A splash in the groin for Albert (OT - oh Yes!)

DF said:

DF said:

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Hi Jono,

You know......I will admit that I am ignorant about
Britishalia.......but I had always assumed that the Albert Hall was
a good deal larger than this. Live and learn, I guess.

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Stephen Livick said:

Hello Jono

"Comment, criticism and insults will all be gratefully received!"

I think I have figuered out my battery problems with the E100,
when I first received the camera it came without battery charging
instructions. So naturally I under charged them doing just what
the camera shop people suggested. The 2 hours of charging I gave
them was quite insufficent. I have since found out that the 1700mAh
batteries tha came with the camera actually require much more
charging time.

So about your images Jono, some comments as you mention you would
be open to suggestions and criticism.

To be honest Jono I found them a tad ordinary and for the most part
sea side cliches. What one would expect from a trip to the sea side
by the local camera club. You are at a stage with these images
where you are simply photo copying the "thing" in front of you. But
not going beyond it with your talented inner vision.

Your images were something that literally many many thousands of
photographers could and would do. In my thinking you really need to
progress beyond this phase as its simply the first rung on a ten
step photographic ladder.

The sea invokes in my mind at least, smells, sounds, the rush and
hurried movement of white bubbling water, the wind in your face
blowing in off the water, the salt spray and simply the sheer joy
of being by the sea. It's really something that trancends beyond
the images you put up on you web site.

The challenge and next step is to make images not about the
external photocopied "thing" or scene before you using that all to
ovbious wide angle lens.

But instead show us your internal visual impressions of what the
greater ocean side represents. Doing it in a universal timeless
form where we all smell, feel and know what it is to be there in a
human universal sence, that is the greater visual challenge.

If I were your photographic teacher and I am not, I would be
sending you back there and tell you to keep working on it. You have
it in you, I feel that from you Jono, just look for it and find it
first residing in your creative inner vision. Then go about taking
your images, but do it contemplatively with understanding coming
from your inner visual core and not merely from the ordinary every
day vision most "photographes"r posess.

Taking those steps is not easy I know that from personal experience
but that's what living is all about. Reaching the next stage and
once grasped, looking for the next one which is always just ahead.
It's never ending, you can always simply stand still, like most
tend to do, or move ahead, it's up to each of us to make that
decision.

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Jono Slack said:

Hi All
Sorry for absence - I've been allowed out of our newly developed
CCD cleaning laboratory for a moment to post these pictures (there
is a new gallery with twelve photos designed to catch the mood of
an early 'spring' day at the seaside!):

http://www.slack.co.uk/Suffolk2002/southwold/index.html

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Jono Slack said:

Hi All
Sorry for absence - I've been allowed out of our newly developed
CCD cleaning laboratory for a moment to post these pictures (there
is a new gallery with twelve photos designed to catch the mood of
an early 'spring' day at the seaside!):

http://www.slack.co.uk/Suffolk2002/southwold/index.html

I had to help an old friend set up a new computer over the weekend,
they live near the coast, so I thought I'd pop down to the seaside
town of Southwold for an hour with the camera.

Weather was mixed - a little sunshine - damned cold!

For those who aren't in the know, Southwold is a sleepy seaside
town about 100 miles north east of London. It's rather trendy
amongst rich Londoners these days, and although it may still seem a
little down at heel, prices have gone through the roof.

It's the north sea - this means that it's brown, and freezing cold
(except when the currents bring up a little warmer water from the
Sizewell nuclear power plant a few miles down the coast). If you
are brave enough to go swimming, and foolish enough to open your
eyes under water, the browness is so dense as to make it dark.

Nothing daunted, these Londoners are reputed to pay as much as
£40,000 for beach huts - yes, that's nearly $60,000. There is a
wonderful row of beach huts, all with royal names: there's
Victoria, Queenie, Edward II, Albert . . . . . . and at the end of
the row there's Carl Marx!

Here is Albert:



The coast around here is very much subject to subsidence, and in a
(mostly vain) attempt to stop their houses dropping into the sea,
the locals have put a number of 'groin's along the coastline.

Here is a groin (with a muddy splash)



I hope you enjoy the pictures - now I must crawl back and have
ANOTHER go at getting that last piece of dust from my CCD.

