Interesting that you would want to crop out the red light. I saw that as an integral part of the design which has three focal points forming a triangular composition. But we all see things differently, thank goodness.
David.
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I love moody foggy day photos and these are excellent. The second picture is outstanding for me, its virtually mono but there's a distinct touch of green in the algi on the water surface.
David

And a happy New Year from me too. There are many people on this photography frie3ndly site who I consider to be friends although I have never met most of them and probably will only ever meet a few.
David

I can't imagine 10,000 images on one SD card, especially if you shoot RAW.
As for sorting original images I put them in separate folders, month by month and year by year. And I prefix each folder with which of the three camera bodies I currently use, K30, K5 and K3 so there can be no overlap.
Images I process and convert to JPEGs are given individual titles.
David

Very well observed and photographed. I love the colours and patterns of graffiti which to some people is defacement and vandalism but for me it enlivens many a derelict area in our cities. I always enjoy the graffiti in Newcastle's Ouseburn area for this reason where only the areas that are already eyesores seem to be targeted and the restored and rejuvenated areas are left untouched.
Graffiti could be a subject for some future weekly competition.
David

I recently went to Beamish Museum with my brand new 70-200 zoom attached to the K3. It was cold and overcast but as always Beamish was a fascinating visit.

Steam Elephant driver



Steam Elephant fireman



Your car awaits M'Lord



Horse and cart



Green, red and gold



Town tram

I've posted about this previously but perhaps it needs to be said again. Jessops have a substantial store in the Metrocentre at Gateshead - and it has a Pentax presence. Its not as prominent as Canon and Nikon but it has a stand alongside the Olympus display with a fair few camera bodies and lenses.
When I dropped in a while back one of the staff was wearing a Pentax t-shirt.
David

Thanks for the bump JAK. Now I'm off to read Andrew's comments.
David

Couldn't agree more with the sentiments expressed here. I don't know how John Riley finds time to supervise activities on here as well as being an active photographer, family man and what ever else he does for a living.
David

We've had competitions for blue and yellow that I know of and probably green and purple. And I know we've used red as a theme previously but as this is the most dominant and eye catching of colours - its also the colour favoured by Father Christmas - lets go with it again.
I'm looking for pictures where the colour red forms a prominent, or at least an arresting, part of the image
The subject matter is wide open and can embrace landscapes, portraits, architecture, sport, nature...... etc.
Just remember the pictures must be taken on Pentax cameras or closely related clones and the winner is expected to pick the following week's topic, judge the entries and comment on them. Deadline: Sunday December 25 midnight GMT. That's Christmas Night. JEEZ.
David