Thanks one and all - honest and critical appraisal is what I was after, so all good!

Having now seen on another monitor exactly what I have inflicted on you in my last few images, I do apologise. I need to splash out on a colourimeter before I get banned here

Please pretend you didn't see these , I'll lay low until I can get the calibration sorted out...

Seeing these two got around 50 views and no comments at all, there must have been something dreadfully wrong with them! I went back and checked them out - sure enough, they were underdone and dull. I'll blame a new (as yet uncalibrated) monitor for now :wink.

Do these now cut it?

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C&C still welcome! (If there's something crappy about either or both of them, please tell me!)

Just as reel

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Thanks John, congrats to all.

Great Aussie context for the last one - gum leaves all 'round, and a gum-nut in the background. It's a juvenile black-backed magpie.

In No 2, the DoF is a bit shallow to catch the whole bird. I think this one might be a female - the males are usually more 'contrasty' with the B+W in the plumage.

Lovely colours and light Mat - the blur looks good as well.

I like my copy of the lens too - hence this earlier Autumn (in Oz) post:
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G'day and welcome.

Dinner time

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No. 3 for me also Paul.

They are lovely eyes Paul, well spotted.