Better with it gone IMHO, hope you don't mind the tiny edit, but I like the closer crop with more DOF much better

Nicely shot John, I'd clone out the highlight just above the rear right onion thou

It does take your eye away from a superb still life.

Chris

Thanks Mike,

From the thumbnail I thought it was the same just a closer crop, your right it is a marginally different image.

Tweaked re Mike's suggestion

Thanks Mike, aka John, I'll have a look at your suggestion

John - Yes, I have tried Eastnor, a fellow tog and I have had special access to the deer via some coded security gates for a few years now and the deer are extremely timid and ultra aware of humans, even thou we've covered up and worn camo, its extremely difficult to get within any decent shooting distance even with a 450mm lens on a crop body.

John - thanks for the comment, unfortunately the shrubbery in the foreground couldn't be avoided and as you can see, they are fully aware of my presence even thou I was 30m+ from them.

No one's gone for my fav, #1 I love the light and the dark BG !!

Morning Rob

It was Attingham Park on the outskirts of Shrewsbury.

The edit works for me and you've not overdone the re-work IMO.

Shot yesterday morning in glorious conditions, a decent frost, minus 4 on leaving home at 5am with a 100 mile drive

All K3ii with Pentax 150 - 450 F4.5 / F5.6 @ 400 ISO and between 330mm and 450 mm.

I used to process both C41 and E6 many years ago, and print both colour and mono from both in the traditional bathroom converted into a darkroom.

E6 as mentioned above is best done in batches, but I would find the mix would last a week, I used to come back from an Airshow with 3 x 36exp films and have them processes and drying within a couple of hours, the key to it all is keeping the tank at the ideal temperature and the timings roughly right depending on the bath temp.