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You did it again, some of the best flight shots I've ever seen, you must have the patience of Job.

Yeah, just a touch too much blue from the shade, not much though and easily fixed

 

I think she's stalking some guy she dated, got him in sight at the bistro with the new girlfriend, playin' it cool, will soon go dump his lunch in his lap

Seems I touched a nerve, was only joshing when I accused you of "fishing for compliments"

 

Point was, is, this is such a magnificent shot that only the man who took it could question it's merits, we being our own worst critics.

 

If you'd said it took hours in a studio to get this, I would have said, sure I understand, something this fine must be the work of a painstaking portraitist

 

Really like your whole portfolio

fine shot on a very tough subject, I must have about 100 hummer shots, all mediocre to terrible

Marvelous shot, great work, is that an old lava tube?

You and that new lens dun REEL gud (sorry, couldn't help it) beautiful shot

John,

 

it's unseemly to fish for compliments: you MUST know what a knockout shot this is.

 

This might be the best "on stage" shot I'ver ever seen, can't say enough good about it

Don't worry about "shouldn't"

 

I like the air of mystery: is she just bored? on surveillance duty? does she think she's been stood up?

 

Lots of possible stories here

Nick

 

I just try to recreate what I actually saw, the eye/brain combo having MUCH more latitude than film or sensor

Better?

 

Not a thing, this is a powerful photo

Jody,

 

anyone who asks if the Canon 400 is a good lens only needs one answer: your portfolio

 

Most people can't do it the justice you do, these flight shots are just superb. And I can vouch for the fact that equipment is way less than half the battle: my flight shots look very plebeian next to yours

 

Where do you live to get these marvelous birds to "model" for you?

Nick,

 

In Elements 3 go to the top bar "Enhance">"Adjust Lighting">"Shadow/Highlights". use the shadow bar to increase lightness, but just a little, as the noise gets too "loud" quickly

 

It can bring out just a litle more detail in the buildings

I used shadow/highlight slider in PS3 to get out just a little more detail in the buildings, but this is excellent as is, never been to Central Europe, but this has just the right "feel" to it

If you're going to send more than one (I hope) send this one too, wistful yet sexy

 

Then a face-on with window light on one side, a white card on the other, etc.

Thanks, Peter

Gary, that's the great thing about a lot of abstracts, you CAN turn them any way you want

Watch out, you can get hooked on 'em, and start seeing them everywhere

Ada, if you hadn't called it a doormat, I'd have thought it was the edge of a table, in any event, I don't think it detracts

 

I like that dark corner, doormat, statue and chair, sort of leads my eye up the hall from it as a starting point

Peter,

 

you may well be correct, thought I read it somewhere, being due to a particular sound those gull wings make

 

A Beaufighter? Are you sure? Not that up on non-US WWII aircraft, but I thought the Beau was somewhat obsolete by 1940. Of course, so was the P-40, and it held it's own OK in China

 

Any good references, let me know, an interesting field of study on a hot summer afternoon

Typical of your excellent flight shots, fine work

Well, ya both done real good, this is a hoot

Don't sweat the anonymous ratings, I got two 3/3s and a 7/7 on one of mine, it was interesting enough but didn't deserve either grade, I don't give # grades as I don't quite understand them, and actually don't care

 

Fine job under rough lighting, the Japanese called these "Whispering Death", and speaking of not understanding numbers, neither they nor the Germans quite grasped the safe end of "fifty caliber"

I see they can barely contain their excitement

I like the calm expression, good light in the eyes, maybe a slightly darker background would help to separate the line of the face from it

I'll take a bushel