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When I had sacked-off and traded-in a couple of DX lenses [Nikkor 17-55 f/2.8 and the 18-200 VR], I  bought a brand-new 24-70 f/2.8 Nano and a used 80-200 f/2.8 . The 24-70 performs well, as expected. But the lens that really shines out is this older 80-200.  When I tested it at the shop, [...]

…and flat nosed
 
Taby. A friends puppy. Really cute.

Which one? Often a difficult choice
 
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Nikon’s CLS [Creative Lighting System] gives the freedom to shoot with remote speedlights, and the ability to control the master [on-camera] and remote [off-camera] flash units from a simple and quick menu system. High speed-sync high-speed flash-fill shooting in bright daylight is so easy with this system and the camera/flash units will sync perfectly all the [...]

I was experimenting with two off-camera flash units placed low on the floor skimming the light of one off the ceramic tiles and one placed behind a white window curtain to diffuse it…. the “beep” from the remotely triggered flash units brought Mannat curiously checking what was going on. I turned and caught a quick [...]

Mannat – pensive.
Ah, the lovely old Nikkor manual-focus 50mm f/1.2 AI-s lens: I decided to dust mine off and start using it again… especially to take advantage of a FF sensor – this lens is just perfect for portrait use again. Though the plane-of-focus is so shallow from f/1.2 to f/4 – critical focus is [...]

The last lot of photos from the Dhaka Scott Kelby PhotoWalk on 23rd Aug:
                
The winning photographs of the PhotoWalk are shown here. And congratulations to Shabbir Ferdous from Bangladesh for producing the best of the lot from Dhaka!
Bangladesh participants group photo by David is here.

First batch of 20 images from yesterday’s photowalk : click the thumbnails for a larger version.
                    
Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk, Dhaka Bangladesh, 23rd August 2008 led by David Mckee. A great morning, met a lot of new people and many very good photographers. The Walk was interesting especially to go out to an area of the city [...]

The two girls were playing by the window this afternoon, and I saw this lovely soft light coming in through the sheer blinds of the window and highlighting Erin’s face – the combination of the soft light on her face, her purple top and the egg-shell wall background looked so delicate and pretty. A quick [...]

Home-work time. For Mannat, that is.

Both photographs shot at a very slow shutter speed and an off-camera flash at low power, to capture the ambient light on the background and the flash only to light Mannat. Not sure which image I like better, so am posting both!