Money, money, money
by pdbartlett

Comment by sonyalphausr:
maybe using real money would have given a little more to the photo

Money, money, money
by pdbartlett

Comment by Claya:
Lighting's pretty harsh but the kid is cute.

Money, money, money
by pdbartlett

Comment by smudgeSMJ:
I would like this better if the shadow wasn't behind her, perhaps I would move the backrop further away from her body or use a fill light to get it out?

Raindrop
by pdbartlett

Comment by suemack:
Very cool shot!!!

Raindrop
by pdbartlett

Comment by pdbartlett:
I thought it just about qualified as the table was being weathered, but never mind :)

At least I managed to get the background blur -- just need to be able to replicate it when required, now...

Message edited by author 2008-08-05 03:44:25.

Raindrop
by pdbartlett

Comment by GThumbtack:
A good capture, but not within topic

Raindrop
by pdbartlett

Comment by mileskea:
Nice capture but not weathered - even the wood looks new

Raindrop
by pdbartlett

Comment by Mrbiz123:
Crazy how it almost looks electric.

Tower In The Clouds
by pdbartlett

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Great clouds and blue sky, the remainder of the shot I don't care for though. Cropped really close and that harsh midday sun.

Kitchen sink chemistry
by pdbartlett

Comment by pdbartlett:
Thanks for all the comments.

As it was shot at ISO 100 I suspect what people identified as noise was actually an artefact of my applying USM badly -- next time I'll note the settings so people can put me right! In retrospect I should have used bounce flash or lit the scene more, though, as a there were a couple of more interesting shots that suffered some motion blur.

The background was a worry to me when I was taking the shot, but I couldn't do much about it. The aperture was already wide open, though I guess if I'd moved in a bit there might have been an extra stop at the wide end of the zoom. Anyone have any tips for blurring the background with a Lumix DMC-FZ50? I've struggled to manage it so far :(

Still, 4.1 -> 4.8 is a definite improvement...