kevin cassar

Nathan, a month old at bath time

I agree with the previous comment. Most of the time when you shoot and insect and you get something unexpected in the shot, it adds to the photo. In a strange and unfortunate way this does not. Still a good capture though. By the way the unwanted rider is a fly and not a mosquito.

Common Grasshopper at Chadwick lakes

I know the feeling and can fully understand what you mean by happy. I have just had my first baby on October 15. Take a look at mine if you have the time. Keep on shooting. They grow up so quickly!!!

Wonderful!!! Babies are already the cutest thing let alone when they have funny expressions like the one you skillfuly managed to capture. Impressive sharpness on the eyes, good DOF. Well done.

Fantastic. Very original. Sharpness is incredible and composition is perfect IMHO. Since I own a D200, I'd love to know the technical details of the shot and any post processing done. Just can't understand how anyone can give a 3 rating, but it's very common at photo.net

Beautiful photo. Lovely girl and a very good pensive expression. Makes me wonder what she's thinking. Lighting is good too and I think B&W works here.

Spectacular scene and awesome colours. I love the faded effect. Wonder how it was done. This is the kind of image I'd like to hang on my walls.

Great colour, sharpness. Pleasing image. Well done

Resized and slight crop. Unsharp mask. No further editing. Please

leave comments, thanks.

Please take the time to view larger. Photo is resized only and loses

some sharpness when viewed small. All comments and critiques

welcome. Thanks.

Baby Nathan (1 week old) sleeping with teddy bear (dressed as a

rabbit). Image Cropped and resized.

I like this shot for it's composition and originality. It's quite an unnatural pose. I'm not sure if I'd like to see a little more of the right leg; maybe just a little edge. I'm also curious about the clear vertical line: is it the lighting? and if so was it intentionally left in the photo? Anyway this is just a beginner's view. The overall result is pleasing.

Thanks for all the kind comments and I agree on the crop. It's just that I am so thrilled by his arrival that I did not take much care for composition. I am still quite new to photography so any comment will help.

My newborn first child...Nathan. My pride and joy. I know kids

photos are hard to critique but please feel free to give suggestions

about technique or composition. I can learn from your comments.

Thanks.

A high speed pass of the Dutch F-16 at the Malta International Air

Show. Please comment and critique so that I may improve.

Comments and critiques appreciated especially with low ratings

This is an excellent collection of this very interesting moth. I can really appreciate your work because I know how fast these little creatures move from one flower to another. I have one shot of this moth in my gallery.

Taken at Shutter priority 1/800s F5.6 ISO 500 @ 300mm (450mm FOV) No flash Handheld. Photo is shown as taken - no crop, just a resize and slight sharpening to compensate for compression.

Dragonfly shown was about 3 inches long.

Red Dragonfly close-up at Chadwick Lakes Malta.

Thanks for the information. I knew it was a moth of some sort but had a little doubt since most moths come out at night. The loss of sharpness is probably due to camera shake. Since I have only had this camera for a couple of weeks I'm still getting the hang of it and trying some settings. On this particular shot I did not use the flash and since the shutter speed was only 1/250s @ 300mm and handheld some shake is inevitable. All things considered though I'm quite happy with the result though I will keep in mind in the future to improve. Thanks again for your time.

I don't know what this insect is called but it would not stay put

for more than a second and it's lightning fast. Shot handheld at

300mm (450mm equiv.) 1/250s ISO 400 F8

Shot with a Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 APO Macro, handheld, Manual focus, Aperture priority at F8 1/250s. It took quite a little patience to get this shot as the subject would not stay put for more than a second and believe me it's fast.

What should have been an Aero GP show ended in tragedy when two

planes collided claiming the life of one of the pilots. The other

was luckier and managed to eject to safety and was unhurt.

This is a fantastic shot of a Robber fly (Asilidae). I have a couple of shots of this type of insect in my portfolio taken with a Fuji S9500.