Stunning clouds nicely shot but you need to straighten up the horizon too.

Best wishes, K.

Because we so rarely get so much snow / cold weather that the expense for one day a year is hardly worth it. A bit different this winter though

K.

It might be more realistic to have memberships expire if you don't visit the site for a long period, e.g., a year. I have often joined things out of passing interest or for a very specific purpose and then forgotten all about them.

K.

Often, one needs a second stage of editing after merging in photomatix, usually upping the contrast using curves. My main objection to the image is that the snow is too grey for my taste. Perhaps you could up the brightness and the contrast a bit?

A photo with lots of potential, however!

K.

My very first camera was a plastic toy one which came with an "adventurer" kit I was given for Christmas in about 1971. I ran a roll of BW film through it on a school trip to Syon Park but the camera leaked light like mad and the photos were terrible. I must have used various ?126 and 110 cameras borrowed from my Mum until I bought my first ME Super with a 50mmm f/2 in 1982. In fact, my tuba teacher bought it for me in Dallas as they were cheaper in the US (some things don't change!). Over the next few years I added a 50mm f/1.7, a 28mm f/2.8 and a 135mm (it was a Pentax but I don't remember exactly which one). By 1993 I had worn the ME Super out and bought a second-hand MX which I loved. Sadly the MX and my three lenses were stolen on the Paris underground in about 1998. I then bought another ME Super at some point shortly after, followed by two more ME Supers, a tatty Program A an MX for my archaeological project in Romania in 2005 along with an LX for myself.

My first digital camera was a Canon Powershot G2 in 2003 (I think) which I loved and a Canon Powershot Pro 1 in 2005 (which I hated). My first dSLR was a K10D in 2007.

I got into LF photography with the Horseman last year.

Best, Kris.

Post an example?

Errrr FA f/1.7 what exactly? I'm guessing 50mm?

Damn, too slow!

Some of the filth is blurred seagulls flying across my long exposure. I only have my tatty laptop to work on here and it is hard to tell the difference between bad spots on the monitor and dust spots on the sensor!

Best wishes, Kris.

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Best wishes, Kris.