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Thanks Jim, Wormsmeat, and Andrew, I agree that the first is the better of the two photos. The funny thing is that when I saw those rain droplets, I thought that it would be easy to find a good ...

Dear all, Here are two closeup photos close to home. All comments welcome! Best regards, Jeff

Dear all, As someone who has lived in France and visits there frequently, I am very saddened by the recent events in Paris. For reasons that I cannot entirely explain, I am moved to post some ...

Placed 1^st in the challenge. The Church on Spilled Blood was built on the site where Tsar Alexander II was assassinated by an anarchist in 1881. An anarchist threw a bomb at Alexander's carriage, but he was not injured. Alexander got out of the carriage and was killed by a second bomb, thrown by another conspirator. The church is located on the Griboedov Canal, shown in the foreground.

These pictures are great! Love the puffins and the last one (waterfall) especially, but all are top notch. Best regards, Jeff

Congratulations! Well done! Best regards, Jeff

Dear Shawn, Macintosh Sauce, and Geoffrey, Many thanks for your comments. I really appreciate them. Geoffrey -- your points about a better ordering of the pictures make sense to me. It's always ...

Dear all, Here are a few photos with the 40-150 f2.8, which I am just learning to use. I am really happy with the lens. Even though it is somewhat larger than what I have become accustomed to, the ...

Superb photos. I bet it was really great to see this with your own eyes! Best regards, Jeff

Hi Astrotripper, I like these a lot. I can see why people like the 3rd one the best, but I think that second one is a strong photograph also. It does not have a bright area to serve as the center ...

Placed 11^th in the challenge. TwoLeaves_75pct-50081

Placed 11^th in the challenge. Suggested subject: anybody eating anything.

Placed 11^th in the challenge. When I took this photo I was standing on top of one of the "endcap" pieces of the detector looking towards the central barrel region. When the LHC is in operation, a proton beam would be heading straight into the barrel, colliding head-on with a proton beam coming from the opposite direction, with a total energy of 13 trillion electron volts.

Hi Lory, Absolutely beautiful light in your photo, and excellent composition as well! Here is one of my first photos with the 40-150, also taken at the golden hour. I posted this and some others ...

Thanks! The other birds stayed put. It would have been great if they had taken off one by one, but that didn't happen. Best regards, Jeff

Hi Pepyn, I think that this is a remarkable lens, in many ways my favorite, even though it is not particularly versatile. It is very sharp and very fast, and of course the f1.8 max aperture brings ...

Hi Yaelle, We both seem to have been developing the Italy theme for this week. Your pictures do a great job capturing the mood of the church! Best regards, Jeff

Dear all, Here are a few photos from a week that my wife and I spent in Sicily in mid September. We started in Palermo, which is on the coast facing north. It has many beautiful churches and ...

Hi Michael, All very well done...it seems like with your extensive collection of top-notch photos of NYC that you are in a position to put together a book on the city! Or maybe you have already ...

Dear Michael, Andrew, Wormsmeat, Yaelle, and Jack, Many thanks for your comments! If you are pressed for time in commenting on photos, you can skip me -- although I really appreciate the comments ...