Both excellent, well worth suffering in the cold for these. No. 1 has more content in the composition, No. 2 is minimalistic.
David

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Saturday Jan 18 is now on my provisional list.
David

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These are great action shots extremely well handled by you and your new K3 Alan.
Noise? I can't hear anything.
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Congratulations Adrian, its a lovely seasonal image. I bet there was a some tough competition vying for the front cover honour.
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There seem to be two 'Norths' in England. There's the Lancashire and Yorkshire 'North' and the Cumbria/Durham/Northumberland North.
However we true Northerners seem to accept most parts of North Yorkshire, such as Whitby/Richmond/Northallerton etc as part of our North East.
The Yorkshire and Lancashire area, which includes the massive conurbations of West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside, is a large enough area to be classed as a region in its own right.
Although I was born in Newcastle my parents were from Leeds and Sheffield in Yorkshire and considered themselves to be Northerners.

The BBC usually describes Chester and Cheshire as being in 'The North' despite being alongside Staffordshire which is recognised as The North Midlands. Likewise I've heard them describe towns in Lincolnshire as Northern.
Who knows best? Well the people who live there. If Shaun classes himself and his neighbours as Northerners then that is what they are.

We've gone off topic so back to the script. A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you Shaun. Keep on taking your excellent landscapes on your Nikon.
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There's more to do and see at Beamish....but Shildon is under cover if its freezing outside.
I'll keep up with the this thread and see if I can make it.
David

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Very impressive and every one pin sharp. K3 and the DA*300mm make a formidable combination. I assume they were tripod mounted?
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Love these Alan, the colour is fantastic. When I see photos like this I sometimes regret not living near the coast. Only sometimes... then I remember how cold it can be next to the North Sea.
I was brought up in Consett, 800 feet above sea level and famous for its winters, but my year working in North Shields was the coldest time of my life.

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Fantastic set of modern architectural photographs. I love the distortion of the wide angle lens, the curves of the buildings and as for that red lifebelt if it hadn't been there I think I would have gone and bought one to put there specially for the photo.
You also had good light to complete a terrific photo expedition.
David

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ou handled the low light very well. You don't say what ISO was used but it must have been pretty high yet the images are very clean looking.
I agree wwith Pentax K-3 Some of these would also look good in black and white.

David

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