simonpg

Early morning closeup panorama of the radio telescopes' structure and

shapes.

Panorama of morning calm stillness on an oyster farming lake in the

Hunter Valley. Shot with Kodak 100VS slide film.

Taken with the 45mm lens and ND centre graduated filter on Kodak 100GX

positive film.

Taken in late afternoon light showing how the native gumtrees create a

blue haze.

Nice image and clever idea. But the centre vertical needs to be straight so try rotating it left a few degrees and cropping out the left a bit to remove the distracting building. Cropping out the right light may also remove that distraction and help creat the full striking effect of your shot.

A very nice shot. I suggest some cropping to optimise this lovely image and avoid her eyes dividing the image into 2. take some off the top (don't need to see all the hat) lifting her eyes to the top third of the image; take a small amount off the left to get the centre of the face slightly more over to the left third - experiment with that cropping and see if you think it enhances your very good shot. The background blurr is great.

Shot while "out and about" and could not resist the contrast between

the "goons" and photographers shooting a bride.

Taken late afternoon in poor weather made me think it was a B&W

subject. My first outing with the Makro-Planar 120mm lens.

Risky behaviour.

Shot last Saturday during this sensational event.

Nice idea. It would be enhanced if you cropped out the right hand wall. I don't think the bikes are very sharp and the subject should be.

While not a flattering composition, very interesting. It would benefit from even more lighting variation. Nice catchlights and focus on the person's left eye. But I think you should have avoided cropping out the person's left eyebrow - it just looks incomplete to me.

An interesting shot let down by the light and lack of sharpness.

Very clever! I'm not sure if the vignetting adds to or detracts from the composition. Is the dark square underexposed? - it seems a distraction.

Putting the watch on a laptop with its brand displayed ruined the idea. Product shots need much closer composition.

Nice idea. If the watch case itself is the intended subject, it should have been turned a bit more towards the lens. A much wider aperture may have given more prominence to the beautiful finish on the case and dial and more blur to the band (which is distracting). Softer more directional lighting would have helped.

Nice idea but the light is too harsh and has wasshed out the background.

You should give this to conservationalists - really gets the message home. sad but a great shot.

I think this would have been perfect if its eyes were included. Beautiful shot and superb detail.

Taken early morning in Newscastle NSW.

Good mood captured. I think the rigt side could have done with a little more light.

Nice shot. When I first looked I was tempted to move my head around as her position seemed to make me feel the shot's orientation was wrong - maybe her hips / head neded to be located a little differently?

I very nice composition and capture. A bit of catchlight in his eyes would have finished it of perfectly.

I tried to capture a different aspect of the tide coming in and its

seaspray. I liked the gilt effect the light had on the seaweed.

Taken in the Barrington Tops within the Hunter Valley, I liked the

mix of large and small rocks as well as the contrast of the gree

among the rocks. The water flows into a spa sized hole where women

bathed many many decades ago.