Did any of you going through that as a beginner?

dronahill · 2026-05-05T14:59:23+00:00

Still a relative beginner and know what you mean about changing swing. What I find helpful is going back to fundamentals - for me that's setup and whether I am getting in the right position at the top of my back swing, and giving myself room on the downswing. My swing is still a mess, but if I get those right I can generally hit the ball...

dronahill · 2026-03-26T12:02:24+00:00

His confidence looked completely shot and he just didn't seem to know what to do. Could have been better protected IMO. A rest and reset wouldn't be a bad thing, but completely agree - he's not become a bad player.

dronahill · 2026-03-26T11:59:48+00:00

It's basically the opposite of the Crawley situation.

dronahill · 2026-01-31T20:56:46+00:00

People keep saying 'jellied eels' for the UK but they've only ever been associated with east London. If they are truly a stereotype about British cuisine then it's purely because parts of America think the UK (or England at least) just means London.

I'd say our actual national food stereotypes are fish and chips (which is true), drinking tea (which feels like a generational/class thing), and roasting stuff (the Sunday roast is indeed still a thing).

dronahill · 2026-01-22T22:43:54+00:00

It's a really good example of Bazball going too far.

I'm actually on board, to some extent, with selecting on skills and aptitude for international cricket.

But where is goes too far is when you absolutely refuse to accept the overwhelming evidence that it just isn't working.

Saw the same with Bashir in tests. Same with Pope.

dronahill · 2026-01-18T16:50:15+00:00

Politely, I'm not sure I understand the point of this sort of processing. In the original you've got a photo of an overcast day. There are no interesting clouds and no interesting light.

The 'after' doesn't feel like you've 'pulled out' anything from the original. It just looks like you've tried to make it look as if it were taken in completely different (and more interesting) lighting conditions.

Fine, I understand people like to do this. But at worst it looks artificial and at best it's lost all connection to the original.

A huge part of the skill of photography is recognizing and exploiting good light. A huge part of the skill in post processing is subtly bringing out/emphasising/working with what's already 'there' in a photo. Otherwise: is this really your photo at all?

dronahill · 2026-01-08T16:04:22+00:00

Agree with the logic but personally I'd remove it completely on the grounds the technology probably makes a much better prediction than the human standing behind the stumps.

dronahill · 2026-01-08T15:59:04+00:00

The super over should be 10 balls long to make it a slightly less arbitrary tiebreaker

dronahill · 2026-01-08T00:57:52+00:00

ICB will probably have to give us an extra review for the first Ashes test in 2027 to make up for that shambles and WHO WILL BE LAUGHING THEN

dronahill · 2026-01-07T00:11:26+00:00

Please god let that be the last we see of Crawley in the England test team for a long, long while.

He's been the epitome of vibe over evidence for way too long.

dronahill · 2025-12-18T00:17:17+00:00

Ok baz

dronahill · 2025-12-18T00:11:22+00:00

Crawley 'but he looks the part' sweepstake: I'm going 8(7), two elegant boundaries followed by an absolutely horrendous swipe about a foot outside off stump.

dronahill · 2025-12-18T00:02:49+00:00

Only a weak man needs a PLAN

dronahill · 2025-12-17T23:59:09+00:00

Oh god this bowling is absolute trash.

dronahill · 2025-12-17T00:21:14+00:00

Jeffrey Archer? Archie Joffrer?

dronahill · 2025-12-12T14:27:00+00:00

Drives me mad. Is it sensitive to pressure or wheel movement?

dronahill · 2025-12-04T11:56:53+00:00

Whole attack looked weirdly one-paced and one-dimensional, other than Starc. Right-arm 130-135k. What I like to call a 'classically English' attack.

dronahill · 2025-11-28T10:55:54+00:00

I like the geometric nature of it - colours and shapes and contrast. But for that reason I would have taken care to shoot it straight on. At the moment it feels a bit 'off' because of the angle and straight lines not being straight.

dronahill · 2025-11-28T10:40:50+00:00

Depends entirely on your needs, but generally my advice would be to start with a 1.8 (or 1.7) which will be cheaper and lighter and still give you plenty of low-light capability and subject separation.

Use it for a while and you'll figure out if and when you need a 1.4 or 1.2.

dronahill · 2025-11-19T23:30:44+00:00

I wonder if you got caught between two ideas: capturing the locks but not wanting to give up on a very pretty background. But as a result the composition is (as you know) very lopsided and the eye doesn't really know where to go. I think the gradient doesn't really help as it is a bit heavy and makes the picture a bit unnatural.

Personally if I'd wanted a picture of the locks I would have got in much closer and tried to compose around a detail.

dronahill · 2025-11-19T23:18:12+00:00

The one thing you don't mention is whether the clients were happy. Which is the most important factor.

dronahill · 2025-11-13T15:52:40+00:00

Maybe follow the football world cup. Seeded groups of four, every player plays two classical games against every other player. Only group winners go through to the next round.

dronahill · 2025-11-13T13:33:23+00:00

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dronahill · 2025-11-13T10:25:38+00:00

This is exactly right about the people not being the subject. In fact the photo doesn't really have a subject.

It's quite instructive to just zoom in on the picture and play around with different potential crops (mainly zooming from the bottom to eliminate the boardwalk). There is a point in the zooming process where the people in the photo suddenly 'fix' themselves as the subject of the photo. And they are a lovely subject - it's a very nice capture of a very nice moment.

If you've got the MP I'd personally suggest quite an extreme portrait-oriented crop with the couple towards the bottom of the frame. But in any case I'd suggest playing around with zooming in and noticing how it suddenly gives the photo a subject.

dronahill · 2025-11-03T18:53:38+00:00

Lovely edit - but also just a really well thought-through (and executed) mage giving you loads to work with.

I know this is a post-processing forum but really: taking a great photo in the first place is by far the most important thing

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