Wellies? No I braved the waves and incoming tide and hopped onto a "dry" bit, it was a bit hairaising though as the tripod was splayed out as low as it would go with all three legs submerged, I was using the liveview to compose the shot with splashing waves and lapping water six inches from my crouching bum and about twelve inches from the bottom of the camera

About two minutes after getting the shot the area was under water and I was glad I hadn't hung around to get any more

Dave; Yes I dont like the white cloud either but it looked ok before I buggered about with levels etc getting the rest of the pic right, I might give it another go when If I ever get around to editing everything else I took

Thanks for all your kind words, and no-one picked up on the burned out halos in the second shot

Just a few from my recent mini break, and for a change the weather was nice C&C always welcome.

The pic that everyone takes, Lindisfarne Castle. I tried to be creative with the mooring ring in the lower left corner but couldn't get into a position to get the castle in the top right as well so its a bit central

Have just darkened the top half of the image using levels and the gradient tool, then sharpened. Pentax 16-50 at 24mm, 1/90, f16, ISO200


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East Window (I think) St Marys, Holy Island.
Some nice glass in here and its a joy to find stained glass without protective mesh on the outside, I didn't get this quite square on so made good use of photoshop well worth a few quid in the donation box here Pentax 16-50 at 29mm, 1/125, f2.8, ISO200

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Dunstanborough Castle, another view that everyone takes
A bit of messing about with this one with masks and levels, was a bit like been back in the darkroom, I also have to confess to CHEATING I broke all my own rules and put a different sky in
Pentax 16-50 at 16mm, 1/10, (tripod) f22, ISO100

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OK who put Miracle Grow in the bird bath?

Whatever floats your boat I suppose

But no, I dont think its overcooked either.
Maybe its just my eyes but have you straightened this up at all, ie used perspective/skew/distort tools?

Now to that I must plead lack of education AND lazyness.

I dont know I said "I think" the point of focus is wrong

Flowers like this are a pain, I think I'd have aimed for the Stamen (if its still called a Stamen on an Orchid) that knobbly white bit in the centre, I think the image is a little on the soft side too, maybe a bit more DOF would have helped.

Dont misunderstand me here, I think its a cracking shot and I'm just saying what I see....its soft Maybe it would have been better presented on its own and not with the super sharp tuluip

I would have thought the power zoom version would sell for more than £20, I've not seen many advertised, especially now that the newer bodies will support them.

As for Tel's suspicions, I always wondered why some sellers bothered to list serial numbers with an item

Poor education, lazyness or dyslexia, thats where the problem lies (or should that be lays?:blush

Tulip for me too, though the exposure on the Orchid is spot on I think the point of focus is wrong.