New Camera!

[dm383]

With all the £££'s I've saved from stopping smoking, I went out and got another camera the other day!

Now, in addition to my Nikon F65 SLR and Fuji compact digital, I now have a Nikon D50 D-SLR. I opted for that over the very similar spec'd Minolta cos the lenses I have for my "ordinary" SLR fit and work on the D50! Bonus!!

:( Still learning how to "drive" it yet, so it may be a while before there's any posts from it!

DM

I had no real reason to post this, other than to SHOW OFF!! (Yup, that's 7 whole weeks with no ciggies!!)

DM

[Loulabelle]

Woo hoo for you!!!!!!!!!

Excellent stuff....being a non-smoker is already reaping its rewards then! A new camera and a healthier body! Fantastic.

[maddy]

Great job DM383 - that's an accomplishment worth bragging about.

[jbh3]

Great job DM! :) I have tried to quit more times than I can count!
Sounds like a great camera.Can't wait to see what it produces :D

[dicksbro]

Congratulations on the smoking and on the new camera. We'll be looking forward to pictures of the new you and the camera. :) Been over eight years for me and I'm glad.

[jseal]

dm383,

Congratulations sir. Well done. It is well worth the effort.

[Lilith]

Superb!!!

[BigBear57]

Congrats on the camera and the smoking cessation! When ya learn the good tips on your camera maybe you could pass me some tips for mine! LOL Damn thing's got more buttons and dials than a jet!.... :confused:

[dm383]

Well, these are the first few pics from my new camera - hope you like.

The first one is of an Episcopalian Church I pass when I take my daughter to school; this was "snatched" out the car window, just before the lights changed!!

DM

[dm383]

This one is of blocks of flats (apartments?) that are part of the area where I work. (At one time, they were the highest accommodation buildings in Europe!)

My daughter took this while we were parked at the side of the road.

[dm383]

This is one of a few I took while I was waiting for my daughter to get her pony ready....... the farrier knew I was there, but his concentration never faltered for a second.

Kinda important, as the shoes are about 800°F at this point!

[dm383]

This one I took on on Monday night...... I saw the sunset as I was driving to do herself's horses. I took it just as I my grip on the barbed wire fence was starting to go, hence it's a bit blurred! (Ripped two fingers a bit, too, but c'est la vie!!)

Hope to get some others re-sized in the next day or two.

DM

[imaginewithme]

Pretty!!!

[dicksbro]

DM, the pictures are great. ;)

[Steph]

The church and sunset are awesome (the others are great, too) & congrats on quitting fags!

[maddy]

Beautiful pictures DM. I particularly liked the picture of the church - the architecture and the amazing brillance of the clear blue sky.

[jbh3]

Nice photos!!....you should submit to Webshots.com!!

[dm383]

Thanks for the encouragement everyone. I was really pleased with the church one in particular - like I said, it was very much a "spur of the moment" pic, with absolutely NO retouching or anything. (No photoshop, as yet, and my other prog would take to damn long!!)

jbh3 ~ I'll go take a look at it!

DM

[Aqua]

Excellent pics and awesome that you're going strong without cigs!

[dm383]

Excellent pics and awesome that you're going strong without cigs!

Thanks Aqua.....for both comments!

Here's another. I took this on Sunday, when we all went to a training day for the Pony Club. Herself's "wee boy" was one of the star turns, and this is him at full stretch.

Some of you might remember the likeness from the pix of the necklace I had made for herself's Xmas. (OK, maybe not!! LOL!!)

DM

[Steph]

I love him!!

[dm383]

I love him!!

Yeah, he is a bit of a cutie, isn't he?

Here's another one of him, poking his tongue out at me!!

[dm383]

Took these on thursday afternoon. They're of three out of four tower blocks we cover, and I liked the way the light makes them seem quite clean and - almost - nice looking. In reality, they look like crap, inside AND out!

DM

[dm383]

Just liked the angle of this one.......






...... I hope no-one suffers from vertigo!!

DM

[dm383]

This last one speaks for itself. The client we were visiting lives on the 11th floor - not even half-way up, but the view is amazing!

Hope you liked.

DM

[lizzardbits]

Yeah, he is a bit of a cutie, isn't he?

