I am "a sought after, Internationally recognized, Australian qualified
Photographer with over 20 years experience."
Who am I?
Here's a hint:

Good grief, Bret,et al. It's been worse than the Iraq war! Lets  renew
an old conflict, just for a change of pace for the moment.. WEBSTER
DICTIONARY COLLEGE edition ( Random House 1997, ISBN #
0-517-18361-7) : "Photography: the process or art of producing images

It's true!  Only Canon lenses can be this versatile in such demanding
situations.  I realize now that the Nikkors simply couldn't hold up under
the pressure.  Had I known how good L glass is I would have never bought
Nikkors.

In case you missed it, one of D-Mac's wedding photos is getting a lot
of play on the fark.com website:
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=2601197
Yes, the whole world enjoys laughing at D-Mac's pitiful efforts.

Chiaroscuro is updated.
Two new images
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/chiaroscuro

Everyone seems to have a target these days. Almost makes me nostalgic
for the days of the 3 Tonys. Almost.

A friend of mine snapped this photo of D-Mac yesterday:
http://pbase.com/bret/image/74359896

I had the opportunity to use this lens this week on my 20D. Like all
Canon EF-S lenses it was designed to be used on the Canon cameras with
a cropped sensor. With the 20D's 1.6x crop the lens gives a 16mm
equivalent FOV.  The lens is well built and sturdy without being too

D-Mac, aka "Douglas St. James MacDonald" has once again graced us with
a fine example of his Photoshop mastery.
Check out these two pics from his current EBAY auctions:
http://www.brisbaneweddingphotographers.com/e-bay/home-bch-pano.jpg

I loved landscape photography very much but my landscapes were always
boring flat lines, glorious and beautiful flowers in my garden lacked
the spectacular detail they had in real life, night time shots were
always blurry, never getting the sharpness or quality I wanted, action

First off, I shoot florals and landscapes 95% of the time on color reversal film
and I usually keep 1A/1B filters semi-permanently attached to my lenses
(generally only coming off to attach a CPL).
Lately I've been shooting some monochrome (mainly Neopan 400 and 1600) outdoor

I have just bought an EOS 3, after years of using a A1 FD set up. Now I need
to sort some lens out. My interests are landscape and general photography,
so I thought a couple of zooms. My budget is approx £500. I would appreciate
some advice.

Using this setup (old single coated Micro-Nikkor 55/3.5 from about 1963-65
on D2X):
http://www.pbase.com/mxp/image/74307593/original
I had a hard time catching this little animal:

A little birdie from Down Under just e-mailed me telling me that
Douglas has finally posted some of his pics for us, including the two
test shots from his 20D - FZ50 test.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydouglas

No, this thread isn't about D-Mac.
It seems that Mr. Divs was so upset at the pic I posted of my other
cat earlier today, that he just had to get in on the act.
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/74206954/original