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The Mighty Waikato. Or, to you - Hobbiton from LOTR. I went skiing, and this was shot on the way home.

Not the best, to be honest, but i'll post for c/c anyway. Portrait: More standard street: First panorama, don't like it.

I'm loving the concept. I think it does look a bit rough, with the lighting and placing of blocks not quite right. Good job, nevertheless.

To be honest, I like the car. It gives a nice, grounded feeling to the beginning and end.

Solid work. Nominee:Da Latios Picture: Reason:The way this photo is composed and the use of negative space is really striking.

Best C/C If I could +1 a post then I would +1 you. Listen to Nadril and take on his advice. Also, don't be afraid to use photoshop, it is pretty damn easy...

The second one is mint. Watch the quality on all of them, they all seem a bit .jpeg sexually assaulted. For me, the second photo, it is the contrast in colours which makes it. It is a nice, not overdone contrast, with an interesting subject. THe mountains spiked tops make for an interesting composition against the flat blue. Great job. The black and white one would be better if more of the higlights from the snow and person would come through, and if it was better quality. :thumbup:

Your 3D landscapes seem grossly oversharpened. Love the font choice, layout and colour though.

You can put them all in the same thread you know, Haydn. It won't kill you :P

Could you source this? I think you are right, but I want this to be sourced, anyway :P

That doesn['t explain the rapid loss of quality, over a time of 2 days. I've had .jpegs on my HDD for 2 years, and they still seem okay.

Can you eat it instead?

We should probably get this going again. I'm so inefficient. Nominations for June, May and April? It'll be combined.

Second one is over contrasted in my opinion.

I'm in love with the first two. I think you've used the negative space wonderfully on the leaf photo, the whole photo seems delicate and bautiful, interestingly composed and has nice lighting. Brisbane city is my wallpaper as well, but that isn't saying much as I have a rotation of 50 :razz:. I think the colours are what do the city shot for me, once again the are nice and muted. Lovely shots. I agree with Sam when he says you captured the essence of live music, on the band photos. I think they are full of life and energy, an d really telll me something abuot the band + people in it. I've only got a pidly 20D, with the stock standard 18-55mm and a 50mm.

Great list Nadril. A lot of those games are before my time, so I haven't experienced them. Great position of Diablo II and Baldur's Gate 2. Disagree with Half-Life as #1, never really got into it. Played through once :unsure:

I'll volunteer. Just make sure I do it.

From my trip down to wellington. Nothing amazing, but C.C all the same :D

I did some test runs with it in the camera shop... it is so wide.

With the HDR, what you need to do is see where there is a wide range of light, then work with that, rather than applying HDR to a normal lighting situation. IMO not a fan of the first one either, I feel as if the narrow depth of focus means the out of focus-ness is overwhelming. DO like the colour though, but it is also a bit dark.

I feel as if all the leading lines are overwhelming, and my eye doesn't know where to look. Minimalism :thumbup:

I'm considering buying an EFS 10-22mm.

Haha. I think the lighting on this is wonderful, and the HDR really brings it out. I'm not a fan of the compo though..

That is all.

I agree with Ouchy in the flow, but it has a nice depth and the effects do blend really well. The crop annoys me somewhat. It is definitely nice.