Comment, criticism and insults will all be gratefully received!

kind regards

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

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LCD said:

Hi

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LCD said:

either the Nikon or Canon forums? Actually, I think Dr Blobby is
confusing this with the Hingis Bird which has both legs the same
length lives on the flats and tastes much better.
--
LCD

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Frank B said:

You have proved that a good photographer can take wonderful
pictures with any old camera. Love the color and compositions,
especiallt 10 &11.

Frank B

LCD said:

Hi

Nice D1x photos. I like most of them but the Mandalay one with the
leaning lampost most. I like the colours and textures - very
seasidey.

You got the swabs bad then? Is it really that bad? Does it affect
your shooting? I have read that for the Canon D30/60 it is less of
a problem. Indeed, I could not see any swabs for it.

I see you found the Haggis Bird thread. Now would that happen on
either the Nikon or Canon forums? Actually, I think Dr Blobby is
confusing this with the Hingis Bird which has both legs the same
length lives on the flats and tastes much better.
--
LCD

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Dr Bob said:

LCD said:

Hi

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I see you found the Haggis Bird thread. Now would that happen on

Dr Bob said:

either the Nikon or Canon forums? Actually, I think Dr Blobby is
confusing this with the Hingis Bird which has both legs the same
length lives on the flats and tastes much better.
--
LCD

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Dr Blobby, Dr Blobby!!!!!!! He's big, fat & pink with yellow spots
.......er mmmm!

Great shot of the groin Jono. Superb.
--
Dr Bob

Gallery: http://www.gm0eco.com

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Brian Mackey said:

wonderful as usual, whcih camera?

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Brian Mackey said:

and have you tried some gum on the end of a stick to get the dust off?

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Brian Mackey said:

Jono Slack said:

Hi All
Sorry for absence - I've been allowed out of our newly developed
CCD cleaning laboratory for a moment to post these pictures (there
is a new gallery with twelve photos designed to catch the mood of
an early 'spring' day at the seaside!):

http://www.slack.co.uk/Suffolk2002/southwold/index.html

I had to help an old friend set up a new computer over the weekend,
they live near the coast, so I thought I'd pop down to the seaside
town of Southwold for an hour with the camera.

Weather was mixed - a little sunshine - damned cold!

For those who aren't in the know, Southwold is a sleepy seaside
town about 100 miles north east of London. It's rather trendy
amongst rich Londoners these days, and although it may still seem a
little down at heel, prices have gone through the roof.

It's the north sea - this means that it's brown, and freezing cold
(except when the currents bring up a little warmer water from the
Sizewell nuclear power plant a few miles down the coast). If you
are brave enough to go swimming, and foolish enough to open your
eyes under water, the browness is so dense as to make it dark.

Nothing daunted, these Londoners are reputed to pay as much as
£40,000 for beach huts - yes, that's nearly $60,000. There is a
wonderful row of beach huts, all with royal names: there's
Victoria, Queenie, Edward II, Albert . . . . . . and at the end of
the row there's Carl Marx!

Here is Albert:



The coast around here is very much subject to subsidence, and in a
(mostly vain) attempt to stop their houses dropping into the sea,
the locals have put a number of 'groin's along the coastline.

Here is a groin (with a muddy splash)



I hope you enjoy the pictures - now I must crawl back and have
ANOTHER go at getting that last piece of dust from my CCD.

Comment, criticism and insults will all be gratefully received!

kind regards

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

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--
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mackey135/njdigitalservices.htm
'I have discovered digital photography' Livin life at 5 megapixels!

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DF said:

Hi Jono,

Glad to see you've stopped back.

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DF said:

(You've certainly suffered some ribbing and ridicule in several
threads during your absence. Naturally, I've refrained from
participating in any of those.....)

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DF said:

I had a good look at the new seaside pics. Difficult to choose any
overall favorites.......they're all salty and enjoyable. Love the
quaintness and color of those huts!

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DF said:

Sorry you have been having a bit of de-dusting time. But, as you
say, it's no doubt a matter of hitting upon a proper routine. Not
a major problem?

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DF said:

Please do watch yourself in those "other" forums.......I hear they
permit live ammunition. (Here we only shoot stage blanks.)

