Author Topic: Lord & Lady Roadkill would like to address their adoring public . . . (Read 3636 times)

Roadkill · « **on:** August 27, 2012, 11:56:31 am »

Cheers, Guys. Really.

The day went as well as we'd hoped . . . not perfect but who wants that, anyway

Thanks to everyone who came, helped out in some way, posted comments, sent messages and a special thanks to those who contributed to our (now healthy) Honeymoon fund.

. . and I mean that . . .

Thank you.

All of the money and presents we received were appreciated (we honestly didn't get any $hit at all!!) but some of the money was above and beyond anything we dreamed we'd get.

I can't thank you all enough.

The last few months have been pretty stressful . . . for various reasons (some of which you know about and some you don't) but it all fell into place on the day and you guys helped make that happen.

May I please ask anyone who took photo's to email copies to me directly via my gmail account . . There are some fantastic pictures on FB but the resolution is crap and I'd like decent ones - for obvious reasons !!

And, finally . . . (to keep our Guests happy as this is a Car forum after all) . . . .

Here's a Car !

art b · « **Reply #1 on:** August 27, 2012, 02:45:40 pm »

glad ya had a good un...

is that the camero in the dark....

Incursus · « **Reply #2 on:** August 28, 2012, 08:10:42 am »

Did anyone spot the ghost behind the caddy?

Titsy · « **Reply #3 on:** August 28, 2012, 11:37:23 am »

Quoting: Incursus

Did anyone spot the ghost behind the caddy?

That's the bride dingus...

Incursus · « **Reply #4 on:** August 28, 2012, 11:46:44 am »

Quoting: Titsy

Quoting: Incursus
Did anyone spot the ghost behind the caddy?

That's the bride dingus..

He's killed her already!!!

Titsy · « **Reply #5 on:** August 28, 2012, 12:25:25 pm »

Roadkill · « **Reply #6 on:** August 28, 2012, 04:41:30 pm »

Quoting: Roadkill

May I please ask anyone who took photo's to email copies to me directly via my gmail account . .

None as yet . . .

Incursus · « **Reply #7 on:** August 28, 2012, 05:10:11 pm »

Well I took about 260MB of photo's, tad bit over the normal email file size restrictions. (10MB IIRC)

You can either pick some you really want and I'll email them, or I can shove them on a USB stick or I can give you access to my Cloud storage and you can download whatever you like, whenever you like.

edit: Of course I'll have to Watermark them 1st

Roadkill · « **Reply #8 on:** August 28, 2012, 06:16:05 pm »

How do we do the cloud thing ?

Incursus · « **Reply #9 on:** August 28, 2012, 06:24:42 pm »

Sent you a link.

Roadkill · « **Reply #10 on:** August 28, 2012, 06:47:31 pm »

Downloaded, ta.

Funny though, some some to be a good res, some not . . . don't know if it's this monitor or not . . .

Incursus · « **Reply #11 on:** August 28, 2012, 07:14:40 pm »

Some were cropped from larger photo's as keeping the zoom to a minimum helps with taking photo's in low light conditions.

DSCF7717 being a prime example, it will be more than fine if you print it out but full size on your monty monitor...the photo's only 781x1038 after cropping..

One day I'll get a decent flash gun...or a DSLR

Andy · « **Reply #12 on:** August 29, 2012, 08:38:34 am »

Get a decent lens

Unless like me you're limited to an extremely grainy 1600 ISO a better purchase would be a really decent lens.

I opted for the flash gun instead, but have found that to be more troublesome with relying on constantly changing settings depending on where in the room/hall/marquee I am. Saying that though, a Canon 530EX II With a cheap Gary Fong knock off diffuser is the best for getting inside wedding/party photos. Just hope no one around is too sensitive to the light!

Incursus · « **Reply #13 on:** August 29, 2012, 08:55:21 am »

Quoting: Andy

One day I'll get a decent flash gun...or a DSLR

Quoting: Andy

Get a decent lens

My lens, though pretty good is fixed. http://www.fujifilm.com/support/digital_cameras/specifications/s/finepix_hs20exr/

Generally it's pretty good at low light considering the small sensor but people just wont stand still! :-)

Quoting: Andy

cheap Gary Fong knock off diffuser

Actually some guys on the forums have had good results be putting a "sock" over the built in flash.

Andy · « **Reply #14 on:** August 29, 2012, 10:02:37 am »

That spec reckons you should be able to shoot a F2.8 with some pretty high ISO, I would've thought you'd be alright with that for indoors at night. Guess it all depends on what lighting was laid on.

Looks an impressive camera, would make a very decent back up to a DSLR

Oh and my friend Penny could never afford a Speedlite + Diffuser so instead used a few Rizla fag papers wrapped around the pop up flash. Worked a treat for low light gig work.

Incursus · « **Reply #15 on:** August 29, 2012, 10:24:04 am »

Quoting: Andy

That spec reckons you should be able to shoot a F2.8 with some pretty high ISO, I would've thought you'd be alright with that for indoors at night. Guess it all depends on what lighting was laid on.

Yeah it's great as long as no one moves

More practice required as well, many of the wedding shots were on Automatic low light/low noise EXR settings as I didn't have time/cba to play with the settings before hand....and after a couple of pints...well..I really cba.

Quoting: Andy

Looks an impressive camera, would make a very decent back up to a DSLR

Yeah, it's just a glorified point and shoot, same internals as Katie's compact but with a more flexible lens.

Andy · « **Reply #16 on:** August 29, 2012, 10:27:29 am »

Aha! Fair play. I know sometimes I get too anal about the settings and never end up being happy. I always seem to be of the attitude 'fix that in Aperture later'

Incursus · « **Reply #17 on:** August 29, 2012, 10:37:45 am »

Quoting: Andy

Aha! Fair play. I know sometimes I get too anal about the settings and never end up being happy.

Yeah I can spend two or three times as long on a shot as Katie with her compact and still not get a better pic.

to be fair that's the first time I've used any of the Auto modes in earnest since I bought it...other than the DR Mode which work's quite well.

Big Mouse · « **Reply #18 on:** September 01, 2012, 04:55:35 am »

glad to hear it all went well, I'm still in sunny Fiji so hope the weather is better there than I've seen on the news!!

Roadkill · « **Reply #19 on:** September 02, 2012, 11:38:04 pm »

106*F at 10am yesterday morning. It's fooking hot !