Works OK for me! and I do think it needs the space, it gives a feeling of isolation and the split background offers a feeling of depth, I did try cropping but didn't like it probably due to the face on viewpoint, don't think it's worth a £12,000 prize though, I'd be happy to get £12 for some of mine

Totally agree, you hit the nail right on the head.
And while on the subject of FEEbay, has anyone tried Ebid? if not then it's about time you did and helped knock FEEbay off their high horse!

Double Ditto

The last girl is Molly, snapped a couple of nice ones of her last April but missed her at Asylum, caught up with her again at Whitby and had a long chat with her family, even ended up getting our pictures taken with them, that's the problem with WGW you can't stand still for too long or you never get moving again,

I thought I'd got Mollys email address from last year but can't find it, if you have it Mike could you PM it to me.

Can I rub salt into the wound then by adding that I've done little other than crop, levels, sharpen

I am quite pleased with all of them, but they could all be improved with a bit of work, as for composition I picked up a few tips watching David at work

As for yours, JRs and Mikes I can't find anything to complain about.

I snapped miss spotty dress too, had run out of cards by the time I got to her but hopefully she'll remember Fat Spider and be able to contact me via my website.

Dont' recognise the other girl tho'

Finally got round to looking at my snaps from the weekend, first three from Saturday and the last three from the Sunday, the very last shot has turned out an awful lot better than I expected, taken using the pop up flash after several pints of Caffreys.

Saturday was Damned cold! and also a bit of a disaster, just after passing Gareth on the steps we made it to the top just in time for the rain, we tried sheltering against the church wall to no avail and decided to make for the car, Now I'm not exactly the fastest person on the planet and Mrs Spider was a little damp by the time we arrived so we spent over an hour with the engine running and the blowers on trying to dry out her coat, the damp was also getting to my poor old joints Also by this time the battery on my phone had died so the chances of catching up with anyone else were slim, cafe and coffee followed by another damp stroll, we then made an early departure back to Goathland passing through a nasty hailstorm with sheet lightning

Sunday made up for the poor Saturday and I managed a few nice shots, I would have posted some but I shot my Nieces Wedding last week and I've still not finished editing the pics so must get those done first

Give me a week and I'll see what I can do.

I'm here already, well not actually in Whitby, just up the road from this place:



Breakfast is between 8.30-9.00 and then we have to get the finery on and trek into Whitby and find somewhere to park.....see you all about 5pm

Lager & Black used to be popular with the ladies, I used to find it quite amusing when bar staff would mix the wrong drink black when you'd asked for lime and vice versa, fotunatley (for them) my wife was agreeable to either.
What I did find odd on one occasion was a roomful of butch footie players drinking Lager Tops, of course we were down near Oxford at the time so I suppose they'd count as soft southern jesses

And I think it's time we changed the subject away from Lager, currently sat in the B&B ready for the Goth Weekend, and really looking forward to tomorrow evening and......BEER!