Recent content by cuthbert

Domestic Animals by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr

I don’t photograph either, but I’d definitely be saving your bird settings to C1 preset and then perhaps copy your C1 preset to C2 for bears and just tweak it as you go. In many ways, I think birds and bears share many characteristics in terms of AF tuning, eg unpredictable movement, blocking...

Thank you!! Here's the colour version Raining cats and dogs by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr I like the pop of the beaks, but for b&w edit just feels a bit stranger to me, What do you think?

Thank you! I was going for quietly surreal, some kind of bad dream, the fact that they are an odd subject to use direct hard flash on makes it quite unsettling. I was torn between that and the colour version, which I will post in a bit

Week 26: Snappers’ Nice weather for ducks by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr

Week 26: snappers Nice weather for ducks by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr

No clouds needed by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr

That tree is really strange, almost doesn’t look real! Very interesting pic!

Week 25: Repetition in Nature Green screen by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr

Thank you everyone, beautiful light very much on my side in those! sadly something a bit trite this week for Repetition in Nature, just been mega busy, now catching up: Green screen by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr

You just have to find your niche, give yourself time, be led by your subconscious, take photos of stuff you find interesting. I love urban decay, the traces left by humans (but without them in most of the time), it gives endless possibilities!

I actually had this problem, always loved photography, had children, then had two ready made subjects that I could practice on, and then they grew up and not really interested. Knowing I was hitting this wall, I decided to get myself a 24mm and started to do experiment with other types of...

Weel 24: Silence No Entry by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr

Thank you everyone, I love how light can make something so mundane quite curious! Week 23: Faded Retired by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr

Week 24 - Silence No Entry by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr