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For those with a life, summary of thread. It's good, it's bad, it's useable, it's not useable, it's sharp, it's soft, it's good value, it's poor value.

People criticising these photos need to get a life. All that matters is the context. If a photographer is putting images out there for people to enjoy, I don't care how they're made. These are...

Great stuff. Love Speed Freak and Achieve Dream, but altogether an excellent thought provoking set.

That's an interesting idea. You think because the field of view is similar to what our eye sees it harder to get an attractive image. I always thought the opposite, the nifty 50 gave portraits a ...

Thanks Mike, he's a crazy border collie poodle cross, so expecting it'll be a few years :-)

Lovely shots Mike. Great time of day and really well controlled photography. Is there a bit of fill flash in there? My pup is only 9 months and I'm desperately training him to pose for shots. His ...

Thanks for sharing. Take it the flash is on a stand and you're triggering wirelessly.

The flash is beautifully balanced with ambient. They have a hexagonal catchlight in the eye. What diffuser do you use for the Godox?

Superb photos Ben. I have that lens and it really has excellent characteristics. I notice you have two systems in your gear, Nikon and Fuji. Why is that, why not stick with one.

That's true. A friend of mine has the Sony A7iii and I've had a few goes with it and I would say the face/eyedetect is a lot better than my XT3. So should you want to use a lens wide open the ...

I think for an amateur with plenty of time that's fine, even a challenge. But for those like, professional wedding or portrait photographers, or even amateurs who want to concentrate more on ...

Are you using the much lauded AF ON in M mode?

What a fascinating thread. Guy puts a photo on and is disappointed with the sharpness and asks for some help. After dozens of posts there is no consensus about whether it's the gear or ...

@Ad12 Also true. But to win a photo comp these days, that small rare bird has got to be flying upside down in striking sunset with a baby clinging on whistling the theme from Dixie. And to get that...

Everyone of them better than the Palm photo awards and some better than the Sony awards. Right time, right place > right gear. Tough to take for those with a small mortgage for a truck load of lenses.

@Welsh meaningless claptrap.

Let's criticise a camera for having no soul. Really? Does that actually mean something. And not only does it lack soul it 'lacks volumetry'. It must be terrible lol.

In addition, people rarely smiled in old masters paintings and early photography took it's culture from those. That and the fact that teeth were quite unpleasant to look at :-)

If you're a professional portrait photographer using reliable auto eye detect with shallow dof lenses can be a real time saving device so you can get on and think about other things. Moving the ...

Sitting Bull gets older in those photos, he can't be dead surely ;-)