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<p>"Why (when) is a photo "good""</p>

<p>I want to give my honest answer.<br>

My answer is:<br>

I do not know.</p>

<p>In my opinion the EF 50 mm 1.4 USM is nice option for you.</p>

<p>There are some very good Non L (prime) lenses for 5D II. So the answer is: no.</p>

<p>For me the most important in both sides of camera is to have (good) soul, be polite, patient, careful, punctual and keep low profile. It is true that some models, some photographers, some photo-critics and some photo-techno-freaks overestimate theirselves.</p>

<p>I think this is a good idea. We will see if it will give more views in photos.</p>

<p>EF 35mm F1.4L and EF 135mm f2L to cover the wide and long in low light situations in city/street.</p>

<p>For me, for low light f2.8 is not enough, only fast primes can do the job (f2, f1.8, f1.4 and wide open). For the "white lens" well... I would not propose them in your case. The only "white lens" that I can think faster than f2.8 is the Canon EF 200mm f/2L IS USM but it is very very very expensive. As I said "white lens" zoom is not an option for me in low light situation (other photographers like zooms even for low light). This is just my personal opinion.</p>

<p>I would say the 135mm f2 L or macro 100mm for the wedding rings, details in hands-fingers, details in many accessories and portraits. Just my opinion. I like primes.</p>

<p>Prime, normal, not IF, not AF, not IS, no filters and happy shooting! Very interesting discussion though about zooms and IF.</p>

<p>I think that histograms are useful when there is time to use them (on camera). For me (and I think for many others) Ton is an amazing street shooter, one of the best here. Ton captures the moment and for this sometimes there is no time for histogram evaluation (on camera). Ofcourse even in street we may predict and evaluate, but I feel what Ton writes here. Ton, for extreme street photo-shooting no need for histograms. Happy new photo-year to all.</p>

<p>The rules say after two years in PN don't care about this game.</p>

<p>I use this camera and for the moment I don't have complains. I would recommend it if you really need it now.</p>

<p>Few things I would like to add.<br>

It is true that there are some extreme cases here in PN that truely want only praises and they post their photos for critique writing just: "enjoy"...<br>

There are other extreme cases here in PN that write totaly unbalanced critiques with attitude of the absolute greatest grand master of photography just to attract attention not to their photos but to their super egos.<br>

Of course we need other people to tell us their opinion. Now the attitude these people write their opinion is the problem. I admire people who keep low profile though they could do the opposite.</p>

<p>As far as I have been in PN we do not often blame the critiquer in PN forums. Usually it happens the opposite. Usually a negative comment is considered automatically honnest. For me it may be but it may be not. The same is true with the possitive comments.</p>

<p>It is very difficult to write constructive critique. There is a group of people who believe that a negative comment is automatically constructive critique. Not it is not. Sometimes it is the exact opposite.<br />There are members that write negative comments just to attract attention to their page and/or to justify a low rate attack.<br />One big problem is that some members (semi-pros or even pros) use their photo.net page as personal webpage so the client(s) can read the negative comments and this sometimes it is not nice.<br />For me a constructive critique must have the plus (first), the minus and that this is just a personal opinion (even from pro critics). Also we should never write anything negative about the model(s) in photo.</p>

<p>Can you do experiment with Canon 400D and Canon 5D II (both at high ISO) with the same lens with the same (prefer not moving) subject in the same conditions? Uniform or Gaussian, monochromatic or not monochromatic adding noise in photoshop is different thing.</p>

<p>I will wait to see your work.</p>

<p>One more vote for 580. Powerful enough for allmost every case.</p>

<p>Glen, I like your work, honestly. Keep on posting fantasy works (I like most).</p>

<p> I try to respect the audience. I just hope that the audience tries to respect me. Respect and agree are not the same.</p>

<p>I would not like to generalize. Every case is different. Not all negative comments (from members without photos) are constructive critiques, though some of them are.<br />I can only say that Mark Chartrand wrote me the best critique in (one of) my photos. Perfectly balanced. Mark wrote this wonderful critique after the worst critique I recieved from someone that critique not my photo but my model. Not acceptable.</p>

<p>I would use only 50/1.2 on full frame body.</p>

<p>The copy I use makes normal sound during focusing (AF and MF). In this lens even in manual focus mode the focusing motor works (electronic manual focus).</p>

<p>"Where to find new inspiration with photography..."</p>

<p>Women inspire me. New woman, new Muse, new inspiration.</p>

<p>The second. It takes very-very long time (many months if ever) for photos that are uploaded to appear in the search results.<br>

I will go with tags. Thank you for reply, I know you are extremely busy.</p>