Recent content by alex_m90

#2 for me. Absolutely brilliant shot. Where in the Mara did you stay mate? Been there for the last 3 years. My favourite place in the world. Can never get bored of watching lions either.

Absolutely love #2 & 3. Pin sharp too. Another wondering what lens you used too!

Not been there for a while, but do you still get the buffet pre-match, and fish and chips after in the press room?

I need help chosing a new camera bag. There are a number of different criteria which need to be met and I would really appreciate it if people could suggest different bags which may be suitable. It preferably needs to be a soft bag and also fit within the hand luggage constraints as it will...

I use for sports photography - mainly football. My opinion of it is great. Nice and sharp, bokeh is great, AF is fast enough. IMO this is a great lens, and the versatility of the zoom beats the 300 2.8 for me. This is a great lens and is my favorite at the moment. Better than any lens I...

Excellent set. Really impressive. Can't chose a favorite as they are all excellent! :D There is an urbex meet coming up which luke is organising. If you're interested then get in touch with him.

1 and 2 as outstanding as always. With regards to 3, I have no clue why you aren't sure about it? I think its absolutely great. Top set and it sounds like a good day out! :D

Can't fault them at all. Ordered lenses from them and had them delivered very quickly and no problems with VAT. Had cracking copies of lenses from them as well! Big thumbs up for them from me! :thumbs:

I do all PP - usually only slight crop and boost contrast then sharpen. Takes all of 30 seconds really. Then uploaded to the agency who do nothing to it. It used to be a lot lower, but a lot of practice means that I dont press the shutter unless its within my range and will be worth PPing and...

Depends what I'm shooting: Sports - 1 in every 4 gets PPd and then uploaded to the agency for whom I work Everything else - 1 in 15 get PPd and I am happy with - don't ever end up doing anything with them though! :'(

Cheers PD - sent a PM. Not sure if I'm expecting too much from a 100% crop or whether it really is slightly underperforming? Looking forwards to comparing to the sharpness of your NEF :D

Two weeks ago I bought my first 2.8 glass. A Sigma 120-300 2.8 for WHE. I had high hopes for the lens and will be using it for sports photography. On my first assignment some of my shots were suprisingly unsharp and all required at least 50% sharpening (even though shot in jpeg) to be...

Argh! How frustrating! Must have been amazing to see it happen all the same though. Had you have taken your camera gear with you it probably would never have happened! Sods law and all! :lol: Unlucky mate, you wont make the same mistake again and I'm sure it would take a mistake like that on...

Ah ok. Again, thanks. I was worried that they may presume all of their photographers would have donkeys years of experience in such file transfers. Hopefully if I am fortunate enough to find some more work in this area and immediate processing of images is required, then I would be given help by...

Ah ok. That makes more sense then as well. I appreciate that newspapers don't need that large file sizes, but agencies such as getty, action images, and the likes of them, the photographers have images uploaded from the first half before half time even starts! All of the images on there tend...