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DF said:

Best wishes,

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DF said:

David
--
http://www.mongoosephoto.com

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Bill Siegrist said:

Greetings David,

Excuse me...what did you say?

(You've certainly suffered some ribbing and ridicule in several
threads during your absence. Naturally, I've refrained from
participating in any of those...)

Are you backpedalling? Come on "Partner" fess up on this one . . .

We are waiting . . .

Bill Siegrist
--
Bill Siegrist
http://public.fotki.com/SiegristPhoto/

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Thanks for looking - Stephen Livick said:

Hello Jono

"Comment, criticism and insults will all be gratefully received!"

I think I have figuered out my battery problems with the E100,
when I first received the camera it came without battery charging
instructions. So naturally I under charged them doing just what
the camera shop people suggested. The 2 hours of charging I gave
them was quite insufficent. I have since found out that the 1700mAh
batteries tha came with the camera actually require much more
charging time.

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Stephen Livick said:

So about your images Jono, some comments as you mention you would
be open to suggestions and criticism.

To be honest Jono I found them a tad ordinary and for the most part
sea side cliches. What one would expect from a trip to the sea side
by the local camera club. You are at a stage with these images
where you are simply photo copying the "thing" in front of you. But
not going beyond it with your talented inner vision.

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Stephen Livick said:

Your images were something that literally many many thousands of
photographers could and would do. In my thinking you really need to
progress beyond this phase as its simply the first rung on a ten
step photographic ladder.

The sea invokes in my mind at least, smells, sounds, the rush and
hurried movement of white bubbling water, the wind in your face
blowing in off the water, the salt spray and simply the sheer joy
of being by the sea. It's really something that trancends beyond
the images you put up on you web site.

The challenge and next step is to make images not about the
external photocopied "thing" or scene before you using that all to
ovbious wide angle lens.

But instead show us your internal visual impressions of what the
greater ocean side represents. Doing it in a universal timeless
form where we all smell, feel and know what it is to be there in a
human universal sence, that is the greater visual challenge.

If I were your photographic teacher and I am not, I would be
sending you back there and tell you to keep working on it. You have
it in you, I feel that from you Jono, just look for it and find it
first residing in your creative inner vision. Then go about taking
your images, but do it contemplatively with understanding coming
from your inner visual core and not merely from the ordinary every
day vision most "photographes"r posess.

Taking those steps is not easy I know that from personal experience
but that's what living is all about. Reaching the next stage and
once grasped, looking for the next one which is always just ahead.
It's never ending, you can always simply stand still, like most
tend to do, or move ahead, it's up to each of us to make that
decision.

As you said Jono "Comment, criticism and insults will all be
gratefully received!"

Stephen

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Stephen Livick said:

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http://www.livick.com

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Laurie Sokoloff said:

Stephen Livick said:

Hello Jono

"Comment, criticism and insults will all be gratefully received!"

I think I have figuered out my battery problems with the E100,
when I first received the camera it came without battery charging
instructions. So naturally I under charged them doing just what
the camera shop people suggested. The 2 hours of charging I gave
them was quite insufficent. I have since found out that the 1700mAh
batteries tha came with the camera actually require much more
charging time.

So about your images Jono, some comments as you mention you would
be open to suggestions and criticism.

To be honest Jono I found them a tad ordinary and for the most part
sea side cliches. What one would expect from a trip to the sea side
by the local camera club. You are at a stage with these images
where you are simply photo copying the "thing" in front of you. But
not going beyond it with your talented inner vision.

Your images were something that literally many many thousands of
photographers could and would do. In my thinking you really need to
progress beyond this phase as its simply the first rung on a ten
step photographic ladder.

The sea invokes in my mind at least, smells, sounds, the rush and
hurried movement of white bubbling water, the wind in your face
blowing in off the water, the salt spray and simply the sheer joy
of being by the sea. It's really something that trancends beyond
the images you put up on you web site.

The challenge and next step is to make images not about the
external photocopied "thing" or scene before you using that all to
ovbious wide angle lens.

But instead show us your internal visual impressions of what the
greater ocean side represents. Doing it in a universal timeless
form where we all smell, feel and know what it is to be there in a
human universal sence, that is the greater visual challenge.

