Olympics on Tyne

Thought I'd better get some record shots of the Olympic Rings on the Tyne Bridge before they get taken down.

All with the K5. First one taken with the Sigma 10-20. Other two with the Sigma 24-70 f2.8



Olympic Rings on Tyne Bridge by Blythman1960, on Flickr



The old Tyne Bridges and the Olympic Rings by Blythman1960, on Flickr



Olympic celebratiom on Tyne by Blythman1960, on Flickr

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Alan
PPG
Flickr

I like these very much - especially the last one. Really well executed.

Cheers

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Mat W

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Excellent shots Alan.

Paul

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K5's (2)both gripped, Sigma 18-250mm, Sigma 150-500mm. Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro, Sigma 10-20 f.4-5.6.EX DC, Pentax SMC 50mm 1.7, Pentax SMC FA 28-80MM 1:3.5-5.6 AF, Tamron 28mm F2.5 wide angle, Hoya 135 f2.8, Pentax AF360 flash, 2 fill in slaves.
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Paul

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I agree

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Regards John/Jumbo

Nicely done Sir! I really like the second one myself.

K.

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Kris Lockyear
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Very nice normally not my thing but very nice

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K10D, K5 plus plenty of clueless enthusiasm.

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Lovely shots and terrific colours.

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Pentax K-5 and some other stuff

Algi

Nice set. Well done Alan. If I had to choose. It would be number 2 for me.

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Stuart..

Where's the bird. Number two for me, out of a good set, as I like symmetry. Mind, you could keep the blinking eye arch and the symmetry in three by cropping out the Sage.

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Barrie
Too Old To Die Young
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Pentax K5x2 K20D Q I-10 01 02 DA*300 A50/2.0 A50/1.7 FA50/1.4 FA100/3.5 K55/1.8 M40/2.8 M200/4.0 FA135/2.8 FA35 DA70/2.4 FA28-70 DA10-17 DA18-55WR DA16-45 DA17-70 DA55-300 DA50-200WR DA*50-135 Sigma 24,50,105,180 8-16 17-70 24-70 150-500 400/5.6MF Tamron 70-200/2.8 17/3.5MF 28/2.5MF 90/2.5MF 300/2.8MF

Lovely images Alan. Saves me a ride on the bus, I can just look at your photos instead

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Regards
Stan

To My Snaps...

PPG

+1 . Cracking set.

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Tim | K5 |

Some of my vaguely better stuff

The third one for me Alan because it includes the Millennium Bridge and its wonderful reflection in the Tyne. Oh and also The Sage.

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Thanks everyone. I wasn't 100% happy, as there was not enough light left in the sky to give the amount of separation I'd have liked between the roof of the Sage building on the left and the sky on #3.

My fault I left home early enough but got distracted by nice clouds over the sea. So, I took some poor photos on the beach before setting off to Newcastle.

Maybe a bit of PP will improve

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Alan
PPG
Flickr

I'm impressed by all of them having never had the time to spend the hours of darkness down the quay.

I'm intrigued as to where you stood for the last one having initially wondered why you hadn't move another few feet to your left to improve the symmetry a tad. As far as I recall the river is pretty straight/curving slightly to the south for a while and there are no more bridges.

regards
Bernard

The problem was flare Bernard. Took some shots from the perfect spot but I couldn't avoid flare from the nearby street lamps.

While I have plenty flare on #1 I don't mind that. Its the price to pay for a very different angle.

Here's one anyway. Maybe worth keeping for some PP at a later date

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Alan
PPG
Flickr