nils_andriessen

Hello Ed,

Long time no see or hear.

(My fault I know)

Can I get your attention for this:icon photo

great photos!!

Thanks Tom .. well .. we are all free in our taste.

maybe you like to take a look here.

another spot where I post now and then.

cheers .. :o)

Ahh .. guess lucis is a part of your filter set ;-)

lovely photo .. great capture ..

imagine you did this one in a real concerthall with only a white background and the hall lights on .. you would have had the reflection like a sky with stars in the horn. I like the series a lot you made from all the musicians .. i have some doubts about the ceiling reflection in this one ..

great idea ..

I have nothing agains manipulation!! don't get me wrong. But it is maybe to much visible for my personal taste here .. is all so subjective!! I like more kindof desaruration ... :) and now the real black got a bit orange ..

compositon is very nice.

Hello Alon,

I like it very much .. good idea. Personally .. but is subjective, I would have made it less saturated and less yellow. But a very nice photo (collage?)

Nils A.

Dear Tachion Feynman,

Let me start to say I appreciate very much your comment. Let me also try to say why I posted the photo as it is .. and not one of the others which are not so dark.

The 105mm f2.5 is a remarkable good portrait lens .. even I have to stepback a bit now to get the same framing. And for me it works so much better as the autofocuslenses of today.

To dark .. I really think it's a matter of taste .. on my monitor the black parts are even not really black. "The eyes are empty black holes, except for the single catch light. But perhaps this is what you were after?" I think the eyes are magnificent .. have you looked at the large version? .. or maybe your display is set to dark. well the eyes of this lady are very dark .. mysterious ..

You prefer a direct flash .. well of course you can .. but is very subjective .. I dislike direct flash, it makes all shadows far to hard .. only the backlight can be direct flash i.m.o.

the label on the shirt is telling a story too, she took this shirt, for her it's important to see the "von Dutch". when you say "is a not needed distraction" ... distraction from what? the face?, the eyes? .. the earrings?? It's part of the photo and it brings balance in this lowkey situation .. I really like it and it was done very intentionally. As you see I do not ignore all these comments, but it is nice to tell you why I made it as it is right now.

I don't post often here .. but when I post it will be a picture which I really like myself, made with great care and to show what i'm busy with at that moment.

thank you for the time, hope to see you back again, I do like comments!

:-)

Bounced and direct flash.

Is it to sweet?

Dear Misha, you have so much .. don't know where and what to write anymore ... this one I like a lot!! the model, the light and your vantage point.

thanks for the rating .. she is so beautiful :-D

b.t.w. i'm on flickr now .. have a look here

.. more as 150 pics there .. it's great fun ;-)

beste Ed .. ken je flickr?

neem eens een kijkje:

foto's op flickr.com

misschien bevalt het je wel .. beetje andere benadering :-)

wow wow wow .. is this your profession?

it's so beautiful!!

Oke, thanks for the exlpanation .. your photo is really stunnig ... never seen the moon this way ... great!!

uhhh .. why not make a flickr account and post a pic of the telescope?? would be lovely to see :-) .. flickr is free ..

are you sure this is 40cm? so this is 400mm right? or is it 4000mm .. 400cm ?? or ... I cannot calculate! I took one too, with my 135mm and a 2x teleconverter which makes a 135x2x1.5=405mm for the D70, so .. equal your telescope? but mine is not to compare with the result you got ..
you can see here: http://photos8.flickr.com/10421139_2655de734f_s.jpg

thanks for sharing .. amazing picture ;-)