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Thought I'd start a thread for general chat. If its needed I guess it will live, if its not it will fall off the page and die.

Well I've finally posted my first 4 photos for the first 4 days, sorry for the delay, I've been burning the candle at both ends.

The past few days have been easy to take photos because there has been something to take photos of. Feels like the next few days I'm going to have to put some effort into coming up with a shot to post. Its these days that I'm going to find hard but it will be interesting to see whether that causes me to step up to the plate and be creative or not.

Dubaiphil- Where are you? Come on catch up

Is everyone else finding a photo a day easy or not?

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Canon EOS 550D (with Magic Lantern)
18mm - 135mm Kit Lens, 50mm f1.8, Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM
430EX II Flash with Phottix Strato Wireless Tigger Set
Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 with 496 Ball Head. Gorilla Pod SLR
Canon Powershot A720IS with CHDK and intervalometer script. Pentax Optio W90

My Blog - http://www.ianganderton.wordpress.com

No, it's not easy at times and I've already had one blank day. Today is likely to be difficult too but I must say that some of the others have used their imaginations far more than I have. I've already noted that photographs of everyday objects can be quite compelling.

Phil's idea is making us work at it. No bad thing.

Nice to see that you weren't arrested for spying.

With work travels the week ahead should give something extra interesting but its the routine days I'm more worried about.

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

The 85's strapped on and ready to rock!

Has anyone thought about or generated a ticklist of photo's, photo styles or processes they're going to try and include in their DECEMBERFEST thread? I was thinking it might be a good idea to do to help on the days where the camera isn't automatically out and about.

For instance I need to do a hdr or 2 because of the december 'On Assignment'. Thats something I havent done before

I was thinking a stitched panorama would be a good idea to add something to break the look of the 30mm shots.

I scanned through an article on making a macro tube from a Pringles tube and so a macro shot would be a good idea maybe.

I havent taken a long exposure image of traffic like warth man's. I've got a couple of locations I need to explore for that as a possibility.

Xmas decorations havent gone up yet so those are still to come.

Bouldering with some friends at Gordon's spare bedroom climbing wall tomorrow so that should produce image number #6

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Canon EOS 550D (with Magic Lantern)
18mm - 135mm Kit Lens, 50mm f1.8, Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM
430EX II Flash with Phottix Strato Wireless Tigger Set
Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 with 496 Ball Head. Gorilla Pod SLR
Canon Powershot A720IS with CHDK and intervalometer script. Pentax Optio W90

My Blog - http://www.ianganderton.wordpress.com

No
There are days I can find more than just one nice scene but these days aren't of those. Until now I hoped to get a shot somewhere but then I startet thinking of what I could shoot in the end of the day - just in order to have a picture. At least it helps getting creative.

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Canon EOS 500D + Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm 4L IS USM + EF 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS USM + EF 100mm 2.8L Macro IS USM + Sigma 12-24mm 4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM + Canon Speedlite 580 EX II + Nissin Speedlite Di 466

So what is the term used to describe someone with a DECEMBERFEST thread?

A DECEMBERFESTer ?

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Canon EOS 550D (with Magic Lantern)
18mm - 135mm Kit Lens, 50mm f1.8, Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM
430EX II Flash with Phottix Strato Wireless Tigger Set
Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 with 496 Ball Head. Gorilla Pod SLR
Canon Powershot A720IS with CHDK and intervalometer script. Pentax Optio W90

My Blog - http://www.ianganderton.wordpress.com

Am in Germany now... took over 130 shots on the compact up to now. Might be a delay before I get round to posting them.

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

Where in Germany are you?


OK already done:
- Flower "macro"
- Decoration thing
- erm... don't know how to call it if you take a shot of a shot of a shot through the viewfinder of another camera.
- still life
- erm... finger?
- Street photography


What needs to be done:
- landscape
- wildlife (getting hard at only 50mm - even on a crop frame camera)
- portrait
- sports?
And then it's getting harder...

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Canon EOS 500D + Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm 4L IS USM + EF 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS USM + EF 100mm 2.8L Macro IS USM + Sigma 12-24mm 4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM + Canon Speedlite 580 EX II + Nissin Speedlite Di 466

Didn't I mention it elsewhere? Currently I'm in Munich. Checked out the main Christmas market yesterday. Nothing planned for this evening yet...

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

Decembermember?

Maybe in the end we should go through every thread and list the three pictures we liked best?

Like:

Well done, Mr. X - I especially liked...

1: #23 because of the great quality
2: #11 because bla
3: #14 - don't know why, just a feeling.

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Canon EOS 500D + Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm 4L IS USM + EF 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS USM + EF 100mm 2.8L Macro IS USM + Sigma 12-24mm 4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM + Canon Speedlite 580 EX II + Nissin Speedlite Di 466

Jiko,

Any feedback would be very interesting feedback from my point of view. It would also be a great exercise in giving C&C to look though others photo sets.

I'm loving the whole process that I'm going through. The POTD requirement, the looking at others photos and photo sets and the reviewing of my own photo set.

I'm not sure which I find the most interesting, the individual photos or the set as a whole and what it says about the photographer.

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Canon EOS 550D (with Magic Lantern)
18mm - 135mm Kit Lens, 50mm f1.8, Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM
430EX II Flash with Phottix Strato Wireless Tigger Set
Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 with 496 Ball Head. Gorilla Pod SLR
Canon Powershot A720IS with CHDK and intervalometer script. Pentax Optio W90

My Blog - http://www.ianganderton.wordpress.com

Well thats my last DECEMBERFEST photo posted. Got to say I've REALLY enjoyed the whole process and learnt a lot along the way.

I can feel a 'what now?' question coming on. I wont have anywhere to post tomorrows image

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Canon EOS 550D (with Magic Lantern)
18mm - 135mm Kit Lens, 50mm f1.8, Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM
430EX II Flash with Phottix Strato Wireless Tigger Set
Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 with 496 Ball Head. Gorilla Pod SLR
Canon Powershot A720IS with CHDK and intervalometer script. Pentax Optio W90

My Blog - http://www.ianganderton.wordpress.com

Later today I will post a bunch of photos. Not one for each day, though.

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Canon 500D and 10D with grip; 580 ExII

Canon EF 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 USM; Canon EF 75-300 mm f/4.0-5.6 II; Tamron 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3; Canon EF-S 18-55 IS (broken); Canon EF 50 f/1.8 II