I love the two golden glow pictures for their glorious colour. HMS Belfast is more subtle but equally appealing. I'm less enthusiastic about the mono South Bank picture

I'm with you on No. 2 Ted. I keep thinking it's too straight. As for the jet trail in No. 1, I wanted it to be bigger and more obvious, but that's what you get when you shoot wide angle. No. 3 is my favourite too.
Thanks for your comment.
Gareth, these modern sports stadia all seem to look the same so I can see the resemblance to Cardiff. The black and white treatment of No. 3 seems appropriate considering the team colours of NUFC.
David

Gallowgate, St James Park.
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Stand reflections
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Stand structure
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More from my shoot around Newcastle United's St James Park a few days ago, using the Sigma 10-20mm lens on a K5.

I had a shot I was really pleased with for this competition. But then I carelessly submitted the wrong one, not the one I had carefully refined in PS. I deleted my entry and as everyone knows you don't get a second chance so this week I'm having to sit this one out.
David.

I find that incredible. So if I go to Brussels and photograph this structure, as I'm sure millions of tourists from all over the world do, I can't enter it in my camera club annual exhibition or submit it to any of the regional or international salons that serious amateur photographers support?
How do the Atmomium authorities police that on a world wide scale?
David

Depends on who the judge is Alan. There are those who are natural history experts and look at every feather and the tiniest detail but who regard any form of digital manipulation as cheating.
Then there are the pictorial experts who will enjoy the lovely colours in this shot.
But I think you are correct in considering submitting it as a projected image. Most judges and many visitors to exhibitions just love to get their eyes about three inches away from an A3 print to look for flaws.
David

Tidied up version[IMG]http://i799.photobucket.com/albums/yy273/Davidtrout2/Glassandstainlesssteel.jpg[/IMG]

And another image from Newcastle

Steps of the Pilgrims
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Stairway at St James Park, home of Newcastle United FC.

I shall revisit the mono version with the botchy sky. I did the mono conversion from colour in PS and the sky in the colour versionn was cleaner. I should have done it straight from the RAW image. Thanks for your suggestion i-Berg, that's something I'll try.

Modern architecture looks equally good to me in either mono or colour but mono often accentuates graphic lines better. I like this set but #1 and #4 work best for me.

My K5 does have black spot disease but only slight. The splodgyness in the skie is something I get when converting deep blue sky into mono. It used to happen with the K10 as well. I'm sure the computer wizards know how to overcome this in photoshop but not me.