Impact!!
I like them both in different ways.

Pleasing on the eye greens with a nice slope/ sweep of trees

I use the Velbon ones that McBrian linked to - they work well IMO.
I also have the Manfrotto 454 but find that you fine position it and then when you turn the lock=nut, it kicks things slightly sideways.
Can't comment on the others apart from saying that I guess the Novoflex will be like a Rolls Royce!

Nice shots - love the fountain! Also 6 & 9 - great oof background

Thanks all!!

Gareth;I agree - however the 'doughnut' was parked only part way up the tower - ie there was a lot of spare tower above it! I also wish I had taken a few more with the wide-angle lens.

Maybe I'll have a play around an see what I can do - it was an ISO800 shot.

Spent a couple of hours down at the ruined pier last night. It was lit up for its 150th birthday (since opening). All with K5ii and Tamron 28-75 unless otherwise stated. WB mainly left on daylight.
Thought I'd post a few shots. C & C welcome!

1 - this one is in the Gallery;



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7 - had to 'lift' the sky somewhat in PP. Sigma 10-20mm



8 - Sigma 10-20mm



9 - amazing how the light came back off the sea on this one!



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12 - and finally one of the i360 tower and where the lights were coming from



As I say C & C welcome

A great set and some nice b&w conversions. Dungeness is very conducive to photography isn't it?!!

Thanks for that Karel. So yes Nigel it seems counter-intuitive, but you are increasing DR by applying lower ISO to the highlight areas. If you look at the graph on DPR you will see how the curve without the correction just goes linearly off scale at the top; apply the correction and it tapers off gradually.

There is something about it in the K30 review on DPR and how it is used to expand the DR of the camera/ sensor

But what is happening by increasing the minimum sensitivity? My guess is that it allows a localised gain/ sensitivity reduction (down from 200 to 100 on the K7) to be applied somehow to the areas that are detected as being in danger of burning out. And so it is in the RAW file for LR or any other programme to detect. Just my 2p worth!