Welcome new members

[Ron19]

1 hour ago, retoohs said:

Posted a few photos over the last couple of days and thought I had better introduce myself. I'm a Kiwi in my late 50's and been taking photos as long as I can remember. I'm an amateur an landscapes are my passion. I have a Thai partner from Doi Tung in the north and we sped 4-6 months a year in Thailand with the balance in NZ. The gear I use is Sony which was a natural progression from Minolta for me. Currently using an old A99, 16-35/2.8 CZ, 24-70/2.8 CZ. 70-200/2.8 G, 100/2.8 M and my pocket camera is my trusty old RX100/lll. I have a website in desperate need of maintenance (not my thing so I keep putting it off) but if anyone is interested www.southernlightsphotography.com

Finally everyone who commented on pics I've recently posted THANKS, you've made me feel right at home

cheers

Alan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Alan,

A warm welcome to the photo forum. 

Very impressed with the images you have posted so far and I'm sure my partner and mentor Jim feels the same way.

I am from Perth Australia and are sorry not to have made the trip to New Zealand. Every photo I have seen makes me wish I had. We live 30km south of Uttaradit.

My camera is also a Sony, an A58 presently using 50mm fixed lens and on the odd occasion, a 70 - 300. I am in the early stages of purchasing another lens to replace one that the auto focus decided to pack it in. Most likely to go for a Sony SAL18135. I have had bad luck with pocket cameras having had five that didn't last the distance.

 

Cheers,

 

Ron

[Assurancetourix]

Welcome here retoohs ; came sometimes to Doi Tung with my pickup or my MTBike..

Maybe one day can have a meeting  when I'll come again because I love your province.

As you I like landscapes and also trucks and coaches; it was my job during 13 years ; not all my active pro life but I loved that work !

@--Ron, I have an Olympus TG 860 which can go under water 15 meters and as u can see I can shoot sometimes beautiful photos;

 

 

[gobs]

Welcome Alan!

Hope to see more pics from you...

[shaggy1969]

Had a look over on your website Alan,cracking shots fella!!!

 

What an amazing place New Zealand must be,a landscape photographers,paradise.

[retoohs]

thanks shaggy. Very spoilt be able to shoot in NZ but Thailand is pretty cool also

[jlff]

Hi all!

I realize I didn't do things in a proper order, started posting before introducing myself, sorry about that!  I've been reading Thai Visa for a while, and when I discovered the Photography and the Arts section I decided to start sharing some images. I am French, and I've been spending 2 months a year in Thailand for more than 12  years, mostly around Krabi. Our family lives in Krabi town, so we've been able to come back every year and we feel at home there.

  I am a self-taught hobby photographer, but my love for Thailand made me want to get better at taking pictures :  I am learning every day, and would appreciate any comment and advice from members. My favorite subjects are landscapes  and sunsets, but I also enjoy trying to capture animal images and street pictures. I use a Canon 650D (Rebel T4i), a 17-70mm f/2,8 Contemporary Sigma lens, and a 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM. Thanks for all your work, forum is great and seeing all these nice pictures is inspiring and heartwarming!

The following picture was taken in Koh Yao Yai in August.

My gallery in 500px : https://500px.com/jlffalcrz

[Goompa]

Welcome jlff , for ease of use I will just note you as j , no need to apologise I still haven't registered as a new user. I come on from time to time , check out a few things and bugger off again.

Good to see you have an active interest in toggin', keeps one's mind active . Looks like you got the focal zones covered !

 

Look forward to viewing your images j .

[shaggy1969]

A warm welcome to the photo forum jlff!!!

 

Just been over to have a look at your work,on your 500px page.........very nice indeed!

 

Looking forward to seeing more of your work and hopefully your will share some of your techniques and experience will us all.

 

Cheers,Shaggy

 

 

[gobs]

Salut jl!

 

And welcome to the friendly photo forum.

Many nice people here, as well as great hobbyists.

 

Waiting to see more pics from you.

 

Cheers,

Ray

[samuijimmy]

+ 1 !!!  to the above,    Keep em coming and welcome Jiff! 

[jim cortesos]

Thailand is a wonder full photo experience  .As a artist i work in a Bangkok photo lab making prints..contact sheets.from digital and film mostly digital..I shoot with a varied amount of gear.From Lomo pops to 20 mega pix mirror less.Film mostly color with some c-41 b/w Film cameras Nikon .Street shooting is the best with so many end less  inspritional  geo spots in Bangkok.Some day planning a photo book of the color full and interesting graffiti art that are on many walls in Bkk.Keep shooting photags..

[shaggy1969]

Hi there Jim,and welcome.....always nice to see new faces here!

 

If you have the time,would there be any chance of you sharing some of your work,on the forum?

 

 

[gobs]

Welcome Jim!

 

And feel free to post some pics

We are "hungry" at that, here!

 

Cheers

[Assurancetourix]

Bienvenue ici french teacher !

 

Beautiful photos on your galerie ...

No Flickr account ?

 

As Shaggy, Jimmy and Gobs wrote... We are waiting for your " oeuvres" here on Photography & The Arts .

[jim cortesos]

Thank You Photags for your kind words. Sorry old school sans Flickr.

.I will sort through some  sd/cf cards and post some when I have time.

Some of my fave hero's in the area are Roland Neveu..Michael Klinkhamer.. in Cambodia...and all the visual color splash and art that adorns the city scape of the most vision inspired  city in SE ASIA  ..Bangkok. Cheers! Snap! snap1 snap!

