Paul B Jones

Among the OP's images it was the red balloon disappearing into the sky that instantly created a fully-formed story in my head - a child given a balloon by exhausted parents, a brief moment of joy -...

I was talking with a new photographer the other day about depth of field. To demonstrate the points we were discussing we pointed a metre (yard) stick directly away from us and leaned it at an...

I titled this image an "art shot": http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulbjones/8034279251/in/photostream  That means I blew the photo opportunity so I cropped heavily and jammed the levels in...

Canon's 400 f/4 is built around a semi-experimental diffractive optics system that uses less glass elements than standard telephoto lenses. This results in it being significantly lighter (and a bit...

Beautiful pictures! Is the lake the one at La Cumbre above La Paz?

They're not too bad!

There can be artistically good or bad photos in any genre but for me what sets street photography apart is the issue of consent. If someone stuck a camera in my face while I was going about my...

Thanks for the link to your website. Lots of great information there.

That makes no sense. Won't they then just be asking "is my knitting good?" "is my wood-turning good?" "is my chess good?" And why shouldn't they? Anyone who thinks their photos are good is...

Yeah I think that was the prudent thing to do! I was using a 300mm lens and could be way back.

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I am not sure what it is but it looks like it has a yellow bill and feet and a bit of white under the tail so it could be an under-exposed robin.

Okay, folks need to slow down here a bit. This law is about making sure that "orphan works" can be still be kept in social circulation, not about stealing your images off flickr. Orphan works are...

Nice! Did you think about dropping down and getting a lower angle? I was on my belly for this Prairie Rattlesnake...

Yup, those look like young Great-horned Owls. That species likes to take over stick nests. Screech Owls like to nest in tree cavities.

I have a nice Canon kit that brings me great joy. But, I suspect if I had stumbled on Nikon first I would be equally happy.  Those big white telephotos do look a lot better than that generic black...

Just keep shooting and the lens gradually learns to focus. That's my experience. :)

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Wonderful photos! You could use the link function (a little chain) to make it quicker to access your site, like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/40906945@N08/

I am transitioning from my 1DIV to a 1DX and find myself missing the 1.3 crop factor quite a bit. I'm intrigued by the next 7D iteration and hoping it's a 1.6 crop - I guess I am a reach junkie. No...