Weekly Competition No. 30 "One of My Best Photos"

Congratulations Gwyn. Thank you Dirk for spending so much time on your judgement. I take your point about the throat of the falls. I could not get my wife to stand in the water to give a sense of scale.

Hardraw Falls is a 100 feet or approx 30 metres - the highest in England. It is a lovely spot.

Howard

Dirk - thanks very much for your comments - not just on my photo but for all of them. With regards to Agama - He is about 10 inches long and when photographed was about 5ft up a palm tree. Will try and get him to hold a tape measure next time .

Gwyn - a worthy winner - so what will it be this week?

Steve

Congats to Gwyn great shot, I thought it was in with a big chance
Well judged Dirk a job well done.

Congrats to the worthy winner !!

simon

Congratulations to all the winners this round. It was a joy looking at all the entries, because they give a very good impression of the high standard of photography available with us forum members and Pentax owners.
@ Gwyn: a very well deserved First place( my personal choice also )
@ Dirk: Yes ..... It is my birth year. To answer your other questions; I always work in Pro Photo RGB. Only for web use i convert to sRGB. This picture was converted at a time i found the option ''Save for Web'', in PC CS convenient.(i did not know better ) Now i work with L.R. and CS 3. And use other more sofisticated ways to resize for the web. That probably explaines for the 5% highlights. And the Dewdrops are just that. Drops of dew i.e. a mixture of water and : : (you tell me )
Great judging on your part, this round. Thanks for the more than pleasant comments and compliments. And a very BIG hoereeee for all the entries
Martin

Congratulations Gwyn a timeless image and a very worthy winner and respect indeed Dirk for such a fine and detailed appraisel - I did love 'The Rain in Spain' nice one Karma.

cheers Lilly

Well done Gwyn, a great photo and a worthy winner.

Thanks to Dirk for the judging.

So whats the next competition going to be I wonder ??

Regards
PaulM

I didn't shoot JPEG or get rid of the RAW. I was just pleased with what I did in camera (spent a month without my PC!). I couldn't get anything similar in lightroom, the sky kept going odd and uneven colours. The sun is better in the RAW image though as it has a higher DR.

Congratulations Gwyn, looking forward to the next competition.

Congratulations Gwyn

And Congratulations to you too Dirk - well thought-out and detailed judging fantastic job.

I'm working away from home, in Shetland this week, so I don't have access to the original landscape, but when I get back I'll post the original and give you more details.

I love the 10-17mm, I took it and the A-50mm f1:1.4 with me to Shetland, spent a couple of hours walking round Lerwick this evening, may post a few when I get home.

Congrats Gwyn on your win.

Thank you Dirk for your comments (although none of them were positive ). The lens arrangement was half mine and half Unlocker's - my 18-55mm on his macro tubes!

I understand that photography and competition entries are personal. What one person likes and thinks is their best, another will not entirely agree. I love my entry so much it is my desktop wallpaper on my laptop.

Onwards and upwards as they say!

Fiona

Fiona,

First at all I apologize for trust in my memory an fall in a deep mistake with your first name.

Using the macro lens as you do (50% yours and 50% Unlocker´s) is like to be married two times with the husband…



Best regards.
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Dirk TROTTEYN.
K10D+ Sigma 18-50 1:2.8 DC; DA 10-17 fish-eye.