Recent content by RichardTaylor

Vacation shot 2008. Crawford Notch, New Hampshire, USA This is a tourist line. New Hampshire in the fall. by Richard Taylor, on Flickr

From my archives (these are .photographs of some old prints of mine) #1 the first photograph I was happy with. Lithgow (NSW, Australia), december 1962. Lithgow 1962 by Richard Taylor, on Flickr #2 From the mixed train at Young (NSW, Australia) - We are just about to pick up some cattle...

Love 71000, Roy. I like the feeling of "being there: in the last two, Dominic.

Try Understanding Exposure - by Bryan Peterson (for the technicalities). and Learning to See Creatively, by Bryan Peterson

Best; Pentax Spotmatic - a lot of nostalgia as it was my second SLR Worst - Mamiya 6x6 TLR - it just didn't suit my style of photography, although the results were great.

Known fault. It happened to mine at about 17,000 images. I purchased another lens (not a 24-105).

I own and sometimes use a Canon 5D (C2005) and while newer camers are "better" it still is a good camera.

For myself it is only in adverse weather conditions, along with lens hood. When shooting near head on into driving rain or trackside, shooting motor racing, in the pouring rain always. Those cars throw up a huge ammount of spray which raipdly covers the front of the lens with water very...

Depending on what you shoot and possibly if you are a pro or an amateur you may not need to be on the upgrade cycle - if you buy half decent gear to begin with. If you shoot hand held in low light and/or sports etc then upgrading may be necessary (especially if you are a pro). As a hobbyst with...

For myself the camera is a tool - and the right tool for the job is they way I want to go and try to go. If you have only one type of camera, say a view camera, then it will definitely dictate your photography - possibbly to 'scapes , architecture and product photograhy and portraits , in...

What is it in your experience, and how do you think it should be?

They are a good start.

Some lenses do have "good" bokeh, however the lighting and background can make a big differece, as you say. I do not rate lenes - if I have a poor perfoming lens (for what ever reason) I try to get a "better" one. Here are some examples from the lenses which I think are ok,. #1 Canon EF...

My statement had a qualifier.

I didn't say sooc - just no (on camera) filters - and basically expose for the sky Post processing most likely would have been crop, adjust the white balance a bit (make a little redder), tweak the exposure a little (saturation and contrast), resizing for web publication and sharpening.