very atmospheric! Would I be correct in assuming a coloured graduated filter, or the equivalent in post processing?

"What on earth are they up to" they are passing 'tokens' or 'keys' used for working on single track lines. A train can only proceed onto the track if the driver holds the token - and therefore will not meet with any other train on that section of line. In your picture it apears that they are leaving one token controled section and enting another hence giving one key and recieving anoother ...

A quick 'google' of the words on the statue shows that they are the Black Watch moto. So google 'Black watch memorial' and get this from Edinbrugh City Council web site... The Black Watch War Memorial Bank Street, The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 The Black Watch War Memorial is a bronze statue of a kilted Black Watch soldier standing looking toward the Castle, on a square polished granite ...

This was well worth stopping the car for! I like the way the edges of the road start in the corners and the 'triangular' shape the road makes lead you in to the middle. The arch formed by the trees stop the eye flowing out into the sky, and bags of interest and colour in the hedges. Makes me want to walk down the road to see whats around the bend.

Excellent idea, well executed. Makes me not quite sure, at first, if I'm looking at a relection or through a fence. The slight uneveness of the relections give it a David Hockney 'mosaic' effect

Good shot and a different perspective of an often shot subject. my vote would be to keep the moon at it's current size as it looks like one of the 'spots' has escaped...

"don't know what I should call it" ..... duck billed cacatus (sorry couldn't resist as first glimpse of the thumnail reminded me of a duck) nice pic, post more when flowers open

Good multi ring glories, I found this site which has good info (and Pics) on these and many other atmospheric phenomina

Excellent squirrel portrait

Nice action picture, Often the problem is getting the shutter speed fast enough to stop the action, your Exif shows a K20D so you should be able to up the ISO to 800 which would give you faster shutter speed of 1/320 and more depth of field at f6.3. To get the camera to react faster you could even go manual for exposure; mounting on tripod will enable the anti shake to be turned off, with a ...