Here's another one of him, poking his tongue out at me!!
ROFLMAO!!!!
I laughed so loud and long that i woke my daughter up from her nap, and she started laughing because i was laughing.

now that she's up, i gotta go, but i WILL come back later and look at the rest!!!

keep up the good work!

[lizzardbits]

Ok i am back...Wonderful pics! I love the angles of the block of flats.

BUT....i HAD to go back and check out Sprite poking his tongue out! and laugh still!

[jbh3]

Just liked the angle of this one.......






...... I hope no-one suffers from vertigo!!

DM

Whoaa!! Took me back to my High School days and Microdot weekends!!

[dm383]

No new pics recently, for obvious reasons PLUS the monitor on the camera broke (well, burnt out!!!!) :(

On the plus side...............



..... it's now 7 MONTHS since I last had a smoke!!!

Yay me!! :spin:

DM

[TinTennessee]

Beautiful pictures and BIG congratulations on 7 months...one of these days maybe I can quit and NOT kill all those around me! lol

[kinkyashell]

I have a D50 as well. Love it. Now I just need to save for the lenses I want... :rolleyes:

[dicksbro]

The pictures are fantastic, DM. I also love the horse sticking his tongue out. That's delightful. And the building shots are neat. I love sharp angles and the contrasts they often cause.

Very, very nice.

[dm383]

...... since I last posted anything here, so I thought I'd add these few.

First couple are Bodie and Riley - aaall growed up now, and looking good!

[dm383]

These two are part of a series of "experiments" with settings - I think they came out OK though.

[dm383]

I had another one to post here, of Sprite bucking - must be on the memory stick I left at work.........

......next week, hopefully!!

DM

[jseal]

... next week, hopefully!!DM
dm3833,

Someting else to anticipate. :)

Thank you.

[txgrneyes]

Very good pics. It is nice to see places people are from. Even everyday photos...My favorite is the sunset. I miss pics like those, mainly since I cant seem to slow down enough to take the time to look at them.








You also make me want to get my camera back out.


CONGRATS


ON THE QUITING THING.

[dm383]

I had another one to post here, of Sprite bucking - must be on the memory stick I left at work.........

......next week, hopefully!!

DM

Silly me - found it!!

Title (plus th^t!!) says it all, really!

DM

[IowaMan]

Those are all really great DM! Love Bodie and Riley! :thumb:

[osuche]

You have quite the attractive family there. ((((DM))))

[dicksbro]

Great pictures, DM! Thanks for sharing them. Now, did Bodie see the picture of Sprite and just copy the tongue thing? :D

[dm383]

Great pictures, DM! Thanks for sharing them. Now, did Bodie see the picture of Sprite and just copy the tongue thing? :D

Hey, y'know I never thought of that db!!

Mind you, he sees it plenty in real life, so it could well be a "copy-cat" thing!!

DM

[dm383]

We were up at the caravan this week, with my daughter too, and I managed to get the dogs to sit still long enough to get this. (and yes, that is a tent in the background - don't ask!!)

DM

[LixyChick]

Oh man! I just love the names for places and things in your neck of the woods!

The Croy tree with the angry sky is my fave. I have a thing about graceful, bold, poetic trees. If only they could talk!

Your doggies are BEAUTIFUL!

TY for sharing all the pics sweetie!

[IowaMan]

That's another great pic DM! The expressions on their faces this time around made me sort of chuckle. Sort of as if they were doing their very best to give you a doggy version of "American Gothic". :D

Well ok, not exactly but I only live a few miles from where that one was painted and it just sort of came to mind. :)

[maddy]

Beautiful pooches! And ha-ha IowaMan.... I had to relook at the picture after your post.

[Booger]

That's another great pic DM! The expressions on their faces this time around made me sort of chuckle. Sort of as if they were doing their very best to give you a doggy version of "American Gothic". :D

Well ok, not exactly but I only live a few miles from where that one was painted and it just sort of came to mind. :)

I can see that Iowa man one of them just need a pooper scooper is all.

[dm383]

Lixy ~ Thanks, hon! Yeah, we do have some weird'n'wonderful names I s'pose; but these are nothing! Try Auchtermuchty or Findo Gask - both very real places I assure you (been to both). Our 'van is in a town called Blairgowrie & Rattray, it being an amalgamtion of the two towns back in the (I think) 1800's by an Act of Parliament. The town is "twinned" with a town in France, and Pleasanton, California!

