Nice; I've always been a fan of monochrome.

One thing though, your pictures add up to just under 380kb. We are supposed to be cutting down on the pictures ff, why not just post links? *Thwacks ff* That's because you didn't listen to me last time!

I can see it now, a gallery in downtown London devoted to ff's pictures of his knee.

Sir S

Now that is a bonny pic, the duck almost looks fake. Shame about the knee but nothing a little cropping won't fix.

yea! when i saw it i thought it was 1)computer genertated or 2) ben figured out how to make pictures with ducks that pop out at you

Edited by - ):Wolf_Demon on 5/16/2004 8:33:14 PM

That's duck's probably good eating...

No, that picture is good; the colours came out very well.

Edited by - esquilax on 5/16/2004 8:49:58 PM

Good photos ben. Mind if I offer some constructive criticism? If you don't want to hear it, move straight to the next post!

The photo of the boy. Great photo. You really captured something there. I only have two things to say about it...1, your framing is still a bit off, there's no need to have that woman in the background at all, and it kinda bugs me that you can't see his left shoulder. 2, It seems a little out of focus - was this originally b&w or have you desaturated it? I think if the photo was a little sharper there would be more depth to the blacks, which is the essence of b&w photography. The blacks should be reeeeaaallly black, not an extremely dark grey. But all in all its a great photo. Here's a crude photoshop retouch to demonstrate what I mean - I couldn't sharpen it as much as I wanted, but I've increased the black levels and crudely blurred out the background a little. I never condone photoshop retouching, a good photographer would get it right first time, but I never do (I'm not a good photographer!) so a little photoshopping sometimes is the way to go....

new version

The photo of the car. Great subject matter, great photo. It was a good choice to go with b&w on the car, but the blacks again seem a little washed out. It might have been better to zoom in on a feature of the car...the vintage cars are full of detail. Have a look at this photo that my colleague wendy took...she really caught something here that your mind takes in, but you'd never consider snapping with a camera normally. I think its quite cool...

car headlights

Really impressed though ben, you've really put some thought into your photos. Now its just a matter of practice.

Edited by - Stinger on 5/17/2004 7:38:56 PM

Edited by - gromit on 5/18/2004 9:06:40 AM

off to canterbury today, ive been given a long weekend off from college, so might as well use it

cool check out the library on the high street - its a few hundred years old and one of the best looking buildings in canterbury. You should be able to get some nice shots from that if you stand on the other side of the street and point upwards Good luck!

Sculpture

Whistle Stop

Stripy Bike

A bike

Yellow Ducati

Furry van

Ha Ha Bar

Chicken that goes

Library

Fountain

Silent Table sculpture

Toby the Westie 1

Toby the Westie 2

Toby the Westie 3

Edited by - freighter fighter on 5/17/2004 10:43:35 AM

WTG, ff! Now, that's sth to look at! Ever thought of publishing your pics as an album?

An idea came to my head and is now desperately searching for brain

zlo, wake up, theyre in an online album

been having a day out in the sunshine, snapping in Canterbury have we? go and get me some sweet tobacco and coconut mushrooms from The Sugar Boy by Northgate, I'll brass you up later. My regular supplier has let me down of late, despite the numerous favours I provide him with...

every day is like Sunday, every day is silent and grey..

Edited by - Tawakalna on 5/17/2004 11:13:29 AM

Painted sign above bakery

Some Guy 1

Some Guy 2

That guy was either drunk,stoned or both