Sold5 - Photo Album [Archive]

sold5

27-03-2006, 9:21 PM

Hi All,

Bought my first ever camera almost a year ago for a trip to Shanghai with my Girlfriend to see her sister. Read and read and read about photography for a few months before the trip as I was not planning to go to China too often!

Some amazing sights especially the people of the land.

Anyway, here are 2005's photos. Have not edited them a lot, basically downloaded picasa2 about 2 hours ago and have cropped and auto-this and auto-that a bit. Will add camera data for each pic when I get a chance. All china ones were taken with my Canon 20d and a 70-300mm usm IS lens (thanks Eric!) or the basic kit 18-55 lens. Since the trip Ive added a tamron 28-75 2.8, a Canon 70-200 F4L, Canon 300mm IS L, and about half a stone, mostly directly in front of my belly.

Other shots are of my boxer, Heidi, my parents sheepdog, Ruby, Girlfriend Maggie and her labrador Dolly (found as a stray on Dollymount strand in Dublin a couple of years back), my godson Georgie, wedding in Galway, trips to Barcelona, Wroclaw Poland, and Toulouse and south of France - yep I went mad on the travel last year, next trip planned for July 2018. A few shots were taken with a Pentax Optio S4i, will mark these up later to show which is which.

Critical acclaim or destructive criticism most welcome. Enjoy! :thumbsup:

Steve (Sold5)

Bristol Pete

27-03-2006, 9:24 PM

Anyway, here are 2005's photos. Have not edited them a lot, basically downloaded picasa2 about 2 hours ago and have cropped and auto-this and auto-that a bit. Will add camera data for each pic when I get a chance. All china ones were taken with my Canon 20d and a 70-300mm usm IS lens (thanks Eric!) or the basic kit 18-55 lens. Since the trip Ive added a tamron 28-75 2.8, a Canon 70-200 F4L, Canon 300mm IS L, and about half a stone, mostly directly in front of my belly.

Wow, thats some selection of kit. Welcome aboard the forums and some great pics too. I love picasa.....:)

Pete.

bowenjones

27-03-2006, 9:32 PM

Some great shots there mate :smashin:
I now want to go to China ;)

sold5

27-03-2006, 11:17 PM

hutters

28-03-2006, 8:40 AM

I just cant figure this out - cant see how I can attach a photo without getting everyone to click each thumbnail, also Im getting squeezed on the file size to 120kb and all my photos are losing their sparkle cause of it :eek:

HELP!!!!! :lease:

Sold5
Instead of 'attaching' images you need to have them hosted somewhere and then use the tag - when you create a post, click on the button that looks like this: [IMG]http://www.avforums.com/forums/images/editor/insertimage.gif and paste in the url. If you're not sure about the tag just quote this post and you'll see how I did it with the .gif for the button :) You will need to change the Editor mode to see the code, so click on this button: http://www.avforums.com/forums/images/editor/switchmode.gif on the top left of the message editor box.

sold5

28-03-2006, 10:44 AM

Thanks a million, any idea about free hosting? We have a website at work I might be able to piggyback on but a freebee would be great?

Whats the limit then on pics hosted elsewhere? Am I right to think its 800 pixels high or wide?

Cheers,

Sold5

bowenjones

28-03-2006, 10:58 AM

sold5, I've sent you a PM.

stevegreen

28-03-2006, 11:04 AM

Whats the limit then on pics hosted elsewhere? Am I right to think its 800 pixels high or wide?

Have a look here (http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=320633) mate :smashin:

sold5

28-03-2006, 12:54 PM

Thanks for the comments/ help/ PM's everyone!

Now for a new attempt. Lets see if this works...should show Heidi as a pup (Pentax Optio S4i)...

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/9728/imgp093813he.jpg

Sold5

sold5

28-03-2006, 1:06 PM

It works!

Thanks guys!

Bikers, Birr Vintage Week August 2005, Birr Co Offaly (my new home). Took the opportunity to step out onthe road when the lights were red, figured a low down shot in between the bikes would give a good effect. Got just the shot I'd imagined:
http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/1014/img120812de.jpg

Shanghai Circus:
http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/5118/shanghaishow17yt.jpg

Bridge in Toulouse, Summer 2005. Sky was more grey than this, Picasa saturation increase did the trick.
http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/7298/img185710ru.jpg

Shanghai - Paper lights/ puppets outside the aquarium. Just as it came out of the camera.
http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/5123/mg939414ah.jpg

Heidi - a bit bigger! Still hard to get her to eat though, just like her dad - not.
http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/5040/img050915om.jpg

