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  1. 1 hour ago, DrewDon said:

    Watkins is one of my favourite players in the league. I have watched him live twice this season at Villa Park, and his composure, movement and footballing intelligence are elite level.

    He might miss out on the England squad because Toney is a better like-for-like replacement for Kane, but he couldn’t have done much more this season to stake a claim. 

    Quite unsettling to read a sincere post from you in this thread. Do you still have that Newcastle season ticket?

  2. 14 hours ago, Mackie The Staggie said:

    So since I started I've shot sports, and sports only. 

    This year I promise I will get into landscape and will finish the year with at least 2 images I'm happy to print....the only thing is I have no idea what I'm doing. (as seen in the below pics).

    Anyone have any books/YouTube Vids that they would recomend?

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    Landscape photography YouTubers for some reason seem to be mostly dour men from the north of England (and the occasional bubbly man from the north of England). I'd add the likes of Adam Karnacz, Ian Worth, Gary Gough, Stuart McGlennon and Mads Peter Iversen to Stevo's list of likeable people who produce impressive work, know what they're talking about and are good at putting across the basics of things like composition, settings, use of filters, editing techniques etc without being too dogmatic. You obviously know your way around a camera so it won't be information overload like it can be for many people (myself included when I started out).

    One thing I'd say is not to get too hung up on emulating the images the top YouTubers produce in their videos - as well as being very good photographers they're also out and about constantly in the best locations with the best conditions. As you'll know from sports photography, getting out with your camera, experimenting and making your own mistakes is the best way to learn.

    Looking forward to seeing your two prints at the end of the year!

  3. On 29/12/2023 at 20:09, greendot said:

    THis boy took a photo of kilchurn castle as well and about 10.30 into that video there's a tutorial using luminar on how to remove the fence using ai. You should be able to do it using Photoshop as well although what I've found with the majority of ai infills is that it's at a lower quality than the image you're using so may look a bit naff. 

     

     

    Thanks for this. Updated Photoshop and gave the generative fill tool a go. Not too shabby, although as you say the filled section is noticeably softer than the rest of the image when zoomed in.

    kilchurn castle 3.jpg

  4. Couple of shots of Kilchurn Castle taken on Boxing Day morning - one pre-sunrise and the other with some light hitting the castle. Reasonable reflections despite the stiff breeze. Not sure I've got the skill or the patience to get rid of the fence in Photoshop. Great location, though.

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  5. On 14/11/2023 at 10:33, derek_holmes said:

    Between a group of three of us we got €60 tickets for Cologne, Gelsenkirchen and Dusseldorf (a Wednesday to Friday triple header). Had applied for five games each so not a bad result. Roll on the draw.

    Scotland v Switzerland, Spain v Italy, Slovakia v Playoff B.

    Cannot complain.

  6. Between a group of three of us we got €60 tickets for Cologne, Gelsenkirchen and Dusseldorf (a Wednesday to Friday triple header). Had applied for five games each so not a bad result. Roll on the draw.

  7. On 29/09/2023 at 18:42, Miguel Sanchez said:

    The same person put up their Dublin and Leeds dates already, and they're going to do the two London nights from this week, where they played two entirely different setlists - 58 different songs.

    I was at the second London show, where they went pretty deep into their catalogue. I thought it was great as I've seen the "A set" a couple of times before, but I heard a few grumbles from people who were at their first National gig and were expecting all the favourites. 

  8. 4 minutes ago, Priti priti priti Patel said:

    Some c**t has left a marmalade sandwich from the Angel of Death...

     

     

    Generous explanation: it was left by a parent whose young child suggested the idea.

    More likely explanation: one of Normal Island's perfectly normal adults left it off their own bat.

  9. 18 minutes ago, Radford said:

    Clark was sacked after 8 games in 2001 and it was already too late by that point.

    Make the change now and give us a chance. 

    That has to be the worry now – that even a swift change with time left in the transfer window leaves the replacement in an incredibly difficult position, let alone if it goes on until the autumn or winter.

    (Will happily eat humble pie if we're sitting comfortably at Christmas, but can't see it.)

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