Sympathy it is Alan and I hope you are soon fit and well again.
I try to minimise the amount of gear I carry around and there's nothing more liberating than a day spent with just one camera body and one zoom lens.
David.

This is the sort of photography I don't do - don't have the correct gear. But when its done by experts I love looking at their pictures - as in this case Tim. What's an MTO lens?
David

The two black and whites are excellent, particularly the Abroath smokies. I can almost smell them. Yummy.
Of the three pipers I like No. 2 most, its an excellent portrait with classy bokeh.
The landscapes are a mixed bunch. The first, with the tree framing Lochard is the most succesful for me. The other two seem a bit empty, I find myself looking for a point of interest in the distance.
David

Excellent stuff Graham. I love the beached tree trunk in No. 1. I don't think the colour in No. 2 is HDR, if it is then it isn't overdone. The clouds in this scene are great.
David

Good snatch shot. Pity she clocked you though Tim.
David,

I love the skyscraper shots, particularly the reflected Chrysler building. As for the comic strip manipulation: Just great.
David

I like these as a set but if I had to pick one favourite it would be No. 3. I would play around with it and crop it down to just the area around the door so that you get a minimalist shot of the brown door, white textured wall and deep shadow of the sail. I love the white wall textures in all the shots.
David

You got some good pictures at Harewood. Sorry I couldn't make it because of family commitments. But I'm looking forward to the Goths at Whitby in October, and also in Yorkshire and in October, there's the 1940s re-enactment at Pickering. I'll check the date.
David

At an event like a music festival I doubt if fans, especially the punks who dress up specially, would be bothered about you taking pictures. When some of us go to the Goths Festival at Whitby the photographers are expected to snap away and in close up.
Pure street photography, where you grab candids, needs more bottle and quite a long lens. That way you capture people who are not conciously posing and also you've got a head start if they turn nasty.
I like your picture Snappy. I'm sure if you'd asked the girl with the Mohican she would have let you get in close for an excellent portrait. What annoys people is not you taking their picture but if they think you are being sneaky about it.
David

There's some lovely work in that slde show Andrew. I visited Hidcote with my wife nearly two years ago and enjoyed it very much.
David