When I was a mechanic long ago, my then wife was always telling her friends that I could fix their cars for cost. It's not just photographers.

No. This is what can happen when you allow people to use their religious convictions to refuse service to certain groups.

I'm a liberal. Am I supposed to to be offended by this? Why? I could easily share this with my gay friends for a laugh.

Getting offended over every little thing is a conservative trait, not liberal.

In what bizzaro world are greedy Capitalists leftist?

It is indeed a suspension bridge, but THE Roebling Suspension Bridge spans the Ohio between Cincinnati and Covington, KY.

That is the Roebling Delaware aqueduct, not the Roebling suspension bridge.

Not if you turn it over.

I disagree. The photo of the bell has some very good compositional aspects, whether planned or not. The downsweep of the chimney is picked up by the roof line and continued by the branch to the left forming almost a cup that mirrors the cup of the bell. An interesting composition.

The rest are interesting subjects, but to me just competent photos, flat without any flow or movement through them.

I like the bell a lot. The rest don't really draw me in.

Too many here just don't understand irony

Yeah, sorry. I get your all's points, but in this case it was a night shot at 25 seconds with a very dim porch light. I was just trying to see how far I could push it. Had I tried ETTR it would have required about a 12 to 13 minute exposure. What effect would that have on noise?

Anyone here interested in Vandas? I just got 5 babes and thinking of documenting their progress. I expect to lose most of them. But 1 or 2 saves would be nice. Who knows? Respond if you have an interest in me documenting this

The point was that there is a lot that one can bring out from an underexposed image, and that there is no need for most photographers to try to expose to the right. Sure there is more information with more input. But there is also the chance of blowing out with too much. It's easy to boost information, but it's impossible to pull it out of nothing. People should be very wary of advice that says to push their exposures beyond what their camera recommends. My photos were only to show what's easily possible, and I don"t care that you can"t see them full size. Jesus, people are too picky.

Yeah, but! I have not seen that your weird white balance or your relearning of basic photo basics makes you in any instance a better photographer than anyone else. The point is that a pedant's insistence on some technical perfection in picture taking ruins the whole enterprise. Pictures are just pictures regardless.

I don't know why this is not working, It's 2048 long side, 1.5 MB. Try again.