Great shot, the background really makes them stand out!

I prefer dandelion 2. It's got a less distracting background. The lavender could perhaps do with more dof to bring out more of the shape of the flower I like the red flower's (sorry not much of a horticultarist) background.

Very nice silhouette, the sky sets it off nicely. Like i-berg, wonder how it would look without the back part of the statue?

If I got a three wheelr I think I would go for this. link

I have found a similar level of mutual backslapping going on on a well known photography magazine website where everyone gets five stars irrespective of the quality of the picture. The only variable seems to be how many five star comments you get. This seems to be directly proprtional to the number and frequency of ones given. It also seems that the more manipulation you do the more likely you are to get comments with Topaz being almost obligatory. The result is loads of people drooling over over-processed and very noisy dayglo skies and weird spotty landscapes that most people on here would be ashamed to own up to taking. In mitigation there are some very talented people on there but it makes you wonder why they bother.

Anyway rant over! Meanwhile on Flickr I have just been awarded Beautiful Shot Of The World (twice) so I am off to admire the half page pictures of plastic globes that I have won..........

Hi and welcome to the forum!

I pretty much always use Av, even if I want a fast shutter speed, when I just adjust the aperture or ISO to get the speed I want. If I want to change the exposure I use ev compensation. In line with the thread topic, isn't using "P" cheating??

Nice set of images, the tractor is my favourite but I really like the way the tones get lighter from the foreground to the background in the first one as well.

Great shots, especially like the first one

All great shots...Especially like the last one