Dohmnuill

Good work, illy. You have mastered the difficult task of combining image sharpness with good prop blur. The Merlin must have been wound up to use 1/250th and still get that excellent result. I've...

Sbs, just banded about 50 of these here in southern South Australia prior to their departure for far off Siberia and the summer breeding season up there. Lovely birds, quite placid when handled for...

The tan leather strap, about 10mm wide, from the level case belonging to a Vickers heavy machine gun. Durable, flexible, soft on the inner side and looks good (as always with tan and black)...

Hi Thomas, Although I live on a grazing property in S.Aus., I've lived and studied (post grad.) in the UK and continue to travel there regularly. I've never ever felt as if my SLR gear was in...

Most certainly take it. And the 16-85mm. There are many good suggestions above; black insulation tape over the name is surprisingly effective in reducing the profile (I've used that tip with my...

Well said, Karsten. These are not only interesting shots (I want to know more) but so well made. (Another blog run by someone called Steve invites the poor photography you mention to the chorus of...

I now use a (coat pocketable) Sony Nex-7, and my Nikon dSLR. Horses for courses. In fact,  quite often with various Nikkors on the N7, along with Leicas, a Voigtlander and of course, Sony...

I agree with Ed B.  It's a very good zoom lens. Keep it.  The image quality, lightness and relatively small size are its strengths.

The vignette very well suits the subject. Plenty of good image opprtunities in such places, Sss. I have taken quite a few shots at deserted RAF Bomber Command fields in the UK; it's very hard to...

I meant to add that over the history of imagery, which of course is much, much longer than photography, paintings and drawings etc have not made use of tilted horizons. Now we're told that tilted...

Good grief epaludo, I'm exhausted! Why on earth should all that explanation be needed for an ordinary image? I think you might be expecting too much from an image if you thought all that would...

Oh dear, the patent nonsense and fantasy is flowing indeed. But let me commend you on one correct statement: " the straw man you claim to see is pure fiction". Yes, that is the characteristic of...

When the author (KR) indicates it is not yet hands on and that performance has not yet been evaluated (waiting for shipment), then it most certainly is not a review. Bland statements such as, "he...

The troll who started this thread begins with dishonesty - KR's piece is NOT a "review", as he claims.  It is pre-view of specifications and compatibilities, etc, etc. Further down the pre-view,...

In our garden last year and I started noticing colourful feathers floating down from a large River Red Gum tree. On closer inspection there was the kookaburra literally belting the life out of a...

Hans, I think that is excellent advice. A case in point; a local amateur photographer has been posting her work on an art selling site (I won't name the web-site, but it is quite big) for some...

I'm thinking the C&C request was really one for compliments only.

Agree with you, DP. How many times do you see something like, " these shots are straight out of the camera, with no PP". And they usually look like it!  Muddy, unsharp, horizons crooked, etc, etc...

Jimbo, we had no expectations at all, no set standard, or rule book, so "letting you guys down" does not even enter into the discussion. You let no one down. You asked for C&C; there would be...