[smarti77]

I've been guilty of watching the site without contributing lately so here's an update...

More recently I've been into a combination of techniques including wide angle, night photography, black and white, hdr (limited use) and long exposure.
Heres a few of my efforts.

All taken with Canon 50D - Sigma 10-20mm. I really enjoy using the wide angle lens but its easy to over do it.

1. (with a heavy crop)


2


3


4 (some colour!)


All comments welcome - Feel free to give any constructive feedback / advice.

[enviroguy]

I, too, have a Sigma 10-20 mm lens for my Canon. I find I use it only 10% of the time, although it can make spectactular images. ( I'm probably just too lazy to mount the lens. I'll be going on vacation soon and plan to take 2 bodies, each with a different lens, to avoid that dilemma).
I think the secret to using the ultrawide is to place some object of interest in the near foreground. Obviously, you have learned this to make your photos effective. I do like the monochrome conversions. Nice work with all!

Regards.....Dennis

[Don Schaeffer]

Neat shots. I sold the 10-20 when I bought the fisheye. But you really use it well.

[Wedding Shooter]

Love them all Smarti. 2 and 4 are brilliant.

[smarti77]

Thanks everyone.

Dennis - I know what you mean about changing lenses. I normally have three lenses with me everywhere I go but rarely use more than one lens at any location... It is laziness but also not wanting to get dust in the camera. Having two bodies would be great.

[nia]

They are both nice shots! Have an artistic spirit, I loved them, but my favurite one is number 4, the colours hit me.
Thanks and Love,
nia

[jericho]

This is some really great stuff! Love the use of the frame in 1. 4 has a futuristic feel to it. Nicely done!

[Irma]

I love night photography in bw. I find it very challenging... You did really well in all of them...
Great to see your recent work...

[shuttertalk]

Superbly wonderful images Smarti... each one really stands out on its own. I really like how you've created a strong point of interest in #2 and #3 - makes it work really well.

#4 is my favourite - could easily be a wallpaper or something.