I would love a K-mount Spotmatic, so if you ever think of selling it....

That's strange, when I first saw the picture of the log, I thought it was already in mono, must have been tired or perhaps it's my monitor......

Number three is my favourite, but I really like number two as well, the spiral pattern almost creates an optical illusion.

Nice pic Tim, and what a bargain!

As for Mars, 34.65 miles away: my gosh, the tides will go crazy! I think the Americans should blow it up in case it gets any closer and scrpaes the top of the Himalayas!

Don't mind at all i-berg! One thing I love on here is seeing people different iintderpretations of posted photos. However I think it looks a bit dark maybe somewhere halfway between the two?. I actually tried a version that was darker with more contrast but eventually decided I preferred the version I posted as the statue loses a bit of detail. I have a couple of shots of the statue in portrait format which I have yet to proceess and will try to get a bit more punch in the building but preserve as much detail as possible in the statue.

rgds
Jon

I like all of these very much. The first one looks like a microscope view of a spore or a virus to me and I really like the white background on the second one it looks like a studio shot. The mono conversion really suits the picture of the log And I can see where you are coming from re a black hole!

Thanks for the comments! I am a bit surprised the last one went down so well as it is heavily processed. I knew Andrew would disapprove! New York is a great city but as Kris said not so easy to get good shots as the buildings are so huge! The light can be difficult but I was lucky and had a really sunny summers day.

I pretty much have'nt taken the Sigma 10-20 off my camera since getting it in fact I often seem to forget it is a zoom as it is at 10mm most of the time! Its a great lens. I really must stick a telephoto on soon.......

Rgds
Jon

I had a short layover in New York last week and managed to get out with my camera for a few hours. Here's three pictures I took, all processed differently.
C+C welcome.


Chrysler building reflected.




Statue of Atlas outside the Rockefeller Centre.





At the risk of upsetting the purists among you, here's one I processed in homage to the comic books I used to collect, as New York always reminds me of them. Taken behind Grand Central Station.

Nice shots, Jon. I haven't had much chance to try out my Tokina 80-400 since getting it, partly because it's so hot here at the moment, and partly because it's so hazy that anything over 200mm looks like soup! After seeing how sharp these are, I can't wait to give it a proper try-out!

Thanks for the comments!

The first one was taken handheld at ISO800 and 1/3 sec, so I couldn't really afford to lose any more light with a polariser, even though I had it with me. I did clone out one reflection, of a light. The second one was ISO 400, and reflections weren't any problem with the angle I shot from. Thanks Neil for your in depth critique!

Tim, I actually have another shot of the same scene that I've not played with that has a bit more space on the left, so I'll have a look at it. Saying that, I quite like it as it is.

Thanks Andrew and Stephen for your comments too.

Best regards,
Jon