Atherton & District Amateur Photographic Society

Congratulations to the winners, excellent entries. Thanks for the feedback on my image, I was there for the weekend with team Track Focused so I was purely shooting car 262, hence why thats the main focal point of the image :) I did have another shot which had more of the corner in the direction of ...

Thanks for the tips Bert, appreciate your comments :) I used my Canon 5d mk3 and the 100-400mm lens for this shot. Settings where Manual, f6.3 and 1/1000 at ISO200. With hindsight I should of shot at ISO400 and F8 but I am still learning this stuff :) Oh I also used centre spot metering so I exposed...

Racing in the Wet



(new to the forum so not sure on the rules, if this is in-correct please let me know )

yes I do agree with that John, I was shooting at f11 to start with but wasn’t happy with the noise so lowered the ISO and as a result had to drop down to f6.3 at 1/1000 and ISO 200. With hindsight I could have stopped at ISO 400 and shot around f8.0 - f9.0 without too much noise but knee jerk reacti...

Taken on my recent holiday up to Scotland. This is my first image shared with the group, please feel free to leave comments.

Thanks, Rick

Hi Allan, yes thats me (for my sins! haha) I signed up to the forum as she was telling me you had been down a few times, the only reason I stopped going was because Becky didn’t want to go anymore and I didn’t know anyone else down there and didn’t have anyone to talk to. Don’t get me wrong, they wh...

Hi there, just thought I would sign up on here to see whats going on in the local area. I live in Atherton and have a keen interest in photography. Got a fair bit of kit these days, recently upgraded to the new Canon 5D Mk iii and WOW what a difference over my old 40D I can tell you! Look forward to...

I have also used Lenses for Hire a few time now for various projects, always found them exceptional! I hired a 500mm F4 last year when I went to scotland and they where faultless with everything! Cracking price and everything taken care of, reserved the lens well in advance for me also, but only cha...