My favourite is #3 Stan, good colours, good sky and nice composition. I think #1 needs some foreground interest, #2 has a good foreground but could do with more of a focal point as I'm not sure where it leads the eye?

Thanks for posting, hope my comments are OK.

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David

I use Photoshop, but I'm not very good at it! I also use the Pentax Digital Imaging Software (powered by Silkypix) as I do find it quite useful for the following:

1. Viewing RAW thumbnails to help me choose which ones to process

2. Correcting lens aberrations such as blue / yellow fringing, which it does seem to do very well when Pentax lenses have been used

3. Converting PEF files to DNG

However, the features available within Photoshop both before and after RAW conversion are superb and well worth taking time and trouble to get to know. I don't have Lightroom and have never used it, so I can't comment on how good it is, but judging by what others say on this Forum, it must be pretty darn good.

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David

First of all, I would like to express my thanks to everyone who's taken the time and trouble to comment on my images. It's great to get this feedback and gives me some confidence that I might be improving a bit!

Well spotted Kevin, I agree with you 100% about the ND Grad. The particular shot you mention was with a 0.9 grad which was probably a little strong. Before I got the Hitech grads, I used to always use a polariser and this helps, but doesn't sufficiently balance the land and sky enough. Funnily enough, I also have a set of really cheap Chinese ND grads and these can sometimes work better than the Hitechs as they give a more subtle toning to the upper part of the sky. The other lesson is to use a 0.6 or 0.3 as these are sufficient in most circumstances.

Thanks again.

Best wishes
David

Fantastic - I've never had anything published anywhere, I don't even have any of my photos 'published' on my own house walls!

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David

Why don't you try setting one up Howie?

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David

Wow, superb macro shot. Those ants really are a bit hairy aren't they?

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David

This issue is happening on my laptop also. It started this evening. The laptop is running IE8 and Windows XP SP3. Funnily enough, my work laptop which runs exactly the same configuration is not experiencing this; the only significant difference between the two machines is the virus checker; one runs AVG Professional, the other runs Zone Alarm security suite (the one running Zone alarm has the issue).

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David

Evening all

Here are a few more images from a recent Lakes trip. I've tried to include some different types of landscapes here to give a taste of the diversity available within the Lake District. Taken with a mixture of the K-x, K-5, Pentax-M 28mm F3.5 and Pentax DA 16-45, most with a tripod and Hitech ND Grad.

1. Towards Blea Tarn



2. Down the Valley



3. Fallen Pine



4. Wastwater



5. Tree at Sunset



6. Yacht in Morning Mist



7. Ullswater Mono



I hope you like them.

Best wishes
David

A nice set of images altogether, I actually prefer the more muted tones of the original to Carl's changes above, but it's purely personal taste! I think number 5 and 6 have some issues in that the light is very green and the balance between light and dark is not quite right. Scenes like this are difficult to photograph effectively and I think these images need a bit of work in Photoshop to balance them out and get rid of some of the overly green light.

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David

Great shot. I don't think the aperture used is very wide. With macro shots this close there is very little DOF, even at F16. I would guess this is between F11 and F16.

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David