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The second and fourth are the best for me. The focal point in the first one doesn't work well as the first thing you look at is the memorial behind it, which is blurred out. The second has nice composition and style, wouldn't really touch it personally. The third doesn't work for me because I struggle to read what the sign actually says. I know why you've done it (for the bokeeeeeh!), but you have to bare in mind that people have to read things, unless you intentionally want to isolate key words. To really pull off this sort of shot whilst having all of the words in focus, you need to focus on the plate towards the far left or right of the frame, then either concentrate on blurring out the background that way or look at doing a 45 degree angle shot at the plate at a smaller aperture but with reduced bokeh.
The fourth is great and is right up my street. Like the subtle shadow at the bottom of the frame and the focal point.
The fifth is by far the worst of the bunch for me as its a full on "marmite" style photo. Love or hate it, personally doesn't do anything for me mate!
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Thanks, given me some good things to work on. My first proper day of going out and taking photos so quite happy to have good comments!
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No worries
The more you go out, even to the same place, the better the photos usually get. This is especially true if you ever want to take photos of animals as you either need luck, or just observe their habits (feeding times, activity time etc). Just remember theres life outside of bokeh
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Yea was just playing around with the lens I bought that day (Canon 50mm F1.8)
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Good lens to start with and probably a requirement for anyone wanting to learn composition these days! Got one myself but don't really use it that often as my sigma 150mm F2.8 is pretty much glued on these days lol.
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Is that actually a dragonfly? Caught it emerging from the water and drying out its wings this afternoon.
Yes it is a Dragonfly. They spend part of their life as Nymphs underwater, then they will crawl up reeds and transform into a Dragonfly.
What you have caught is a freshly emerged Dragonfly. The wings are pumped full of blood like a Butterfly and are very soft. Once extended the blood is taken back into the body, the wings harden in the sun and off they fly.
I think your Dragonfly may well be a Southern Hawker.
The British Dragonfly Society have a really good website that can tell you a lot more about them and how to identify the different types.
Really nice shot by the way. Your next challenge should you choose to accept it is to get one to land on your finger, it happened to me a few weeks back
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Few from LFCC 
Few from the royal air tatoo :
Cockpit of a DHL 757 cockpit, only phone quality!
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Bad weather at the weekend was a perfect excuse for a small indoor shoot with my favourite assistant/model. This time going for a fashion flair theme in a couple of different styles.
Leah Fashion Flair 04 by AndyBakerUK, on Flickr
Leah Fashion Flair 05 by AndyBakerUK, on Flickr
Leah Fashion Flair 07 by AndyBakerUK, on Flickr
Leah Fashion Flair 08 by AndyBakerUK, on Flickr
Rest of the set on my Flickr/Facebook.
Andy
Leah Fashion Flair 04 by AndyBakerUK, on Flickr
Leah Fashion Flair 05 by AndyBakerUK, on Flickr
Leah Fashion Flair 07 by AndyBakerUK, on Flickr
Leah Fashion Flair 08 by AndyBakerUK, on Flickr
Rest of the set on my Flickr/Facebook.
Andy
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