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As a new member I thought I had get a couple of pictures up for critique.

First Photo is a picture of my son on a train in Thailand. I liked the natural light on his face and the expression of a young boy on an adventure.

Second photo is of a restaurant on the Lagoon outside our hotel room on Phuket

Both taken with my D100 (24-85)

The third phot is taken with my new D2X on Surfers beach of a young NZ girl using "Fire Pois". Had trouble with slow shutter but perhaps this creates better effect?

Stuart

Hi Smac, welcome to the forum. They are all excellent shots, my favourite is the last one. The fire swirls are great. It just proves how close the fire is to her body. Your son's expression is priceless and you are right about the natural light.

I love the fire shot, although personally I might have probably cropped it tighter to a portrait orientation shot...

While the first shot has a lot of appeal, it could benefit from a little post-processing to reduce the highlights and bring some detail out of the shadows...

Were they taken with the D2X or the D100?

The first 2 shots were taken with the D100 the last one was taken last weekend with my the D2X. I agree on the post processing, I have just boughts Photoshop CS II, but haven't worked out how to use it yet. I agree on the cropping and will experiment on the highlights.

Thanks

Stuart

I should have known that the last one was taken with the D2x... so much more detail...  BTW I didn't mean to be overprescriptive with my comments... Just the first thing that came into my head... Sometimes - less is more...

You could probably have submitted that last shot to the current D70Users competition - A Decisive Moment...

For me the first shot of your son is beautifully framed, the expression IS priceless and I don’t even mind the darkness - it adds to the overall effect.

Thanks for your comments everone, I will put your ideas to good use.

Stuart

G'day Stuart,

That first pic is a priceless moment, you'll drag that out in years to come, I'd have the same expression if I was on a trip to Thailand!... I like the sense of the available light, might just tone down the light in the scenery outside in PSCS2 though to help focus on your boy...

Hi Stuart. Like them all. I agree that the expression on the boy's face is well captured.
Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to seeing some more.

Regards
Meicw

Stuart, first and third do it for me. The slow shutter speed works for me as a viewer

As has been said by many before me, the pic of your son is great...composition wise, capturing that expression, really helps express how he is feeling, and exposure, that natural light makes it look so...natural! really nice.

The last one, well the blur cirtainly added to it, giving the feeling of movement and how close it ws to her body...a faster shutter speed may not have had such a good result.