Thank you kind Sir !

I forgot to mention that these were taken with the Pentax K5 (20 secs, ISO 100, f11) with absolutely NO PP NR - I was amazed at the lack of noise.

Thank you for taking the time to comment Algi, Jim & Aliengrove !

That was a comment specifically for #4 Gareth - sorry for the confusion !

Very nice set. I like #2, 4 (more if you could lower the exposure and maybe up the contrast, highlights seem close to blowing out) & 7.

..... or egg. I think that actually that is just shedding a skin as it has grown ? Maybe, anyway nice shots of cute creatures - my daughter loves them.

Xin Tian Di is an amazing restaurant, entertainment and tourist draw area located in downtown Shanghai.

Amazing because the developer of this whole area (absolutely huge - includes a man-made lake, metro stops and lots of very high-end commercial & residential buildings) - Shui On from Hong Kong - actually tore down all the existing Shikumen (traditional stone lintel houses - look for the indicative stone lintels above the doors and horizontal red stripe of alternative coloured bricks) numbering them as they did so - and then rebuilt everything from the ground up, after repairing the bricks, to form this unique development.

Now a centre of recreation and a massive tourist draw - Ricky Martin even performed an impromptu (cough cough) concert on the island in the middle of the lake !

These shots were all long exposures taken at night. I have deliberately avoided the crowded main thoroughfares.

Excellent - I really like these superb images (esp. #2,4 & 5) but I'd love to see what they look in colour too.

Thank you for your kind comments everyone !

Stopher - well spotted ! Those two buildings have changing colours (a monster sized LCD) and so the colours are an aggregate of those presented during the 30 second exposure.

I've got quite a few more to process from last night but these two are done (for another project) so at least I can pop these up here for you to peruse. Hope you like them.

#1 Pentax K5 with Sigma 10-20.
#2 Pentax K5 with Tamron 17-50

Lvjiazui @ Blue Hour

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Lvjiazui @ Night

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I like this - excellent work.

C&C
Agree with Jon on the table, looks out of place.
Focus - the satanic mask and settee seem more in focus than the girl. Looks to me like either focus has been missed or your lense/camera combination is back focusing.