Thank you - very much appreciated!

As the other posters have said, if you want to shoot low light you really need to invest in a tripod. If you want to capture motion in low light then it is a case of raising the ISO. From what I recal...

This one was done in adobe camera RAW by moving the sliders around. Quite heavily manipulated, but all done before getting to Photoshop.

I had a lot of trouble uploading these images, but it seems to have worked this morning so assume the trouble was at my end. Another couple to come later.

I had a D3100 to begin with and the image quality was superb. I upgraded to a D7000, which has way more features, but straight out the camera the images were not as good. The metering and autofocus sy...

Is everything working with this site at the moment? For some reason it doesn't seem to work when I try to upload any photos this month, and I notice that nobody else has uploaded any yet? Nearly two w...

Apart from converting the RAW file to monochrome and playing with the tone sliders, this one has no post-processing.

Yes I absolutely agree that manual focus is more accurate, but it is also a lot slower and sometimes there just is not enough time to do that. Really does not fit with the type of portrait shooting I'...

OK, that makes sense when I think about it. Thanks

Thanks for the suggestions and the link to the DOF calculator, which I have been playing around with quite a bit. However, the figures it gives me raise a few questions. First one is full-frame versus...

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm still not sure where I am going wrong if it is a technique issue though? I have used AF fine tune with all my lenses. Admittedly some of the third party lenses need a f...

I've had a D7000 for a couple of years now, having started off with a D3100. Recently I have been attempting to move out of my comfort zone and get into portrait photography, which has also entailed m...

dianebaughn Wrote: (Mar 6, 2014, 19:12) -- Hi, I'm new to the forum so please forgive me if this doesn't post correctly. When you speak of the sensor size can you explain what you are referring to? I...

Congratulations Brianapenney on your win. I would like to say I agree with the comments about keeping the entries and comments separate, as the thread can get a bit unwieldy, particularly as I imag...

Here's three of my black-and-whites from the last couple of months.

Here's three of my black-and-whites from the last couple of months.

I have a question about the rules which may be a bit silly, so apologies in advance. It states that the competition runs from 1st of March, yet people are posting shots now. Does this mean that only s...

I'll go for this one to provide a contrast to all the lovely colourful entries:):

I'll go for this one to provide a contrast to all the lovely colourful entries:):