I agree - these shots give a real sense of decay and falling into deriliction. I like them - nice series.

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Mat W

Absolutely fantastic. Astonishing. I've been meaning to get hold of a couple of Nick Brandt's books of photos for a little while. I especially like the lion looking towards a storm...

Great stuff. Thanks for the link

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Mat W

I have to agree with Andrew and Steven. Thought provoking and well recorded.

Mat W

Wow! - awesome moonshot. How much does that lens weigh?? That would fill the boot of a car from the looks of it...

Mat

I have to agree with everyone else - it's a beautiful image, either in blue or gold (or any other colour I guess)

Great work!

Mat W

You can get Cokin ND Grad filters for about £15-20 each I think. They are square and you would require an appropriate filter holder (similar price I think) and then an adaptor so that the whole lot will attach to whatever thread size you have on the front of your lens - am guessing about another £10 or so (?) - they are all available on amazon so that might be worth a browse. I have three cokin ND Grads which I bought from amazon with the filter holder in a set for £50 (plus a few pence).

Hope that helps

Mat W

These are great!! I especially like the second one. Like the depth of focus and the line of black hats in the second. They're like a comic clone army. Made me smile anyway

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Mat

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I have both the DA 40 and the FA 50 and think both are great! the FA 50 I use a lot indoors in places like the British Museum here in London where (especially at this time of year) it is incredibly dark inside. The 1.4 aperture means a shallow DOF but enables a quicker shutter whilst not having to go mad on the ISO and get grainy pics. The DA 40 I love as a walkabout lens on holiday because it is tiny, light, focusses in an instant and has a 49mm filter thread (as does the 50) which means that filters (e.g. poliariser) are cheap too. I guess the prices you have in your original post are Finnish prices - both lenses can be had a bit cheaper here in the UK but whether that saving persists if ordering from Finland I am uncertain...

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Mat

Very tricky - like the recent thread on favourite films... but for now a top 5 would be (based on what has been on my ipod recently)...

Weld - Neil Young
Rumour and Sigh - Richard Thompson
American Idiot - Green Day
You are the Quarry - Morrissey
Anything by Rodrigo y Gabriela

Oh dear now I can think of about a hundred others... I'll leave it there...

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Mat