In a message dated 6/26/2005 10:38:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: These people were minding their own business and I wouldn't want to > interrupt them, > this would not have been possible with a noisy eye level SLR and a lens > much shorter > than 200mm
You might be surprised at how your "noisy" slr blends into the ambient sound in the great outdoors. These are nice pictures, most of them, but I'd bet they would be lots better if you stopped being a sniper and got in there with a 90 or less. The several with dark foreground blobs need a bit more cropping. It also looks like you were relying on the autofocus too much as your compositions sometimes have way too much headroom with subject dead center. That's a problem I have myself, so it is easy for me to spot. I would have edited out all the pictures of people's backs. My favorite was the two girls smiling, and that one I wished I could see the vendor (?) who is making them smile. Too many pretty girls squinting in the sun. Pigeons is pretty cool, but the foot growing out of the bird growing out of the kids head is confusing. Time to get out there and shoot some more. You are on to something, just get brave and leave that hunka-hunka glass at the football field. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane égalité, liberté, crawfish