IowaMan & maddy ~ you have no idea how long I waited for them to sit like that... the little 'un in particular is hyper-active, so to sit at all is an achievement for him! IM ~ thanks for the pic - I see what you mean!

Booger ~ Ya din't mean the dogs, didja?!?! LOL

DM

[dm383]

This post is a bit of a cheat, really, in that there aren't any pictures in it! But I just wanted to tell you all of a couple of things I saw in the past few days...

.....first, we were up at the caravan all last week, and R & I stayed on til monday evening. Anyway, took the dogs up to a wood nearby at about 6:30 Monday morning, for their walk. We were going up through the first stands of trees and they had both disappeared on their own doggie way, as they do. I heard a kind of bounding "thump thump thump" fairly close, and thought it was Bodie running bak. Looked up...... and about 20 feet away from me was a full-grown Roe deer stag, bounding down the hill. Absolutely breathtaking, and, natch, NO CAMERA!!! Dohh!!

Second one was, Tuesday afternoon up Croy Hill (where the "bush" and "tree" pics were taken) heard a "caw caw" sound up above. Looked up, and the breeding pair of buzzards I've been sort of keeping an eye on all summer were flying out, with "Buzzy", their one-and-only chick, obviously out for his first (or one of his first, anyway) flights, with mum and dad squawking to keep him right! Beautiful!

Then today, up there again, and Buzzy was out on his own. Didn't expect him so early, so no camera again, but did have my little binoculars this time. Definitely Buzzy, as the Primaries weren't quite fully developed, and some of the wing-tip feathers weren't adult length, but he was doing very well despite that. Didn't quite have the knack of "catching the thermals" at first, but after about 15 minutes he finally got it - up, up and awaaaay he went, so high I lost him after about 500 feet (very hazy today).

I wish I'd had my camera, even though I'm reduced to dial-up again..... I'm sure you would have loved him as much as I did.

Ah well........ next time!!

DM

[LixyChick]

YOU MOTHER FUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah hun...strap that cam to your dick (most guys think of their dick more than anything else on the planet) if you have to!



(((((dm))))) You know I love you...right? Wooooooo me now with pics...k?











Really babe...you tell a telling tale and I can "almost" see it in my mind...but a pic smathered in here and there would make me yearn (all the more) to come on over for a visit!

























^^^^ That'd scare ya...huh?

[dm383]

YOU MOTHER FUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah hun...strap that cam to your dick (most guys think of their dick more than anything else on the planet) if you have to!



(((((dm))))) You know I love you...right? Wooooooo me now with pics...k?











Really babe...you tell a telling tale and I can "almost" see it in my mind...but a pic smathered in here and there would make me yearn (all the more) to come on over for a visit!

























^^^^ That'd scare ya...huh?


No Fear Here, sweetie!!! :D And of course I know you love me! :hot:

I'd love for you to visit, even with the stookie on (in truth, I might be a wee bit feart of that!). Then, I'd definitely need a camera.... after I wooed you, of course





....... and another memory card.











....or two.

















........or three......... ;)


DM

[dm383]

I was looking through some folders the other night, and found this. It's a picture of (I think) daddy buzzard I got back at the beginning of June.

Don't think I've posted this before - if so, some apologies - but he's beautiful, I reckon, so worth another look.

Sorry Lixy.... best I can do for now!!

DM

[dicksbro]

DM, you have a real talent! Picture of the dogs was fantastic; the mental picture of the roe deer was vivid; and, that's an amazing picture of the buzzard in flight. Hats off to you!

[mikaylasmummy]

WoW good on you!!! Did you go cold turkey?
It's all worth it when you can buy the things you want when stopping a bad habbit

[dm383]

Thanks for the kind words DB... a lot of it is down to pure luck, I assure you! Means a lot though - you take a mean photie yourself, as I recall!

mikaylasmummy ~ no, I used nicotine patches (for 12 weeks! LOL) I had tried numerous times before, in all sorts of ways, but the patches, plus some other stuff that was going on at the time,did the trick. And saving the best part of £60 a week (that's about US$90 - sorry I'm not sure of the Aus$ equivalent) has meant I could also buy a new car last year!! :)

H and I were up at a place called Braemar last weekend, where they hold an annual Highland Gathering. Got some pics of that I'll share with you, but I'll need to resize them first!

