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I'd like to thank everybody for their constructive comments which as always I will take on board. Regarding the Soligor lens it is indeed sharp but can suffer terrible purple fringing in strong sunlight and high contrast areas, that is one area where modern glass outshines it's older breathren is the quality of the coatings which have come on leaps and bounds.

Hi Richard
That is a deliberate crop on the front wheel to try and emphasise movement through the frame, when cropped centre they looked a bit static, but thanks for your comment, it may or may not have worked, lol.

I've been doing a lot of bike racing photography lately trying out various lenses from manual primes to auto zooms, but what I started to realise is that I actually think my tecknique has come on leeps and bounds but as always I would prefer a second opinion. The first one is the Sigma 70-300 DG APO Macro and the second is a Soligor 200mm f3.5 I'm pleased with both, but as always your thoughts appreciated.


1/350th ISO 200 f11
[IMG]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f343/Noddy750/SigmaAPO285.jpg[/IMG]

1/500th ISO 100 at f8 (i think)
[IMG]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f343/Noddy750/SoligorMallery303.jpg[/IMG]

Bought an excellent condition Tamron Adaptall 2 80-210mm f3.8/4 Macro Model 103A for £1.26 off ebay yet to try out, but not a bad lens by all accounts.

Thanks Steve I'll give them a go, much appreciated

No personal recommendations then?

Hi

Just a quick question, can anybody recommend a company for having one of my pics turned into a canvas, after searching the web there are 100s of them but I've no idea who's good/bad, so your personal recommendations would be appreciated.

Regards

47 and still working in an office, I lost interest in work years ago but my wife and family's needs outway mine, so probably continue working for the foreseable future.

Unfortunately with intelligence comes self awareness, I just can't do it, sorry. No facebook, no msn messenger, no Youtube = living in my own slightly surreal world.