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My first attempt at taking the camera downtown; thought I'd start by using a borrowed long lens (FA J 75-300), so I didn't have to get so close!

Converted to mono with Silkypix's "mono 2", with some adjustments to contrast.

Does it work? Suggestions?

Comment by Keith Grant posted on odd couple at 01/07/2008 - 15:49

A friend loaned me her FA J 75-300 F4.5-5.8 for a few weeks. Not sure I'm impressed, though it's nice to have the long lens.

Here are two from a walk yesterday. Your comments welcome on the images themselves, and on using this lens to better effect.

Viceroy butterfly, ISO 200, 1/750 @ f5.8, slightly cropped:

Cedar waxwing, ISO 200, 1/350 @ f5.8, cropped about half:

Comment by Keith Grant posted on flighty things at 27/06/2008 - 16:38

Hey Tyr,

Fun shoot! The last is my favourite also the most abstract.

The 1st and 4th are intriguing when considered together - an illustration of selective focus in composition! In both of these, though, I think my preference wd be a slightly greater depth of field, so that the guitar is a little more clear in the 1st, and Fender the same in the 4th.

Cheers,

Comment by Keith Grant posted on For those about to rock! at 23/06/2008 - 01:07

Hi Tooks,

Haven't tried too many bird photos myself (though not for a shortage of gulls here!), but I like your black-headed gulls - good focus, good lighting for that environment.

As for composition, I would suggest experimenting with positioning the birds somewhere left or right of centre (probably flying into the open space in the photo) to give the photo a sense of movement.

Cheers,

Comment by Keith Grant posted on A few bird pics... at 23/06/2008 - 00:17

Thanks Adrian ... so much to learn!

Comment by Keith Grant posted on Mozilla Firefox 3 - Colour management at 22/06/2008 - 13:50

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Pretty much everything displays OK with Firefox 2 so I'm wondering if pictures tend to get posted to look OK with a non colour managed browser (but that argument gets blown away with Mac users posting pictures that look good with Safari).

Adrian, can you unpack this a little for me, please? Thanks!

An almost-color-managed, Safari- and Mac-user,

Comment by Keith Grant posted on Mozilla Firefox 3 - Colour management at 22/06/2008 - 00:31

Lovely light in the sky, and as the others have said, the horse, despite being so small, does make the image. I bet that in a larger size the lack of detail in the foreground isn't as much of a distraction?

Really appreciate your landscapes, Simon.

Comment by Keith Grant posted on Porth Y Post, Anglesey, North Wales at 17/06/2008 - 19:03

Are there perks?

Comment by Keith Grant posted on Forum veteran at 17/06/2008 - 01:23

This week's "street photography" comp. theme seems tailor-made for you! These are such evocative images (meaning the dreaming dog and comp entry, as well as this one), inviting our own narratives. Thank you -- please post more!

Cheers!

Comment by Keith Grant posted on Barefoot at 27/06/2008 - 02:33

Beautiful colors! A great abstract image, too - out of context, it might have me guessing.

Comment by Keith Grant posted on Hibiscus macro at 16/06/2008 - 00:01

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