[monty]

April 15, 2011 at 5:54 pm

Please don’t hesitate to send me an offer, really need this sold. Thanks

[monty]

November 19, 2009 at 10:52 pm

:D, i would say better late than never, but i’m not sure if that applies anymore!

[monty]

November 18, 2009 at 10:12 pm

sorry for the megga late reply, but yes, and it’s absolutely wonderful! :)

[monty]

November 14, 2009 at 2:28 pm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davemont/2922044173/

..It would seem we found the same stall! :D Only I spotted it in Belfast one day.
Like your shot there, seems to be a bit blurred though, or is that just me?

[monty]

November 14, 2009 at 1:34 pm

Thanks guys, I appreciate any comments!

[monty]

November 13, 2009 at 3:44 pm

Thanks for the replies there guys! Yet again, I had completely forgotten about this site!

Thanks Pixelle, I agree with most of that, although I can never see it myself, i always need someone else to point it out :)

Schqually, Thanks very much, I appreciate that! Ha, I wasn’t the main photographer here, it was just a family wedding, so I brought the camera down incase I found anything interesting, turns out I did :)! So, if this had been my wedding project, I probably would put them in the ‘details’ catergory, would have loved to have gotten a reflection of the bride and groom in the mirror on No.6, then it would have been a nice wedding album shot, bit late now though I suppose!

[monty]

October 27, 2008 at 11:20 pm

1 and 4 are my faves, brilliant work to get photo’s like that from that sort of lighting!
COmposition and DOF are spot-on too.
For a first time thats brilliant!

[monty]

October 27, 2008 at 6:54 pm

randomway wrote:

I agree, a faster lens, a 1.4 or 1.8 can be very handy when the lighting is that bad. A tripod wouldn’t help, the musicians are still moving, and you would only get the background sharp with slower shutter speeds.

I like the one before the last… good job.

Do lenses like this not give you an extremely limited DOF?
Is it really worth while going right down to 1.4 to get a sharp photo…out of focus?

[monty]

October 21, 2008 at 5:32 pm

The air he has there is pretty darn impressive! Didn’t even know you could do that sort of stuff on jetskis!
I think the subject dosen’t stand out enough, the waves hit you and then you spot the tiny jetski in the middle of them(slight exaturation but you get my point)
I’m not exactly sure where your focus is set either.. the ‘rider’ dosn’t seem to be in focus but yet the waves dont either.
I quite like the way the ‘rider’ is sort of sillhouetted against the grey sky though and the waves are pretty nice too.
Just if it was a bit closer and sharper it would have been better.
(not trying to slag it off, trying to give you helpful advice :).)

[monty]

October 20, 2008 at 8:58 pm

Yeh, the sharpness definitely is top quality!
The step up from an 18-55 kit lens is incredible!
I’ll bring mine to the next race.. although that might be all I’m doing as I’m not sure if I’ve hte money to buy a new reciever!

[monty]

October 20, 2008 at 6:04 pm

Excellent photo my friend ;)
Depth of field = perfect
Lighting = perfect
Sharpness = perfect

Although I did take it so I’m not sure why I was expecting anything else

:lol: :lol: :D ojoj

[monty]

August 16, 2008 at 11:56 am

aye..if you want but the general gist that it was giving you was..

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:D..that took ages to write..it better be useful :P

[monty]

August 13, 2008 at 10:05 am

for the printing..the latest(august i think) digital photography magazine has a whole section on online printing companies and which are the best for price and qualityetc. , pick it up if you can because it shows you all the different prints from differnt companies so that you can make your mind up for yourself,, but what they said..which i dont entirely agree with is..

(wait till i go and find the magazine :L)

[monty]

June 26, 2008 at 6:00 pm

My first try at this photoshop comp. thing..
Hope you like it..
I know your not meant to do anything to the car..but I got slightly carried away;)

[monty]

June 21, 2008 at 6:53 pm

yes, the second shot is the original(processed but not cropped) version..but I’m not sure which I like best so I though I’d stick both up..
You like the first on better than the second anyway then?
And yeh, THe third one was cropped in PILES!:D..but without it being cropped in that much..I thought the fly was too small and insignifigant:( I think that even there..it’s a bit small for my liking.
Thanks anyway mate