(02 Sep 2015, 8:36 pm)Davie wrote By saying 'Long shots' do you mean photos like this - https://flic.kr/p/s2rNpK?

(02 Sep 2015, 8:41 pm)MurdnunoC wrote I never said 'Long shots'. I was merely suggesting you all move away from the bus stations and find somewhere more interesting to take photographs. If everyone takes photographs as buses are leaving (or entering or parked in) bus stations, then why would I need to see the exact same shot, albeit by different people, over and over and over again. It's boring.

As for your photo, it's alright. A nice shot of the beach heading from Tynemouth towards Cullercoats.

(02 Sep 2015, 8:45 pm)Davie wrote I see where your coming from. Once I get my new camera I am hoping to go back to the road where I took this photo https://flic.kr/p/w1Ac4o

(02 Sep 2015, 8:47 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Great North Road, across from Town Moor?

(02 Sep 2015, 8:36 pm)Davie wrote By saying 'Long shots' do you mean photos like this - https://flic.kr/p/s2rNpK?

(02 Sep 2015, 8:49 pm)NK53 TKT wrote That's what you call a long shot

(02 Sep 2015, 8:53 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Not really. An educated guess perhaps but I may be mistaken. Do you wish to take a punt on where the photo was taken?

(02 Sep 2015, 8:55 pm)NK53 TKT wrote Yes, but I would say for it to be a hugely long shots it would need to be from Cow Hill facing towards the new Classic Car Museum

(02 Sep 2015, 8:58 pm)Dan wrote I think MurdnunoC misinterpreted your post, due to you seemingly misinterpreting his post originally.

It came across like you were suggesting his guess at the photo location was a "long shot", tongue in cheek based on the photography term discussed prior. I'm guessing that wasn't the case, judging by the quoted post...


On another note - I can't believe my phone has learned the word/name MurdnunoC. It is now on my predictive text (which I suppose is incredibly helpful!)

(02 Sep 2015, 8:58 pm)Dan wrote I think MurdnunoC misinterpreted your post, due to you seemingly misinterpreting his post originally.

It came across like you were suggesting his guess at the photo location was a "long shot", tongue in cheek based on the photography term discussed prior. I'm guessing that wasn't the case, judging by the quoted post...


On another note - I can't believe my phone has learned the word/name MurdnunoC. It is now on my predictive text (which I suppose is incredibly helpful!)

(02 Sep 2015, 8:55 pm)Davie wrote @aureolin Thanks for the advice, that was the first (And to memory my only) attempt at scenic bus photos, I am hoping to try them more often

(02 Sep 2015, 8:58 pm)Dan wrote I think MurdnunoC misinterpreted your post, due to you seemingly misinterpreting his post originally.

It came across like you were suggesting his guess at the photo location was a "long shot", tongue in cheek based on the photography term discussed prior. I'm guessing that wasn't the case, judging by the quoted post...


On another note - I can't believe my phone has learned the word/name MurdnunoC. It is now on my predictive text (which I suppose is incredibly helpful!)

(02 Sep 2015, 8:58 pm)Dan wrote On another note - I can't believe my phone has learned the word/name MurdnunoC. It is now on my predictive text (which I suppose is incredibly helpful!)

(02 Sep 2015, 6:01 pm)Jimmi wrote Suddenly decided that some of the photos I've just uploaded to Flickr look too dark, especially when viewing on the Flickr app on my mobile and I can't do anything to alter the brightness now. In fairness it was raining at points.

What does everyone think?

(02 Sep 2015, 9:43 pm)BusLoverMum wrote The photos that are dark are quite clearly taken when the day is dark - I'm assuming your photos of the 6 were taken this afternoon (dismal)rather than this morning (a bright autumnal morning). Getting the exposure right when you're tryng to capture a moving bus on a dark day isn't easy, anyhow.

And I know you worry about editing photos after they're taken, but lifting the brightness a tiny bit before uploading doesn't really do a lot different than fiddling with your camera to do the same - it's all done digitally, even if not in the exact same way.

If you can treat it as a project to play about with your camera settings, aware that you're going to get some duff pics regardless, what you do get on darker days that you can easily lose in bright summer sunlight is really rich, saturated colour. That, in itself, makes it work persisting, particularly when your subject tends to be colourful, anyhow.

(02 Sep 2015, 9:57 pm)Jimmi wrote These were taken between 1530 and 1600 and these were also between some rain showers, some heavy. They have come out darker than it actually was at the time. When I uploaded them I thought they looked okay but when I uploaded them and I viewed them on my phone on the Flickr app I decided that I wasn't happy with it but was too late and I have no access to the laptop till tomorrow now to make any alterations. It has just how they came out with what setting I chose and I had to run to catch the photo of the 6 branded Pulsar and the same story for the 23 branded StreetLite on the 43 so didn't have time to think about settings and I am still trying to learn the settings and which is the best to use at what time.

I may upload another photo of 1528 tomorrow which is brighter.

(02 Sep 2015, 10:05 pm)BusLoverMum wrote We left the bus station just after half past and it was persisting down while we were boarding the 22! And we must have just missed you on the roundabout, because big'un saw the 6 in its new livery on Millburngate while we were picking up passengers there. Admittedly, we could have stood next to you if you were in the bus station at the same time as us and we wouldn't have noticed you, because I was trying to keep big'un with me and work out where the hell the Husband had got to with littl'un in his attempts to distract him from his obsession the not a lift that is the pigging toilet that looks like a lift)

(02 Sep 2015, 10:38 pm)BusLoverMum wrote You mustn't have been wearing your blue sweater. We got off the Pronto at about 3:25 and got on the 22 just after half past! Big'un was in a bright orange coat and littl'un in an orange hoodie. Husband has an orange beard. I don't wear orange

(02 Sep 2015, 10:40 pm)Jimmi wrote I was wearing a mostly navy Fred Perry zip up jacket this afternoon.

(03 Sep 2015, 1:39 pm)Malarkey wrote My Dairylea Lunchable was short of 1 Cracker and 1 Slice of Cheese, so I was left with 1 Cracker and 2 Slices of Ham to finish with, never been so disappointed in all my life.

(03 Sep 2015, 6:53 pm)GX03 SVC wrote Let's play how much chewing gum can I fit in my gob while doing 100mph around every estate in Washington and Birtley and then stopping very sharply when someone asks me to stop and then miss out Wrekenton High Street. 

It was a great trip on the 23 today... 

(03 Sep 2015, 6:34 pm)aureolin wrote Tight as a ducks arse in first class tonight. I've been offered one drink in an hour.

(03 Sep 2015, 7:07 pm)Jimmi wrote Wonder if this was the same driver I saw on the 23 yesterday, assuming this is a Gateshead Central Taxis working as I saw a Fiat Bluebird going down Birtley Front Street pretty quickly yesterday afternoon. Guess I made the correct decision to get the JH Coaches working to Washington yesterday.

(03 Sep 2015, 7:07 pm)citaro5284 wrote At least you can surf the web FOC while you wait for another cuppa