Nothing wrong with your English Stefan, you should hear them attempting it in Liverpool.
David, born Newcastle on Tyne, the home of pure English.

He didn't. He borrowed a friend's. The friend is on his honeymoon right now so I don't think he needs it.
David

Liseanthus
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Where: Durham, England.
What: Liseanthus flower.
Date: June 29 2010
Kit: K10+A series 50mm 1.7 lens with Hoya +3 close up filter
Exposure: 1/8th second F22 ISO 350
Tripod mounted

I agree with George, two bodies exactly the same are easier to work with than two different models. That's why I've stayed with two K10s rather than upgrade to K20 or K7. The second K10 was a refurb. bought from SRS and it was excellent value.
The money saved went on better lenses - and again George is correct, lenses can do more for picture quality than camera bodies.
David

We seem to be off on one again. This is supposed to be where we look at i-Berg's pictures and enjoy discussing them sensibly, not having arguments about the quality of criticism. That very appropriate debate should be in a different thread.
I enjoyed looking at your set of images i-Berg. They have an attention to close detail that I appreciate and I think the set works very well in mono, or toned mono.
I agree with George on picture No. 2, Victorian engineers were indeed artists. Like Hardgravity I had a relative who worked at or near Kirkstall Forge in Leeds.
The shot of the lamp on the side of the loco smokebox is eye catching while my favourite in the set is the line up of redundant boilers and wheel sets. Is it a superlative to use the word poignant to describe this shot?
David

Congrats Aiki and well done to JudithAnn for picking an interesting subject and judging it in an entertaining way.

So sharp you can almost feel the rough edges. I'm fascinated by shots like this, Bearing in mind the Earth is spinning at around 1000mph just how long an exposure do you use to get a picture this crisp?
David

Sizzling
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Where: Barbecue, Durham.
When: Sunday June 20 2010
Kit: K10+DA*16-50mm lens at 43mm.
Exposure: F11 at 1/60th sec.
ISO: 200.

Someone would have invented black and white photography and he would have been hailed as a great avant garde artist.
David

I think the problem in this competition stemmed from the fact some people did not fully understand the meaning of duo tone. This isn't generally a problem when we have a less technically specific subject. But what the hell. The point of these competitions is to have fun and stretch our minds a bit looking for pictures of subjects that we might not normally take. And as Aliengrove said this competition encouraged some good entries.
David