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Bargain-basement DFA 100mm Macro bears comparison with the best !
Migrant from the 'Leads to Deals' section. Focus on the centre bear. left-hand bear 2mm in front and right-hand bear 2mm behind. Hirsute Beauty :mrgreen: Jon:wink:
Posted by prsjnb on 29/01/2011 - 09:43
Bargain-basement DFA 100mm Macro bears comparison with the best !
That second image in particular is very nice. It's quite unusual in that most of the areas are out of cocus but the plane of sharp focus catches two different spots with critical sharpness. Normally this would just divide the interest, but it's working quite well. The exception proves the rule?
Posted by johnriley on 29/01/2011 - 10:06
Catching the setting sun - not one of my landscape shots though!!
Is the second one slightly oversharpened? There seems to be a slightly gritty look to the fur that's in focus. I prefer the composition of the first one, since it captures the languor of the cat more, and I like the relaxed look. In the second it's paying a lot more attention, so with that po...
Posted by ChrisA on 29/01/2011 - 18:22
Catching the setting sun - not one of my landscape shots though!!
Is the second one slightly oversharpened? There seems to be a slightly gritty look to the fur that's in focus. Interesting .... Looking at #2 in Firefox I didn't think #2 was oversharpened. But after my comments above I decided to download it and import into Lightroom in order to remedy wh...
Posted by Smeggypants on 30/01/2011 - 01:43
An afternnon stroll
Thanks. I'll go back and have another look at number 4, but I don't think I "upped" the saturation on that one. Just tweaked the curves. I did try to lighten the first one, but, as you say, it ruined the orange glow.
Posted by Father Ted on 30/01/2011 - 21:18
£15 ebay purchase - Tamron 28mm f2.5
Bought this awhile back, but tried it for the first time early on Saturdsy morning, travelling light on the way to a market. There were another 4 togs there all who were maybe thinking "who's this nutter with a Pentax who hasn't even got a tripod" Thought I'd share, as these regularly go for as c...
Posted by Blythman on 30/01/2011 - 21:35
beach sunrise
No 2 for me Geordie, its really nice. The flare is by far the dominant feature in the first one. Another option for no 2 would be to crop the sky just above the dark band that is higher than the sun. Horizon is out by a tad too Looked out of the back window this morning and mentioned to the missu...
Posted by Blythman on 31/01/2011 - 10:32
beach sunrise
Not so sure. I like the first one (including with the horizon out of alignment, not everything has to be done with a ruler in my eyes). The first one had (for me) the perfect proportions with the clouds being divided from the rest of the picture by the darker line in the sky, then you got the sun i...
Posted by SmutjeUK on 31/01/2011 - 17:00
Roxy Music Manchester evening News
sometimes I get to notice, we ussually get first three songs then kicked out, however their management let the togs stay in the pit for the whole show, however the camera crew kicked us out after 8!!! Which is the longest I have stayed at a concert shoot. We could have had a wander around the are...
Posted by cabstar on 01/02/2011 - 17:58
Spring
Very nice. The daffodils in the verges here are just showing yellow, despite the freezing temps. I expect they will be in bloom when I get back, but they are always early. Not a hint of snowdrop or anything else in my garden yet. The mahonia should be flowering soon though. Long time until tuli...
Posted by Gwyn on 31/01/2011 - 21:21
The quality of the ist DS
ISO 1600 ISO 800 Two pictures from my very early digital days. Both taken in June 2006 at the National Railway Museum in York on my ist DS camera with a kit lens. My limited Photoshop skills then didn't extend to noise reduction so I was amazed at the very low level of noise when I looked ...
Posted by davidtrout on 31/01/2011 - 20:52
People on the street, episode 12
I like the picture of the Pet Shop Boys. Now I have my camera back I quickly gave this a try yesterday while walking on the beach .. I have some great view shots but it seems I missed the people completely. :lol:
Posted by Mike-P on 01/02/2011 - 10:19
My first baby shoot!
I think if the hand was flatter, you would have a good image there. Number 3 looks like a generic baby shot with the hand chopped off Number 2 is great, tip for you though, focus on the eyebrow instead of the eye, will make the face look a lot sharper as the eyebrow hair will be in focus...
Posted by cabstar on 01/02/2011 - 18:02
Giraffe!
Thanks for the C&C folks - definitely helpful and I shall have a go at a few tweaks I think. The shot with purple fringing was indeed wide open at f2.8. I had been shooting inside the giraffe house and it was pretty dark (the first shot is f2.8 and ISO 800 but still only had 1/60th shutter speed). I...
Posted by matwhittington on 03/02/2011 - 18:09
‘Street Photography’ - My first attempt, C&C's please!
Ok this is my first attempt of ‘Street Photography’ on my day out today with my wife to Weymouth/Dorset. I know I have a lot to learn. I did not change anything apart from cropping the images (but not by too much). The main lens used (apart from the last two pictures) was the 18-55mm WR. I mainl...
Posted by SmutjeUK on 03/02/2011 - 19:48
‘Street Photography’ - My first attempt, C&C's please!
That's what I was wondering :), I also find it quite exhilarating. My heart beats faster while I'm out doing the shooting, and then theres a great feeling of anticipation when I get back to the PC and see what I got (sometimes nothing :D). My own hobbled together approach is to prefocus to a set ...
Posted by thoughton on 04/02/2011 - 12:31
‘Street Photography’ - My first attempt, C&C's please!
Very interesting comments Smaggypants.:D I be a bit restricted in walking as well as my back cramps up to the point I can not breeze after a injury to my back, hip and knee and I never be free of pain at all. :| I find it very comfortable of holding the camera with the hand strap and shoot but thi...
Posted by SmutjeUK on 05/02/2011 - 07:45
One of my first with my new K5
Cool! And it actually looks a little bit like Thunderbird 2 - Well the back half does. :)
Posted by Smeggypants on 04/02/2011 - 22:25
One of my first with my new K5
Cool! And it actually looks a little bit like Thunderbird 2 - Well the back half does. :) Cheers, It carries wings for Airbus and takes off not far from me over the boarder in north Wales. http://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/stbeluga/ Good luck with your K5 by the way, I got mine...
Posted by Dave Evans on 04/02/2011 - 23:20
In the reptile house (7 pics)
The mini dino (iguana?) and the Galapagos Tortoise are my favourites. I'm no expert but I'd back your colourful lizard in no. 1 to be some sort of bearded dragon.
Posted by Mike_L_76 on 03/02/2011 - 21:15
