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Let me subscribe all your words, Greg. You have given expression to my own feelings: more clever than funny.
Alfonso

Kevin, the Tamron 55-200mm is indeed a very satisfying little lens. Its main virtue (or even, its raison d’être) is of course its size and weight: It’s small and light (and it seems to me even smaller and lighter after seeing your wife holding a 70-210 beercan in your “Fall Colors Finally” thread…)....

Although shooting kids from above is not recommended, here the exception proves the rule (as the subject is their activity more than the kids themselves). Very good catch (nice gestures) and composition. It will make a valuable contribution to the wedding album. Congratulations to the photographer.....

Dr. Harout, thanks for your very kind words. Although I am sure you mean what you say, I also know I don't deserve it (but it's still nice!). Greg, lucid words (as usual)… (The terrible truth of your ‘Vanitas vanitatum’ post [ http://www.photoclubalpha.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1399&p=1...

Ian, thanks for sharing your impressions about the Sony A300. I have felt tempted to get an A350 as a landscape tool, and your comments on A300’s live view don’t help me overcome temptation.
Alfonso

Markus, Yildiz and Dr. Harout, thanks for taking a look and commenting. I much appreciate your positive and wise comments. They have made me pay attention to some aspects of this landscape that I hadn’t notice before. I am here in good company. Thanks a lot.
Alfonso

Now that the first flakes of snow are falling and winter is coming (for those of us who live in the northern hemisphere), I felt like processing a spring shot. Alcuneza is a small village. There is nothing special about it: It’s tiny, old and no longer beautiful. But somehow I feel affection for the...

Alanscape: First of all, welcome from me too. I use the A100 with old Mamiya 645 MF lenses (with a mechanical Mirex adaptor), and the MLU function works flawlessly (via activating the 2s self-timer). So the use of a non-chip adapter cannot be the cause of your problem.
Alfonso

Kevin: Very good example and intelligent composition. I don’t know if it would be wise to add in the present circumstances that I find the exposure a little dark… (only a joke, although I do find the exposure a little dark).
Alfonso

Solitude… Does this qualify? (Not sure, perhaps in a sort of contradictory way...)

Alfonso

Kevin: Good series! Hard too pick only one. (If pressed, I would choose the 7th one…) By the way, where did you find such a photogenic subject? Never saw him in my life…
Alfonso
ps: Peter, very interesting post. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

David: I am a great admirer of Colin Prior’s wonderful panoramics and have learnt from Charlie Waite’s books more than from anyone else (“The making of landscape photographs” and “Seeing landscapes” are now in front of me). I much prefer Charlie Waite’s muted and humble European landscapes (speciall...

Brian: Beautiful light, trees and sky. I think that lifting a bit brightness, contrast and saturation could perhaps benefit the image (so it seems I side with Sonolta’s processing, but I’d never dare to emulate his masterfully damaging treatments). Alfonso EDIT (after reading Kevin’s post and Sonolt...

Thomas: The more I look at your first picture the more it reminds me of classical landscape paintings. It shows a contrasting and well balanced distribution of light and subjects (as Kevin has already said), and a very effective use of aerial perspective. (If it were a real painting one would be tem...

Kevin and Larry: I use Lightroom. For me, its two main virtues are the following: 1) Workflow: Lightroom is not only a RAW converter, but also a library manager. That’s why it can easily be your one and only photography program (specialized needs excepted). And life is much easier when you have to l...