That Don King is quite a character!

One of the greats, sad news.

Thanks chaps. I guess when the subject is as glamorous as Yolanda, a bit of fuzziness doesn't matter... I'd almost go as far as to say it gives the shots a 'vintage photography' character

Well done to those that took a risk and bought one. (Although I guess the worst that could have happened is you'd get refunded). Fortune favours the brave.

For me, technique is no substitute for composition - a technically so-so shot can still be compelling if the composition works well, but a poorly composed shot will never be good even if technically perfect.

Anyway I quite like shot 4, albeit a lower angle would have been more dramatic, as would isolating just a group of the riders against the sky (a shot I've seen many times though!) Alternatively, allowing a couple of candyfloss-munching bystanders to drift incongruously into the shot in the foreground might have taken it into Martin Parr territory!

Don't be afraid of shooting people (with discretion), especially at a funfair when there is plenty of stuff people would perceive a legitimate reason for photographing. When taking picture of people on the rides, why not pretend your kid is on there?

The last shotis particularly weak compositionally, with your eyes being drawn to the sides of the shot. There was potential there though:

I'm with Mike!

But there was bags of potential here, as Andrew says the light is great and the subject as are the textures - all that is needed is a stronger composition. Moving in closer and achieving a tighter comp with maybe just three nuts and some mussels would have been all that was needed.

I was recently able to compare the K200D's in-camera black and white filter (and resulting jpeg) with raw processing + photoshop. In both cases +1 EV was applied post capture, and the ISO setting was 1600. (It was DARK!)

These are crops viewed at 100%

In camera:



Raw:



I actually applied some grain to the raw capture.

This is the full image:




Yes its a blurry old shot - but it was taken indoors, low shutter speed and wide aperture etc, and of course they were moving.

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Hmmm I remember getting a coffee in the US, and spitting out the vile sweet watery liquid they gave me. I asked for a tea instead and was offered chamomile, mint or lemon - at which point I just burst into tears.

Wasn't this Pentax's first DSLR, let alone FF DSLR? A strange looking thing it is too. I'm sure I saw some reviews of a pre-ist d camera, so were a few actually sold?