Simply beautiful.
They are all great, but the last two in particular stick in my head.
Hats off to that man

I really like this set. The images are quite striking.

I hope you don't mind, but I had a little play with #5. I was attempting to complement the drama already in the shot. I do like the result, but I think maybe it feels a little bit 'busy'.




Anyhow, great photos!

First proper outing with my new 50mm macro lens. Result = I absolutely love it!

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Any comments gratefully received.

Thanks for the advice! I agree, I think it really lifts the shot and improves it

I love the second one. I could look at that all day

Bought a Pentax A 50mm f/2.8 Macro from a forum member (thanks LaPoder!), which arrived this morning. These are my first couple of shots (taken without a tripod :blush. It's fair to say I'm quite pleased!

That's awesome!

Thanks for the feedback!

I love photographing trees (which is a good job when you consider where I live!)

The most unusual one (the last) was particularly pleasing for me as it was taken after a fairly long 'debate' with a friend of mine over the merits of using a flash when it is snowing. After those pictures came out she totally came round to my point of view

Overall, these threads (and more so the sets on Flickr) are my first year of SLR photography. I'm pretty pleased with how I have come on, even if there are some obvious errors. I'm looking forward to all the new things I can now learn and improve on.

Thanks for the feedback!

I am pleased with all these, especially as they are mostly based on luck over judgement

I get these occasional wildlife ones that come out just as I hope for, and they give me a real buzz. I would dearly like to develop some consistency though. I shoot so many that are frankly rubbish.

The horse one is a case in point. It was close to sunset when I took it. It was taken from the hand, and I knew it was unlikely to come out, so I blitzed it; taking maybe 30 or more shots of the horses face from various angles. I think this was the only one that came out. Whilst I'm pleased it did, I do want to learn how to be able to reliably know when (and how) a shot will work.

Guess I need (lots) more practice. Shame... I'll have to get out and take more photos

Thanks for the feedback!

I'm pleased with all of these shots.

The first one was the widest lens I had at the time. Note I later picked myself up a wider one

About the only thing I think I would have done different if I were taking them today is the third one. It was taken on the night I went out deliberately with only the camera and the 18-55mm lens to see how that affected how I thought about composition etc. I do wish I had my wide angle lens for that shot!

The last one I find really atmospheric and interesting. It's so dark it would look terrible as a print I suspect, but on a backlit screen I like it.