TheManWhoWas

Thanks :)

Thanks!

That's really atmospheric, like you went back in time. Have to be a great tulip picture to beat that.

Thanks both. In both shots there is nothing cropped out - Photoshop auto-fill could probably do a good job filling out the edges. But the wide versions just seemed too obvious? Like I said, ...

I don't know what this was but I love the photo.

Thanks. I have another version of this shot without the gull which I chose to do 16:9 and tried to enhance the boat a little too. Can't decide which I prefer.

Seem to have been cropping square quite a lot recently. I'm sure it is just a passing phase... Bottle Alley and Hastings Pier Beachy Head I think The rain drops started falling shortly afterwards

Unfortunately there are two factors at play - the setting you make + the general rule of 1/focal length. So in your case at 42mm, that is 1/42 which will be used instead of the 1/20 you set. If you ...

Well it is pretty arcane :) Basically under cog menu F, you'll find Slow Limit. This is effectively the "minimum shutter speed" setting, and by default is 1/60. It is the lower limit for shutter ...

From this thread, seems like not many people know about the Slow Limit trick. I was going to answer, but looks like hastati got there first with a very comprehensive explanation. And then got ...

So here's where you are making all your mistakes. Have you looked into how much extra background blur a 1.8 on FF gives v MFT? It is double - that's it. Maybe that sounds a lot, but basically if ...

Great shot, love the double starburst.

Gah - makes me so sad. I loved travelling the Middle East back then, but never made it to Iraq. Seemed like everything was calming down back then, but now it is worse than ever.

Sorry, genuinely no idea on either count. Probably regular Kodak film, and sent off for processing.

My sentiments exactly.

Just read the news that ISIL have been kicked out of Palmyra, so thought I would share some pictures taken 20 years ago in happier times when I visited with my future wife just after we graduated ...

Cool! Still trying to work out who was where for these reflections :)

Like that a lot. Composition and colours work great.

The weather was quite changeable when we visited Switzerland last summer. But the clouds make for dramatic views too. Strolling along about 1km vertically above the valley floor. Trying to capture ...

Disturbing. I wonder what the story is behind that?