The winner by default: pnjmcc

I think it'd be unfair for me to offer much feedback as I'm no expert, but here goes: cross processing predates my photography so the colours frankly look a bit odd to me but the bold green stripe of the water does make you look closer at what the attraction is. I also think you've done a great job of straightening it up, cloning where necessary and extracting what detail there was.

It would have been silly of me not to try processing my own pic after all this time, so here's my effort:

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As the winner it's certainly your turn to put up the next challenge. Before that, any feedback from the rest as to why the image didn't grab people enough to give it a whirl? Hopefully we can learn from this and not crash and burn again!

Well done pnjmcc.

This explains it - headed to Anglesey yesterday and saw all these classics heading the other way - wanted to investigate but the Mrs wasn't having any of it The panning shot works well though 1/200 is a little snappy - dragging the shutter a little longer (1/100 or ideally slower) would emphasise the movement better.

Due to the motion a lot of successful panning shots only have a portion of the car in focus (like a race number on the door or the headlights) but you're right that the technique does need practice and can lead to a lot of shots headed for the recycle bin.

Two doesn't do much for me and three is very nicely framed but a little 'static'. With such bright light yesterday it was easy to freeze the motion, making the tricky bit catching the cars in a dynamic pose. If they were really 'giving it some' you could have got them dipping under braking, leaning at the apex of a corner or squatting on acceleration out of a tight bend etc... of course, this depends on course access and avaliable lens choice.

Don't think it's your monitor Smeggy, just that the photo is representative of the scene as the eye sees it. All the underground rooms are in near-darkness with only the exhibits themselves exuding any light.

Was here recently too, got some very similar images but not been through them all yet. The first two you posted are excellent, as is the exhibition.

Agree it was refreshing not to be questioned by the camera nazis. Left my dignity at the gate and had a play with a flash and a bit of jumping around:

Intel Core range is definately the class of the field at present. Finished building my Core i7 system about six weeks ago, it has enough muscle to laugh at K5 files... shame I can't afford a 645D to stress test it

Coming from a 6-7 year old machine as you are, even a Core i3 with lots of RAM will feel like a massive step forward. I've been testing a new 'Sandy Bridge' Core i3 laptop at work this week and that is a pleasure to edit photos on - shame it has to go out to a user soon

Seeing as it's Monaco GP weekend I thought I'd share a few from a trip there last month - mainly in panoramic format. Click through for bigger versions on Flickr.

View over Port Hercule from up by the palace - on the larger version you can see resurfacing work and some of the pits/grandstands going up in preparation for events this weekend.




Now on the water in Port Hercule, with the first pano taken from high up on the very left. Note the weather closing in ominously...




A final pano of the iconic casino - at this point it had been raining a couple of hours, which gave the Mrs chance to 'shelter' in the shops




And there are more, just not online yet. One thing's for sure, with tens of thousands of fans and tens of thousands of horsepower packing the principality this weekend, I'll bet the old fella has a hard time doing this on Sunday afternoon....

Not a holster but I have a nice compact Lowepro Apex 120AW for trips with one zoom lens or 3 prime oombo. With a zoom you can use it holster-style.

Weatherproof cover is a bonus and it cost all of a tenner from the local LCE

Doh, thanks Colin. Can't seem to edit the original post(?) so head to http://www.digitalcg.co.uk/stuff/ and get it from there.

June 2009 saw my first and only trip to Barcelona. Fabulous potential but a terrible experience for several reasons. The one big ray of light for me was 'CosmoCaixa', the fabulous science museum.

Sadly I'd slumped into 'snapshot' mode and made a mess of my pictures there. This is one I thought had some potential thanks to the geometry, light and shadow and the people in frame, but I've never really got to playing around with it. Now here's your chance to prove me right!




Grab the 800px jpeg above, the full size JPEG or full fat PEF and let your processing juices flow.

Entries close Sunday 5th June at 1800 GMT. Have fun!

Thanks Prieni and well done to all entrants - I find all the different approaches to exactly the same file fascinating!

Now need to find something worthy/interesting enough (with a few rough edges) to put up - hopefully have a new challenge posted before the weekend is out.