You may be a beginner but you have the right 'eye' for making pictures. The variety of subjects is good and you are well on the way to producing interesting images that will be appreciated by other photographers.
David

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This is a terrific documentary of contemporary urban street life.
David

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I would definitely be there but its my wedding anniversary that weekend and Irene and I have other plans.
David

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Beef up the colour version slightly and this would be the better version for me.
David

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Its good but as a landscape it doesn't excite as much as your mountain picture. The lines and textures are all there but I can't help thinking that in an image such as this colour might have been a better choice than black and white.
David

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I take David Storm's point about this not being a traditional landscape in the sense that it lacks the depth of perspective with foreground interest, lead in lines and a distant view. But for me this is about the rugged grandeur of the peaks, the gritty texture of the rock faces and the lovely white snow. Just look at the fine dry snow being blown off the peaks.
It gets my vote for being a quality black and white image with massive interest in the detail. I can imagine rock climbers viewing this working out routes to the summit.
David

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Its a nice candid, well captured. At first I didn't care for the vignette, I thought the woman filled too much of the frame to make it effective. But then I read your reasons for doing this and can see the sense in it. I've used fading out vignetting a few times to get rid of intrusive detail.
David

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The inside of The Sage is as photographically rewarding as the exterior and Carl's pictures demonstrate this. My favourite of these is the last one, with the stairs and the anonymous figure.
David

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Its an apocalyptic sky. The gods are about to unleash terrible havoc on mankind.
Either that or its a piece of rotten old wood waiting to be hoyed out of the garden.
Whichever, its a fascinating picture and a worthy contribution to five-in-a-row.
David

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The two Sage pictures show its shape and curves to good effect Barrie but my pick of these three is the bar top image, taken inside The Sage. The tiny splash of colour on the beer pump handles works very well.
David

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