I'm sorry if I gave the impression that I was undermining Danny's competition here. Its just that I find it difficult to get my head round the concept of a topic with such wide ranging possibilities. I appreciate the novelty of a competition for images straight out of the camera but I believe the topic to be very wide ranging for a set subject competition.
I hope and believe the the comepetition will be a huge success.
David

I'm going to sit this one out. Danny's first post made it quite clear, no post processing whatsoever, and if you shoot RAW shoot in JPEG for this one.
Even if he were to relax the rule to allow a little processing - once people have started posting entries you can't really do that - then we are left with a subject that covers anything man made. I believe that's far to wide a topic to qualify for a set subject competition which should be much more specific.
Sorry but I'm out of this one.
David

This is a very atmospheric shot. I'm no fan of the more excessive use of HDR nut this is tasteful on the whole. There's some colour in the immediate foreground that seems a bit OTT though.
David

The first billboard picture is a stunning montage. It sums up my idea of New York, though I've never been there. I also really like the traffic signals, the red light compliments the red of the window blinds. Were the aerial shots taken from a skyscraper or do you work alongside Aliengrove?
David

Go to www.uksteam.info. This gives times and locations of steam specials.
David

Cliff, John, Howard: A fine set of pictures that really invoke a feeling of the past.
David

#2 of the Black Fives is much better.
David

Jon you could probably publish a saleable book with your images from the flight deck. Call it This Stunning Planet and you'd have them queuing up at book shops for copies.
David

44871 certainly gets around Cliff. It came trundling through Durham on Monday morning, just light engine and support coach. I believe it was heading for Scotland to run a steam special there. It was unexpected, I was in Durham to do some general photography, but I managed to grab a couple of quick shots, not good enough to post here.
Your pictures today are more successful though the one of the train crossing the Manchester Ship Canal seems a bit dense, is there more detail to be had in the dark areas?
From a purely photographic point of view and not of railway interest your narrow boat image is the best of this set. It has some lovely quality detail.
David

Thanks for the subject and the comments Will and well done to the podium placings, there were some good ideas entered.
You were correct in your assement of my shot, it was one of many I took of stained glass windows in Newcastle Cathedral that day - and it was probably the worst of the bunch. The reason I used this and not one of the others was to avoid entering a straight record shot of the windows. The hanging candle was an attempt to introduce another element into the scene.
David