Rob Eyers

Nature’s details are fascinating and your capture is wonderful Marty. Congrats.

Yes it’s too much. The phone has sharpened the original leaving a halo on the horizon. There are ways to correct that. If you look at the histogram you’ll see that there is hardly any dark info. Using a curves adjustment you could move the darks over which would make a huge increase in the saturation too.

Funny you should say that Rob. It reminds me of the words of the famous Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky….”You miss 100% of the shots you never take”.

I had missed this one Elin. Love the juxtaposition and story. Congrats!

My vote would be for Beth’s crop suggestion on the coloured version. The near field grass doesn’t add much IMHO, but the yellow with the blue sky works well. The unusual aspect ratio would be a plus I think.

I kept .jpg’s too Patrick. I didn’t intend to imply that I go back and do a lot of “remixes”. There have been several that I wish I’d processed differently though. My remorse is that I messed up the original RAW’s or deleted them altogether.

I agree there are a lot of files when shooting birds Elin. It doesn’t worry me too much as storage is cheap these days. I do preview them all and delete any missed or out of focus images. After that I let them sit for a few days to try and gain some objectivity. After that, any keepers are marked but I still don’t delete the rest. I’ve personally…[Read more]

Thanks Elin. Your country was such a treat to visit.

Yes it was Beth. It was taken on the road to the black church.

Thanks Marty E.

Thanks for all the kind words everyone. This POTW caught me by surprise. What a nice start to the week.

Thank you Federico. Muy apreciado. Stabilization has come a long way but you’re absolutely correct that I can’t hold 1/13th steady for landscape.

I love the city pride in this mural. No mistaking it’s from the “D”. Image well taken Marty E.

Thanks Pat. Iceland was stunning.

I wouldn’t say extensive but I have had a number of other brands over the years and all of them (some of them high profile) have caused me to look for something more neutral. All that stopped when I bought and tested Breakthrough. I would only add that colour accuracy is something I’ve dealt with since the days of NTSC (Never Twice The Same…[Read more]

Two thumbs up for Breakthrough from me.

La Casa de la Pérgola.

That’s all I’ve got Lenny.

Fall colour in Iceland from a few years ago.

Well that was fun. Thanks Elin.

Some solid shots Patrick. Great backgrounds. Hard to pick a favourite.