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01/31/2008 04:52:17 PM · #1351

Originally posted by SaraR:

I'm having a hard time deciding which photo to enter for Jan's Free Study - is there any one who ould be prepared to take a look and offer an opinion? I would be forever grateful!

PM'ed

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

01/31/2008 05:12:56 PM · #1352

Hope you are still up, Peter - I have sent you a reply, took longer than it should have as my internet connection is playing up.

krnodil

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

01/31/2008 07:21:36 PM · #1353

Sara, if you are still in need of opinions, you can PM me...

I am in for January Free Study - I'm expecting a rollicking week watching my score take a nosedive. :)

Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon

01/31/2008 07:27:11 PM · #1354

Karen, a second opinion would be useful - thanks for the offer. I can't attach files to a PM - can you PM me your e-mail address?

Greetmir

Nikon D60

01/31/2008 07:39:18 PM · #1355

Originally posted by SaraR:

I'm having a hard time deciding which photo to enter for Jan's Free Study - is there any one who ould be prepared to take a look and offer an opinion? I would be forever grateful!

Shoot em to me via Greetmir@yahoo.com and I will have a peek and give you my personal opinion ...

Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon

01/31/2008 07:53:36 PM · #1356

Cheers Greetmir - have sent an e-mail, but not sure if you have got it as I got an error message saying one or more attachments could not be sent.

Greetmir

Nikon D60

01/31/2008 08:34:21 PM · #1357

I got 6 and replied to your email.

Good luck and good night ... :)

T'is 2:40 am here.

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basssman7

Nikon D500

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

01/31/2008 09:01:48 PM · #1358

Hi Sara, I would be happy to give you an opinion. You have my email from helping me with my architecture. :)

purpleflutterby13

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

01/31/2008 09:29:23 PM · #1359

Just noticed only 4 images have been critiqued in the last 2 weeks by the Critique Club... There's hardly anyone doing it, it seems. Guess I better get to work this weekend :)

levyj413

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

02/01/2008 12:02:00 AM · #1360

Karen: arrrgggh even more for you. Sigh. Schmuck. If it's any comfort, you have memories, and they can't take those.

Don: thank for your poem. I can actually understand it, which is a rarity for me outside of Dr. Seuss and Robert Frost. I read the chapbook, but I guess that's just one small part?

Brian: congrats on that score!

Ernie: I bought extension tubes a few months ago. They work great! Here are a few shots I took with them:

Rob: man, that sucks about your lens. But at least if that copy was cheap, maybe you can find another?

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meyers

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

02/01/2008 12:06:38 AM · #1361

Originally posted by krnodil:

Sara, if you are still in need of opinions, you can PM me...

I am in for January Free Study - I'm expecting a rollicking week watching my score take a nosedive. :)

I hear that. Even my entries that I think are great shots tend to do poorly in Free Study challenges. I like to think it's because all of the other images are much better, not that I'm lacking photographically.

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

02/01/2008 01:15:54 AM · #1362

There are days when I swear I will not enter any more challenges here. This is one of those days. Sigh.

Greetmir

Nikon D60

Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon

02/01/2008 02:30:31 AM · #1363

Originally posted by Melethia:

There are days when I swear I will not enter any more challenges here. This is one of those days. Sigh.

Hang in there, kiddo! :)

Bruce_the_Robert

Nikon D7000

Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR

02/01/2008 04:25:49 AM · #1364

Originally posted by Melethia:

There are days when I swear I will not enter any more challenges here. This is one of those days. Sigh.

I have those days, too (you know I do, you regularly comfort me during them). I had my highest scoring image ever in last month's Free Study, allegedly breaking my 6.3 "ceiling" and getting a fifth place. Right now I have three images in: one at 5.66, one at 4.99, and one -- a free study image that was seen by two TSers prior to submission, one for this challenge and one for a previous where I didn't enter it -- is at 4.35.

So, I feel your pain, but I actually think that I've adopted the attitude I've seen you take so many times. I really like these images; they speak to me (more than my free study did, which speaks to me more as a pretty image that my mom would have loved, so it's kind of her memory that gives it emotion for me).

Do you like your image? Does it speak to you? When the challenge is done (assuming I don't comment the Free Study, which I don't think I have time to do), will I love it (yes, I will, I have yet to see a shot of yours that doesn't reach me; I doubt this is a first). So, breath. Know that you will reach people, and that sometimes challenges are the best way to do that. And, if you need to, go and look at your profile page, with all those great images, with all the depth, and know that many times, too often, actually, people miss things in challenges that they'll later wish they hadn't.

