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[Highway Man]

Where are you renting?

You will likely need a radio license and “upgrade” your Dayskipper to ICC (just a form and a fee). Which is actually inferior, but recognised in the EU.

Croatia would not be my first choice in July. Pretty though it is.

I’d probably look at southern Ionian. Unless your friend is already qualified and you are just crew.

Yes he was an officer on oil tankers years ago and he is qualified. I told him I was doing the day skipper course so he asked me and Lena to come to Croatia. He goes every year and island hops, he said you can get into harbours with all bars around where you moor up. I will find out who the hirers are. He showed me some pics and I was shocked as they look like super yachts.

 

[motorbiking]

Expect to pay plenty of mooring fees. 50 -75 a night to anchor, 150-250 a night in a marina or town quay and there isn't much wind in the summer.

Greece - anchoring is free, 30 a night in a marina/town quay would be expensive.

 

[Highway Man]

Expect to pay plenty of mooring fees. 50 -75 a night to anchor, 150-250 a night in a marina or town quay and there isn't much wind in the summer.

Greece - anchoring is free, 30 a night in a marina/town quay would be expensive.

He said aprox 200 euros per night

 

[Highway Man]

Thank heavens, I have pulled the trigger and bought an OM systems OM3 with a 12mm to 45mm pro lens

 

[ETAF]

well done - hope it works out as you hoped
load of forums for advice on camera technique and critique

 

[Highway Man]

well done - hope it works out as you hoped
load of forums for advice on camera technique and critique

Thanks for all of your advice.

 

[ETAF]

you are very welcome
look forward to seeing some of your work in future

 

[Highway Man]

you are very welcome
look forward to seeing some of your work in future

I will post some up as soon as I receive it. Watching loads of tutorials at the moment on you tube about the OM3

 

[ETAF]

i would suggest reading the manual and going through the settings
BUT then
look at photos , look at technique and composition as i mentioend i got every book out of the Librsry and various famous photographers and studied there work - also went to a lot of 2nd hand bookshops that was in the 70's & 80's - i purchased end of date preprocessed slide film and took loads of slides - again now you have digitial
Now of course you have the internet

read critiques of photos on photo forums and also competitions , my niece one one as its free to enter and easy on line

 

[Highway Man]

i would suggest reading the manual and going through the settings
BUT then
look at photos , look at technique and composition as i mentioend i got every book out of the Librsry and various famous photographers and studied there work - also went to a lot of 2nd hand bookshops that was in the 70's & 80's - i purchased end of date preprocessed slide film and took loads of slides - again now you have digitial
Now of course you have the internet

read critiques of photos on photo forums and also competitions , my niece one one as its free to enter and easy on line

I have found tons of stuff on the internet that I have been reading up on, I will be asking for amazon vouchers for xmas to get books on the different genres

 

[ETAF]

understanding light was good book
understanding exposure
Lighting
and so it goes on -

 

[Highway Man]

understanding light was good book
understanding exposure
Lighting
and so it goes on -

Yes I have been reading about composition that you advised. It is a fascinating hobby, so much to learn.

 

[ETAF]

this was a website my niece used - dont upload any images until you have fully read the T&C's (that applies to ALL websites)
But it was useful to go through various images
we went through quite a few and we discussed what she thought was good and why etc and of course went through her images - the competitions subjects also gave her a reason to go and take photos
public can rate images and they set competitions by subject -
Also the meta data is often included in the image so you can see the Camera, lens, Speed, Aperture, ISO used

Photocrowd Terms & Conditions | Photocrowd photo competitions & community site

Welcome to your new favourite photo community. Be inspired, get your work seen, and win prizes in our daily photo competitions.

www.photocrowd.com

and there are loads of sites like this on the internet, facebook has loads of groups as well

 

[Highway Man]

this was a website my niece used - dont upload any images until you have fully read the T&C's (that applies to ALL websites)
But it was useful to go through various images
we went through quite a few and we discussed what she thought was good and why etc and of course went through her images - the competitions subjects also gave her a reason to go and take photos
public can rate images and they set competitions by subject -
Also the meta data is often included in the image so you can see the Camera, lens, Speed, Aperture, ISO used

Photocrowd Terms & Conditions | Photocrowd photo competitions & community site

Welcome to your new favourite photo community. Be inspired, get your work seen, and win prizes in our daily photo competitions.

www.photocrowd.com

and there are loads of sites like this on the internet, facebook has loads of groups as well

WOW thanks for this. I am excited to start my photography journey. It has arrived btw. I couldnt believe it. Ordered it suday night, arrived Monday morning!!!! better than amazon.

 

[ETAF]

cool,

check it all out if used - got through all the apertures on the lens and focal length - check manual and auto focus - any other functions on the lense
THEN of course
try out all the camera settings ,speeds, apertures, iso - creative functions - focus lock , exposure lock etc etfc - check it all out as you have at least 14 days from receiving items as online order - take photos of the item with phone - make sure it really is all good
not sure what the T&C's are of where you purchased