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The lens has been reviewed at http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Publications/DxOMark-Reviews/Sigma-17-70mm-f2.8-4-DC-Macro-OS-HSM-C-Canon-The-Above-Standard-Zoom. In tests against the Nikon and...

Just from the name and designation you will not be able to tell the difference. However the older lens has a golden band at the coupling end which is absent in the new model. The latter also is...

Placed 23^rd in the challenge. This is a typical wood carving from the Indonesian Island of Bali. Unlike the rest of Indonesia, Bali’s culture is strongly influenced by Hinduism and this is reflected in the artifacts that the island has become famous for. This piece, of Ram and Sita, is carved out from the trunk of a “crocodile” tree, so named in view of the sharp pikes that make up its bark.

Placed 5^th in the challenge.

Placed 64^th in the challenge.

This is great. Any chance you sharing the PP you used to get this effect.

Placed 5^th in the challenge.

Placed 49^th in the challenge. Sunset from Nakamanda Resort, Krabi Island, Thailand.

Placed 1^st in the challenge.

Placed 18^th in the challenge.

Placed 56^th in the challenge. To bloom unseen at 11,000 feet : Poon Hill, Annapurna Trails, Nepal.

I found the HDR in my Pentax Kr worked better - and hassle-free.

Placed 14^th in the challenge. At four in the morning the crowds still did not let up !

Placed 83^rd in the challenge.

Placed 25^th in the challenge.

Placed 82^nd in the challenge.

Placed 29^th in the challenge. From Poon Hill, Ghorapani, Nepal

Placed 24^th in the challenge.

Placed 66^th in the challenge. Stomping mad at being isolated from Desdemona in the next enclosure. Assam - India