Caution - Mundy at work!
http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/9959/mg126010od.jpg

sold5

28-03-2006, 2:02 PM

One more payment and its mine... the other side of Toulouse
http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/9838/img176811tw.jpg

Beijing - main park, all the elderly locals clap and dance and play music and a kind of raquetball - amazing to see them at it. Took this shot with a 70-300 canon zoom - I think. Lots of china shots came out a bit lacking in colour, propably because of the strong sunlight or the smog.
http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/9442/mg967811pj.jpg

Shanghai Circus No.2 - did not need to crop this one, just more zoom. Think this must have been my tamron lens cause of how the action is frozen.
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/4259/mg007517ox.jpg

Flight back from Toulouse - think this is wales? Saturation increases a bit in Picasa. Hard to get a good exposure from inside a Boeing.
http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/5263/img198811tb.jpg

Wait for me...Wroclaw Poland, November (work trip!) Canon 300mm
http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/451/mg329714lq.jpg

sold5

28-03-2006, 4:44 PM

Maggie and Dolly - At Portumna forest park, Co. galway
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/8566/imgp206715en.jpg

Beijing Forbidden City - Roof detail. These guys seem like sentries posted on many of the roofs in the forbidden city.
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/3118/roofdetailforbiddencity15lu.jpg

South of France - Couliers (pronounced cool-Eeh-Aay) - fantastic place to visit. Just managed to get a late (cheap) bed at high season with a view out the door of the bay. Class! this street is at the other side of the port, where most of the action is. Very lively place with great reataraunts and atmosphere. Nearly missed this area too, we thought the main town area was all there was to the town.
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/6915/img170012lo.jpg

Detail of a stone statue, fishing village near Shanghai. Its a tourist spot, first village ive ever seen with an entry fee at the gate, but worth it.
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/703/mg987716dx.jpg

Hey - No press please!
http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/6883/heynopress17dg.png

Ruby - Summer 2005
http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/9724/mg059115ju.jpg

But the map SAYS it should be just here...
http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/8752/butthemapsaysitshould16ap.jpg

Sold5

sold5

28-03-2006, 5:14 PM

Should never have shown me how to attach photos...I tried to warn you all. Hope no 56k'ers lurking :oops:

No red eye needed here! HUGE Market of dubious goods in Shanghai - this guy had a little stall and collected coins/ notes from around the world. First time in a while Id seen a 5 punt note.

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/3249/img943911ho.jpg

Barcelona - Gaudi Park on the hill over the city:
http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/9493/imgp151119pk.jpg

sold5

28-03-2006, 10:46 PM

catch me if you can!...panning and taking multiple shots with the tamron lens, this is one of my favourite photos, even though a bit blurry I think it adds to the feeling of action. That and I didnt have any proper ones from the shoot. Children and animals, eh! :suicide:
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/7669/mg05818em.jpg

Best Friends...these two spend most of their time together and get SOOOOO sad when they have to go home :(
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/4816/mg4054a9ap.jpg

mod comment image link broken - way outside size limits

Second attempt:
http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/9277/mg4054a9ap7dp.jpg

Stopped off on the road from Toulouse to Carcassonne (town has a fantastic castle that "Robin Hood" (Kevin Costner) was filmed in - so we were informed, never liked the guy since waterworld...) when I saw this opportunity - the railtracks and multi-patterns behind deserved a 5 min stopover:
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/8259/img15766xa.jpg

Get your Ducks in a row: Shot before Dermot (Brother) and Mary's wedding 2005:
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/8861/img22233ha.jpg

I think this one is from Coulier in the South East France. Go there if you are ever near! - we drove for a few hours to get there based on recommendation from a young local couple in Toulouse.
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/9900/img16479nc.jpg

Rue Marlene, Toulouse (s'about 4 streets south of the main square. Would not visit Toulouse without walking around this area of 4 or 5 streets deep, the streets are soooo cool.) Another of my favourite pic's. Not photoshopped, I came back at night to get the moody atmosphere.
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3011/img17259gd.jpg

beachy

28-03-2006, 11:07 PM

lovely shots mate, i really like the one of the old man in beijing park(great detail in his face) and the 2 kids with the map. :smashin:

sold5

28-03-2006, 11:35 PM

Ok I'm on a roll....

