All very nice indeed. I looked at shot 4 and it shouted "Chester" as me, then I looked at your location. I like the composite as well, not been able to master those yet though I try to take a series of shots in most places I visit so I can have another go. The staircase shot is nice too, good shadows from that street lamp. Takes a few seconds in shot three to realise that the lower section is water reflection.

These look pretty good, better than my efforts (which is why I didn't post them).

I was at Rhyl as well, in fact I was up at Bodelwyddan at the classic car show. I came down into town on the bus so I could photograph the steam train as it went through, then catch a few of the air show, then back up to the castle. Unfortunately the bus was a bit late (because of traffic), the train a few minutes early and I badly underestimated how long it takes to walk to the other side of the estuary, so I missed that. And the air show didn't really start until about 2:25, and I had to get the bus at 2:30 so the few I took were from outside the railway station so not the best vantage point.

Did you pay the £15-odd to go on the special photographers vantage point? There didn't seem to be anyone on there when I passed.

That's interesting, I've only just started making a habit of adjusting contrast, sharpening then resizing on mine. I must admit I was quite disappointed at how "un sharp" the photos were just on 1:1 viewing of the JPG, if it seems to be the norm to do this I am less concerned.

That said I am currently on Paintshop Pro v5.0 or Photoshop 6, so I probably ought to get something a little more up to date.

Some nice shots there, and some dangerous shorts on the girl on the far right in the fifth photo.

Is the K-5 fixable? I guess the current weather would test any kind of wateproofing.

Thanks for the detailed description.

They're very sharp images - I wonder how much of that is down to the lens rather than the camera itself. While I have no complaints with my Kx, I don't recall any of my images jumping out at me as being that sharp, leaving aside subject matter. Have you done much (or any) post-processing on them?

It's not a bad price, I was comparing it to the one on eBay at £225 plus a tenner. Collection would be false economy as I'm some distance away.

I'm still thinking, but don't let me hold up any other sale.

What's your bottom line on it? I'm looking for something a little longer than my 70-300, but reviews on the Sigma seem to be quite mixed.

Yes, that's the name they quote on the article. I guess it would be hard not to take that shot if it was available, it's very effective.

Simon, have you anything to do with the new "Images of McLaren" book? I noticed a piece on it in the May 2012 Motorsport magazine, and there's a photo virtually identical to #2 above.