Wide angle lenses are useful in places like the NRM, and other museums, so you can get in close and avoid as much extraneous clutter as possible. You also need to use quite high ISOs as setting up a tripod when its busy can be a nuisance. But its a great place to visit as its it's sister museum, Locomotion at Shildon and the Great Western Museum at Swindon.
David

They are all good, and I particularly like the final picture Smoking Water. The famous boathouse on Ullswater has often been photographed y many leading photographers but rarely as well as this and even more rarely better.
David

Lovely set - you live in an interesting village. I like flakey paint, the first one without the vignette, roots in black and white and the horse portrait but they are all good.
David

Reeds in the mist is also the top choice for me. The glassy surface of the foreground water and the recession to the distant band of light is delicious. But they are all fine. As Nigel says its good to see you coming away with some delightful results from the prevailing dull conditions. I also agree with Nigel when he says they are not strictly abstract, for me they are more micro landscape in style.
David

Is it in a stream or river, if so it could well be stepping stones. I like the way the light plays on the wet stones and water, this makes a good quality mono.
David.

Mysterious and intriguing. I like the way the rails fade out gradually as they recede into the fog.
David

Graffiti is like Marmite, its hated or enjoyed in equal measure. It is vandalism and defaces our urban areas but it can also enhance a derelict area with vibrant colour, entertain us with humour or delight us with its sheer inventiveness.
For this competition I will be looking for all of the above qualities plus an element added by the photographer so that the image is more than a mere copy of someone else's artwork.
Usual rules, Pentax cameras or their clones, deadline Sunday midnight British time, and the winner is expected to choose next week's subject and judge and comment on the entries.
Best of luck
David

That is a wonderful image. It has classic landscape quality and colouring such as the Victorian painters used to capture , and also more than a hint of impressionism. Nigel suggested a slight crop on the right but I love the clump of vibrant green leaves and wouldn't want to crop them off so I would leave well alone. I can see why this Is going to be one of your all time favourites.
David

I'm sure I used to have a Canon lens mug, a wide to standard zoom range. Can't think what ever happened to it. It rendered my coffee very sharp in the centre but quality fell away dramatically towards the edges and it was prone to brown fringing.
David

First class pictures, I prefer the monos but the colour pictures also appeal to me. I've been to Stoke Bruerne but never after dark.
David