Father and Son...one of the few shots Ive played around with. Paul (RHS) had a cigarette in his hand but I thought the shot was better without it - MS paint and 2 hours later. Also this shot was two seperate images taken within seconds of each other, the join is clear in the centre, have not got around to fixing it yet
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/7455/img2389a4du.jpg

Having Fun?
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/9783/img05265gu.jpg

My dad, wedding 2005
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/5210/img2391a1vj.jpg

St patricks day 2006, we decided to go for a stroll up the wicklow mountains at Glendalough...cold.
http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/7975/img57636bc.jpg

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/9899/img57882zi.jpg

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/9439/mg57444uz.jpg

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/9228/img58059ll.jpg

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/9813/mg56954sf.jpg

The girls heard there were ninja mountain bandits around but luckily they didnt see any.
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/8438/mg57250qb.jpg

Me any Heidi up knockshegowna hill near the Tipp and Offaly border! (Thanks maggie, good shot!)
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/6423/img45103wx.jpg

What goes up...must come down
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9057/mg40857tm.jpg

LFCRules

28-03-2006, 11:43 PM

That Ninja shot, you sure that wasn't Christian Bale researching his Batman Begins role :rotfl:

Superb shots by the way :thumbsup:

sold5

28-03-2006, 11:44 PM

Thanks Beachy! :smashin:

I love portraits with lots of detail. Sometimes the subject just sees the wrinkles though. :grin: I do like the way the two kids with the "map" are completely engrossed in themselves, it could almost be two different scenes.

Will probably tidy up the album soon, haven't really thought of which ones I should leave up for good yet.

Sold5

sold5

29-03-2006, 12:01 AM

Thanks LFC!

Just 3 more for a while, gotta get the camera out again...

Statue at the monastery, Roscrea. I like the effect trees can give as a softening filter or as a frame for a shot.
http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/6416/img39926tq.jpg

Heidi, woods near Roscrea, Tipperary.
http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/4920/img39766if.jpg

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/6258/mg41004qz.jpg

stevegreen

29-03-2006, 11:42 AM

Some great shots there :clap:

Please try and stay within forum limits for embedding photos though please :)

sold5

29-03-2006, 1:38 PM

"Please try and stay within forum limits for embedding photos though please"

Sorry, used a 3rd party software to change to max 800x600 in a few different batches. I will reduce image sizes on offending ones as soon as I can figure it out. Some were done on XP with MS image resizer, some Win 98 where the MS program wont work. I tried the AVforums image resizer but ended with tiny pics (eg the jellyfish tank in my first post). Will sort out,

:god:

Cheers

Sold5

beachy

30-03-2006, 10:36 AM

[QUOTE=hutters]Instead of 'attaching' images you need to have them hosted somewhere....

so how does this work, ie who would host your photos another website ? would they charge for this ? and would there be a limit on the size on there website and this one, if so how do you go about setting this all up,please excuse my ignorance on this :confused:

hutters

30-03-2006, 10:53 AM

so how does this work, ie who would host your photos another website ? would they charge for this ? and would there be a limit on the size on there website and this one, if so how do you go about setting this all up,please excuse my ignorance on this :confused:
Looking at Sold5's pictures he's using imageshack (http://www.imageshack.us) which appears to be free. Alternatively you can buy your own domain and host them there or you can use somewhere like photobox (http://www.photobox.co.uk) that has other benefits aswell.

Markol

06-04-2006, 10:49 AM

Hi Stephen,
This is your brother - Get back to work. :nono:

How About putting these on Flickr? www.flickr.com.
You get free space for photos and can upload them to your space by email or multimedia message.

Glad the camera and lens' are working well - It was worth walking through New York to get them so?

Mark.

sold5

07-04-2006, 11:31 PM

My cousin George Ryan in happier times. George's dad Jim was buried yesterday at the ripe age of 84. He was one of life's really genuine, gentle, likeable characters and a favourite of all the family as we grew up. May he rest in peace.

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/7140/img23424mj.jpg

sold5

07-04-2006, 11:37 PM

Wedding last year - sussing out the fashion I'm guessing:
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/9679/img237523hz.jpg

Another wedding day pic, from down at the lake on the grounds of Mount Wolseley (I believe the original owners of the estate created the car of the same name):
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/9286/img303116wb.jpg

Heidi in the woods - again!
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7312/img39699cm.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/4281/mg406719lw.jpg

Bristol Pete

08-04-2006, 10:34 AM

I love the wedding pic of the two chaps looking. Says so much but so simple. Clever picture :clap:

sold5

08-04-2006, 2:26 PM

Thanks Pete :)

Another china Pic, I like the detail on the bell in the middle of the shot.
http://img468.imageshack.us/img468/443/mg00676gg.jpg

electrolyte

18-04-2006, 9:59 PM

all I can say is WOW. What an amazing collection of shots. Some real crackers. I love the dog shots with the colours of dogs offset against the green grass. The pic of Paul and Dad works really well - you should get Photoshop Elements as the join would be a doddle to get rid of.

sold5

21-04-2006, 9:05 PM

A few more pic's from my 2005 archive...will have to get the camera out again so ive something new to put up!

