Pixalo Photography Discussions

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Help with background kit
Hi Folks :wave4: Bit of advice please :confused-, I've been asked to take some pictures at a clients house of 3 children and the end result will be a Chrissy present for the childrens Grandparents, now I've done ...

1 week vacation
Hi all, I am going to Istanbul on Friday with family (wife and 13month old kid) for a week. I've got two simple questions: 1. Do I need to take my flash gun with me for night? Or should I depend on my camera ...

Nikon 70 300 vr problem
Can someone please tell me that the lense is not faulty as im 99 percent sure it is, Basically when you turn the focus ring (the one nearest the body) the reading behind the little glass window should move, mine doesnt, ...

Tamron AF 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF) MACRO
You'd have thought they'd have to make this lens really huge just to fit the name on it, but actually it seems fairly compact (at 18mm anyway). It is Tamron's latest all-in-one travel lens, following the success of the ...

NIKON D80 price
I have been looking at prices for a nikon d 80 new, body only,there are large variations. i have just got a quote from the local Jessups of £390 Is this a good deal? I am thinking of upgrading from my d50 because the ...

Pixalo Photography News and Reviews

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ADP Photography Competition
*Bricks and Mortals Student Photography Competition 25 November 2008* * ‘Bricks and Mortals’ is a nationwide photography competition open to students studying photography, photography related courses and ...

Firmware update for Fujifilm S5 Pro v1.12
*Applicable model: FinePix S5 Pro* •Detail of the update The firmware (Ver.1.11 to Ver.1.12) update incorporates the following issue. An issue that, in some rare case, the camera may be frozen when PC ...

Government publishes revised guidance for Police stop and search
This is an extract from the recently published Government guidance for stop and search. *2.8 PHOTOGRAPHY* The Terrorism Act 2000 does not prohibit people from taking photographs or digital images in an area where ...

A J Purdy go under
It is with gresat sadness I read this announcement on their web-site: Please note that unfortunately A J Purdy & Co Ltd are now closed and so no longer trading. Please check back here later this week for further ...

Graflite Mode from Colour Confidence
* Why viewing conditions matter* Assessing a print under artificial light and in the wrong ambient conditions can cause you to see the colours in the image incorrectly. Illumination temperature (°k) and quality (CRI) ...

Pixalo Theme Fortnight Challenges

  Recent Winners

Subject: Autumn

For the Autumn round we have joint winners. Congratulations to both nichpr and hoffy from all the members and Crew of Pixalo.

A worthy mention also to Jake who gave them both a run for their money and rightly deserves his third place!

Subject: Churches

Jake was the runaway winner in the Churches round with his entry Lest we forget.

Congratulations from the members of Pixalo and the Crew

Thanks to everyone else who entered shots - it might be your turn next!

Subject: Trees

Congratulations to nichpr for winning the Trees round, with his picture titled Lone Bald cypress. He was very closely followed by lesstow in second place only one vote behind.

Subject: Transport

This round of our Fortnightly assignment resulted in a very close finish with the top three separated by only two votes. The top spot went to Bobinstow who took the win in the 'Transport' fortnightly assignment with seven votes. Congratulations to Bobinstow and commiserations to Hoffy who came in second (again!) with 6 votes and Markulous a close third with 5 votes.

Subject: Street Life

We are pleased to announce jdielis as the winner of the 'Street Life' fortnightly assignment with seven votes. His study of someone catching a cat-nap in the middle of the hustle and bustle was a clear winner from second placed Hoffy, who collected 4 votes.

Well done to jdielis and everyone who entered.

Subject: Round

I am pleased to announce that the winner of this round is Moufflon. The theme for this fortnightly assignment was 'Round'. Well done from all the members and Crew.

We should also mention Willow5075 and Hoffy who gave good chase and got 4 votes and 3 votes respectively.