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Outclassed and un-done by a far superior team. Carew looked threatening and thought Sidwell put a shift in - but overall we were very well beaten tonight.

Same team as at Blackburn last game of last year - different kit, hence my lack of enthusiasm.

Extremely lightweight!!

I cant stand the media wank fest over Redknapp - he's constantly on SSN calling the reporters by their first name, dropping other team's players names in conversation. He's dodgy as f**k and every transfer he completes has controversy surrounding it. I cant stand hearing everyone say "Redknapp should be England's manager..." and how muhc he's a "down to earth" guy.

Footballers, lovers and crooks should never go back.

We're more likely to sign Barry Chuckle.

It's John. :oops: I was so excited to put this joke up.

I hope we go and buy James Dean from Basingstoke, Hampshire.

I like us in a black kit...but cant remember us ever playing well in it?

The only thing worse than the sound of the vuvuzelas at the World Cup was the sound of Mark Lawrenson's commentry.

I would say that it may grate on you Wainy...although you sound too mature to let it bother you. :oops:

Got a friend who is over in SK at the moment doing a TEFL. He is absolutly loving it!! may go and join him next year - but am aiming to go and travel for 6months first.

All our kits look awful.

There's also been photos of fans in the Holte on the front of a season ticket - it doesnt mean id want to see that on our kit. Chequered pattern looks awful.

with Petrov on the spoons Apparently Petorv's spoon playing performance was cut short due to tiredness. ...ps, I love Petrov by the way - just couldnt resist.

Here's a recent edit I made of another image from my NYC collection.

Blues training ground??

Ive got another two words... Pure shite.

Loving the honesty Milfner! I certainly get more enjoyment out of Villatalk - there's times when I find myself abosultley pissing myself laughing out loud after reading people's comments (usually based around people's puns/funny stories). I love the randomness of Off topic and how honest some fans are with their personal stories, views etc - its just great and is clearly the best villa fan site! There's also a true sense of achievement when someone "quotes" what you've said and agrees, finds it funny or simply places a smiley symbol underneath!

Which website do you spend more time on: Villatalk or facebook?

**** off Man City - lets put this up on billboards around brum! (sorry if its been used before)...

We're going to absolutley rape the group stage...

This is what I did with the photos you can see above - because my camera doesnt have the function to autobracket. As you say, I chose two under, one correct and two over (sometimes 3 under and over to maximise detail). My original file was a RAW file and then the other images thereafter were .Tiff files (16 bit).

I didnt set out with that in mind no, but when I was post-editing I chosethe effect that I felt worked the best in HDR and it turned out to be more dramatic, atmospheric and, as you say, 'post apolocalyptic' than expectd. The barn image, however, I always had in mind to create in a creepy and sinsiter way. Ps, thanks AVFCLaura. :winkold:

Absolutly Bicks. You're right those shots were edited using HDR techniques. Basically I had auto bracketted the original shot so that it created images that were both under and over exposed. However, my camera (Nikon D40) does not have this function built into the camera unlike alot of SLR cameras, therefore I manually over and exposed each shot. From here I used the software Photomatix which allows you to tonal map your images after combining all the exposed shots into one image. Then I took some time editing the many features within Photomatix such as saturation, strength, luminosity, shadows, white balance etc until I was happy with the final image. The I processed it. Im relatively new to HDR but it can change the way you think about certain scenes/photo opportunities. For example, I was out running the other week and passed this disused barn (see below), ive probably run past this plenty of times - but after experimenting with HDR I could see an opportunity for making an interesting composition, so I went with my camera to shoot it then edited it using HDR techniques.