Photography Thread 2023
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weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
The BBC has used two of my pictures in this article about waxwings today (the second and third ones)
Then I had a Facebook message from the Times picture desk asking if they could maybe use one of them in the paper tomorrow! I said yes, but I should probably have asked them for some money, shouldn't I? Anyone who does this sort of thing care to suggest what I should be charging if this starts happening more often?
In pictures: Waxwing irruption flies into Scotland
A bumper number of the distinctive birds are spotted arriving in the country in search of food.
www.bbc.co.uk
Then I had a Facebook message from the Times picture desk asking if they could maybe use one of them in the paper tomorrow! I said yes, but I should probably have asked them for some money, shouldn't I? Anyone who does this sort of thing care to suggest what I should be charging if this starts happening more often?
RoyReed
Must fly!
It depends on the size they use the photo, but the rates start at just over £70 for national press.The BBC has used two of my pictures in this article about waxwings today (the second and third ones)
In pictures: Waxwing irruption flies into Scotland
A bumper number of the distinctive birds are spotted arriving in the country in search of food.www.bbc.co.uk
Then I had a Facebook message from the Times picture desk asking if they could maybe use one of them in the paper tomorrow! I said yes, but I should probably have asked them for some money, shouldn't I? Anyone who does this sort of thing care to suggest what I should be charging if this starts happening more often?
You'd be selling single usage rights only, and copyright would remain with you.
I'm not sure what the rates for usage on the BBC website would be, but I'd guess about half the newspaper rate, so about £35 for an inside page, more if it was featured on the home page.
And well done!
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RoyReed
Must fly!
Just to add, when I've asked for payment for my photos under these circumstances it's usually the last I hear from the people who wanted to use them.
weltweit
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I popped down to the old Severn bridge yesterday to take some snaps, there is a car park past Beachley where you can park right under the Bridge. On a workday afternoon the place was deserted which suited me.
I noticed a shrine of bunches of flowers by the car park and one wall of the lifeboat station was named "Wall of Remembrance". I couldn't see many people getting into trouble at the side of the river there but I supposed suicides from the bridge might be common and the lifeboat would have to retrieve the bodies from the Severn. The flowers by the car park were fresh.
I am going through a 50mm period, all the images in my last few posts have been with my 50mm lens. It is tiny and unobtrusive and sharp. I am also working with GIMP now and while I have now found out how to do everything I used to do in Elements sharpening (unsharp mask) in GIMP is taking a bit to get used to. It seems easy to over sharpen especially with small images like these 600 x 400 px ones.
I noticed a shrine of bunches of flowers by the car park and one wall of the lifeboat station was named "Wall of Remembrance". I couldn't see many people getting into trouble at the side of the river there but I supposed suicides from the bridge might be common and the lifeboat would have to retrieve the bodies from the Severn. The flowers by the car park were fresh.
I am going through a 50mm period, all the images in my last few posts have been with my 50mm lens. It is tiny and unobtrusive and sharp. I am also working with GIMP now and while I have now found out how to do everything I used to do in Elements sharpening (unsharp mask) in GIMP is taking a bit to get used to. It seems easy to over sharpen especially with small images like these 600 x 400 px ones.
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
A slightly underwhelming sunrise and a couple of lighthouses 
weltweit
Well-Known Member
Hi neonwilderness nice pics, how many seconds was the sunrise?
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
30 seconds with a six stop and reverse grad filter to reduce the light
Nikkormat
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I've not taken much worth looking at for months. The best from the most recent roll (Ilford HP5):
Vltavská, Prague. To the right is the metro station, built in 1984. The site is being redeveloped.
Letná, Prague, looking out from the former site of the Stalin monument.
Vltavská, Prague. To the right is the metro station, built in 1984. The site is being redeveloped.
Letná, Prague, looking out from the former site of the Stalin monument.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
editor
hiraethified
Some photos from a very wet walk
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A rainy, damp and slippery Christmas Day walk through the deserted Wenallt Woods, north Cardiff -
Although Christmas is a grand time to be with your family, I was delighted to be able to spend a couple of hours in splendid isolation walking through the Wenallt Woods on Christmas Day. The weather wasn't ideal - it didn't stop raining for a moment - but that meant I only briefly saw one
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heinous seamus
Perfect in an empty room
Also from a very wet walk.
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