I like the concept, your HDR technique is very good. However, I think the angle is somewhat distracting.

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hmmm, interesting. it order for the composition to flow, i felt it was the only option. i feel like the angle compliments the long exposure and movement of the water.
thank you for the critique tho, much appreciated!


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Anytime. How do you like the D200? Does it shoot like a dream?

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in comparison to the D40 hells ya. I adopted it from my wife's aunt who upgraded to the D300. I'm loving it... but then again, I am fairly new to all this... started shooting in Feb with pawn shop Nikon N65, went digital and bought a D40 in april, then upgraded to the D200 about 2 months ago.

hows that Tokina treat you? I was looking at there whole line up. I almost went with the 11-16 f2.8, but decided on the new Tamron 10-24mm.

At one point in time, I had all the f2.8s Tokina had to offer in my shopping list. but I hated swapping out lenses with my D40 kit lenses, so 18-55/55-200mm just wasn't right for me, so instead of the 16-50mm & 50-135mm f2.8 i just went with the tack sharp nikon 16-85 vr, 70-300 vr and the tamron 10-24.

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Tokina is treating me well, I'm very happy with the purchase. Color rendition is great, distortion is minimal, and it's built like a tank. I was going to get Tamron's 10-24, but it wasn't out yet (and I'm impatient).

Generally, I hate zoom lenses, but enough people have told me good things about the 16-85 VR (including yourself) that it looks like it'll be the next lens I buy (the 18-135 f/3.5-5.6 isn't cutting it with sharpness).

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i havn't played with the 18-135, but i did shoot the 24-120mm. but smae here, after many reviews, 16-85 is the way to go. I was also recommended to get the 70-300mm for a longer option... it has really done me well so far, but have used the 10-24mm and 16-85 more.

i feel ya on the patience thing, I was at the PDN Photoexpo in NYC at the end of October and was trying to get the Tamron booth to sell me the one they had on display.

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