Re: Canon domination?

DD said:
(mindless back and forth jibes deleted)...
Loser

Geez. And I thought my run in with Douglas was annoying!

Anyway, not that you asked, but you keep posting that link to your
website, so herewith some comments..

Now that it is *finally* visible, I took a look - and it was like Uncle
Arthur's interminable slide shows, I'm afraid. After watching your
holier-than-thou posts here, perhaps my expectations were too high.
I'm sorry, but I am somewhat underwhelmed. Perhaps there are some
really good ones in there, but I'm not wading through image after image
after.. (92!!!???) to find them. I'll try to be positive and offer
constructive criticism, but there were just *way* too many shots with
problems (some solutions in brackets):

- over-exposed skies (- polariser? less contrast? better exposure
control? better post-processing?) eg:
http://www.dallasdahms.com/A1GPGall/pages/GRID%20Teams%20FRA%20SUI%20handshake.htm
(we see those cranes an *awful* lot)

- subjects not looking at the camera (these aren't keepers, imo) eg:
http://www.dallasdahms.com/A1GPGall/pages/GRID%20Jos%20Verstappen%202.htm
http://www.dallasdahms.com/A1GPGall/pages/GRID%20Team%20GBR%201.htm

- uninteresting moments or subjects (..ditto) eg:
http://www.dallasdahms.com/A1GPGall/pages/CROWD%20Platinum%20Stand.htm

- too much extraneous stuff in the image (get in closer, use different
points of view, *crop*!!!)
http://www.dallasdahms.com/A1GPGall/pages/GRID%20Team%20BRA%202.htm
(why not two steps closer, camera held high, more down angle to at
least get rid of that godawful sky again..?)

- inappropriate and obvious use of on-camera flash (don't use it, or
use a decent diffuser, so you don't get that 'cheap-p&s' look) eg:
http://www.dallasdahms.com/A1GPGall/pages/GRID%20Team%20RSA%201.htm

- poor composition (avoid expanses of useless sky, try not to cut
feet/heads off, use portrait instead of landscape *when appropriate*)
eg:
http://www.dallasdahms.com/A1GPGall/pages/GRID%20Teams%20FRA%20SUI%20handshake.htm
http://www.dallasdahms.com/A1GPGall/pages/PARADE%20Trad%20costumes%201.htm
http://www.dallasdahms.com/A1GPGall/pages/POLO%20CUP%20Retiree.htm
http://www.dallasdahms.com/A1GPGall/pages/RACE%20Team%20BRA%20spins.htm
(that last one also shows a distinct lack of any feeling of speed or
action...)

.....
Frankly, I was worn out by the time I got anywhere near the last page.
Which is sad, because *that* page looked like it had a few good
ones... So cull your images, for heaven's sakes!!!! There are probably
20, maybe even 30 or so good ones, if it was me I'd get the rest off
the site.

Just my 4 cents worth. (I always was over-opinionated, and I'm in a
grumpy mood - where better to take it out, than here, on Dallas, after
the ranting posts above.. !?)

As for the original post topic, even if it *were* a valid sample, I
don't care much. I just hope there will always be enough of the
Pentaxes and Olympuses and Minoltas (oops.. Sonys!) and even..
Sigmas..(yech).. to keep innovation and competition high, and so I
don't have to buy something from a boring brand like Canon... Can't
imagine many things more depressing than having *that* name on my
shoulder strap!

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