It's a bloody handy little camera, and if you like getting wet, it's good fun to have in your pocket/trunks. The quality of the W60 is distinctly average and I suspect that cramming even more unwanted pixels in the 80 has only made things worse.

Babies have such perfect skin you don't need to get too clever - much better to have a nice stress-free environment.
Keep it simple, don't worry about white backdrops - too much trouble
One softbox and a black drape behind and preferably to sit on too.
Quickly grabbed this while her mum was yapping...

Babies have such perfect skin you don't need to get too clever - much better to have a nice stress-free environment.
Keep it simple, don't worry about white backdrops - too much trouble
One softbox and a black drape behind and preferably to sit on too.
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I grabbed this quickly last night while her Mum was yapping!

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I usually like cobwebs, but my first thought was loose it, as the image is more of a composition than a macro tour de force. Second thought was crop tighter.

I think your second attempt is much better.

I also agree with the first comment about the bokeh ( I haven't read the other thread and don't care) but again, your second, tighter crop improves this too. So it's all good.

oh yes... I didn't like the multiple pink splodges bottom right on the first - again, the crop has solved that and the one dainty splodge is just right!

That's a great picture!
I know some people would frown upon this, but I would clone out the random splodges top-left and possibly the meat market tabs too. (depends on the use for the image)
Well worth the effort

Quality is difficult to determine because of the noise (or noise reduction).
Looks like you could have shot at 100iso quite comfortably.
Looks like a harmless hover fly, by the way.

ha! thanks guys. gruesome 'aint he?

The original was noting to write home about - such plain little creatures house flies. I felt he needed a little help to compete with the fully blinged-up blue bottle and his home-boy hover fly. Flash gits.

number 2 is a great image all round, but I feel the front of the engine is too sharp and/or too contrasty (black essentially) for an old shot.

That is a great place to shoot trains. do the new ones come through there too?

While I was writing this you posted the second batch - much better.

The noise might be a result of brightness adjustment - essentially the same as high iso.

I agree with the other comments - lovely memories but not high art.
For interesting images, I use manual settings with a little flash and a little ambient.

Stick with the flash but turn it down to a low setting (fn button). this little pulse of light will give you the picture and stop the movement but won't drown out the atmosphere.

Set the camera to TV mode and shutter to about 1/30th or less. (as low as 1/4 sec). After seeing what the camera wants to do, experiment with manual and under exposing the ambient light, leaving the flash to gently expose the foreground.

Don't worry about dark areas or blur, both good

If you have enough light, fire away on auto focus, otherwise set the focus to manual and guess the distance (don't try and focus).

Try having a dance yourself at the same time! it will add to the sense of movement

BTW, I have never, ever used TV mode so on this I am guessing!

This bad boy had the temerity to wander across my desk while I was (ahem) working (...so unutterably bored of CSS).
So I had some 'fun' turning him into a record sleeve whether he liked it or not...


He did actually live to tell the tale... right up to the point when my dog jumped up and ate him, ha ha.
 
Enjoy!