I really like the image, especially the black and white version. The processing looks appropriate to me, it has vitality.

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David

I would help Barrie, but it would not re-introduce the detail in the skies that is always lost when they are blown out

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David

Great shot, stuffed full of personality and appeal.

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David

The colours are much better on the second set John, much more realistic!

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David

Hi Nigel

In Live view with manual exposure settings you should be able to adjust the shutter speed and / or aperture and instantly see the effect on the LCD. I am away from home at present but when I get back I will check on my K-5IIs and K-3 to see what happens.

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David

Hello again John, I like your compositional approach in all of the shots you have posted here and although Nigel's cropping suggestion is a good one, the original compositions are fine.

I think there is some scope to extract 'more' from the shots, from a small amount of careful processing, this is something that we have had a chat about in the past. It wouldn't take much to lift them to another level, as the ingredients are all there.

Well done with these, you should be proud of them.

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David

Hello and welcome!

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David

I think this is a lovely shot, as Simon says, the exposure is very well controlled and as Stan says it would look great in mono. For me, it is crying out for one other feature - a person positioned strategically on the walkway. Did you have a tripod with you when you took it? If so, that person could have been you!

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David

Hi John, hope you are well?

Thanks for posting these images, I envy you being in the Lakes even if the weather is bad!

For me the colours look a bit 'off' in all of these shots, it looks as though the yellow and red tones are too prominent, which gives the shots an overall colour cast.

I think too you may have been struggling with blown out skies and that you would benefit from using a ND Graduated filter to tone down the skies. A 0.6 or even a 0.9 strength can be needed when the skies are grey and this would help you to balance out the exposure on the land.

Having said this, the composition on the last shot in particular is beautiful. A bit of careful processing on this shot would make it shine (less red/yellow, a bit more contrast, a bit of sharpening, remove the stray leaves at the top).

Hope this is useful, thanks again for posting the images.

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David

I have a K-5IIs and a K-3. I marginally prefer the K-3, it is an all round nicer camera to use and of course the extra resolution is welcome, but you need high quality lenses to make the most of this. Certainly on my K-3 the focussing is better than that on the K-5IIs, marginally faster and a little more accurate, which I've noticed particularly when taking photos of birds and insects. I also prefer the way the K-3 renders landscape images, it has a warmth that the K-5IIs lacks.

However both are superb cameras. I would add that the K-3's dynamic range has never been restrictive for me and I can successfully bring out shadow details in most shots. The K-3 is also less prone to blowing highlights than the K-5IIs is. Yes, the K-5 has marginally more dynamic range but the difference at low ISO's is not very great, and it is at low ISO's that mine is mostly used. I suspect that is the most important aspect in the decision - do you intend using it a lot at higher ISO's?

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David