Nice Photos.
Posted by: u5227470736789439 on 27 February 2008
Here is my candidate as being almost quite good. In fact it is two painstakingly joined.
Taken up in the mountain at Skurdalsvatn in 2000.
Though this one takien in Warsaw in November 2006 is not bad:
I know there are several good photgraphers here, and it would be nice to see some of you best efforts if you feel inclined to share!
George
Santa Maria delle Grazie's Church,Last Supper's place.
Granddaughter who arrived at 08.30 this morning. Not sure of the photographic merit, but I like it. 
steve
Congratulations, Grand-Pops Steve,
She’s a beauty!
Has she got a naim yet?
Debs
Granddaughter who arrived at 08.30 this morning. Not sure of the photographic merit, but I like it.
steve
Congrats Steve
To join in with Debs: Has she a name yet? Is she your first grand-child?
Another Iceland photo. By the way guys I have to say none of these are mine but I thought you would all appreciate them.
Still a lovely photo, cheers for the share.
Santa Maria delle Grazie's Church,Last Supper's place.
Nice shot Fab. I remember making a pilgrimage there back in the day. For the Leonardo, I hasten to add, not for any other reason 
Granddaughter who arrived at 08.30 this morning. Not sure of the photographic merit, but I like it.
steve
Congratulations Steve. Great head of hair. Enjoy being a grandfather. It's in some ways better than having your own children...... you can give them back at the end of the day.
Steve
Thanks everyone, especially ewemon.
Yes, she now has names (if not a naim yet 
) Piper Mai and she's our second granddaughter. Have been closer to the arrival of this one as the first one is in Scotland and is son's girlfriend's child. (Modern families, eh?). Piper's mum is our daughter who lives 15 miles away from us in York and Jean (Mrs Plane) was her Birth Partner.
steve
Very nice, Jamie. You really get the sense of the place, almost feeling the breeze.. Amazing depth of field for an f/1.4.
Yes, great shot, I do like the 35mm focal length, particularly at f1.4.
Your cat pic is great too.
Another one for the bike buffs
I want to emphasise that this isn't mine, but I wanted to share this superb portrait with youze guys. I love the way that the photographer (Charles Hamilton) has caught the gaze of the Kashmiri girl. It's a really penetrating portrait (it helps that the subject is attractive of course).
It's one of those "Damn! I wish I'd done that!" pictures.
I want to emphasise that this isn't mine, but I wanted to share this superb portrait with youze guys. I love the way that the photographer (Charles Hamilton) has caught the gaze of the Kashmiri girl. It's a really penetrating portrait (it helps that the subject is attractive of course).
It's one of those "Damn! I wish I'd done that!" pictures.
The portrait of the girl looks great but I personally don't like the photo as a whole. It looks as if a street scene has been blurred and the girls portrait placed on top of it. This may not be the case but it looks too unnatural to me.
But what do I know.
I want to emphasise that this isn't mine, but I wanted to share this superb portrait with youze guys. I love the way that the photographer (Charles Hamilton) has caught the gaze of the Kashmiri girl. It's a really penetrating portrait (it helps that the subject is attractive of course).
It's one of those "Damn! I wish I'd done that!" pictures.
The portrait of the girl looks great but I personally don't like the photo as a whole. It looks as if a street scene has been blurred and the girls portrait placed on top of it. This may not be the case but it looks too unnatural to me.
But what do I know.
I think a lot of it is down to taste FC. Personally, I like extreme separation from the background, especially in portraits. It is in a sense unnatural, because that is not the way we see the world with our eyes.
But I guess that's one of the joys of photography - a camera lens is different from the human eye.
Fish on a (motor) bike
I want to emphasise that this isn't mine, but I wanted to share this superb portrait with youze guys. I love the way that the photographer (Charles Hamilton) has caught the gaze of the Kashmiri girl. It's a really penetrating portrait (it helps that the subject is attractive of course).
It's one of those "Damn! I wish I'd done that!" pictures.
The portrait of the girl looks great but I personally don't like the photo as a whole. It looks as if a street scene has been blurred and the girls portrait placed on top of it. This may not be the case but it looks too unnatural to me.
But what do I know.
I think a lot of it is down to taste FC. Personally, I like extreme separation from the background, especially in portraits. It is in a sense unnatural, because that is not the way we see the world with our eyes.
But I guess that's one of the joys of photography - a camera lens is different from the human eye.
This is a good portrait. The bokeh focuses the attention on the subject. The lighting is good also, possibly using a little fill flash.
Mod madness (hyper-reflectivity) - click on the pic to see it bigger in Flickr
I want to emphasise that this isn't mine, but I wanted to share this superb portrait with youze guys. I love the way that the photographer (Charles Hamilton) has caught the gaze of the Kashmiri girl. It's a really penetrating portrait (it helps that the subject is attractive of course).
It's one of those "Damn! I wish I'd done that!" pictures.
The portrait of the girl looks great but I personally don't like the photo as a whole. It looks as if a street scene has been blurred and the girls portrait placed on top of it. This may not be the case but it looks too unnatural to me.
But what do I know.
I think a lot of it is down to taste FC. Personally, I like extreme separation from the background, especially in portraits. It is in a sense unnatural, because that is not the way we see the world with our eyes.
But I guess that's one of the joys of photography - a camera lens is different from the human eye.
You're correct it is down to taste. One of my pet hates and I'm always complaining about it, is the over use of blurred images on TV, 99% of the time it's done for no reason at all. It's just a fashion. Although in the photo above there is obviously good reason
I think my sensitivity may be down to the fact I don't have perfect eyesight, vision in one eye is very poor. There have been a few photos posted on this thread with bokeh that has actually hurt my eyes.
But if you can't beat them.
Fish on a (motor) bike
Kevin,
Just to be PC, that is not a motor bike!!
I want to emphasise that this isn't mine, but I wanted to share this superb portrait with youze guys. I love the way that the photographer (Charles Hamilton) has caught the gaze of the Kashmiri girl. It's a really penetrating portrait (it helps that the subject is attractive of course).
It's one of those "Damn! I wish I'd done that!" pictures.
The portrait of the girl looks great but I personally don't like the photo as a whole. It looks as if a street scene has been blurred and the girls portrait placed on top of it. This may not be the case but it looks too unnatural to me.
But what do I know.
I think a lot of it is down to taste FC. Personally, I like extreme separation from the background, especially in portraits. It is in a sense unnatural, because that is not the way we see the world with our eyes.
But I guess that's one of the joys of photography - a camera lens is different from the human eye.
Great photo Kevin, the naural beauty of the girl draws you into the photo. Also clever how they have the contrast of the traditional image with the very modern clothing
The use of flash puts the girl under different light conditions than the rest of the street creating a sense of two separate scenes. The perfect symmetry doesn't help either.