As long as they dont do a special edition in brown and gold like the K10D

I know what you mean about the pilings, but I've seen that shot so many times I wanted to avoid it, I did have a go the other way with the priory between them And sadly I didnt get a pie, I'm not allowed a cooked breakfast AND a pie in the same day

I do, but its not really up to standard, it was getting late in the afternoon and the sun had gone home

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When you cut and paste you have to "feather" the edge

Actually your not doing anything wrong, its just a trick of the light and the way our eyes see things.

Your not bothered about Giles' image, you just want to pick my brains

Anyway, for what its worth:

OK This is just a quick fix to darken the left side of the image in keeping with the rest, this is for Photoshop7 so the shortcuts (-) may be different for other versions of PS (though I doubt it)
I'm not going to bother with a sample image, just try it on this one.

1) Select the rectangle Marquee tool (M) & select the entire image
2) Select edit in Quick Mask. (Q)
3) Select Gradient tool (G) and draw the line diagonally from bottom right corner to top left corner.
4) Exit Quick Mask (Q) which should leave the left side of the image selected (but it will still be graduated to the right.
5) Open Adjust Levels (ctrl+L) and drop the middle slider to about 75, you can also try other adjustments if you like.

I find the gradient tool useful for adjusting portions of an image , it can be a bit fiddly knowing where to start the gradient but after using it for a while it becomes second nature, just remember that the start of the line is the part least. affected by the grad and the end of the line is the area most affected, get it the wrong way round and your adjusting the wrong area

I think its a bit bright on the left and I dont think that splash of red on the left helps, having something bright in the corner draws the eye away from the main image, the other reds are ok though, apart from that it a nice shot.

I would suggest using the gradient tool in photoshop to adjust the levels on the left and then crop that red out, you could also crop the sky slightly if you want to retain the panoramic effect.

If you need to know how to do the sdjustment just shout

Well spotted Dan, I would never have thought to check for light direction in clouds As for rotating/leveling the image I used the centre corner on the tower and got that vertical, your eyes must be better than mine cos' I cant see any difference

It does look much better with the reversed sky though, I might have another go with a different sky.

Now THAT is the winner I was talking about

The second Dunnock is nice, the focus is off on the first, or its moved its head and theres some motion blur.
As for the Starling, Depth of Field will be very shallow at these focal lengths, even at f9.5, so you have to be especially carefull with focusing, the point of focus here is on the birds breast so its not really a sharpness issue its simply down to the DOF and the point of focus, try aiming for the head, I know its not easy with the way the little buggers flit about but it will produce better shots, get the eyes sharp and you have a winner.

It can also happen if you use different brands of inks that react with one another, so stick with what your using now.

Also, coming back to the subject of CISS, I had one on my Epson R300 for years, I was considering getting one for my 1400 but after watching videos on the "Lyson" website I was dissauded from buying one, apparantly unless you printing an awful lot of stuff then even original cartridges are the most economical way to go; link