Wow, this reminds me of the Scottish press reaction following most Scottish International games (OTT, little regard to the hard facts and it was the refs fault)

scottish football.

Number 1 for me, maybe because of my shear lack of luck with birds in flight. To catch a kestrel, that sharp, the head in pose - outstanding

Worth the wait I'm sure!

Damn, still not cheap enough

For BOKEH have to say the A35-105 again, knocks all my modern lenses off the block, (including the DFA100)

(Just to clarify - this is a discussion thread for this weeks comp - if required)

To my eyes the Gallery has seen a plethora of simply outstanding quality macro shots over the last few months. Sadly most are lost to the ether as they drop down the pages, so I am thinking lets gather this summers favourites in one place and give them and the site a real showcase.

Usual Pentax/Samsung site rules of course, additionally - shots must have been taken between 1st April 2011 and competition close.

I believe there maybe a few Gallery contributors particualry on this subject who would not normally enter the competitions so let's give them a little encouraging nudge if we can!

Good luck to all, it maybe a competition in name but let's just see your favourite shot - your best of the best Summer 2011.

It's your photo, do what the hell you want LOL.

Personally the original background is a nightmare, far to frantic with colours shapes and lines, not to mention just a plain ugly urban scene.

I like the new background, but would like to see it B&W, as mentioned might give it a bit of the Bram Stoker.

The '3rd way' I suppose you could create the fake BOKEH in Photoshop with the original background, keeping a hint of the 'record' but not taking from the castle

Jazz funk - all the time. Incognito at the moment.

Music is a must, particular helps waiting for Adobe to catch up.

Enclosed Seinnheiser headphones are a must though.

I don't believe the emotion of any tune should interfere with the digital art you are creating as that process will have started long before you got to the machine.

Think last weeks album cover competition was one of the best for a while, however was disappointed if it was any indication of the musical tastes of the membership.

Super stuff - space station & sun for me too


Must say those 'fixing on the polar star long exposure shots' are a bit of cliche now though

I've been using it for over 6 months after getting feed up with the speed of IE.

Excellent- swift, simple, (operation and download). Easily removed if you don't like it - give it a shot