I shall have to check out my collection of Ferraris

Leave it as it is I think.

Most of these Fortnightly Competitions are not difficult to enter - the hard bit is having a good, original idea and executing it well

............not to mention the Green Lobby

How about this one :

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Congratulations to Hefty1 and thank you to thoughton for the competition and the judging.

With regard to my entry, the shot is 'as taken' apart from a slight crop and a slight tweak of the contrast and saturation.

The abstract effect is created by a) the firework and b) the slow shutter speed.

It is a very large rocket several hundred feet up in the sky.

Out of all the shots I took that evening, I selected it because it stood out as being very unusual compared to all the other 'conventional' firework shots and because the strong blue is very unusual in a firework.

I would as well.

I think a tighter crop might help.

I would crop almost upto the main chimney on the building, with a similar amount off the right hand side and a bit off the bottom.

Ah, I see now, looking more closely, I only ever used mine to push through film at an alarming rate

I must have been lucky with the compartment catch

Jack,

How could you have bought that inferior looking Jessops winder :

The Pentax version is such a beautiful fit

"Darkmunk - Come Inside
An interesting parody of a demi-monde world: there are both ‘Come hither’ and ‘Danger!’ in that glance. Did you know the lady? Was it posed or spur of the moment? Well captured – must have been quite difficult to take. Certainly not a usual wedding photograph! Looks slightly like an oil painting rather than a photograph."

Not too bad a review, I thought

Would definitely do well when the burlesque competition comes around

I prefer No. 1 out of the three.