Wild camping positive thread photos needed

Fisherman said:
views over Loch Lomond from the island of inchcallioch near balmaha. It’s a five minute crossing from McFarlands boat yard in balmaha lovely wee island .
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We,ve camped there back in the 70's a couple of times.Back in those days I had a mk1 transit diesel(perkins 4108 engine)Iwe had tents which we loaded on our dory which I had on the roof.As I remember the numbers were limited and we had to get special permission,only us 2 adults and 2 children and friend and his family.There was a white stag on the island and another island a short row away where we picked blueberrys.No electric just a big iron plate over a fire pit to cook on.Only company was of an evening when the occasional boat would moor up,and we'd talk or "sing" songs round the campfire.
 
mid4did said:
We,ve camped there back in the 70's a couple of times.Back in those days I had a mk1 transit diesel(perkins 4108 engine)Iwe had tents which we loaded on our dory which I had on the roof.As I remember the numbers were limited and we had to get special permission,only us 2 adults and 2 children and friend and his family.There was a white stag on the island and another island a short row away where we picked blueberrys.No electric just a big iron plate over a fire pit to cook on.Only company was of an evening when the occasional boat would moor up,and we'd talk or "sing" songs round the campfire.
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The deer on the Island actually swim to the mainland and back, I had a photo taken years ago of two deer crossing.
The Mcfarlane family who own the boatyard have relatives buried in the cemetery.
 
Another Island, Inchconnachan had Wallabies resident after being stocked by Lady Arran back in the 1930's, they also used to swim to the mainland apparently. I only ever saw one though late at night many years ago, scared the life out of me!.

I believe they have all been culled now. :(
 
Talking of wallabies, they are wild on the Isle of Man.

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Fisherman said:
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Close to where I live is the Alloch Dam above Milton of Campsie at the foot of the Campsie fells.

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I have positioned the cross hairs over the Alloch and the grid ref is given at the top.
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You live in a nice area Bill. I haven’t taken my camera out for years, relying on the simplicity of carrying the iPhone in a pocket. Seeing your beautiful photos perhaps I should.
 
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Mull, a truly stunning island.
The first four shots and the last shot are taken from the head of Loch na keel, in Killiecronan. The last shot looks over to Ben More, and Beinn Fhadda. The lambs had all lost their mothers and I fed them twice a day for the farmer. The second last shot was taken at Salen over looking the sound of Mull.
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barge1914 said:
You live in a nice area Bill. I haven’t taken my camera out for years, relying on the simplicity of carrying the iPhone in a pocket. Seeing your beautiful photos perhaps I should.
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You cannot beat a proper camera, preferably with a viewfinder.
The phone is handy for snaps and eg to locate the image.
I use a proper SLR(digital) with 2x lenses
And a a compact with decent optical zoom
Both old so not very high Res but eg 3000 by 2000 pixels is enough with a good lens and digitising chip
Call me Old-fashioned.
95% of the images on my linked sites were taken with these cameras. or an earlier SLR and then digitised (either when developed or Retro by me)
I have a slide scanner which is fine
For prints I put 4 on a flatbed scanner scan at hi res and then subdivided into 4 singles both cropping and simple enhancements
 
jagmanx said:
You cannot beat a proper camera, preferably with a viewfinder.
The phone is handy for snaps and eg to locate the image.
I use a proper SLR(digital) with 2x lenses
And a a compact with decent optical zoom
Both old so not very high Res but eg 3000 by 2000 pixels is enough with a good lens and digitising chip
Call me Old-fashioned.
95% of the images on my linked sites were taken with these cameras. or an earlier SLR and then digitised (either when developed or Retro by me)
I have a slide scanner which is fine
For prints I put 4 on a flatbed scanner scan at hi res and then subdivided into 4 singles both cropping and simple enhancements
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I took photography as a hobby when I was just 12, I’m 65 now.
First SLR was a Russian zenith E, you had to manually set aperture and shutter speed. I then moved on to a Hanimex derivative sold by Dixon’s called the memotron. Then my first cannon SLR which I had for years. The AE1 won camera of the year for several years. It was a shutter priority camera. Then out came the AE1 programme which could be either shutter or aperture priority. I also managed to scrape up enough money for a Mamiya C330 Twin lens reflex, and later the Mamiya M450 large format SLR.
When I used to go on holiday I carried a rucksack full of gear, 2 bodies, 5 lenses, and accessories. Then a few years ago I got an iPhone 6 and I was amazed at the photos I could take, the quality and the versatility and ease of use was quite amazing. But the two things that were lacking were no proper optical zoom or decent flash. Well I decided to sell all of my gear for nearly £4000 on eBay, and buy a compact Panasonic digital.

Many of the shots on here are taken with an iPhone. I was never into the whole digital thing being an old filmy. But just to give you a look at what can be done with an iPhone 6 & 7. No more lugging loads of gear.
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jagmanx said:
I accept what you say.
I just find the phone too clumsy..
Or the phone fimfs me.....
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I know exactly what you mean, my compact has a viewfinder. I made that a must when buying. It’s a whole new world for photography without film, and I am taking better quality shots now with a phone, than I did with even with my large format cameras.
 
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