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The inference would then naturally be that I don't. I appreciate criticism, I really do, even if in this case it amounts to taste, but I go to extraordinary lengths for my images and I do more than my fair share of waiting!

Well to satisfy your curiosity I use a curves in photoshop on my images to manipulate contrast by setting local white and black points. Increasing the contrast also increases the saturation and I feel that those adjustments more accurately capture the experience of being there. I dont use HDR...

Here's an unedited raw showing the full view from the first image (I would have posted the original files but its a triple row panorama of 12 images). You can decide to what degree they are real or not. All the images use a similar process. There is no noise reduction or any processes on any of...

Asking if the colours are real whilst stating that the greens look 'odd' and the images 'computer generated' seems like you have already made up your mind! I suppose what you wanted to know is whether I used photoshop 'too much'. I can only really suggest that you photograph the Icelandic moss...

Hi all, I lead a workshop group hiking and wild camping in Iceland at the end of July. Amongst a fair amount of rain and cloud we had some spectacular conditions. These are my favourites:

These are both cool shots, but I have my doubts that they are meteors (particularly the first). Meteors tend to make a trail of increasing and then decreasing intensity, it would be strange to see a constant thickness trail. I'm not saying these aren't meteors, just that they might not be!

I'm a semi professional landscape photographer who used the 17-40 for 5 years before upgrading to the 16-35. I have owned 2 copies of each lens. There is no sharpness difference. However the 16-35 does have better micro contrast shooting into the light and the sunstars are nicer. The main reason...

Its a nice shot and a great aerial view of the aircraft but nfortunately the image is underexposed. Can I suggest that the first change you make when you bring an image into photoshop is to do a levels/curves correction to set a white point? You can correct the exposure most of the way in...

Insurance is a way of managing risk. Anyone thinking of buying insurance can look at the probability of having their gear stolen/damaged and look at the costs of insurance. If my quote was £200/year then if I only damaged/lost £100 a year on average then the insurance is wasted. Given that I...

Barring the low probability of someone returning my gear it seems that I have had £4500 worth of equipment stolen from outside my house. (my fault on so many levels) The key points are: if any of you see anything come up for sale and you think it might by mine I would really appreciate any...

Thanks everyone for your comments :)

First off I regretably don't find much time to post to forums so if you;re interested in my work please head over to my facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Alex.Nail.Photography In the summer the Milky Way rises a little bit higher into the southern and eastern sky as seen from...

No doubt many of you will have photographed Staple Tor on Dartmoor if you have been down this way. Although I've visited the majority of major tors on Dartmoor, this remains one of my favourites due to it's fantastic stacks of granite. I've been waiting to add this shot to my portfolio for many...

Yes the Voyagers are also fantastic, great all rounders, just with a little less space. I might have got one myself if I wasnt too tall for it! Yes the camera with 16-35 goes straight into the main compartment along with my 70-200. The tripod is strapped to the back. It's a perfectly...

Cracking shots these. Particularly love the shot of the stone, I have never seen it in snow and the additional texture brings a lot to the scene. I like the seemingly drab conditions too, they really add to the sense of bleakness. Well done for getting all the way out there!