Another Mundy shot, Birr Vintage week, August 2005. www.mundy.ie for samples. Its worth it!:
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/3250/mg13055ht.jpg

Mundy's drummer:
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2310/mg12409ca.jpg

Coulier, France. Note the windmill and castle on the hill. Cool place.
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5428/mg16809ey.jpg

And a view in the other direction. I like the contrast between the stillness of the boats and the hustle and bustle of the restaurants and bars at the far side.
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6181/mg16836ed.jpg

Beijing Forbidden city entrance: I really need to work on this picture a bit to sharpen, saturate and other TLC.
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/3807/mg97657zq.jpg

2 dudes, Toulouse
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1160/mg18354wk.jpg

sold5

21-04-2006, 9:55 PM

:hiya:

Old lady, Beijing:
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/5571/mg98475dd.jpg

Think this guy was a street musician in Beijing...
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3286/mg9826a1iy.jpg

Fishing village takeaway (20 miles outside shanghai) - rice, steamed and wrapped in banana leaves. The uncooked ones are inside the window:
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/9615/mg9865110xj.jpg

"back in 20 Min's!":
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/2182/mg99011gp.jpg

Another Beijing shot:
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4825/mg99129af.jpg

Shanghai French Reataraunt - roof detail at back:
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6232/mg9928114ko.jpg

sold5

21-04-2006, 10:09 PM

Fish Dinner - reeeeeal good mmmmmmm...
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/8619/fishdinner6cj.jpg

Only noticed after this shot it was a good candidate for cropping:
Egg yolk is such a good hair treatment...
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/4528/eggyolkissogoodtostrengthenthe.jpg

Shanghai fishing village river shot:
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/808/sdriving5sj.jpg

Forbidden city brass thingy. For a forbidden city there were a hell of a lot of visitors.
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1336/forbiddencitybrassthingy11bz.jpg

Vintage week parade in Birr.
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/6381/img12017qm.jpg

sold5

21-04-2006, 10:44 PM

:spam:
Is this spam if i just keep posting more and more?.....:eek:

View over shanghai from restaurant 56 floors up. Worlds tallest restaurant, 9 floors per second in the lift. Honest. As you can see this was taken through glass.
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3013/img0226115yl.jpg

Carcasonne (France) castle tour by horse and cart. Tour is in french, so although I was familiar with Brittany spears, my command of the language is poor so i didn't get much of the history of the place. At least we didnt have to walk up the hill.
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/5852/img1558112lh.jpg

Boat race to Irelands eye. Shot taken from plane coming back from France. Are some of the guys on the steering wheels drunk?
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8973/img20150cg.jpg

Happy Days!
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/1723/img26025lf.jpg

Dennis and Denis
Dennis at wedding, Sept. Notice the father and son resemblance with above pic?
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/1392/img2345118pd.jpg
Denis at New Years Eve, pondering his resolutions for 2006.
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3120/img36337yh.jpg

Niamh, looking very retro
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4042/img36783jv.jpg

All-Ireland busking festival Summer 2005, Newcastle, Co Down. Late night seashore shot. Never knew such a competition existed, we were travelling down but stopped off for the night to check out the talent. Nice place. Dont miss "Sea Salt" restaurant if in the area, really great food and you can bring your own plonk!
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2248/imgp06318tz.jpg

thats all for now,

Good night and good luck :hiya:

Sold 5.

sold5

08-05-2006, 8:47 PM

Taken at a hurling match yesterday, my local club in black and white. We lost unfortunately. :( If anyone wants to buy me a beer to cheer me up I have paypal.

All taken with canon 300mm L prime lens. Most cropped, sharpened and thats about it - all in picasa.

"The throw in" (ie kick-off, with sticks) 1/800 sec, f4, ISO 100. Most of the shots have similar settings, 1/500 sec to 1/800 sec to capture the action.
http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/1844/img64837gq.jpg

sold5

08-05-2006, 9:12 PM

http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/7765/img64641bp.jpg

Not a good place to be - I broke my nose in this position a few years back. Its still a bit crooked too. I wear the full face guard now though. Has saved me a few times!
http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/4953/img65004oo.jpg

The solo-run. Exposure -1.00 (bright day), f32, 1/30 sec, shutter priority.
http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/3229/mg64580mz.jpg

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3633/img65144cz.jpg