I love that first image Stan it has real atmosphere. I agree with Andrew, it's a bit tight at the bottom but for me its a very small niggle. Why is it nosy at just 200 ISO?
David

A lovely and varied set of images, the tourist board would be delighted with these. The 2nd shot of the giraffe is a stunner.
David

I hadn't been on for quite a while but a few days ago I checked and the last five images I posted in February had all been accepted.
Perhaps I should be more diligent in voting on all the submissions and the process might speed up again.
I must agree with both Stan and Barrie. There are a lot of very ordinary pictures submitted but those selected, on the whole, tend to be rather good.
I also agree with Magdalena, PPG which attracts world wide entries could be a terrific shop window for Ricoh/Pentax.
David

That's a great set Alan. I like the imaginative way you've framed some of these and can appreciate the testing lighting conditions in #7, that vintage car is in a very dark spot inside the garage. There's no doubt the K1 is a winner but like they say, its not the camera but the photographer that makes a picture.


Beamish isn't too far north Andrew, have you considered that you are too far south west.
David

No its as I said - quite specifically. Photography in public places is NOT against the law. The Association of Chief Police Officers has made this quite clear on more than one occasion.
David

UK law is quite specific. It is not illegal to take photos in public places, with or without people in the view. There are of course some qualifications such as photographing in security sensitive locations, or getting in the way at the scene of major incidents and impeding the emergency services doing their job.
Photographing children under a certain age without parental or teacher permission can be a problem but for a street photographer doing general views in a busy location that may have children in them this is unlikely to cause trouble.
David

#4 is the stand out example of street photography for me. It has the classic elements of interesting juxtaposition and gives the impression of being taken candidly without the main subject posing or even being aware of your presence.
I also like the air of mystery in #6.
#1 doesn't look very sharp to me.
David

Terrific Alan.
David

Good action capture in all of these Barrie.
David

Its a lovely and varied selection of images from your visit.
David