DM

[dm383]

Well, th^t didn't take as long as I expected, so here goes!

These first few are two sets of "contrast"-type shots. First two are taken from the decking at our caravan, and is part of the view we have sitting outside.

The second pair are of a decrepit old shed we see when we go to the woods to walk the dogs. I've always liked this as a photo-op (!) and wanted to get it before it fell down!

[dm383]

These three show a couple of the first events we saw after arriving. First two, the titles speak for themselves. This is one HARD team sport, folks!

Last one is where the competitors have to throw a 16 pound weight over a bar set as high as possible. Here, it was roughly eighteen and a half feet!

[dm383]

These two are of stuff a wee bit more "stereotypical" of my country. The pipe and drum massed bands are made up from representatives of eleven pipe and/or drum bands from all over Scotland, one of which recently came third at the World Championships in Glasgow!

The fella throwing his Mace over the high banner is a Pipe Major, enjoying their very own competition. This one was to throw the mace over the banner and catch it, without dropping it OR breaking step. He was closest, but no-one managed it; due, IMHO, to the banner causing them to "lose sight" of it on it's way down!

[dm383]

These four are of Hammer throwers. The 'Hammer' is merely an iron ball on the end of a wooden handle. The whole thing together weighs about 28 pounds.

It hurts.

Of the last in this series, I just liked the way it looked as though the judge is about to get splattered!!!

[dm383]

A major part of the proceedings is the arrival of a VERY special guest, in quite a special car.

Ladies and Gentlemen - Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second, accompanied by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.

[dm383]

Getting near the end, now, you'll be pleased to hear!

These are of the last event we saw - tossing the caber. (Yes, it IS a real sport!)

The object here is to throw (or 'toss') the caber end-over-end so it lands with the "base" ppointing away from you, and in a straight line. It is a solid log, 20 feet long and weighing approximately 121 pounds.

Fancy a go?

[dm383]

After the Games are over, many of the entrants come down to Blairgowrie (where our 'van is) for "Braemar Night". It's good fun, with lots of dancing, bands etc. Later in the evening, things culminate in a fireeworks display - here's one, and about the only half-decent shot I anaged to get.

That's all, folks. Hope you liked these ones as much as the rest.

DM

[sodaklostsoul]

Hi dm!!!!!

Those pics are reallllllly cool, Thank You!

I see in Going, going you even got a pic of one of WI's friends. :D

[dm383]

Hi dm!!!!!

Those pics are reallllllly cool, Thank You!

I see in Going, going you even got a pic of one of WI's friends. :D

Thanks sweetie - glad you liked them!

One of WI's friends?!?!?! :confused:



















OOHHHH......... you mean :ewe: ?















:loveshowe :loveshowe

:D

DM

[dm383]

Got a few more pics yesterday, and wanted to share a few with you all (actually, only 5 out of nearly 60 - the rest either had faces or are rubbish!!)

An-ee-way........ first one was an extremely lucky shot of mum and dad buzzard diving down for a snack! You may need to look hard for the second one - bottom right, in the middle of the tree clump.

Second shot is of what passes for a Marina round our way - narrow-boats and other craft in a basin on the canal!

[dm383]

Of these three, the first is to show y'all just how filthy our dogs get when they're out having fun!

The second two are just ones I happen to like - hope some of you do, too!

DM

[dicksbro]

More truly outstanding photographs. I love the silhouettes, DM, thank you for sharing these pictures of your homeland, they are beautiful and help me when I close my wyes to imagine the countryside there as though I was making a virtual visit. :thumbs:

[dm383]

More truly outstanding photographs. I love the silhouettes, DM, thank you for sharing these pictures of your homeland, they are beautiful and help me when I close my wyes to imagine the countryside there as though I was making a virtual visit. :thumbs:

Aw, shaddap!! :o

Seriously, thanks db. I'm getting better (slowly!) and, like yesterday, a wee bit lucky! Unfortunately, today I didn't have my camera with me and, like always, saw a few things I'd have loved to photograph! Ah well.

One I forgot from yesterday though, was this - it's a common-or-garden sparrow in flight. First time I've ever come anywhere near to a decent pic like this, so here it is. I dare say it'll be a wee bit fuzzy, as it's a tiny part of a much bigger picture, but cropped quite brutally!

DM