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I am missing the images! Pirate, could you check if there is a technical problem?

Markus

Billboard and neglecting car driver in Munich.

Before the decision to buy either the 8-16 or 11-16, I gave my old 11-18 another workout: http://markus-spring.info/wp/2010/07/pit/ 1:1 crop: http://markus-spring.info/varia/dsc39826_v2.jpg http://markus-spring.info/wp/2010/07/r-for-reservation/ it doesn't look as unsharp as I had expected from the ...

David, thanks. Of course your last reply to Pako's question again opened up that Pandora's box of "should I switch to Full Frame?" As I already have the Minolta 17-35 plus a Minolta 2.8/28-75 it is a valid question and not to be answered easily. Every investment in a non-FF lens of course ...

Chris, David, when considering to buy a replacement for my not-so-stellar Tamron 11-18 - probably misaligned, but I discovered that too late - would you see the 8-16 in the same league as the Tokina 11-16? Using the latter wide open on the A700 seems somewhat pointless to me anyway, as the AF is mor...

In this post I discovered the link to your blog. Well designed and quite some stuff to look at. Oh, and it's always nice to meet another linux person...

Thanks for the positive feedback. Meanwhile I have made it available on issuu, too. This version requires flash and a fast internet connection, but it's easier to read and more book-like here: http://issuu.com/markus_spring/docs/bat ... sofobomo09

In this shot you can almost hear the chaos and clash. Well done.

jcoffin wrote:I've picked out a couple more from the same day:

Again applause for #1 - that pose with the s-shaped tail is really convincing

my goodness, I already thought you crashed my firefox -- 100MPix is really substantial. Compositionwise I like it very much with the fence leading into the image. Probably a tad more saturation and local contrast enhancement in the sky could further improve it. But as you said - definitely worth loo...

That combination of absolutely sharp body plus motion blur on the wings definitely works. Excellent craftsmanship + good eye = keeper!
Astonishing for me is the richness of visible detail even without any additional sharpening.

Really impressive. Great details in a wonderful soft light, and you really transport the feeling standing high up and beeing able to turn the head without limits.

Don, could you please tell us about the postprocessing? I tried hard but never got that "popping out" sharpness with my beercan/a700

Regards - Markus

It seems that nobody else of photoclub alpha was or is participating in sofobomo 2009 . For those that do not know it: Sofobomo stands for Solo Foto Book Month. It is a self assignment to photograph and compile a pdf photobook containing minimum 35 pictures in a 30 day period. For details just see t...

#2 is it for me. That colourful throat pouch in combination with the monochrome body of the animal is great.

Markus