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<p>2nd yellow</p><div></div>

<p>Colors</p><div></div>

<p>Leaf</p>

<p>again</p><div></div>

<p>Nice Howard! I think I like Colors best but admire the subtle yellow ones (I think I might tighten the crop on those just a bit more: the edges & corners are a bit distracting and I think you want the eye to rest more easily on the central structure.) </p>

<p>Javier,<br>

A mighty congratulations to you. Wow. Now you're entering the bigger conversation. I'm honored to say that I knew you before you were "discovered." I look forward to seeing your published work.</p>

<p>ME</p>

<p>Thanks Dave, to me the one that needs cropping is the leaf:</p><div></div>

<p>Javier - Wow, congratulations! That must be very exciting and surely well deserved. Thanks for the comment on the shadow photo too. I've always been fascinated by shadows and sometimes I come home with a card full of only shadows and feel like I need to pay attention to other stuff more!<br>

Leo - Those shots are so crisp and well exposed. I love them! Great work!<br>

Howard - after shadows I probably shoot water drops on leaves the most. You pulled off that one very nicely. I like the crop better than the first too.<br>

Everyone else - I'm proud to have my shots in a collection with all of yours. What a great bunch of photos!</p>

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<p>I remember this one thread that got real heated regarding shooting near train tracks. Some people are adamant that it should not be done; citing safety reasons and all.<br /> Personally, I've never had a problem with it and would love to do a shot like yours</p>

 

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<p>The better not ever go to NYC where a million riders a day are within inches of the yellow line! Uggh, when my car is stopped at a train crossing I am 10 feet from a train whizzing by at 90mph, whats the difference?</p>

<p>Nice work Bob...on both the shot and the long lasting marriage!<br>

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<p>All these folks found me though my cheesy little blog....I mention this because 13 of the 16 images that got accepted to use where shot with the K20D and the other 3 with the D700. But enough about me....</p>

 

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<p>Javier, Blogs are like magazines, if people like the niche you are carving they will find you. Congratulations on the publications, it's a nice story to think that you didn't even know how to load a film camera about 2 years ago, and are now being published! Oh, and unless the papers are non profit, take money and if you don't want it, donate it to a charity. This way other people aren't forced to compete with FREE! That second shot is pretty cool, but for some reason I like the first a lot too.</p>

<p>Trevor, really like the perspective at the WW memorial. Well done!</p>

<p>Matt, glad the lens is working out, you aren't making my desire to have one get any less. How are you feelings on sharpness.</p>

<p>Sommana, nice location and composition. I agree with ME definitely should be on your wall.</p>

<p>Dorus, love the shot of the smoked herring.</p>

<p>Leo, not your most interesting work, but that said, still pretty nice ;-)</p>

<p>Howard, the cropped leaf is much stronger in composition, and looks really good.</p>

<p>Matt, Justin - thanks. Something interesting happened on the way to posting the yellow ones. I was trying to pp in PS CS4 using Curves and the optimal version of another yellow which looked much like the first two came out quite different.</p><div></div>

<p>and the adjusted one:</p>

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<p>I think I still like the more monochrome look better, but the color has its appeal. Decisions, decisions.</p>

<p>Justin - I'm enjoying shooting with it for sure and like the results. It's been on the camera since I got it and yesterday I tried the Vivitar Macro 2x tele converter with it and that was interesting too!<br>

As for sharpness, I haven't been blown away by the sharpness but I wouldn't call it soft either. I've mostly just been shooting with it and haven't done any empirical analysis. I suspect some of the other Limited primes may be sharper based on examples I have seen. I'm still very pleased and don't have any buyer's remorse! I'd just like to continue building my Limited collection now. These are the crack of lenses!</p>

<p>From last month, only recently scanned:</p><div></div>

<p>Howard,<br>

Thanks for your kindness.<br>

I like the basic setup of the shot you are playing with. Lots of possibilities.<br>

Here are a couple of my "muted" color attempts, hope you don't mind.</p>

<p>Howard muted v1</p>

<p><img src="http://www.smugmug.com/photos/873620390_aMad9-L.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Howard muted v2</p>

<p><img src="http://www.smugmug.com/photos/873621022_Z67Ju-L.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Both done in Lightroom.</p>

<p>ME</p>

<p>Michael - I like it!</p>

<p>Congratulations, Javier. You know we will want a link when those pics hit press. J.</p>

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<p>I'm still very pleased and don't have any buyer's remorse! I'd just like to continue building my Limited collection now. These are the crack of lenses!</p>

 

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<p>I agree, the other day we were .5 miles and 500 vertical feet into a hike, and I realized i only had my FA 28-70. I immediately ditched my pack and ran down and back up for the DA 21mm.</p>

<p>The 21mm and 43mm are my favorite AF lenses, and the Limited series really is a joy to use.</p>

<p>Michael - How'd you do it?</p>