Thank you, it's great to see they compressed it, makes it all a bit simpler.

Did you use the ringflash for these?

I like the second shot the most and then the first one.
The green in the last four shots is a bit to screaming, maybe if you mute/darken the colours down slightly it might be better.

Why don't you use the lens that much, only because of the results?

it just looks like he is walking on the water

Now comes a Dutch question, is it thick enough to skate on?

Thank you all, I got a fair idea now what works besides B&W though.
This shot came out of the camera pretty well without much work.
#1 is so good as original, I shot it in raw but what I did was very minimal for RAW processing.
Image #1 is what came out from lightroom and #2 it has been worked on a bit more in photoshop.

But Mike, Mike & Huw, which B&W do you like?


Mat, I was using a K10D + DFA100 hand held and in my other hand a flash.
Everything was on manual and since the flash is in your hand you can play with it, if you bring it closer the flash becomes brighter and you can play with the angles.

If you've a tripod and a light-stand I would use those but didn't had them with me.

Just a little experiment to see which one you like.
Colours I've pretty much figured out what work but not B&W since I love to tone them a bit.

What I like to know is which one you like more,
1 - B&W or Colour
2 - Which Colour
3 - which B&W

So here they come.

#1 Original
[IMG]http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk244/Anvh/_IGP6046.jpg[/IMG]

#2 Enhanced like the way I do with most photos
[IMG]http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk244/Anvh/_IGP6046Enhance.jpg[/IMG]

#3 Bold, just curious to see if you like this
[IMG]http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk244/Anvh/_IGP6046Highlight.jpg[/IMG]

#4 B&W
[IMG]http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk244/Anvh/_IGP6046BW.jpg[/IMG]

#5 Selenium
[IMG]http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk244/Anvh/_IGP6046Selenium.jpg[/IMG]

#6 Tone filter
[IMG]http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk244/Anvh/_IGP6046Filter.jpg[/IMG]

I know the differences are subtle with B&W but one might catch your eye more then another.

Thank you very much for looking

wow vibrant colours, did you enhance them?

I'm with Greytop.
Silkypix is good but it might not be the best for you, since workflow and interface is different.
They all come with a 30day trial so you should at least try other ones, to find out if they fit you better.

There is little between each software quality wise, some renders details excellently some have a slightly nicer colours and the other has a little bit better noise reduction and so on.
It's important of course but not half so important then having a workflow/interface that works for you.
If you shoot in the weekend 200 shots you will take the little less quality for granted if the program is a pleasure to work on.

I think you're talking about base ISO.

The base ISO is the ISO on which the sensor is build around, so they perform the best on that range, dynamic range, noise, etc.
With the K10D/GX10 the base ISO is 100 just like many earlier camera's.
Now they have placed the base ISO at 200 for most sensors.

The K20D has a base ISO of 200 and the K-X and K-7.
The earlier cameras and the K200D and the K-m have a base ISO of 100.

So the optimal ISO for the GX10 is ISO 100.

ps. I believe this is what you wanted to hear right?

Or the Metz 48 AF-1, it is a bit more powerful and it has a swivel head, but it has a crippled wireless-mode.
You can't use the flash to trigger another flash but that's it.

Here is a comparison between the flashes.
http://pttl.mattdm.org/ on the top in the black bar you can choice more options to see, flash-power, features, etc.