Recent content by Peter Roberts

I think the first one's best. What a cheeky looking fellow that is!

OK, here goes. So this is in Greenwich. The original one, now in London but once in the county of Kent. It is the birthplace of point zero of the meridian, and the standard measure of time computed by stellar observation by the observatory here. Both were vital to the Royal Navy in the days of...

Thanks Gianluca. It wouldn't do if we all had the same opinions. We all see things differently. And this is after all a forum in which I hope we can all feel free to exchange comments without incurring rancour.

Thanks for you honest appraisal, Gary. It really is much appreciated. That stump is a favourite subject of mine so I've no doubt I'll be returning to it. Between you and me I haven't yet got a shot of it that I really like. Must try harder!

Thanks for you honest critique, Gianluca. Not least because even if a post is marked 'Critique Welcome' I sometimes get the impression people hold back. Your comments rather echo my own opinions but I though it wouldn't hurt to canvass second opinions. As to vignetting. I have to admit I'm...

Thanks Beth.

The river Darent in north west Kent here in the UK. Also historically known as the Dart or Darenth. It flows into Thames just north of Dartford, hence that town's name: the ford on the river Dart.

Thanks, Gary. I could explain the context and answer those questions. I will if you like........

About a year ago now I stirred myself early to capture the gathering clouds over one of our local parks. I was trying Kentmere 100 for the first time and the resulting negatives were more grainy than I was expecting from a 100 ISO film. This may just have been due to my not having found the...

A magnificent still life, Julian. Everything about it is right. I agree totally about embracing grain. It's an inherent part of the film medium and can be exploited to great effect to add interest, character and/or style.

Well you certainly haven't been wasting your time away, Charlotte. Impressive results from 110 format there. I really admire you for doing your own C41 processing, it's something I've never been able to pluck up the courage to attempt.

Nice one ,Gary. I find clouds fascinating. I often give a landscape shot a miss unless there are some clouds to add detail to an otherwise blank and uninteresting sky. At the risk of starting another thread running perhaps I'll dig some out ;)

Thanks Charlotte. I think you can still download Picassa to systems up to Windows 10 albeit from third parties which may come with risks. Google gave up on Picassa many years ago and obviously no longer provide support. Personally I like it very much and still use it as my main photo editing...

Thanks for sharing these, Bill. These two are even better than the first ones. Catching the rainbow must have been amazing. One shot and it's done, yes I can relate to that Interesting that you can recall the circumstances in which a photo was taken. I find this myself when going through old...

Great work Bill. I'm really impressed by results you achieved there.