I have just taken this photo of a species more small in relation to the
previous:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmyv/3672007629/
Thanks to all for your comments about photography.

I've been using a nice Minolta with Fuji ASA 100 film and a modest telephoto
lens. I've occasionalyl gotten some very decent nature photos, but have had
trouble getting the hnag of exposure times - and it costs more and more to
develop "experiments".

Are there any sites that would rate the basic lenses for Canon, I
looked at DPs reviews ratings.  Would the Canon EF 50mm 1.4 usm be
about as sharp as you can get without spending the highest dollar, and
would it even make a notable difference. How would a Canon EF 20mm

I'm using photoshop elements 7.
I understand what the Dodge and Burn tools do and have used them often
to improve a photo but it's not clear what the Sponge tool does.
How what the sponge tool be used to improve a photo?

Just got an e-mail with a most impressive and alluring line:
"Your photos are very impressive. The use of light is the best part. I
think you will enjoy this new site I found: "
<< Snipped bits out >>

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/07/anything-for-perfect-shot.html
Four pages, I believe.  Some fun ones in there, too.

Wonderful sequence, from Qatar :
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1039&message=32237552

Honest!  :)
See what the EP-1 can do with a scene with no DR and no moving parts?
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1022&message=32227706

Heavy evident noise at 100 ISO.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1033&message=32138366

At what resolution do you save photos that you show people on the web?
Not photos to be used for specific purposes in web pages, but photos to
be posted just to show to people, say, in a personal gallery.
Or, I guess more specifically, what is the most common resolution that

Learned a lot here in the last few days and now the questions begs?
Why non-correlating “everything” in photography printing?
The popular analog P/S camera’s negative ratio 4:3 (1.33) never did
“FIT the old standard printed photo size of 3 x 5 (1.6).

A time ago I was practicing taking photos to a Guppy (Poecilia reticulata):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmyv/3245465519
Now I have did some changes in the shots, and It is the last photo that I
did:

http://www.blind-apertures.ca/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=130
For GDB supporters, the economic downturn has hurt everybody, including
charities.  Guide Dogs for the Blind needs donations now more than ever.
Last year, the school paid out about $1.3 million in vet costs alone  --  

I have just done this photo about this interesting species:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmyv/3665899077/
Thanks to all for your comments about photography.

I am just trying out the trial of Photomatix but wondered if there is any
free stuff out there. Easy to use for a beginner and I don't have PhotoShop
just PSP and Ulead software.
Ken