Forum: Foto Fair
1st March 2018
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Replies: 11
Views: 560
Re: Dunnock in the Snow
These two links will show you the difference.
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/house-sparrow/
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Forum: Foto Fair
1st March 2018
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Replies: 11
Views: 560
Re: Dunnock in the Snow
Another distinctive feature of Dunnocks are their beautiful amber eyes and orange legs. They spend a lot of the time foraging for food on the ground and if there is a pair of them they keep flicking...
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Forum: Foto Fair
28th February 2018
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Replies: 11
Views: 560
Re: Dunnock in the Snow
The Dunnock (Prunella modularis) is one of a small family (5) of birds called Accentors. They are commonly called "Hedge Sparrows" because they look a bit like sparrows.
Sparrows such as the House...
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Forum: Foto Fair
28th February 2018
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Replies: 8
Views: 409
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Forum: Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
28th February 2018
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,914
New Firmware
Looks like the E-M5 II has its firmware updated too *chr
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Forum: Foto Fair
27th February 2018
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Replies: 1,732
Views: 206,507
Re: Picture trail
According to the RSPB bird book its a juvenile Blackbird.
So its not a foul score *yes
http://e-group.uk.net/gallery/data/1993/Screen_Shot_2018-02-27_at_22_12_36.jpg...
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Forum: Foto Fair
27th February 2018
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Replies: 7
Views: 662
Re: Bullfinch in a teacup...
I have seen the occasional pair in the area most years. But this year they seem to be quite common. Even today I saw five different birds, including the male in the teacup. He was chucked out by his...
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Forum: Foto Fair
22nd February 2018
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Replies: 15
Views: 570
Re: Few Pics of my hometown
Thanks. Olympus cameras do have a miniature effect (diorama I think they call it) but it's jpeg only. It's quite an easy effect to do in PP, although of course it will never look exactly like a true...
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Forum: Foto Fair
28th January 2018
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Replies: 13
Views: 944
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Forum: The lounge
26th January 2018
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Replies: 19
Views: 677
This is how weather-sealed the E-M5ii is
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2017/04/recently-top-has-had-some-comments-about-the-weatherproof-qualities-of-olympus-pro-gear-i-can-tell-you-that-its-hard-to-exa.htm...
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Forum: Foto Fair
25th January 2018
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Replies: 9
Views: 476
Re: Mottisfont Moments
There's a Heath Robinson Museum in Pinner, where he lived for a time. It's well worth a visit. There's also quite a nice cafe next to it:
https://www.heathrobinsonmuseum.org/
Jim
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Forum: Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
25th January 2018
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Replies: 42
Views: 6,256
Re: LCD screen
The real message is, as with all modern technology, "just be gentle".
I love the screen it lets you take shots you could not do with any other system.
It is certainly not sub standard or low...
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Forum: Foto Fair
23rd January 2018
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Replies: 2
Views: 271
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Forum: Foto Fair
20th January 2018
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Replies: 4
Views: 286
Troubled Waters
http://www.e-group.uk.net/gallery/data/500/P1191081_Medium_.jpg
Not going anywhere near there..................*chr
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Forum: Foto Fair
19th January 2018
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Replies: 11
Views: 694
Re: Overgrass mill & snowdrops
Cheers.
It was a nice crisp sunny morning, no leaves on the trees. so for once the mill & the old garden were nice and bright. Looking at the original there's not much processing on the light,...
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Forum: Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
14th January 2018
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Replies: 42
Views: 6,256
Re: LCD screen
Unless the display connectivity is via slip rings it does sound plausible that the display has a right and a wrong way of twisting. If it's a small bundle of wires or flexi-printed-circuit, it's only...
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Forum: Foto Fair
12th January 2018
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Replies: 1,732
Views: 206,507
Re: Picture trail
Wrong EnD!
http://e-group.uk.net/gallery/data/500/Wrong_End.jpg (http://e-group.uk.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/96904)
(A baby barn owl waiting to be ringed at Sculthorpe.)
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Forum: Foto Fair
12th January 2018
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Replies: 1,732
Views: 206,507
Re: Picture trail
Tree Sparrow
http://www.e-group.uk.net/gallery/data/2030/TreeSparrow.jpg
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Forum: Foto Fair
11th January 2018
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Replies: 1,732
Views: 206,507
Re: Picture trail
No, it was at RSPB Frampton Marsh (https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/frampton-marsh/) in September last year.
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Forum: Introduce yourself
29th December 2017
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,435
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Forum: The lounge
27th December 2017
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Replies: 6
Views: 268
Battle of the Super Maxis!
On Boxing Day (aside from the 4th Ashes test) a great ocean classic began,
Wild Oats (AU) and Comanche (US) battled it out for line honours in the
Sydney to Hobart Yachting Race 2017...
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Forum: Foto Fair
22nd December 2017
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,151
Re: To Canary warf
Nice - like the blue hour effect, and I agree the sharpening works well.
I've done quite a bit of this sort of thing, especially on the London Docklands Light Railway, which winds between some...
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Forum: Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
22nd December 2017
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,167
Re: Sensor Cleaning
Ok, my degree was in Chemistry although I've never worked in the industry or in academia. What I do know is this...
- For cleaning lenses and such like the essential point is that the substance...
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Forum: Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
19th December 2017
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,167
Re: Sensor Cleaning
I can't see any reason why mirrorless sensors should, as a matter of principle, be more "sensitive ". The IBIS adds an extra dimension for sure, but if you think about it, once powered down the...
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Forum: Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
19th December 2017
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,167
Re: Sensor Cleaning
When I used Nikon, I needed to clean the sensors quite often - every couple of months or so - but, after changing to Olympus, I have only had to use a blower brush very occasionally and never...
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