Just came across this thread, I haven't had such a good laugh for ages! I think the poster's name is the funniest thing of all.


Being serious, I think a little humility and politenes might be called for if you want sensible critique of your pictures, which I have to say are a very long way from "expert". Posting a blown out picture of some daffodils with the comment that it shows how easy it is to get shallow DOF is not the way forward. At the moment you seem to just be annoying people, which is not the purpose of this forum.

He was looking at a woman who shouted something just as I took the picture. A second earlier he was looking straight at me.

Thanks for the comments, and the suggestions! I might try cropping "Pensive", Gareth and Greynolds; unfortunately the bus stopped ver briefly and I had a few seconds to grab the shot. I would prefer it if I had got more of the second guy in the shot. I have a similar shot with more of the bus in that I haven't processed yet.

I was quite pleased with the days shooting, and hope it's the start of some better street photography after many failed attempts!

Traffic Jam for me too, another excellent street shot, though I really like Lines, the curves on her back mirror the curves on the wall.

I had a few hours out with my camera in Chennai this afternoon, and tried a bit of street photography, which I'd not previously had much luck with. I love the colour in India, which is why I have not converted any to mono, save one on flickr. The poverty and living conditions of mny people are not nice to see, but it is nice to see some people smiling!

C+C welcome as always

Afternoon Nap




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Rickshaw




Beach toys




Street kids




Barrow of laughs

It's a strange time of year to be having Christmas dinner

Yes, a great image, nicely captured! Could probably be tweaked a bit, as suggested.

The unusual composition, using the shadow to show the statue, and the plinth to show the subject, works really well.

Tim and Peter, a quick rundown of what you did if poss?

I told you, you look much better as a unicorn!

As a lot of you know, I take quite a lot of aerial shots at work. Processing them is quite difficult, as there is often haze, causing a limited dynamic range. As I am shooting through about half an inch of laminated glass, there is also sometimes distortion, reflections and prismatic effects, although I think this picture is fairly "clean" in that respect. I am always looking to improve my technique in processing these pictures, and look forward to seeing other people's methods!

I took this shot a few weeks ago. It is of the Nemrut Crater in Eastern Turkey. The pic is straight from the camera, no processing at all, using AWB, which doesn't work very well on aerial shots, and always needs adjusting. I've not had much luck with Jpegs, I think there's too much processing needed for them, but there's links here to both the DNG file (I don't use PEF) and a Jpeg converted straight from the RAW with no processing.

DNG link

JPEGlink

The original file:



I look forward to seeing your entries, and here's hoping for a few more than the last one!

Closing date 7pm UK time Tuesday 18/04/11.