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Alright, I took some of these shots waaaaay back in May the night before our guests from Albuquerque, New Mexico headed home. The Festival of Lights was on here in Sydney, so it was a good opportunity to experiment with my little Ricoh Caplio R4 and decided if I should really step up, bite the bullet and get that Canon D-SLR I'd been considering for ages...

These shots have had very little post-prod work done on them, and at that only using the tools in MS Live Gallery. I've only just got my hands on a copy of PhotoShop CS3 and am (very slowly) learning to use that.

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This one should have been reset so the horizon was level, but meh...

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As mentioned, all these shots were done on my little Ricoh using a small Joby "Gorillapod" tripod and long exposures. I was really happy with the results, so on the way home from the airport after dropping off our guests I snapped up a twin-IS kit Canon 450D.

ok first shoot with my d5000 hope you like =] any constructive criticism greatly appreciated also

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too see the full size pictures go to www.flickr.com/robertkerrperth

tell me what u think :P

ok first shoot with my d5000 hope you like =] any constructive criticism greatly appreciated also

too see the full size pictures go to www.flickr.com/robertkerrperth

tell me what u think :)

Awesome shots man, they look great. :rant:

Great shots, Roy, but I've gotta ask: WTF is that in the background of this picture, behind the building? It looks like a cross between mountain ranges and a too-close-for-comfort moon...

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Great shots, Roy, but I've gotta ask: WTF is that in the background of this picture, behind the building? It looks like a cross between mountain ranges and a too-close-for-comfort moon...

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LOL, it was a big farking mountain as we were at the base of the Alps, does look like a moon from Star Wars or something, I couldnt get the lighting right..but oh well

Kerr34 - Great shots.. Would like to see more.. My only CC: i would have done these shots later on in the day..

Roy - Mate im so jealous.. I miss Austria so much.. Such a beautiful country!! I was there in winter so the scenery was totally different. Wonderful images and i would love to see more.

17-40mm + EOS 350D :banana:

There's nothing in it when it comes to zoom length and wide angle between the 17-40mm and 18-55mm however it focuses much faster, is much sharper and just feels nicer in general.

16-35mm Vs. 17-40mm - is it really worth the extra coin for 1 stop?

17-40mm + EOS 350D :down:

There's nothing in it when it comes to zoom length and wide angle between the 17-40mm and 18-55mm however it focuses much faster, is much sharper and just feels nicer in general.

16-35mm Vs. 17-40mm - is it really worth the extra coin for 1 stop?

I dinno man. Are you gunna use that lens on FF soon. Otherwise why didnt ya go the 10-22?

Ive heard heaps of mixed reviews about the 17-40 and 16-35 on FF bodies thats all....

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