If I were your photographic teacher and I am not, I would be
sending you back there and tell you to keep working on it. You have
it in you, I feel that from you Jono, just look for it and find it
first residing in your creative inner vision. Then go about taking
your images, but do it contemplatively with understanding coming
from your inner visual core and not merely from the ordinary every
day vision most "photographes"r posess.

Taking those steps is not easy I know that from personal experience
but that's what living is all about. Reaching the next stage and
once grasped, looking for the next one which is always just ahead.
It's never ending, you can always simply stand still, like most
tend to do, or move ahead, it's up to each of us to make that
decision.

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Hello Stephen -

I do understand the point you are making. Your comments may apply
to this group of photos - Jono is getting used to a new camera
after all, and it is harder to get beach photos that aren't cliches
then otherwise, I suspect. (Like sunsets! [g]) I recommend
however, that you check out the photos on his website. I think
you'll find that Jono crossed that rung on a ten step photographic
ladder a long time ago . . . at least in my humble opinion.

--
Best,
Laurie

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Diane B said:

Jono Slack said:

Nothing daunted, these Londoners are reputed to pay as much as
£40,000 for beach huts - yes, that's nearly $60,000. There is a
wonderful row of beach huts, all with royal names: there's
Victoria, Queenie, Edward II, Albert . . . . . . and at the end of
the row there's Carl Marx!

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We used to have 'groins' on our NC coast but they have been made
more or less illegal--since they allow deposits of sand one place
while creating problems in unplanned areas. People still try
though--not understanding tides nor the persistence of the seas.

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Diane B said:

I rather like all of them, but am taken most, I think, by #8. I
just liked the bright colors/shapes against the more colorless
dreay sky.

What do people do in these huts?? Are they just for changing?--or
do the slightly larger ones (with the porches) have eating/sleeping
areas?? We don't have anything comparable at our beaches.
However, at one of the revival campgrounds near here (called
'arbors') where certain church groups meet year after year, there
are little huts that look just about the same. Families 'own' each
one, paint and decorate to suit, stay a whole week for 'preaching'
and there is just enough room to sleep/eat and sit on the tiny
porches.

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Diane B said:

Glad you shared these with us. Hope you will continue to do so.
Glad you are enjoying the new cam. Have you had much cleaning?--I
plan to look at the D100 when it comes out (for 'research") and
keep wondering about the truth with the interchangeaable lens and
dust. I'm still in no hurry, but no reason not to keep up with the
new possibilies.

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Diane B said:

Cheers, Diane
--
Diane B
http://www.pbase.com/picnic/galleries
B/W lover, but color is seducing me

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DF said:

Hi Di,

Glad you mentioned #8.......if I HAD to choose a favorite, that was
going to be it:



Best wishes,

David
--
http://www.mongoosephoto.com

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Bill Siegrist said:

Partner David,

Tell me . . . which one of them have they (evil empire...Nikon
forum) been keeping our poor Jono. Did they torture him? Did he
confess?

Go ahead, let's hear it . . . I can stand to hear how painful it
was for him, do not spare the details.

Bill Siegrist

P.S. Yea! . . . Jono's back in grand form with lots of exceptional
photos.

--
Bill Siegrist
http://public.fotki.com/SiegristPhoto/

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gregg said:

Salutations Jono,
Fantastic shots Jono. I want your eyes. One will do.
Gregg

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StudioSeven said:

Jono Slack said:

Hi All
Sorry for absence - I've been allowed out of our newly developed
CCD cleaning laboratory for a moment to post these pictures (there
is a new gallery with twelve photos designed to catch the mood of
an early 'spring' day at the seaside!):

Hi Jono,

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Like most photographers I love to travel. However the limit on my
wallet prohibits me from going to all the places I wish I could.
That is one of the biggest reasons that I enjoy this forum. I get
to see great shots of other places. I may never make it to
England, but thanks to you and others like you, I feel like I have
been there. Thanks for sharing.

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DF said:

DF said:

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Hi Jono,

You know......I will admit that I am ignorant about
Britishalia.......but I had always assumed that the Albert Hall was
a good deal larger than this. Live and learn, I guess.

D.

--
http://www.mongoosephoto.com

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