[jim cortesos]

I think I shot this with a Ricoh XRM 35 mm film camera back in 1990's pre digi .days. Film xp-2 c-41 process.

It's in Patunam ..at New Petburi Rd. It's a  on your toes crossing very loud traffic noise hot and smoggy.It was an awesome photographic experience just getting this shot.I was standing on the upper part of a traffic island looking thru the lens.People just walked into the shot like on movie set  just trying to cross  New Petburi rd. safely. I out these film shots on cd's for back up.Still have the Ricoh

 

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[jim cortesos]

Thank you  so     much...This work has never been seen. If I have the funding I shall make a photo book  this is a very important project for me.

Much working on my fine art venue these days..Cheers!

[jim cortesos]

The Crossing;

Edited September 20, 2016 by jim cortesos

[samuijimmy]

Welcome Jim Cortesos.... we look forward to seeing your images... There are many different threads where you could add your contributions or start your own "what I see" thread

 

If you could limit each post to three images, that would help those with slower modems ... thanks ! 

[jim cortesos]

1 hour ago, samuijimmy said:

Welcome Jim Cortesos.... we look forward to seeing your images... There are many different threads where you could add your contributions or start your own "what I see" thread

 

If you could limit each post to three images, that would help those with slower modems ... thanks ! 

 

[jim cortesos]

yes   3    ok  this was just a book work up..thx

[BMW Overlander]

On 5/10/2015 at 3:25 PM, Tywais said:

Here is a list of themed topics that may be helpful for new and old members to locate subjects of interest.

1. Sunsets And Sunrises
2. People and their Motorbikes in Thailand(images)
3. Markets And Stalls
4. Street And Road Shots Anywhwere In Thailand!
5. Nature
6. People and their Pickups in Thailand (images)
7. Etans-images of them in Thailand
8. Macro Photography
9. Flowers!
10. Cats & Dogs
11. Faces of Thailand
12. Images of people and their bicycles in Thailand(please include at least one bicycle and one person)
13. Food Photography
14. Trees
15. Challenge "Moon Shot"
16. For The Birds !
17. Statues & Other Still Life Photography
18. Cars
19. Water Scenes !
20. bus and truck pictures
21. Wat A Place
22. Night Shots, Outdoor In Thailand
23. Life's A Beach In Thailand
24. Just a weed
25. Funny sign in Thailand
26. Clouds
27. Abstract photography
28. Street art (graffiti) of the world
29. Alleyways
30. Traditional Street Photography
31. Your most boring photograph
32. Cityscapes
33. Umbrellas in Thailand
34. Toilets In Thailand
35. Trains, passengers and trainstations
36. Technology in Thailand
37. Old Houses
38. Flying / airplanes
39. Windows, Doors and Gates!
40. Wide world
41. Portraiture
42. Up the workers!
43. "Selfies"
44. Trash in Thailand
45. Sports in Thailand
46. Panoramas Anyone?
47. Festivals and Fairs in Thailand
48. Space and star photos
49. Bridges In Thailand
50. Everyday Life in the hills
51. Caves of Thailand
52. Creepy Crawlies
53. Thai Smile
54. High Dynamic Range (HDR)
55. Fish & Aquariums

 

Can you add motorcycles section too? Condition: it has to be pictured with a person or something signifying Thailand.

Edited September 24, 2016 by BMW Overlander

[Goompa]

Refer item #2     Can you add motorcycles section too? Condition: it has to be pictured with a person or something signifying Thailand.

 

Cheers BMW

[shaggy1969]

The motorbike thread has been closed from some time now.Try this one instead

or you could always start your own personal thread.

 

Welcome to the photo forum BMW

[Ron19]

17 hours ago, BMW Overlander said:

 

Can you add motorcycles section too? Condition: it has to be pictured with a person or something signifying Thailand.

There have been a number of threads that have been closed following complaints from many members that there were too many which had people confused on where to post their images. These closed threads were joined with others to alleviate that problem.

Shaggy1969's suggestion is probably the way to go. For example, you could open a new thread  " BMW Overlander.....(with an extension of your choice) ". Shaggy has got one of his own " Shaggy's Isaan " and there are a number of others who have a similar thread with their own title.

 

Cheers,

 

Ron

[Ron19]

ToonBroon, welcome to the Photography and the Arts forum.

It's a shame that you didn't  put your entries in earlier in the month to give them a better chance.

No worries though, we have made some changes for Octobers competition to eliminate the

disadvantage that images posted later in the month faced. All images will now have the same

chance regardless of when they were posted. I would suggest that that you re-enter them in the

October competition, I wouldn't have a problem with that.

 

Cheers and welcome aboard,

 

Ron

[HoboKay]

Good day, recently relocated to Bangkok, retired and dabbles in random photography.

 

 

 

[samuijimmy]

Welcome HoboKay!!

 

Great start in Street photography ... we hope to see many more from you! 

[Ron19]

Hi HoboKay,

 

I agree with Jim and certainly would like to see more of your images.

I see that you do black and white so look for a new thread opening up 

on Friday 1st of october. " October 2016 Photo Quest " is a fun thing 

and you will be able to find it among the pinned topics at the top of the 

Photography and the Arts page.

 

Welcome aboard,

 

Ron

[jim cortesos]

Thank you  ..I do my best to be  unknown ..Thanks for  everything..  Yes .I have some color work as well..