equivalent to around 400mm apparently) kja - Canon 40D & 1DIII bodies w/ Canon 17-55 2.8 IS, Canon 50 1.4, Canon 85 1.8, Canon 70-200 2.8 IS, Canon 60 & 100 macros, Canon 135L 2.0, Canon 10-22, Canon 100-400L IS, Sigma 17-70, Tokina 11-16 2.8, Tokina 10-17... Underwater housing & ports & strobes for the Canon 40D. And my happy baby Canon SD1200 IS for go anywhere; except in the water which is my baby (crappy) Olympus 720SW Complete list coz there's just so much freakin stuff LOL wagsalot - Canon 350D, Canon 7D, Canon 50mm 1.8, Tamron 17-50 2.8 IF, Canon 70-300 4-5.6 IS

I just bought a diffuser off ebay for $10 from a local place. I figured I can't go wrong for $10, and it will be easier than taping the card onto my camera. Might look a bit more normal too!

Interesting. I will check them out, thanks!

I just love that hose pic Crazy

Does the plastic work well (considering) ? I just used a piece of white card to direct the flash upwards. It works, but it looks ridiculous I can't afford to invest in a external flash at the moment, but I did see this that someone posted on here recently http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/pop-up-flash-bounce/ and have been thinking of giving it a shot

Here we go, one of the first shots out of the 7D. I did have to set up a dodgy pop up flash bounce as I hate the flash so much Levi the evil by shellandriley, on Flickr