tom_barry

I don't see how it could be improved upon. Excellent.

is better than many I've seen!

Islands along Alaska's Inside Passage were almost monochrome due to

weather conditions so I converted the image to monochrome after

filtering it through Noise Ninja 2 to reduce digital noise.

This cypress-lined Texas creek was perfectly still yesterday.

This is en route to Endicott Glacier, Alaska. I believe it's called a

"hanging" glacier.

Near Endicott Glacier, Allaska

Slight underexposure to assure no blown highlights. Canon S5 IS,

super-macro mode, ISO 80

This is a fine moment captured. I've been privileged to know several timber wolves and wolf-dog hybrids - all tremendously gentle and playful. This one reminds me of my late old friend Loki. He looked just that way when he wanted to instigate some play.

Nice shot, this. And the others in the New Mexico series. I have some shots taken at the national monument one early spring day back in the 90s, but the day was wintry with constantly-changing light and I was not always successful in capturing the spirit of the place. You were. I'll probably get back there in the next year or two. Thanks for the tour.

Classic scenic. Well done.

Absolutely superb!

I give it a 10 out of 10. One of the best wildlife photos I've seen in a long time.

Absolutely first rate photograph.

Panning shot in November, 1994, at about 1/30th sec of entry in annual

London to Brighton old car run. The event commemmorates the lifting in

1896 of the 4mph speed limit and the requirement for a man carrying a

red flag to proceed on foot ahead of these "road locomotives."

William, I've read some by and about Adams and he seems to have been a fellow I would have liked to have known. I didn't stay with newspaper photography, but went quickly to the editorial side and am now retired. That 4X5 Speed Graphic cured me of large-format fever. I became a medium-format Rolleiflex user, finally switched to Leica M2s and M3s and then to SLRs, which I find more versatile. I pulled up your portfolio here and was impressed, particularly with your bird photos, which are exceptional. I look forward to more of your work.

I had a fleeting opportunity to photograph Hernandez, New Mexico, in

the spring of 1990. I used my OM4-T and Kodachrome 64 for this homage

to Ansel Adams. Scanned in Minolta Scan Dual II, converted to

monochrome in PSE5, with some contrast enhancement. I think I like it

better than the color original (also posted in my workspace).

William, I agree that it's hard to tell the difference in resolution between the original Digital Rebel and some of the newer models. I went to a Digital Rebel XT, which was a great improvement in responsiveness, but I still didn't like the tunnel-vision viewfinder. Now I'm using an EOS 30D and it is everything I want in a DSLR. I was just thinking I've seen a lot of changes in my 68 years. When I shot my first night rodeo as a cub reporter/photographer, I used a 4x5 Speed Graphic, I think Kodak Super XX sheet film in individual holders, a wire-frame sports finder and the stadium lighting. And the same pre-focus technique I used for this photo. Some things don't change.

William. I was using the original Digital Rebel with the 75-300 IS EF lens, used very close to 75mm (around 120mm with the 1.6 cropping factor). I don't remember the settings, but I wasn't panning, or using autofocus (which is slow on that particular lens) just waiting for the action to reach my pre-focused area. I wanted the background not to blur so I could retain some of the atmosphere. This was shot early in the event. Everyone and all the horses and goats were a uniform shade of "arena brown" by the end of the day.

Muddy arena didn't stop the World Championship Goat-Roping contest in

Ozona, TX, in 2004.

I stand in awe. Superlative in every respect.

I don't see any reason for cropping this image. The light filtering through the trees, and the other bright areas of the photo, are balanced by the dark areas top left and bottom right.

Quite well done. I would have thought the shot was made with a large format panorama camera.

A mild spring evening at the harbor in Victoria, B.C., Canada. The

lighted building in the background is the provincial parliament.

A beautiful image. I'd give it a 10. Shakespeare's name has been spelled in various ways, even in his lifetime. His contemporary, Ben Jonson, himself spelled it "Shakspeare" in referring to a portrait of the Bard. Before English was standardized, many words were spelled in irregular ways. Even later, Ralph Waldo Emerson spelled it "Shakspeare."

This shows a really discerning eye for composition. Excellent work.