Excellent set of pictures. That Bigma lens seems to be a must for this kind of photography, gets you right into the action for dramatic effect.
David

Thanks for all your comments. The Bullring is much photographed so it's not easy to come up with something new.
Andrew: Birmingham is much closer to Somerset than it is to Durham so there's no excuse for you not getting there.
David

Well done Tim.
David

Tim wrote: 'I have reservations about that approach, sometimes with taller buildings it looks much too fake. After all, when looking upwards our eyes see converging verticals as well! '

Well said Tim. I have this argument at Durham with a photo club colleague (Canon man) who is a retired architect. Bugger the verticals when you are using wide angle. That's the way our eyes see tall buildings when you look up.
Nice set of images.
David

I took me months before I worked out how to link pictures into the Forum. I only managed it after getting some help from another PUF member, DOIK.
It was well worth visiting your links Adrian, there's some very nice pictures. I love the wide angle shot of the dog with it's tongue hanging out.
David

The third and fourth Red Arrows shots are terrific. I also love your black and white picture of the lobster pots.
David
PS Is the DL11 6mp? If so forget what you read in the photo mags. You CAN do classy A3 prints from 6mp cameras, ask anyone with a Pentax istDS or a Nikon D60.
David

The evening light is outstanding Gary. Love the legs as well. Just to be awkward I think you should put the gull back. Right now that bottom corner is a bit bare.
David

The first two are fantastic action shots. No 3 is good in parts, I like the back lit sail but I'm not so keen on the burned out area around the cloud.
David

If I paint my kitchen walls black, apart from becoming divorced, will I be able to get pictures as good as this?
David

Birmingham's famous Bullring Shopping Centre always screams out to be photographed. So I did last week.

Bullring brush up
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A wide view
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Shopping at Selfridges
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Another wide view
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