The Vulcan

Good photograph Alex.

The exposure is spot on.

Only observation would be that maybe next time you might show a tad more foreground as this would then fit the "rule of thirds" and give a better balance.

Nice shot! I loved my E-10, in fact was just looking on eBay yesterday to see if I could pick up an old one cheap - they're going for about $200 now.

I subsequently upgraded the E-10 to the E-20 - much better camera, quicker buffering. Shooting in RAW on the E-10 and viewing took absolutely ages.

Wish I still had the E-20

I like it but it's a bit "washed out" to me. i.e. no saturation or bite.

I prefer it like this (attached) which focuses more on the waterfall and keeps your eye in the frame better. i think here you can sacrifice the shadow detail as it's somewhat irrelevant to the theme.

Just my view though

Good shot

Very sad to hear of this mans passing away.

A man very passionate about photography

R.I.P Burt

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08010702herbertkeppler.asp

Interesting shot - I kinda feel that this sort of environment deserves a more sinister/seedy look.

Here's what I like and I've also removed that jutting white thing from the left of the screen. Not a perfect removal, but merely as an indication.

Just my taste!

Yours is good nonetheless

impressive , how do you do that ???

Tweaking about in Lightroom - tone curves, adjusted camera calibration to my 5D, split toning and contrast

Olympus E-10 - touch of fill-in-flash

"Cash Money" DJ - advertising shot.

Not a bad shot, but imho seems to lack "bite"

Maybe something like this appeals?

Very good analysis "Samssauce1949" - and I just LOVE the shot you attached.

A pro friend of mind in the UK invested in the adaptation to utilise his Hasselblad lenses on his Canon 5D. His tests showed that inasmuch as there was indeed a "marginal" improvement in image quality, it was not obvious enough to justify the outlay.

No doubt though that the full frame manufacturers will eventually release specific lenses (at great cost) to address the current shortcomings.

We are a family of 4 i.e. 2 adults and 2 young children, looking for a 2/3 bedroomed house, furnished, in a QUIET area.

A long term rental is required.

Do you have anything?

We will be in Hua Hin within the next few days and would like to hear from you.

Thanks in anticipation

It's a nice shot, the colours and exposure are good BUT, with kids, shots looking DOWN on them seldom work. Maybe had you bent down and addressed them at an eye-to-eye level this shot would have been more powerful.

Nevertheless it's good.

Sorry, got lost on this thread. What exactly is it about?

If you wish to have us evaluate the shot, there's a separate sub-forum for this. Maybe a few technical details etc would help.

I can - look at the depth and feel from film!

......................This is because you need to set your monitor to a certain display "standard", so if you send your work to your clients, they will see the same picture (colors).

Is there a guideline to this "standard"?

Whats the price in Thailand for a Spyder 3 Pro?

Haven't seen it advertised here yet so difficult to establish what the pricing will be.

I've seen/heard about this product but never really understood how the hel_l it works!

In lay mans language can you explain.

Much appreciated

Great shot "Tax" - simply great.

I wonder how many of us see the photo submissions in a different light/colour?

Accurate monitor calibration is the answer.

I use "Displaymate" - excellent programme.

Link attavhed

http://www.displaymate.com/

Maybe you have a better system of calibration you'd like to share?

Can't see it myself. Maybe an optical illusion.

Conversely, and with respect, maybe your monitor needs calibrating? I'm not trying to be facetious but an accurately calibrated monitor makes a world of difference. I submit a lot of my work to libraries and almost the first thing they do is send their calibrations to me.

It looked a bit lopsided to me so I straightened up the horizons a tadge and levelled up the flag on the right side. It seems a lot better to me now.

No screen change - I mistakenly stated "over-exposed" correction 1/2 stop under-exposed on average

For some time now I've been suspicious at the accuracy of the meter readings on my 5D, so I've acquired a light meter to satisfy my curiosity.

Taking incident light readings across a range of subjects I've established my 5D consistently over-exposes.

Looking at the Sekonic site I was amazed to see the following statement:-

"Like film, imaging sensors vary in light sensitivity levels from one batch to the next. Despite manufacturers best efforts, fluctuations of native ISO sensitivities of up to plus/minus half-a-stop can be detected across the uncut wafers as they come off the manufacturing line. Depending on which ‘slice of the pie’ is inside your camera, the specs listed in the camera manual may not hold true to the characteristics of the sensor in your particular camera"

Here's the link if you want to see more:- http://www.sekonic.com/products/products_features.asp?ID=130

Interesting statement that I was completely unaware of.

Q. how does your camera fare?

Another Black and White image.

Fuji Finepix F11 P&S compact. 1/90th at F2.8. ISO 80

Personally I always preferred Ilford FP4 in ID11 - rated it at 100 asa and developed accordingly. Absolutely beautiful tones and grain free.

I'd just claw back a bit of detail in the sky area, and add a bit of contrast.

You're not giving yourself credit by stating that you haven't a clue what you're doing. As canackamuck says, you've a good eye.

p.s. sorry pic posted twice!