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Well after spending about 80 % of ANZAC holiday postprocessing the images I took this weekend I am posting my results below. These are more like snapshots compared with the images posted by others over the weekend, but nevertheless:

1. Sunset #1 (handheld, kit lens), first sunset I ever shot.



2. Sunset #2 (handheld, kit lens)



3. Koala (70-300 G lens)




4. Koala again (70-300 G lens)



5. Seal's rock 1 (70-300 G)



6. Seal's rock 2 (70-300 G)



7. Seals rock 3 (70-300 G)




8. Seal's rock 4 (70-300 G)



My apologies for the excessive number of photos.

In need of critique and comments.

Thanks
Alex

Alex, fantastic, a lot of people bag this lens as it cheap but i think it is a great lens for what it is and capable of some nice images. I have used this lens as well with my motorsports with great success as well and well your pics show it all and i love the sunsets.
Well done.
Cheers
John
BBJ

Alex your sunsets are just fantastic............ Animals are not for me but nice pixs, water scenes....... the last 2 are good except for the highlights, as this area lacks detail. Sometimes you loose detail when you down size

cheers
big pix

First ever sunset?! Mate they look fantastic! As do the koalas and seal rock.

Thanks for the comments, guys. I really appreciate it as I need pointers from more experienced photogs as I just started to use a camera a few month ago.

John,

My first experience with the 70-300 G lens wasn't that good. As I found a lot of images turned out too soft. I first thought it was my technique but I also so that softness wasalso observed in photos taken in excess of 1/500 s shutter speed. Now, I realised that it least with MY lens, I have to avoid the max focal length, so as long as I don't go beyond 270-290 mm, it works well and provided there is enough light it is an excellent lens for the money it costs. BTW, I saw your rally images today - superb, very sharp!

Alex

That's a great selection of photos Alex So how many cups of coffee did you make when waiting for the computer to post process? I remember you telling me you had a slowish system.

Alex sorry I missed it when I looked at your pix, but looking again, have you tried to crop your sunsets to a loose pano format {just crop top and a little off the bottom}, I think it might be a bit of an improvement,

Cheers
bp

PiroStitch wrote:That's a great selection of photos Alex So how many cups of coffee did you make when waiting for the computer to post process? I remember you telling me you had a slowish system.

Thanks, mate.

I had a good sleep the night before Slowish is a gross understatement. I run on Celeron 500 with 196 MB of RAM and that' running NV, NC and PS CS concurrently. This piece of junk is long overdue for a replacement.


Alex

big pix wrote:Alex sorry I missed it when I looked at your pix, but looking again, have you tried to crop your sunsets to a loose pano format {just crop top and a little off the bottom}, I think it might be a bit of an improvement,

Cheers
bp

bp, great idea, Thanks. I think you are right - there is too mush of sky left in both pics.

Cheers
Alex

Alex - there is nothing to worry about with these pics. I tend to agree with Big Pix on the crops but overall a fine set of pics.

Thanks for your comments, guys.

Alex

Nice shots Alex, the 1st koala shot is really crisp, nice bokeh too. I have that lens as well, good value for money.

Top shots Alex,

Well done

1 2 6 and 7 my favs


but all great captures!!!!!!!!

#1 is my favourite.

cheers,

Arthur

Thanks for your helpful comments, everyone. Funnily, on my old uncalibrated CRT the first one looks darker and I couldn't see the couple sitting on the pier and a boat in front. But can see them on newer wife's laptop LCD monitor and the monitor in my office.

Cheers
Alex

Seals Rocks? Is that down at Phillip Island?

Yes, Darryl. Nice place. Combined a few things in one trip. My mother-in-law is visiting from Thailand so we took her to have a look, I managed to get a few photos and did some fishing as well

Alex

There are some very cool shots here and I thought the sunsets were great.

My parents got down to Phillip Island. I was planning on doing it but decided to go to Marysville, Lake Mountain and passed through Warburton. Warburton I think is going to be my next place to go for a day.

Nice pictures!! keep them coming.