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#2
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#3
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Three from yesterday's shoot with the K5+Sigma 10-20mm lens in and around Newcastle. Northumbria University's City East Campus is a delight for photographers. The graphic lines lend themselves to black and white photography but I've included one fully saturated to show what it looks like in colour.
David
David

The series as a whole is very appealing so I won't try to pick out individual favourites but the lone walker in the avenue of trees is classic. On balance i think i prefer ver2, with the blueish tone.
David

It's a great exit speech though, innit.
David (Radio 3+4)

Love the Big Apple picture.
David

Thanks for your comments all. The wide angle lens was needed because of the narrow spaces between the lines of exhibits and the crowds of sightseers in the museum. Not all the shots were at 10mm, I used the lens up to 20mm. This is inside a large exhibition hall.
The biggest photographic problem is the lighting system with bright overhead lights causing highlights in the shiney new paint. Even using a polarizer filter couldn't get rid of all the highlights.
Those are plugs on top of the lubrication holes on the bigend and connecting rod bearings.
David

The colours are superb and you've captured the modern city skyline beautifully.
David

Others have said what I think, the composition is very good in every picture but the contrast could have been stronger, except perhaps in #3 where I really like the pseudo IR. The contrast is easily fixed to your personal taste, and let's face it, each of us has a different view on how subtle or pronounced contrast should be.
David

Red Crab #1
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Red Crab #2
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Red Crab #3
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Red Crab 4
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The prototype Crab Class of steam locomotive, built by the LMS Railway in 1928, has just been expertly repainted in it's original red livery at the Shildon Railway Museum, Co, Durham, England, by Stockton painter and signwriter Phil Anderson. The engine is due to be transferred to the National Railway Museum at York in the next couple of months. I hope these pictures demonstrate the art of a professional signwriter. Phil specialises in painting restored transport exhibits.
The pictures also demonstrate the high ISO capabilites of Pentax's new K5. All the pictures I took at the Shildon Museum were rated at between 1000 and 2000 ISO with a Sigma 10-20mm lens. All handheld.

Unusual angle Ralf. What a great start to the New Year.
David

Your moon shots are equal to the best I've ever seen Ted.
David