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Tears here too. I am so very sorry, Kirislin.

The 85mm is better than the 105mm, but worse than the 50mm (for action). To be honest, I'm really surprised at how well the 105mm did with the surfing photos. The 85mm is a lovely portrait lens.

A few from the refuge with the 50mm 50mm 50mm 50mm

They aren't the best, to be honest - but since I don't really shoot much action, it's not really a problem for me. The 50mm is the fastest, the 85mm and 105mm are much slower to focus on a moving subject. That said, it still works. I am often chasing kids around with the 50mm - with dogs it's harder! But generally dogs are on lead when I photograph them. There is no way to tell cats to sit and stay, so the 50mm works with them - but it is in a confined space so reach isn't an issue. I guess it just depends on your style - I am so used to being on the move because I shoot with the primes. Now I'm trying to find some action to show you :laugh: The difference is though, my version of action is pretty sedate and contained - I know the primes struggle with dogs running towards them, so I tend to avoid it. 50mm 50mm 85mm 85mm 50mm 105mm 105mm 105mm

The size, the weight. The price :laugh: The 24-70 I borrowed was incredibly soft. But, I am used to the size, weight and lovely sharpness of primes. So keep that in mind. The 50mm is my workhorse and is on my camera around 90% of the time. It's just so versatile. But I don't need the extra reach a lot of the time - I shoot mostly weddings and families. When I shoot at the refuge, I use the 50mm in the cattery and the 85mm for the dogs (outside).

It's such a personal thing! I hated the 24-70 and the 70-200. If I were you, I'd grab the 35mm and the 85mm.

No, it's good! Beautiful :)

7/52 Gap - that looks like a painting!

So fancy! Cannot wait to see what you come up with after.

PS is hard! Especially if you haven't used anything like it before. LR is the bomb and I seriously couldn't live without it. I've never done a PS course, however, you can find a tutorial online for just about anything that you want to do. It's taken me four years to learn my way around PS and even then, there is still so much I've never even touched.

Just found a couple more. We spend a lot of time water logged these days.

My two aren't very buoyant :laugh: That has more to do with their body shape than size. So we tend to stick to the pool and the river.

Sorry, yes - Creative Cloud. Just a word of warning, make sure your system meets the requirements I had to update our OS.

http://www.adobe.com/au/products/special-offers.html I finally jumped on the CC wagon :) I must say that PS and LR are running much smoother.

CC that is awesome! Love all how all the B&W of the magpie matches the background and the chair. 6/52

Puppy vacc schedule and then the 12 month booster. Titre tests after that. And yes, I do vaccinate my children :D

A good wedding photographer is totally ninja-like to avoid the awkward 'oh-god-she's-taking-my-photo' pose. A skill that is mostly gained by second shooting.

That first one of the second set is my favorite. Lots of joy there :) As a wedding photographer, I am all about the story. I love it. But I'm also about getting the technical right. Yes I take out of focus shots just like everyone else, but 99% of the time, they get turfed (as much as it pains me).

Not sharp :) A bit blurry.

Just need that bit, really. There is nothing wrong with any of them. They look a touch soft to me, but that's probably just the lens. I would have probably nuked the first (not really flattering) and the fourth (camera has focused on water, not the dog).

It would help to have the EXIF data for each image :)

Out of curiosity, is the pup blue?

Yeah you do. Being a professional is overrated anyway, the market is completely saturated and there's always the danger that you end up hating what you used to love, because you start to view it as work. 5/52

Yeah, it's over the entire image. It's not like PS where you mask out bits and pieces and use layers - everything you do affects the whole image. They do have a masking tool now (I think!), but I don't bother.

Editing will never be able to save anything that's out of focus or fix motion blur. RAW files will look crappier than jpgs. They are raw, they need processing :) They will look softer and more dull, because when the camera creates a jpg, it sharpens and adds contrast, throwing away info that RAW keeps - which is why they can be manipulated further. Again, not a big deal at all unless you need all the info there to begin with.