What a fantastic set of landscapes David. You and your colleagues who live in and around the Derbyshire Peak District are doing a fantastic job for the local Tourist Board.
Sheffield was my dad's birthplace and when I was a little boy, aged six, I stayed with an aunt and older cousin (he was 12) in Fullwood at Sheffield. One day he took me on a walk over the hills to Hathersage in Derbyshire. It was a great adventure but it seemed a very long walk and when we got there I was totally exhausted. We came back to Sheffield by train.
David

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#3 doesn't work for me Maria. Its a good try but the overall effect is out of focus rather than soft focus.
David

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Great idea, expertly processed Maria. The dandelion image has a dreamy, surreal feel to it which I find very appealing.
David

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I can only echo all the praise heaped on this delightful portrait by the previous commentators. The black and white quality is gorgeous.
David

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The field of rape provides a lovely base for this wonderful scene and the church is perfectly positioned within the frame to create a well balanced view. I'm slightly uncomfortable with the sky, was it really that slate grey or have you turned down the saturation? Phil nominated this as his favourite of your pictures, for me the ship in the Mediterranean gets my vote.
Now I'm looking forward to Maria's contributions.
David

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The idea is good but the lighting is extreme and difficult to control. As swarf says the burned highlight bottom right, jars. I wonder if the shaft of light would have been more prominent had the exposure for the entire image been turned down a little.
David

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Its a powerful graphic image. Leave it as it is.
David

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Its an honest, uncontrived portrait of an attractive woman, taken informally. As David says its not a studio portrait so things like catch lights and small pieces of jewellery or whatever are not so much an issue. Of course these could have been cloned out afterwards and still can be if David wishes to revisit the image. The strength of the picture for me is the fact that Nicola's face fills the frame. I hate wasting space, except when space is the point of the picture.
David

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First class. There's nothing wrong with a K5 at 1600 ISO.
David

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First time I've ever been invited to comment of a picture of bird poo, I'm just hoping the Storm family doesn't have a pet Great Dane.
This sort of picture is ideal for 5-in-a-row providing it encourages honest comment from other members of PUF. Response to the series has so far been limited.
David's first picture may not win many photo competitions but hopefully it will get people thinking about what they are trying to portray in their photographs.
OK its a bit of fun but it raises the question, can you focus on the small details and at the same time see the wider picture? Technically its not easy in photography. In any case do we want all this detail in one image?
No doubt someone will have some answers.
David

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