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There is some great stuff on this thread. I love photography, I personally don't think I'm very good yet but that doesn't deter me :)

 

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I do the odd wedding for friends and family but don't want to post pics here without their permission.. and this is all I could find on my long-neglected Flickr.. so here's some I took in New York a couple of years ago! I was just starting out and only had my 18-55mm kit lens at this stage, but I still love them!

 

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..and a bonus one of my dog! :)

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Started getting back into it recently (long long break) and popped up to Uffington the other day to do a few :) (Small res here as ninja'd off facebook all high res at home :( )

 

Need a lot more practice :D lol

 

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Steve

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Love the one with the tree and vine. Works really well.

 

Oh thank you! :D There were some really cool and wacky trees I found (Odd I am I know haha) just felt had to take the pics:

 

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Steve

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Thought I would chip in... with my Flickr page. Steve

 

Starting to get into Photography, although still need some decent equipment! Id love a better lens but for anything around 300mm with IS it's getting expensive. Quite happy with some of the photos though and I am just starting out.

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Thought I would chip in... with my Flickr page. Steve

 

Starting to get into Photography, although still need some decent equipment! Id love a better lens but for anything around 300mm with IS it's getting expensive. Quite happy with some of the photos though and I am just starting out.

 

It's worth looking at old manual lenses on eBay, you can get mount adapters for most (i.e. if you have a canon, you can get M42 -> EF adapters so the lens will fit your camera)

 

Downside is it'll be manual focus, so not a lot of good for fast moving subjects (unless you set to infinity focus) but it's a good way to get some good quality glass for cheap and would be fine for shooting perched birds if you're patient :)

 

Depending on your camera, a lot of modern ones (particularly CSCs) have manual focus helpers; this shows in-focus areas highlighted in red on the back screen. Very handy for using manual lenses!

 

My favourite lens for portraits is an old Zuiko 1.4f 50mm - takes stunning photos and only cost me £40

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It's worth looking at old manual lenses on eBay, you can get mount adapters for most (i.e. if you have a canon, you can get M42 -> EF adapters so the lens will fit your camera)

 

Downside is it'll be manual focus, so not a lot of good for fast moving subjects (unless you set to infinity focus) but it's a good way to get some good quality glass for cheap and would be fine for shooting perched birds if you're patient :)

 

Depending on your camera, a lot of modern ones (particularly CSCs) have manual focus helpers; this shows in-focus areas highlighted in red on the back screen. Very handy for using manual lenses!

 

My favourite lens for portraits is an old Zuiko 1.4f 50mm - takes stunning photos and only cost me £40

 

Thanks for the advice, I'll definitely pick up some manual lenses if they'll work ok. I have a Canon 1200D and I do have a small collection now, I got my new 22mm lens today for macro and hopefully some photos of the sky/stars at night.

 

55-250mm f4.5-5.6 USM IS (I would really like to either sell/part ex it and get something upto a 300mm or 400mm though as I enjoy wildlife photography) - Most used.

50mm f1.8 (I got this second hand around £55 off eBay)

24mm f/2.8 STM Lens (Got this today!!)

18-55mm (not sure on specs, I got this as a kit with the camera) - It's hardly ever used though, I think i've taken one photo with it.

 

I think the only thing I would like is a better zoom lens, however the original Canon lenses go anywhere from £800 - £1k+!! I've seen the fixed zoom ones a lot cheaper but I would prefer autofocus I think and would also prefer a lens that isn't worth more than my car...

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