What have you done today thread?

**murcan** · 31-07-12, 21:33

Originally Posted by smixxy

That sounds like heaven; well, apart from possibly running out of fuel - I miss messing about on boats

do you miss the part where the weather goes down the tubes and your warm sunny day shapes up for a week of cloud and rind and rain? We got the new mains'l all sorted and had a little bit of a sail round the Island but it finished up in howling rain. I've just left the Island. I have to plan the rest of this week in preparation to go back to work. I've forgotten what I do before I leave I've been home so long. An impromptu 9 week vacation.

**Yambo** · 31-07-12, 21:48

Why don't you just retire murcan? You've been practicing, it's good, you can keep busy. You don't need work, just give it up ffs.

**Trogladyte** · 31-07-12, 21:53

Crash fallout.

Took suit to be repaired, and then spent the day on the garage repairing fairings. Yawn.

**Noggin** · 31-07-12, 22:33

Originally Posted by murcan

do you miss the part where the weather goes down the tubes and your warm sunny day shapes up for a week of cloud and rind and rain? We got the new mains'l all sorted and had a little bit of a sail round the Island but it finished up in howling rain. I've just left the Island. I have to plan the rest of this week in preparation to go back to work. I've forgotten what I do before I leave I've been home so long. An impromptu 9 week vacation.

i learnt to sail in England and spent my childhood racing dinghies and yachts with bioDad in the summer holidays. I reckon more of our sailing was in shite weather than good!!! lol

**HB.** · 01-08-12, 05:31

I went to the olympics!

**Byker28i** · 01-08-12, 06:46

Originally Posted by HB.

I went to the olympics!

...and what did you see?

**Byker28i** · 01-08-12, 06:55

Yesterday I got the results back from my formal assessment of the first part of my degree course. Good enough for a 2-1 apparently. I was disappointed as it seemed so low, but apparently that's good especially for a first time at this level.

**Editor** · 01-08-12, 07:12

Originally Posted by Byker28i

Yesterday I got the results back from my formal assessment of the first part of my degree course. Good enough for a 2-1 apparently. I was disappointed as it seemed so low, but apparently that's good especially for a first time at this level.

remind me again what you're reading?

**Byker28i** · 01-08-12, 07:52

Originally Posted by Editor

remind me again what you're reading?

Thought I'd do an easy one and just take photos, but apparently it's not about taking good photo's just showing the work! Turns out it's full of reading. So far I'm resisting writing the artistic bullshit but I know it's coming. I'm currently researching other photographers as I have to show knowledge of others (I see it as nicking ideas

) but some of their guff is a little 'artistic'

"...could be called a "creative non-fiction" photographer. His photographic practice has always inhabited a space between two contradictory truths. These two truths he describes are that every image is a fiction, but that every photograph is still a representation of the subject. He believes that no picture can ever express the true complexity of the individual yet sees this as liberating. What's important is form, light, color and composition. However, the photographs still emblematically stand for the person portrayed. The truth about fiction leads to playfulness and invention, the truth about representation brings along responsibility as the picture still refers to a world that real people inhabit."

**HB.** · 01-08-12, 08:21

Originally Posted by Byker28i

...and what did you see?

I saw the swimming heats in the morning:

London 2012 Olympics - a set on Flickr

Still got to sort through all the ones of swimmers in the pool, just too knackered at the moment.

**Byker28i** · 01-08-12, 09:16

Excellent, I like the colours - good set. What camera did you use? Were there any restrictions of use?

**Yambo** · 01-08-12, 09:18

Originally Posted by BananaMan

Isn't it meant to be unwise to post on social networking sites when you're going to be away from home ?

With this in mind I didn't tell you last week that I had a visit from Wheelnut who was over here on holiday in Içmeler. We had lunch and a few beers and as Wheelnut is a thorougly pleasant man it was a very enjoyable afternoon. He's back home now, recovering no doubt.

**HB.** · 01-08-12, 09:31

Originally Posted by Byker28i

Excellent, I like the colours - good set. What camera did you use? Were there any restrictions of use?

Thanks

Only another 500 to sort through..
Just used the Canon 400D, my 7D hasn't arrived yet

Lenses were a 10-20mm wide angle, and a 70-200 Canon f2/8

No restrictions , just had to be able to fit it all in a bag that would fit under my seat at the pool. They did say that you couldn't do flash photography in the aquatics centre (it distracts the swimmers) but everyone with a point n click seemed to be using flash. Atmosphere in the pool was awesome! it really doesnt come across on TV, and was good to see the swimmers and divers practising for a couple of hours before the TV coverage began

I did spend the first 20 minutes in my seat trying not to be dizzy/sick every time I looked at the pool. I was high up, and it was very steep. It felt (at the beginning) that if i leaned forward in my seat, i'd topple off!

**Byker28i** · 01-08-12, 10:32

Originally Posted by HB.

Thanks

Only another 500 to sort through..
Just used the Canon 400D, my 7D hasn't arrived yet

Lenses were a 10-20mm wide angle, and a 70-200 Canon f2/8

No restrictions , just had to be able to fit it all in a bag that would fit under my seat at the pool. They did say that you couldn't do flash photography in the aquatics centre (it distracts the swimmers) but everyone with a point n click seemed to be using flash. Atmosphere in the pool was awesome! it really doesnt come across on TV, and was good to see the swimmers and divers practising for a couple of hours before the TV coverage began

I did spend the first 20 minutes in my seat trying not to be dizzy/sick every time I looked at the pool. I was high up, and it was very steep. It felt (at the beginning) that if i leaned forward in my seat, i'd topple off!

Nice. I did here they were going to restrict DSLR's but maybe the 400D looked small enough, well, until you strapped the 70-200 on it

**HB.** · 01-08-12, 10:35

Originally Posted by Byker28i

Nice. I did here they were going to restrict DSLR's but maybe the 400D looked small enough, well, until you strapped the 70-200 on it

Umm where did you hear that? There were a LOT of DSLR's there, and never heard anything anywhere about that? Definitely not anything in the bumf about them (only that lenses couldnt be over 30cm in length)