Unbalanced And On The Edge
by George

Comment by ellapanda:
i wonder why you balanced the ashtray in the edge of the table?

Unbalanced And On The Edge
by George

Comment by daisydavid:
Tricky shot, certainly got the ashen look.

Unbalanced And On The Edge
by George

Comment by m_a_r_c:
sense of tension ok

Fail
by George

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
Just a little condensation on the lens can cause the soft focus too. It's happened to me at times. There is almost always a street light or tower light within view near the horizon here in S Florida. I find that and focus on it.
Another option is to focus as well as I can by eyeballing the brightest star, then shoot one and look at it zoomed in the LCD.
That was fortunate timing to "catch a falling star" !

Fail
by George

Comment by Bear_Music:
Nice shot even when soft.

Regarding the saved details, it does that automatically unless you tell it not to. The most common way to strip the EXIF data is to do a save-for-web, because that excises the data. But it can be done from menu also.

woof woof!
by George

Comment by Jutilda:
What a sweet pup. I love the little eyes with the catch lights. I hope he grows up to be a wonderful friend. :)

woof woof!
by George

Comment by tanguera:
Love the dof.

woof woof!
by George

Comment by Jedusi:
There's a shot for the album - when he's older and roughing it with the other dogs in the park get this picture back out to show them all ; - )

On The Road Again...
by George

Comment by scooter97:
Good composition. I like the road leading you into the image.

On The Road Again...
by George

Comment by GiorgioBaruffi:
beautiful photograph... i like landscapes and this is a great place to take photos... where is this place?