Forum: Photos
01-30-2009, 10:46 AM
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To keribar: Nikkor lens
Thanks for your kind comments, Izzet - they always mean more coming from a professional like yourself.
I'm very happy with the 24-70 lens - yes, the sharpness is good. I also have the 14-24 lens,...
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Forum: Photos
01-29-2009, 01:24 PM
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To pboehringer: D700 quality
Hi Peter,
I've had my D700 only since just before Christmas. I dropped my D200 on the floor, and although I got it checked out by the Nikon Service Centre, I wasn't convinced there was no...
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Forum: Photos
01-28-2009, 11:34 AM
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To stego: Composition
Hi Josι,
I actually shot this with all of the right hand stupa in frame, but the composition felt too symmetrical so I cropped away about 15 percent of the right-hand side. That also enabled me...
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Forum: Photos
01-21-2009, 12:14 PM
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To riclopes: Hassling in Egypt
Hi Ricardo,
I wouldn't say I 'loved' Egypt - perhaps 'satisfied' is a more appropriate word - satisfied that I managed to get some good photos. But I put Egypt in the same category as Colombo - a...
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Forum: Photos
09-19-2008, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 480
Re: To banyanman: Surprised...
Sorry Peter, I can't remember now as it was a week or two back. All I remember was that it was quite a long critique where you had made some very sensible comments on both the artistic components...
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Forum: Photos
08-21-2008, 01:22 AM
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Forum: Photos
08-09-2008, 04:43 AM
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To Polonaise: Carla Bruni
Thanks for letting me know that Nicholas Sarkozy was there without his new wife, George (I couldn’t see him very well from where I was sitting) - that would explain why when the French athletes...
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Forum: Photos
05-15-2008, 02:34 PM
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To pboehringer: Globetrotting a crime?
I haven't been convicted yet, Peter, so I will have to watch my step ;) Most of my travel is related to work, but I do like to get off the beaten track at vacation time (Greenland was my last...
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Forum: Photos
04-17-2008, 12:55 PM
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To Dyerco: Cropping
Hi Phil. Thanks for the critique. Sorry it has taken me so long to reply, but I somehow overlooked this before. No, this wasn't a vertical - it was landscape format, but there was a lot of clutter...
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Forum: Photos
03-31-2008, 09:04 AM
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To zmfactor: Exposure details
Sorry, Wei, the correct exposure details are 1/200th, f/7.1, ISO-200. I can't remember why I entered the wrong exposure details on this. Regards . . . David (sorry for the delay in replying - I...
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Forum: Photos
03-29-2008, 05:43 PM
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To ivanhenares: UNESCO World Heritage Site
Hi Ivan,
Thanks for correcting me on that. I was informed by a local government official that it was a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and it was on that basis that I included the information in my...
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Forum: Photos
02-21-2008, 01:18 PM
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To rabani: Overtaken . . .
Hi Bani,
Yes, you're right, I was keeping up with them in '05 and '06, but was too busy last year to spend more than a few hours a week on TE. Same this year. Not enough hours in the day to do...
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Forum: Photos
02-11-2008, 01:26 PM
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Forum: Photos
01-31-2008, 01:57 PM
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Re: To banyanman: Wrong source!!
No problem, Andre. Travel agents have been known to exaggerate before! They probably thought that they couldn't get away with saying it is the largest desert in the world because everyone knows...
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Forum: Photos
01-31-2008, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 1
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To batalay: D200 to D300
Hi Bulent,
Yes, you are right, the D300 does have a lot of additional capabilities, but according to a two page review that I have just read by one of our local professional photographers, the...
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Forum: Photos
01-31-2008, 01:34 PM
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Replies: 2
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To atus: Getting to North Korea
Hi Attila,
Thanks for your critique. I flew to Pyongyang on Air Koryo from Beijing. That is the only airline operating into the DPRK. I hope you are not a nervous flyer, because they use 25-30...
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Forum: Photos
01-28-2008, 04:02 PM
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To riclopes: You would hate this place, Ricardo
Artificial rocks, artificial artifacts, artificial murals, artificial everything. As an architect you might find it interesting to see how over-the-top ‘kitsch’ a place could be designed, but that’s...
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Forum: Photos
01-28-2008, 03:51 PM
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To cyrrhus: "Hell on Earth"
You are right Eric – this is not a place to which I would normally go. I was attending a conference in nearby Nassau so wasn’t staying on Paradise Island. On Friday, the conference delegates were...
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Forum: Photos
01-27-2008, 07:00 PM
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To Polonaise: LOL . . . sorry about that George
It was actually the same shot that I posted earlier in the week, but after uploading it, I thought the sky looked a bit noisy, so I took it down immediately to try a pass through NeatImage (it...
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Forum: Photos
01-19-2008, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 1
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To plimrn: Pbase gallery
Hi Pat,
So glad you enjoyed the pictures in the PBase gallery. Many of them are not what you would call 'good' pictures which you would want to present for critiquing on TE, but I've tried to use...
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Forum: Photos
01-19-2008, 08:32 AM
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To devimeuxbe: long time
Hi Bertrand,
Yes, I know I haven't been active on TE much lately - a combination of being very busy with work and also spending some time creating a fairly large Greenland gallery on PBase - but I...
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Forum: Photos
01-02-2008, 01:29 PM
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To pboehringer: Gilbert Islands location
Hi Peter,
The Gilbert Islands are in the middle of the Pacific, straddling the equator. There is now only one flight a week to Tarawa (from Brisbane via Honiara and Nauru) so it's not an easy...
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Forum: Photos
12-23-2007, 01:40 PM
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To trekks: Sharpness and heat haze
Thanks for the comment, Bill. I think there is evidence of sharpness in the foreground. The background is 'fuzzy' because of the heat haze so that's why the horizon doesn't appear sharp. It was an...
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Forum: Photos
12-08-2007, 05:33 AM
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To Clairedelune: The three men
Hi Claire. Have been busy with work for the past two months so didn't have much time to spend on TE. Yes, you are right - the three men sitting on the stones are locals - one was my boatman, one...
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Forum: Photos
12-08-2007, 05:26 AM
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To riclopes: Long time no see
Hi Ricardo. Yes, I didn't have much time to spend on TE for the past two months - was so busy with work. I know you like remote places away from the tourist crowds. I am sure you would love...
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