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Hey, too true! I'm quite nearsighted. Maybe this is one of the reasons I love macro-photography.

Right i owe you money, when i get this dam job i want a print of that and a few others ^^

Ha! Right on! And hey, anytime you think you can sell a few prints for me well hell, commission ought to buy you a pint or two.

May i ask what kind of camera equipment you use to take pictures with?

I've just got the borrow of me mum's digital. It's a few years old but very good quality. Actually, until last spring I'd never used a camera.

What?? I've been taking pictures just as long as you have, but i'm not NEARLY this good:S You must have some real talent in this area^^,

I saw your website, it's unreal;) Gonna look around there now and then to look at your pics, but don't expect it to be done within a month:p I'm really slow when i find stuff like this to do:p

Ah thanks. Yah, I've been told I've got an innate sense of perspective, framing and such. Often someone who knows photography well (my local friend used to teach) will tell me what I've been doing unconsciously. It's very flattering of course.

Note: Subjects are ALL!!! I know how I've been blessed for that. Unfortunately the decaying urban landscape genre is rather full, because far too much of the world is a decaying urban landscape.

Your friend is right you know:p I can't take pics like this:S I just don't "see" the subjects:s I don't try to take pics like this anymore, i gave up and started drawing instead. Now i just take pics when i travel somewhere to keep as memories:p

Decaying urban landscape can be pretty too you know:p Untouched nature is nice as well, if you can find some that is... I can't tell you where to go looking:p Maybe somewhere deep in Alaska;)

Well there's a few main things to keep an eye on to make sure you don't get a crappy picture. Foremost I'd have to say would be light of course, it's your palette. You want two things, color and contrast, both of which you'll get in the mornings and evenings. Watch where your shadows are pointing, line things up well, make sure you're back because you can always crop, and watch for all the elements in your picture. Divide it into foreground, mid, and background. This is an extreme example of that.

Then of course take LOTS of pictures! Remember that digital cameras don't take film, and expect to toss 19 out of 20 pics. Of those maybe you'll really like 1 out of 20. My picture count for Steep Rock (where the ice pictures are from) is almost 2000 shots!

So when you took that "fire and ice" picture, you took multiple pictures of it and only the one you posted worked best?

Hmm... What format you take pics in ? Raw or JPG? Or something else?

Oh I did LOTS of pictures! Wish I would have had all day with those five or ten minutes of sunset. When my Tardis gets out of the shop I'll have another go at it. Here's a bunch of the variations I shot, and there'd be more than these too. Check the "Fire and Ice" section.
http://atomicat.com/photography.htm

What kind of lens did you say you used again? Macro? Dammit:S I can't afford a new lens iuntil i start working later this year (School end late in Oct, so i start working early Nov i guess):s Need some money to get a better lens than what i have...

I just used the macro setting on the camera. I'm a total n00b to this so I don't know much technical details on lenses.