[absolon]

January 8, 2007 at 9:36 pm

There are some very good pictures on your homepage Tomas, but I don’t see the beauty of this one. It’s too grey to my taste and the half of the frame is filled with sand, grass and sand.

[absolon]

January 8, 2007 at 5:13 pm

That’s a mage tower and it has to be dark. Good as it is. The foreground would become another boring shot of dunes and all the shadows would be gone… don’t edit it, print it.

[absolon]

January 8, 2007 at 5:08 pm

I like the photo, but the fonts are just shouting for a delete button. The other thing what’s my personal opinion, is that the whole thing looks very boring… is that all I asked from myself for the first glance.

[absolon]

January 7, 2007 at 9:26 pm

GCP wrote:

Just out of interest….has anyone downloaded the beta version of CS3 yet and, if so, what do you think.
I suppose what I’m trying to figure out is “will it be worth spending the money to get it ?” now that I’m doing some figures for 2007. Having said that when I did the figures for 2006 last January, I did not include a Canon 1Ds Mk II and seem to have aquired one by some means.

I’ve tried the beta. Full of good improvements and a lot faster, eats less RAM as well… good. The only problem, that it’s very beta in terms of misterious things happen, which drove me mad. For example, I couldn’t save in jpeg with the save for the web option. Finally I got fed up with it and returned to the cs2, but I can’t wait for the release of the final version … I think it’s a bigger upgrade than the cs-cs2 was, so it worth considering.

[absolon]

January 7, 2007 at 9:04 pm

I think it’s very nice without cropping, if you start it you end up cropping very tight… let your pixels alone, they are fantastic!

[absolon]

January 7, 2007 at 8:38 pm

Terrifying… it’s the front cover of a new thriller movie. I wouldn’t like it in my bedroom, but good for scaring the neighbours if you put it into the window. VERY nice picture, Hollywood style.

[absolon]

January 7, 2007 at 8:10 pm

Gill’s edited version looks better, however the colours are just not right – it must be the light falling in a very low angle… I’d try to return at dawn or on a cloudy day. It would be a great picture with some texture on the sky, that’s the weakest link.

[absolon]

January 7, 2007 at 7:37 pm

The colours are fine, but I don’t like the dof on them. The first one would also benefit from cropping. If the text on the euro coin was sharp or anything that can make the picture, tell a story, it would be more to my likings. They are just not ready, if there were 100 shots about the same screw and coin, I wouldn’t go for these ones. Make another 100 if necessary, it’s fun anyway :)

[absolon]

January 7, 2007 at 7:25 pm

PeteTheBloke wrote:

Looks marvellous to me Ciaran. If it was my photo and you were offering critique, what would you say?

I think you’d be pretty full of praise, but you’d mention the central catchlights. Am I right?

Her eyes are lovely, BTW. You’re right there.

So the catchlights are the small highlights in the eyes… jees, I always learn something.

Besides that she has lovely eyes, I like the ring and the scarf. I think this is the eye-contact with the camera what I missed with my portraits. Good to see shots like this.

[absolon]

January 7, 2007 at 12:11 pm

I’m browsing this site to find shots like these. Great pictures.

[absolon]

January 7, 2007 at 9:46 am

Welcome Joker,

I’d be really curious about the street photos, you can start posting them.

[absolon]

January 7, 2007 at 9:42 am

Noely F wrote:

Thanks all. Slightly blown but I was quite happy.
They were about 50-60 feet above me.Absolon, I like the crop with 2 birds but not the BW version :)
I think it takes a certain bird shot to work in BW……not mine though :D

Yea, the bw was a bad idea, I knew already after I posted it. Keep shooting!

[absolon]

January 7, 2007 at 9:31 am

I like the glance of the guy in the middle on your second shot… good ones.

[absolon]

January 7, 2007 at 9:15 am

You only have to ask Ciaran, which is the best normal zoom lens from sigma with a 1:2.8 maximum aperture, or read into other threads dealing with this question. I have a Nikkor 18-70/3.5-4.5 and after a month, I’m thinking about upgrading for a faster lens (Ireland is an old man in a cloudy coat, you need all the photons that you can get). Usually these slower lenses can be optically good, but only if you go down to 5.6 or 8 f-stops… that means they can be safely used in Spain or in the Caribbeans. Maybe I should just move to the Caribbeans instead of blaming my equipment :) You’ll have to spend at least 4-600, so I suggest, you should save for it and buy what you can use for years.

[absolon]

January 7, 2007 at 1:49 am

I don’t like the perspective and I would crop it tighter. I’m not sure about the sharpness either, but that can be my monitor… I should really clean it from the dust.