Great set - I think number 2 is my favourite. Pulteney Bridge if I'm not mistaken. I like the warm colours and the still water beneath. I know what you mean about distortion and shooting angle with the 10-20, although if you leave enough space each side it's pretty straightforward to correct with Photoshop elements or similar.

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Mat W

Thanks folks for the kind comments - I shall have a play with the picture of the log and try a 'proper' B/W along the lines you suggest I think. Coker - I know what you mean about the static/sparky globe thingy - I think they were/are called plasma spheres(?) I seem to recall seeing them all over the place years ago... not seen one for a while though...

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...well maybe just one then - a goose rather than a duck; this Egyptian Goose stood out because he/she had an almost totally white head, and was very friendly

Hello all. Thought I would upload a handful of shots from my walk in the park yesterday morning. It was pretty early and suitably murky (well it was the first of August!). Got the usual clutch of pond-based birds but thought I would post some shots of slightly less mobile subjects. C&C welcome as ever.

First up, a globe of small flowers. Taken with the FA 50/1.4 on K-7:



Some thistle-esque plants against the featureless sky (also FA 50):



Something budding in the pond (does this look too dark??) (this one with sigma 100-300):



Finally an old log, which reminds me of a black-hole/gravity well or similar (!?) (taken with DA 35 ltd):



Hope you like them

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Looks like a black headed gull to me - presumably with a juvenile still being fed by the parent. I've just noticed these chaps appearing in numbers again round my way (west London) having not seen any for a while... I rather like the silhouettes as well. Lovely blue background and I like the effect created by the DOF as it blurs into the distance. Good stuff

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I like all three of these as well. I think I'm with Andrew on number three, although the second one is probably my favourite as it has a real fascination with all those spirals... very cool

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Wow I love all three....Well taken and processed! really makes me want to go to New York with my camera kit (add to 'to do' list...)

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PM Sent for the teleconverter...

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I rather like this - nice and sharp - from the shots I have seen the Bigma looks like a pretty good performer. I like the fact that the bird is just left of frame and looking right. Also he's a handsome looking chap (if grumpy). Exposure looks pretty good too. Nice one

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I agree with Algernon - you have managed well to get frame-filling shots with good focus, which is not easy in my experience. Gulls are good to practice on I find because they are plentiful and pretty big, and there's not normally any problem finding a bunch of them I rather like the first shot because of the way the Gull is staring at something out of the frame. If you are thinking of having a play with the colour cast Algernon mentions, there is a colour cast fixer within photoshop; or there is one in Photoshop elements at least so I assume the same exists in Photoshop:. You find it under the 'adjust colour' menu item and once selected you click on a pixel (best to zoom in) which is either white, black or mid-grey and the colour cast will be adjusted. Might be worth a bit of a play (you can always undo it if it doesn't work properly)

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