hmm I think the "two trees reflect the boys legs" is seeing a little too much. I think it's coincidental. If deliberate, it should be made abundantly so IMO or it looks unintentional. I do find armchair punditry ascribing motivation & vision to the photographer's image long after they ...

It's bow (as in bow and arrow) + kuh (as in cut) isn't it? I'm surprised it needed an entire video to explain it (which I clearly haven't watched)

One of Mike's perennial favourites, Ming Thein, has just started a new job as Chief of Strategy for Hasselblad. It's a move that will delight the tiny fraction of photographers who care about high price, high end digital medium format cameras and likely pass everyone else by. https://petapixel.com/2...

I've seen the "striping" error you refer to, but not on my cards. My dad spent money to get no-name brand cards at higher capacity than you would expect for the money. Without fail, all of these introduced artefacts to the image regardless of camera. I have a feeling they were lower capact...

Better composition or pro photoshopping skillz I wonder. Time to make a few calls ;) This has generated a lot of interest and discussion elsewhere too with a split between those who claim the sanitised version is better, if "fake looking" (because of rushed photoshopping) and the "don...

So far all my fails have been physical, long after the warranty has expired. Usually the small plastic "fins" near the metal contacts snap off. One snapped off inside the camera, that was tricky to remove!

That might be a trickier one to clone out "distractions" :) I think it is an interesting exercise. I don't think any of the changes were needed per se - it reconfirmed to me that while the ideas taught by judges are great for basic improvements and worth considering for all images, sometim...

I must admit I'm surprised you are going to all this effort. When I have cards die I just buy new ones.

This topic inspired me so much I paraphrased it into a blog post and added another image, a side-by-side comparison of the original vs "tweaked" version.

http://davidcandlish.photography/news/2 ... -judge-say

What do you think?

Here's a 5 min version.