janisk

Just noticed there are more good ones of her...

This one is the best of all three photos of this girl IMO, the white plate in the foreground is a little bit distracting, but then she needs it for her cup of coffee:) nice to see real BW here!

Thanks,

No it's Latvia, the Baltic sea

Janis

A great photo of her!

Excellent moment captured and the title is the best possible here:)

Thanks Alberto and Balthazar! Glad you liked it!

The 2 white vertical lines must be scratches on the negative, think obtained in the darkroom.

Janis

excellent composition

Love this! The expression in the face of the front girl says it all, love Venice!

A very nice story! Are those birds legal there again?:)

Hi Alan! It was done with Noritsu scanner in a pro lab. I sometimes ask them to use Nikon LS 8000 for larger files but the standard scanning 2950*2400 (72piksel/inch) they do with Noritsu is good enough for up to A3 sized print.

Aperture - the f stop was 2,8 as I like to play with a shallow DOF and yes, I was hand holding the monster with a prism finder attached:), which I usually don't with this camera but had no other options called "tripod" with me at the time

Take care,

Janis

Hi Tomek,

I'm not much in those HDR things, I personally like more natural look of photos, although I agree sometimes HDR is needed to show more details in contrasty lightning. From the 3 versions I think I like "the 2nd take" most as it's the cleanest one:)

Take care