Breath. Oh, and turn scores off :)

--

As for my lens, I think Jeffrey has it right. I just need to keep watching eBay for a "new" one, I guess. I loved the f/3.8 at 200mm, especially as it was a 1:4 macro lens, too. I am watching some Sigma 75-300s right now, but they're all f/4.0-5.6; I see a really good deal on the Nikon 55-200 VR (can't afford the 18-200 VR, which is what I'd really like to get), and that might do, as well.

I've started taking the old one apart, but my screw driver wasn't the right one. I can't ruin it; the way the water dried the blades are all sticky and there are water spots on all the elements. It would have to cost at least Â£50 to get it fixed, and I ought to be able to replace it with the same version for less than half that. So that's what I'll do, while maybe learning something about the construction of lenses in the meantime!

I think extension tubes are in my future, too, though I wouldn't mind trying Jeffrey's idea about a beer cozy to match two lenses up, either :)

Brian, rockin' score! Hang on there; Jeffrey, how are yours holding up (don't want to jinx you, but had to ask)?

Jelena, 4 comments in the last two weeks? How many are in the que and waiting? I had seen some threads about how to deal with comment club issues, but never saw a resolution. Ugh.

Okay, back to work!

Bruce

purpleflutterby13

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

02/01/2008 05:25:49 AM · #1365

176 images in the queue. The Critique Club stuff seems to come and go in waves - a sort of call to arms goes out on the forums, loads of people comment, it cools down after a while, then another call to arms goes out, etc.
I can't speak, since I haven't had the time to do one since about last June. Still, time to get started again :)

Free study:
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Views: 27
Avg Vote: 6.0000
Comments: 1

Fingers crossed it stays that way!!! It'll make it into my top 5 and everything if it does...

BrianR

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

02/01/2008 05:29:28 AM · #1366

Originally posted by Melethia:

There are days when I swear I will not enter any more challenges here. This is one of those days. Sigh.

And then you will wake up tomorrow and say that's great a new day forget about yesterday that can't be changed.

AND KEEP SMILING

BAMartin

Apple iPhone 5

02/01/2008 07:14:50 AM · #1367

Originally posted by Melethia:

There are days when I swear I will not enter any more challenges here. This is one of those days. Sigh.

You and me too Deb. I am so with you on this one.

02/01/2008 07:27:12 AM · #1368

I'm feeling a wee bit miserable at the moment. I have had a bad cough now for 6 weeks, and have been off work since the end of December. The pain in my side is getting worse so went back to the doctors; nothing to worry about, jusy inflamed cartilage and muscles, but quite debilitating. I now have a sick-note for yet another week, and a prescription for codeine, steroids, and diclofenac - combined with the medication I take for a couple of long-standing problems I should be high as a kite! Anybody got any gently amusing (laughing is kind of painful...)or pretty photos to cheer me up?

02/01/2008 07:33:25 AM · #1369

Here's a link, anyway.

It's a copy of an ancient Greek sculpture. It's there by the market place in Florence and they say it brings you luck if you touch it. Judging by the looks on the faces around, I'd say they were touching history.

That cute enough?

Get well.

02/01/2008 07:33:25 AM · #1370

Whenever I post something from this computer it copies not once,

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02/01/2008 07:33:26 AM · #1371

but twice ! (?)

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02/01/2008 07:39:28 AM · #1372

Originally posted by raish:

That is cute! The boar does look rather sad though, as if he carries all the worries of the world. The faces did all look rather awe-struck.

JuliBoc

Apple iPhone 6s+

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

02/01/2008 07:51:51 AM · #1373

FS

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I wish someone would tell me what's wrong with this shot. I've been eagerly looking forward to showing this shot all month, and it seems no one likes it at all. :(

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

02/01/2008 08:04:13 AM · #1374

Originally posted by Bruce_the_Robert:

Do you like your image? Does it speak to you? When the challenge is done (assuming I don't comment the Free Study, which I don't think I have time to do), will I love it (yes, I will, I have yet to see a shot of yours that doesn't reach me; I doubt this is a first). Breath. Oh, and turn scores off :)

Do I like it? Yeah, makes a nice desktop. Doesn't speak to me other than "pretty picture - makes a nice desktop!". Mom likes it. You won't love it. I'm just letting it go.... (Yes, I tried to do something nice and pretty that DPC might like. I really REALLY need to stop trying to do that. Really.)

I'll probably not vote Free Study this go 'round, but maybe I'll just peruse through with the arrow key, and comment on those that speak to me.

An unrelated (well, somewhat) aside - ordered a nice slate gray Jetta. Sensible, economical, boring. I'm in a rut. :-)

Julianne, since I'm not planning to vote, PM the ID number to your entry and I shall go take a look and comment. Any other team suckers that want comments but no vote are invited to do the same.