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Thanks to Ellie for allowing me to take a few shots of her window display as the last rays of the sun caught it. As with the shot below, it needs a bit more post-processesing, though I'm not sure there is anything I can do about the blown red channel - I am struggling to contain this on the D700 and don't remember having any problems with my D50 in this regard. Ah well, I shall read more about it

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Somehow, posted on here, it doesn't look as good as it does on my screen. Ah well, too late in the day to do anything about it now - will adjust in due course.

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That dang pesky person in blue in the background... think Patrick, think!

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So there I am at the party where we are planning a re-creation of Michael Jackson's Thriller and someone says "does anyone have the video to hand?" So I think I'll just look it up on my Nokia 5800 or whatever forgettable name has been given to my new crappophone. First off I fire up the browser - takes an age and the first page is some rubbish from T-Mobile that tries to cram in so much

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Shot RationaleI didn't think much of this when I took it and nearly deleted it in camera; deletion in camera means it is one stop worse than deletion in ViewNX, which in turn means one stop worse than deletion as a JPEG following conversion, which itself is one stop worse than deletion some months later after I have seen the photo a hundred times and suddenly think "you know what, it's not worth

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Any ideas as to why the wheat nearest the path is less ripe than the wheat not immediately beside the path? Does constant brushing by people passing by mean the wheat isn't as healthy? Perhaps the ground nearer the path is harder making it more difficult for the seeds to get established there, hence accounting for their immaturity relative to their peers? Or is there some other mechanism at work?

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Shot Rationale: OK, so this has been done a billion times, but I think it is my first effort. The picture was taken this morning at about 10.30 or so in very hot sunshine on a walk between Loudwater and Sarrat. I'd gone on the walk because I'd woken early at my brother's house and was feeling shabby having overconsumed the night before and having not got to bed much before four a.m. or

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Shot Rationale: This was going to constitute an entry into a competition, the theme being H2O. However, in the event I think I was trying too hard. I've erased some sheds (see alternative version, below) and, whilst it is a reasonable picture, it doesn't have a "bang!" impact. Some snow on the ground might have improved it, or fog, or perhaps some clouds. The angle of the light is great and I

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"Belief is the absence of information."

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