Maybe next time the manager should tell them it's a club competition.....................

I thought I'd prefer this in B+W, but after seeing it I prefer the colour version.

I think it's a great set, well executed and processed, and I'll leave it there for fear of being jumped on.

Thanks for the comments! Strangely, while here I have never seen that shimmery haze you often get with high temperatures. The sky is noramlly very dust-laden, and often is a pinkish colour towards sunset, which was what I was trying to achieve here, though I used a coloured grad filter in Lightroom. I may try a different tint. The green plants were catching the last of the sun, which is why they came out so bright in places.

I wanted to capture the heat of Doha (50 degrees C at the moment). I know the sky is burnt out, but that was the intention. My question is, does it work or not?

The first montage is excellent: not so keen on the second one though, the blue clashes with the rest of it.

Wow! I have been busy the last few days so not had time to catch up on things here. Its certainly been busy on this thread! While I can understand both sides of the arguments on here I think there is a bit of over-reaction going on. A few of you seem to be throwing your toys out of the pram.

The purppose of this secction of the forum does not seem to be understood the same way by everyone. I am a bit confused myself. However it does seem to suggest it is more for showing off pictures rather than for critique iin the introduction to the topic. The fact that this thread has arisen indicates that this issue needs resolving.

The suggestion has been made before that another section should be added for critique only and then those that want to post sets can carry on doing so while those looking for advice and critique can post in a seperate section. This topic has arisen twice recently and there must be a better way way of resolving it than this thread. The critique thread running on here never got past number 3 and I wonder if it would be more successful as a seperate topic within the forum? Also in light of a few bad responses to criticism of their pictures by a few members recently if you dont want criticism then dont post your pictures! Likewise, think about how helpful it is to the photgrapher when the only comments they get on a picture with obvious faults is "Nice shot!"

I hope that those talking of leaving reconsider and that we can all get back to the real reason we are here, a passion for photography. At least I hope that is why we are all here.

Hello and welcome! I have a K7, but can't compare it to any other Pentax as it's the first digital Pentax I've had. I am more than happy with it though!

Hi and welcome from a fellow-desert dweller!

Very intersting Mike. It just goes to show how subjective the appreciation of art can be. One person's Picasso is another person's scribblings.

My own view of the picture made me wonder if you were really serious about it, but evidently you were. I hope I didn't cause any offence, but my thoughts in the first post I made still apply. Of course, my own view in no way invalidates yours. I certainly did not think as much thought went into this picture as obviously did from your explanation, but like Tim I perhaps go for immediate gratification rather than any deep analysis of a picture's content. Which could explain perhaps why I find so much modern art pretentious twaddle.