Both very nice shots there, made better I think because I recognise the locations. I think I prefer the first but there's nothing in it. I also must have a go at this when the clocks change.

What kind of exposure times were you using, out of interest? I imagine the second was much longer than the first.

Thanks Bill.

Thanks for your comments.

Set up? That implies some level of planning. Unfortunately I did nothing special here, just took the shot, all on auto.

I was at Cholmondeley yesterday morning for a classic car meet, took a few around the lake as the sun was quite bright and quite low.

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As always, any thoughts appreciated. I have more similar ones but there are only so many images of tree shadows. I wasn't happy with how the mist came out, it looked so much better in real life.

Yes, I'll have a look at something over the winter I think.

1 and 5 are my personal favourites there, the framing on the first is very nice indeed. It's a pity about the clutter around the bottom (and that light pole on the right) but nothing you can do about it of course.

Hi George, nice shots.

6, 8 and 12 are my picks of the bunch. I love the impression of speed that six gives, there's just enough in the background without it being too cluttered and the car itself is sharp. 8 and 9 are quite similar but 8 is my preference just because it doesn't have the other car in frame, and 12 is a nice tight group shot. I think the tyres shot would have been nicer without those two people in it (not the usual pit lane bottom shots), and maybe a bit closer in. I also like to take quite a few shots of artfully piled tyres whenever I go to a race meeting (which is not that often).

I have the feeling I ought to know who the last one is, but sadly don't, assuming he isn't Mr Jigsaw that is.

Thanks to both of you. Stuey, that's a big help and I will play some more.

I am currently using Paintshop Pro v5 which is from many years ago, 1998 if the help-about is accurate. I have to look at Photoshop at some point, it's just a bit off-putting because I know it has so many capabilities and is therefore going to be quite a learning curve. Also I'm not sure my PC will be up to the job.

I never used to do anything other than crop shots before posting them (which Paintshop is fine for), then I noticed that a quick contrast tweak could help and I'm getting into it slowly but surely. It is nice to take a reasonable shot and turn it into something a bit more striking and I intend to get more into this. Not least having just advised a mate who is getting more interested in photography as a hobby to look at post-processing his images.

I think you're right about it being a necessity, even with reasonable equipment there's a limit to what you can get out of the situation if you're hoping to present "as-is".

Thanks very much for the feedback.

I've only just got the hang of fiddling with brightness and contrast before posting (these all have a bit of a contrast boost which has darkened them a little) so saturation and colour channels will need some more work.

I've been meaning to pop over here for a while now, I thought I'd picked a good day but the sky was a bit nondescript when I got there and unfortunately I didn't leave myself enough time to look at much other than the obvious places. For example it would have been nice to have a look at some of the hides, and maybe off up some of the lanes alongside the lake, rather than just go around the edge and come home again. And I forgot my tripod. But some reasonable stuff in any case. I was disappointed at the lack of vantage points for the tower, part of the reason for my visit was to scope out nice locations to take photos of my car and I had visions of it parked with the tower in the background. But no access for that unfortunately.

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There were plenty of these small waterfalls around the side of the lake, presumably because of the volume of rain coming down from the mountains.

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As usual, any comments gratefully received.