The Stare
by IAmEliKatz

Comment:
Is this week 1 for you? Lol. We all get behind sometimes. Welcome to the club.

As far as the image....He does't seem thrilled that you're shooting him. Kind of like he's not sure if he wants to be pissed or not. Which makes it a very cool image. I think I might have made the top edge a bit brighter, to try to keep the top of his head from blending into the background.

Blooming Soon II
by ciaeagle

Comment:
Yes, this is better.

What is it? out there?
by pixelpig

Comment:
LOL. My first thought was...."Cell phone camera!" I've been experimenting with mine a lot lately, and getting some nice stuff, totally different than what I get with my "big" camera. This is a great use of the tool.

Skiing
by Oz

Comment:
I like the idea. Ski gear, with the mountain reflected in the window. It took me awhile to figure out the different parts of the image, and I'm not sure I would have without your description, but that's okay, because I don't have to understand it all to like it.

Hoover 'in profile' (11/52)
by Kroburg

Comment:
We get so beaten down by the whole comment/critique thing that we look at our own shots and all we see are the flaws. I didn't even notice the ear thing until you mentioned it. I was busy looking at his intense look. This shot's a keeper!

Blooming Soon
by ciaeagle

Comment:
Learning to do macro well will help all of your shooting, especially that long lens you're getting. The closer you are to something, the more important keeping the lens still and getting critical focus becomes, because DOF becomes much shallower than what you're used to, and every movement of the camera is multiplied. Getting good with up close with the macro lens will help when you get the long lens, because you'll face many of the same issues with the long lens, and the long lens will be really heavy, compounding the problem. An added bonus is that VR and autofocus don't work well at macro distances.

So anyway, a tripod will help, as will some practice shooting at something using different aperture settings, and using autofocus, manual focus, and live view. You're off to a good start.

Awakening
by ciaeagle

Comment:
alien spawn. lol. Cool stuff.

11 - Birches in Spring
by ursula

Comment:
Ah, I see that 80-400 is working for you, then ;-)

Another one that stands on the boundary between objective and non-objective. Beautiful.

10 - Old Cars, Old Lives
by ursula

Comment:
I quite like this. Not your usual thing, it kind of stands on the bridge between abstract and objective, clearly a piece of broken glass, but interesting not because of what it is, but because of light, dark, line, and shape.

10/52 - alice's collection
by mitalapo

Comment:
What an interesting building! It should be part of sfalice's collection.