• Members 936 posts
    Dec. 14, 2024, 6:32 p.m.

    Thanks, no it isn't.

  • Members 1811 posts
    Dec. 14, 2024, 7:59 p.m.

    Lovely "dark" atmosphere in these two shots. I think I like the second the most.

  • Members 1811 posts
    Dec. 14, 2024, 8:01 p.m.

    Quite a daring composition, with that grill in the foreground. My eye flicks between that and the background.

  • Members 668 posts
    Dec. 14, 2024, 8:06 p.m.

    Thanks.
    No, it's the Olympus 40-150 R - under £100 new, and weighs nothing. 😀

  • Members 668 posts
    Dec. 14, 2024, 8:08 p.m.

    These are all rather nice. Well done!

  • Members 668 posts
    Dec. 14, 2024, 8:15 p.m.

    My picks. I love the subtle colours you capture in the late autumn woods.

  • Members 936 posts
    Dec. 14, 2024, 8:36 p.m.

    Thanks, that's why I uploaded it full res.

  • Members 936 posts
    Dec. 14, 2024, 8:40 p.m.

    I like snow when it stays as snow. Nice geometry in your photo.

  • Members 936 posts
    Dec. 14, 2024, 8:42 p.m.

    Very peaceful. mFT has wonderful, lightweight, small inexpensive lenses.

  • Members 1517 posts
    Dec. 14, 2024, 8:44 p.m.

    One of my favourite cities. I'd love to see it like this in winter. There's a warmth coming through these shots that is very appealing. As I remember Simonis, there are signs asking that photos not be taken. I assumed they meant inside so I sneaked some outside too.
    I like the angle you managed of the tower with the famous colonnaded walks included. The illumination picks up the internal features and the arches. My shots were in the daylight and didn't get those internal details.
    I respectfully disagree with your "nothing artistic" disclaimer.

  • Members 1333 posts
    Dec. 14, 2024, 9:21 p.m.

    You have a number of absolutely amazing shots and it's very difficult to select just one, but...

    This one is truly "forest bathing " type, particularly with a human figures at the end.

  • Members 1333 posts
    Dec. 14, 2024, 9:24 p.m.

    Great atmosphere here.

  • Members 390 posts
    Dec. 15, 2024, 4:03 p.m.

    Interesting colour chosen to light up this tower, looks like it's molten hot.

  • Members 390 posts
    Dec. 15, 2024, 4:08 p.m.

    I envy such locations, all we get is some snow, then it half-melts and turns into bone-breaking ice... I miss proper winters.'
    4th shot is my favorite, blue sky and fresh snow with some powder tracks, perfect.

  • Members 390 posts
    Dec. 15, 2024, 4:13 p.m.

    I have tried similar shots but had not much success, you managed to keep both moon and trees in reasonable focus, that what seems to fail for me most of the time.
    I almost can hear howl of wolf or hoot of owl.

  • Members 390 posts
    Dec. 15, 2024, 4:16 p.m.

    Love this shot, tree nicely framed with branches from other trees.

  • Members 390 posts
    Dec. 15, 2024, 4:28 p.m.

    Yeah, I tried back home to crop it but it didn't seem to work, I should have framed it better when I took the shot. But for my defense I can say that by that time when I took that shot I was hammered 5 hours with most extreme rock music such as goregrind and black metal, so I was quite exhausted. On Saturday it was repeated, this time for 6 hours, so today I'm trying recovery mode :D But I tried to be more operative for this fest event and took my laptop with me, so between bands I uploaded shots to computer, selected handful, made basic processing and put them out to facebook. All I learned is that it's hard to compete with cell phones on publishing speed front nowadays, if I ever want to do it again I need to hire assistant...

  • Members 940 posts
    Dec. 15, 2024, 8:04 p.m.

    Nice PP. It's become a dark and dramatic image, with the huge buildings towering above that little bike.