Rodger in Edmonton

I understand, a sharp light angle mimics natural drama... the crawl is  just a demo of using  script  - pottery should look great play with the white balance - it can  give a very different look.

# 1 for me all the way Phil, it clearly shows the NaCl divisions ready to pounce all over the Pepper vis a vis the Battle of the Palette. The size of the armored salt formations are ominous.

Thumbs up and great work Gun, the crystal macro genre i way cool love these and the creative effort behind it. Thumbs up. Best Regards, Rodger Save Lives - Be an Organ or Stem Cell Donor. Quaecumqu ...

It ensures  pretty good symmetry to the shots, you could make it perfect by placement but a slight deviation IMHO gives a more dynamic feel sincee each side is lit close but not identical. Best ...

Thanks Jim - there used to be a store in Seattle called Eleganza and that's where i picked him up in the early 2000s, he is about 10" h x8 w x 7 d. he is not bronze - just plaster at $ 120 ( ...

Thanks Jim, I bought a product turntable for Christmas and used it for this. It works like a charm with no stutter- you can set it for exact step rotations or slew it with the button - for example ...

I have both 24 II TSE and the 17 Mark I and would go for a 17. The 17 gives more room for composition, there is more edge distortion but IMHO, very soon the 24 II will be presented with a cramped ...

One of the most fascinating and enthralling stories of discovery. A composite of five shots with alternate side lighting. I took the red down 15 % but the compression wonks them up again

An easy peasy PS function - at will you can make the mask alter most property , position, opacity, size, Star Wars crawl or growing, spinning headlines etc. Say you wanted a growing snow storm on a ...

Remove the dog and boat and focus on the architecture for 1 shot and the dog a portrait The dog is best done as a majestic portrait - his look would be a stunner - not so much here, likewise the ...

Go for the 100 - 400 II - it is much better - , blazing fast AF, I believe the Mark I is a push pull not a ring extender like most telephotos where one rotates the ring with a finger. Buy from ...

Those are fantastic ideas - give them a try - there is lots of stuff like that on dthe Deviant Art site . I am not so good an artist as to blend ravines and cars so well but there are many others ...

Yes, the goal is  here creative photographic art with retouching more than a textbook imagert, You just gave me an idea - I had a problem with the runway because it came from another image and was ...

That was my concern, The other is supposed to be retracted, I had difficulty finding a pedestal thin enough to both balance it at the proper angle and not interfere with the camera angle. So when I ...

Thanks Lan, for I have to correct that - it was supposed to bean airport light out of frame. I see what you mean - I will redo this shot with a harder shadow pulled left or right,I wanted the ...

Congratulations - you will love the 400 II With that and one of your listed picks - you pretty well have the full range covered and if need be you have the heavy artillery primes always lurking, ...

Thank you for the correction Nigel I forgot to check the wings. Had my Corvette 454 CID  LS wrong in the macro forum yesterday - have to pull up my socks.

I had some difficulty with finding a good stand for this jet and worry it looks too wonky rather than surreal . More cheese than charm. Your wisdom and comment good or bad is helpful , please ...

I am 6D Mk 1 and have no plans for an upgrade of my MK 1 24 - 105. Unless your 24 - 105 Mark II is a total dog - >>why not consider a 100 - 400 Mark II ? - get one new from Japan on Ebay for about ...