DM: UK dyxum meet-up: 31/10/09 in York

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   Had a great day today with Godsakes, Saratoga and his friend Matthew, dilettante, IanMiddy, aj_h, alanfrombangor and his son.

We wandered around York, shooting and talking, and stopping at an Italian restaurant and a bar along the way.

To kick off here are some photos of dyxumers. The group shot is in the hands (or camera!) of aj_h.

"Reservoir Dyxumers" (Godsakes, Saratoga and dilettante with aj_h in the background)

Dilettante takes aim.

aj_h follows suit.

Saratoga in the bar.

IanMiddy demonstrates why you should never pull a face when there's a camera pointed at you.

Sadly I didn't get any shots of Alan this time... "Location" shots to follow later...

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YourFunnyUncle Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03 November 2006 Country: United Kingdom Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Posts: 3568	Post Options Post Reply Quote YourFunnyUncle Report Post Quote Reply Topic: DM: UK dyxum meet-up: 31/10/09 in York Posted: 31 October 2009 at 23:28
	Had a great day today with Godsakes, Saratoga and his friend Matthew, dilettante, IanMiddy, aj_h, alanfrombangor and his son. We wandered around York, shooting and talking, and stopping at an Italian restaurant and a bar along the way. To kick off here are some photos of dyxumers. The group shot is in the hands (or camera!) of aj_h. "Reservoir Dyxumers" (Godsakes, Saratoga and dilettante with aj_h in the background) Dilettante takes aim. aj_h follows suit. Saratoga in the bar. IanMiddy demonstrates why you should never pull a face when there's a camera pointed at you. Sadly I didn't get any shots of Alan this time... "Location" shots to follow later...
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aj_h Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 06 March 2007 Country: United Kingdom Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Posts: 108	Post Options Post Reply Quote aj_h Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 31 October 2009 at 23:47
	Good to meet up with you all today and thanks to Rob for organising things and acting as our guide! The group shot is below: With alanfrombangor, dilettante, Godsakes, YourFunnyUncle, IanMiddy, alanfrombangor jnr, Matthew, me hiding at the back and Saratoga. Cheers, Ant.
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IanMiddy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 08 January 2006 Country: United Kingdom Location: Derby Status: Offline Posts: 1549	Post Options Post Reply Quote IanMiddy Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 31 October 2009 at 23:52
	Well, I had to provide the opportunity of continuing to have ridiculous shots of me posted ! ...unfortunately, most of my personality shots are rather boring & conventional... [oh - really nice, crisp shot - despite the subject! - not sure my MinO 50/1,4 would do as well or nail the focus] IDM

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	To be fair I often miss focus with the sony 50/1.4 when it's near to wide open, but unluckily for you I nailed it one-handed this time! (I was demonstrating my wireless remote)
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Bob J Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Dyxum Administrator Joined: 23 December 2005 Country: United Kingdom Location: London Status: Offline Posts: 27323	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bob J Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 November 2009 at 01:20
	Good to see a nice mix of people - very jealous that I couldn't be there; I'm looking forward to seeing more pictures of York... Bob
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dilettante Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 April 2007 Country: United Kingdom Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Posts: 2981	Post Options Post Reply Quote dilettante Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 November 2009 at 14:07
	On Saturday, a group of us met up in York, with Rob (YourFunnyUncle) as our gracious guide. I think we all had a great day. Here are some of my pictures from the day. I hope others will post theirs in this thread. C&C welcome. #1 Pigeons and a Peacock #2 Art Gallery #3 Museum #4 Minster Lanterns #5 Chimneys and the Minster #6 Rob (YFU) and Ian (IanMiddy) #7 Rob steps back to 1950's to buy an ice cream #8 Roots and Leaves (there's an Australian joke in there somewhere...) #9 My journey home: York station #10 Stuck for an hour at Stevenage... A few more pics here
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	dilettante - I'm glad that you've set the rest of the team a high standard to follow. York is a lovely place to visit. I look forward to seeing this thread develop over the next few days. BTW - your B&W conversions are excellent. Frank
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Saratoga Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 September 2005 Country: United Kingdom Location: Midlands UK Status: Offline Posts: 1055	Post Options Post Reply Quote Saratoga Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 November 2009 at 14:34
	Thanks to YFU again for organising the day out. I'm still working on my shots but I've done the HDRs first... The links are for the 1024x sized images. Walk along the City Wall. Looking back to the others... http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3519/4063431389_95c5b1584e_o.jpg York Castle Museum's 25 Pounder, towards the tower http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2472/4064183866_012d1e6e9d_o.jpg Most of the Dyxum group... Plus the gun! http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2683/4063433707_84c9ba7a09_o.jpg Cathedral... Night.... I only have an 18mm http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2768/4064182184_0d2c4a2262_o.jpg Cathedral & Lamp River bank long-exposure & HDR http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2624/4063430829_fe50547dda_o.jpg Towards the bridge, same place. Quite pleased these two came out so well!!! http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2615/4064181052_35563f9cfe_o.jpg The movement on the river was small floating things. The colour balance is a little bit different due to the saturation of the orange light. Also the reason we didn't 'do' the train station either.
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	Looks like a great day all around. Please Sirs, may we have some more?
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sploosher Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14 February 2007 Location: England Status: Offline Posts: 937	Post Options Post Reply Quote sploosher Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 November 2009 at 16:46
	Looks like you all had a great time. I love York, such a wide range of subjects to take,did any of you go near the National railway Museum? I only live 30 miles away and would like to go on the next forumeers meet there,if there is going to another that is.
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	Nice to see your faces here! You had better weather then us Dutch Dudes last week. I like the shots!
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	My favourite so far has to be the 1950's ice cream van shot A few of my shots:- The fountains outside the art gallery Full size Autumn in the museum gardens Full size Gothic Towers Full size Assembly Rooms Full size Minster Full size City Walls Full size Riverside Full size Lunchtime Full size Ant. Edited by aj_h - 01 November 2009 at 18:48
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dilettante Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 April 2007 Country: United Kingdom Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Posts: 2981	Post Options Post Reply Quote dilettante Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 November 2009 at 18:40
	Nice ones, Ant. I'm starting to see the attraction of HDR, particularly with the museum gardens and the riverside shots. Gothic Towers looks like it ought to have Saruman the wizard in residence at the top.
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	Some really nice shots posted so far. I love dilettante's architectural abstracts and Ant's "Gothic Towers" in particular. Here are my non-dyxum shots from the day. In the first part of the day I stuck to my Tam 90 as-per one prime rules. "Through the Ruined Window" "Half Timbered" "Old Fashioned" "Treasurer's Door" "Autumn Chat" (My Oktoberfest shot of the day) After dinner I decided that my one prime month was at an end, and started to use my other lenses again. "Clifford's Tower" "Foss View" "Bridge on the River Foss" "Minster by Night" (Using Ian's Sigma 10-20) "From the Walls"
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