I had a little walk around the new Portmarine development in Portishead on Saturday morning. The array of public art adds a lot of interest to this new development. C&C welcome as always..

Yeah if you're not interested in shooting below f5.6 the F35-105 is a great option, I used it on portrait shots and it's got a very handy range. Eventually I did get the DA50-135 though as I wanted the f2.8 and sdm.

Lovely photo, glad baby is growing well! Mum must be producing 'gold top' milk ;P

The KS-1 isn't for me, but the 'sweety' colours suit it better than any colour combo I've seen so far, IMHO!

Storm in a teacup as far as I'm concerned!

Love the first one! Lovely sky. The sheep one is great too, and a very memorable image; I am just not sold on the crop. The sky on no. 3 is a bit burned out / overly contrasty for my taste.

The short answer is you are quite right - you don't! The ISO point is correct, and if you are a shallow DOF-phile, FF will allow shallower DOF without needing to upgrade to faster lenses.

For instance on APSC it's near impossible to get shallow DOF on a wide angle lens, whereas on 35mm the tiny, cheap DA35/2.4 will give you 'the look'.




May not be the world's greatest snapshot, but I like the sense of depth given by the OOF background, while the relatively wide angle retains the sense of space (which you lose by employing a telephoto lens).

Image 2 was nice but no. 5 wins by a landslide! Terrific shot.

Lovely colour in the sea, and the light is giving some nice modelling on the cliff face. Are we supposed to give constructive criticism here? If I was to be really picky I'd say it would have been nice if you'd waited for one or other of the boats to fall on the right hand third, to 'anchor' the composition. (S'cuse the pun!)

Thanks folks... yes it's well worth a visit!

I'm a landscape architect so I often hone in on little details, Nigel... as much for my own reference as anything else. Thanks for your comments on DOF - I take it you mean shots like 'Agastache' need a little more, so more of the blooms are in focus? That's good advice cheers.