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December 2, 2011 at 2:36 pm

I like it a lot. Gorgeous light on the rocks and I’m not seeing a problem with the sky as is.
Spot on!

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November 25, 2011 at 2:18 pm

One to be proud of. Love the mood.

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November 19, 2011 at 7:11 pm

Nice one, Ritchie! Lovely light, colour and composition.

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November 18, 2011 at 6:19 pm

Great shot. I love that part of the country.

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November 18, 2011 at 3:11 pm

Hi there. Good effort. 2 and 3 are a bit similar as Ballyman mentioned, so I’d pick your favourite.

#1 is a bit blurry and overexposed, so I’d re-take that one again, if possible as it has good potential. Hope that helps and best of luck with your project.

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November 16, 2011 at 3:40 pm

Hi there. I like your composition :)

The only thing I’d watch out for is your horizontal level, i.e. the shot seems to be tilted a couple of degrees to the left. If you use the grid function in Photoshop, it’ll provide a good guideline.

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November 13, 2011 at 10:13 pm

Really like 4, 5 and 10. Nice job, Chris.

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November 13, 2011 at 9:58 pm

Nice work. Love the 1st one!

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November 13, 2011 at 9:53 pm

Hi Johnny,

Very sorry to hear about your lens – that stinks.

When my camera needed warranty work, Canon sent it to Image Supply Systems in Dublin 8:

Telephone: 01 478 2520
Fax: 01 478 3953
Email Sales: salesimagesupplysystems.com
Email Service: serviceimagesupplysystems.com

Canon’s service centre contact info is:

Canon Ireland Ltd
Arena Rd
Sandyford Ind Estate
D18
Ph 01 2052400

One of them should be able to sort you out.

Good luck,

Vinny.

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November 7, 2011 at 6:37 pm

Really cool! I think they’d look great as large prints as well.

There’s some really nice stuff on this macro forum – I’ll be stopping by to snoop on a more regular basis.

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November 5, 2011 at 11:49 pm

Great work! You make Gothic Paris look … even more Gothic :)

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November 5, 2011 at 8:49 pm

Love the colours and composition. The seaweed really pops against the blue.

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November 5, 2011 at 8:47 pm

Thanks for the comments, Joe, Dave and Beasley. Joe – you’re right about the watermark. I’ll make a smaller one next week.

Beasley, if you have any insights into navigating the licensing shenanigans, please PM me!! They’re not taking my years of experience into account at all, so I’m back on a provisional, but have no suitable bike and am leery about emasculating my pride and joy. So … even after I pass the smaller capacity test, I’m still hobbled to the small bike for the further 2 years. BTW, my wife is a HUGE VW van fan. I think it harks back to her Grateful Dead days :)

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November 4, 2011 at 6:18 pm

Thanks Beasly – it was the trip of a lifetime for me. I did 6,500 miles in 19 days and met lots of nice people and a few weirdos as well – just to make things interesting. The bike was/is a Ducati ST2 that I brought home with me, but according to the powers that be here in Ireland, I need to go back on a 125cc or similar so I can “learn” how to ride a bike. I assumed that I’d have to do a test, but they really pulled the rug out from under me. Even the RSA admitted that cases like mine had “fallen through the cracks” but licensing changes are now made at the EU level. Ok – end of rant and back to photos. I still have to finish ome of the images, but here’s a small sample.

US Cavalry cemetery at the site of the battle of Little Big Horn:

And here’s one of the obelisk at the site:

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November 4, 2011 at 6:02 pm

Hi Ian – thanks for taking the time to reply.

The first shot came out as intended – a semi-silhouette. The sun is just out of the shot, a little high and to the right.
Second – good point as well. I took several of that set and I do have others where they are both looking at the camera. For some reason, I liked this one though. (Not to worry – the couple have the others as well :)
Third – you’re right. I’ll pay more attention to dress/suit positioning in any future shoots. The bride thought she looked uncomfortable in that shot too – I think she was just straightening her back when I took it :) In all the other bench shots, both she and the groom are facing the camera and smiling. For my own (somewhat intangible) reasons, I like images that are just a little bit quirky. I did explain to the couple before they booked me that I prefer a more “documentary” approach for the most part and they gave me a complete free hand apart from their short list of “must have” shots.
They were very easy to work with and I was delighted that the torrential rain had stopped by the end of the ceremony. It was still windy (well spotted), but manageable.
I delivered the final images to the bride and I’m happy (and enormously relieved) to report that she’s very happy.

Thanks again.