JawD

You get a few free when you buy a new car Not sure but it was fairly cheap for my local garage to get one for one of my commercial vans.

I'm directly effected as my business sales are made up of 90% a Japanees manufacturer. Already spoke to them and they have people trapped in their HO. Most though its the shipping ports. So many have closed and actual vessels have been lost. This will delay and push up the cost of export from the country. Power across the country is being limited meaning production at factories is slowed or stopped all together for now.

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We've had more prams than I care to check my bank balance about. But the best by far was the three wheeled Out n About Zipper.

Some people astound me I fail to grasp the lack of empathy in some people.

But only because of people's reaction - not the act itself compared for example with rape which if burning a book is "vile", surely defies description. I agree and you can't draw parallels to the two. However, then could you not say burning a poppy is not vile (as I would say it was) as after all, its only a flower. In all cases its not so much the act but what it represents and the intent behind the act. This country is all about free speech. Problem is every fucker knows that and comes here to take the piss. Im all for free speech, but the notion of it is really taking to the edge by some and I find myself being a hypocrite. IE free speech when it suits.

While it may not seem possible, there would be every chance to get a worse owner and then who knows what would happen with a manager. Before Ashley came I said the grass is always greener, same applies now. I'd still take the risk though, even just to get shot of all the SD tat and his smarmy fucking face.

Course its a twatful action and iirc they were immitation poppies so not like he ripped them off a monument. With that in mind, whats worse, their "protest" or the young idiots who vandalise monuments with wreaths on them? Burning the Qur'an a vile act though a different thing again, more akin to burning a bible.

I might pick one up after I get back from the states. For Landscape photos, am I right in thinking it's best to pick up a polarising filter, is there anything else I'd need? Poloriser is useful especially if you have water droplets anywhere on the image. this might be tree's, lakes and so on. But it can also help give greater contrast in a blue sky with clouds. However, Id be going for a ND Grad filter before. I use the Cokin filter system so that I can mount a couple of filters at the same time (namely these two above). But if you really want to do Landscape, Id go for a strong grad filter first. Unless of course you are handy in photoshop. The problem with landscape is that the land is much darker than the sky, so if you meter for the landscape, the sky is over exposed and if you meter for the sky the ground is under expoded. The filter brings the two closer together by darkening the sky. The alternative is to use photoshop. You could take two images, one exposed for sky and one for land, then blend the two. cheers Jawd With the Cokin kits, is it wise to buy the best I can, then bring my ability up to their level, or buy a cheaper set and see how far and how comfortable I get with them? Well, I think there are 4 sizes and I went for the P series which I think seems to be the most common. If you do buy any of them, you need 3 things. You have the frame which the filter slots into, the filters themselves and then an adapter ring that the frame fits to. You need a different ring for each lens as lenses are different diameters. I bought a ring light (bit like an always on flash for macro work) and that came with a full set of rings for all sorts of different sized lenses so it was really handy.

I might pick one up after I get back from the states. For Landscape photos, am I right in thinking it's best to pick up a polarising filter, is there anything else I'd need? Poloriser is useful especially if you have water droplets anywhere on the image. this might be tree's, lakes and so on. But it can also help give greater contrast in a blue sky with clouds. However, Id be going for a ND Grad filter before. I use the Cokin filter system so that I can mount a couple of filters at the same time (namely these two above). But if you really want to do Landscape, Id go for a strong grad filter first. Unless of course you are handy in photoshop. The problem with landscape is that the land is much darker than the sky, so if you meter for the landscape, the sky is over exposed and if you meter for the sky the ground is under expoded. The filter brings the two closer together by darkening the sky. The alternative is to use photoshop. You could take two images, one exposed for sky and one for land, then blend the two.

Well, with a tripod you can make your naturally steady as a rock hand God like. Especially in dark surrounds where macro is very difficult. Also if you want really close macro to control the depth of field where even your breathing can throw it out of focus.

I enjoy messing with Macro, be doing a lot more when weather turns and I'm in the garden more. Do you use a tripod? Sounds a bit faffy but best investment I made.

Like its ever fucking stopped...

You have some great subject matter over there to mess with! I like the perspective with the 35mm, almost has a fisheye feel to it on a couple.

Sounds canny that like tbf

Projectile at both ends? Been there , last weekend. House was lifting of puke/shjte for 24 hrs. ( which, thankfully, was the duration of the bug). Yep. I was curled in a ball in the bathroom like an unborn child Seem much better today thankfully, if not a bit fragile.

Can't think why? We have our lemons and tin of golden syrup at the ready.

Hey love, look, we both eat beans! Wanna fuck? Course I just have images of people going from that Walmart people site

All food. At least for today. Was spewing all over last night after catching some bug off the bairn.

Dont really bare him any malace. It's a game ran by money and that's the reason he went. I'd like to see him fail though. Nowt personal to him, I just dislike what football's become in this area and am happy to see any "big move" fall on it's arse.

While its sick, I feel more for the Octopus! I still found the orginal "sicker" like.

Grrrr. You know what boils my piss? When I get in from the match, which we played shite, and an in-law who has no interest in it tries to have a conversation with me about it.

Shocking today. Shouldnt have been at RB before Simpson like. Backed off far too much for their 1st.

Typical classless shite from DL. KK has done more for this club that he ever will. He's just trying to turn fans against KK. Worst thing is that some people take this bollocks in.

Ranger is injured aye. Agree pretty much with your points here. Taylor was fucking shite and Ive no ide why he was at RB when he is a CH and Simpson wasnt at RB. Wasnt just this though, they had no fight or will to win. No urgency. Deserved to get beat tbf. Arteta was class as well and had Taylor all over. Once again we're starting to look over our shoulder.