GKPE 8, Yet more NZ ramblings from some flightless Kiwis.

Mark0159 wrote in post #17866658
but it's soft.

Do what I did a while back, take off the UV filter? Get it serviced? Probably be a good walk around lens on a crop body.

best treatment for UV filter on my 16-35mm...

I was amazed how much sharper my lenses got when I took mine off. Nothing on the front now!

Mark0159 wrote in post #17866658
but it's soft.

viagra will sort that out right away

I too like the second photo, Paul. Nice composition. (Referring to the shot of the harbour bridge with parking lot below... Posting skills a bit out of practice)

10 years of photography here what Ive learnt by going through 500+ gig of photos

1-take plenty of photos, but use different vantage points and focal lengths
2 dont forget foreground (most of photos Ive deleted had nothing to lead eye into)
3-shoot manual mode
4- take 3 exposures (not always for HDR often blending)
5-go back to same spot in different seasons

6-after 10 years clear out the rubbish ( copy all pics to another HDD and delete from backup)
7-be ruthless remember your after the best

8-learn to post process your photos to your taste
9-let people be critical with your work and dont take it personally

10 Dont leave the best on a HDD, have a website and print for wall (this is where im up to)

Happy 2016 lets get out there

PS - Buy good gear esp lens ............

Here's one I learnt the hard way, remember, even if you don't like a certain pic, others most certainly will.

Happy 2016 photo chums! Long time no visit. I trust you are all well. A quiet summer for me so far. Hotting up this weekend - going sailing for a bit. I'll take my camera...

So just to follow on from my last post

500GB of landscapes 35,548 photos 10 years worth are slowely getting shrunk down to leave the best to be put online.
Decided to go with 500px

So still have about a month to finish all sorting, editing, uploading but here it is

http://500px.com/tonys​earle

weka2000 wrote in post #17877286
So just to follow on from my last post

500GB of landscapes 35,548 photos 10 years worth are slowely getting shrunk down to leave the best to be put online.
Decided to go with 500px

So still have about a month to finish all sorting, editing, uploading but here it is

http://500px.com/tonys​earle

Some nice photos there Tony.

kiwichris wrote in post #17877293
Some nice photos there Tony.

Yes, and nows its time to up the anti ........2016 is going to bring what I always planned. Photos that are well composed and well processed.
Going to tread my self new lens this year .... Sigma 150-600. Im missing a telephoto lens

tongmaster wrote in post #17874565
Happy 2016 photo chums! Long time no visit. I trust you are all well. A quiet summer for me so far. Hotting up this weekend - going sailing for a bit. I'll take my camera...

long time no see, all is well here. photography been a bit slow for me too this year.

weka2000 wrote in post #17877286
So just to follow on from my last post

500GB of landscapes 35,548 photos 10 years worth are slowely getting shrunk down to leave the best to be put online.
Decided to go with 500px

So still have about a month to finish all sorting, editing, uploading but here it is

http://500px.com/tonys​earle

you have got some really good photos there Tony.

two days - no phone, no internet. They're laying ducting in our street for fibre! (and probably &^#ked something up while they were at it)
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the 24-105

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Evening all,

made it down to the NZ Rocketry launch day today,

this one had a bit of a mishap on launch

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