No 2 is certainly the business in my book. Nice job.

Some lovely bokeh in these too.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder -- I'm just glad I don't have to look at that lot !
Your photography of it is indeed very professional, nevertheless.

The 50mm version also gives the same 'artwork' style of rendering. I find it quite attractive.

Yes, it works now. However:
If I went into a bookshop (any other shop for that matter) and they wanted all my personal details before selling me anything I'd walk out. ... so I did.

Beautiful picture

I get a "Not Found" response to that link

Nigel speaks of the aperture dictating what you get - which is true, particularly for DoF - but the questioner was after a simple under/over exposure solution that you would get by altering the +/- EV controls. This changes the image regardless of aperture and it does so by affecting the digital record at a very basic level of zeros and ones. Consequently, I still think the original question has merit. You can make that very basic alteration either before or during post processing. The zeros and ones couldn't care less in which processor they are changed. Those relating to aperture value per se remain as they were.

Where is my dustbin lid?

You have to go to Komodo to see a bigger one Derek! It's a smashing portrait of this one, even so.

Wonderful colours - and a super sharp shot of it.