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I wouldn't go to these processors for wedding photography, much better to use the more professional labs. They are not that much more expensive and the results are far more predictable. Try Peak Imaging or similar labs.

Spot on, well done, that crop works beautifully.

Gwyn, I'm sorry to hear that. Very often one of the tradgedies of the internet is that people just disappear and we have no idea what has happened to them. This is even true of clubs and societies where no contact point can be found.

There are three connected sites, all with different purposes. This one for Pentax Users, EPZ for general photography and all marques and Photodo for lenses.

Obviously there is some overlap, for example there's a Pentax section in the forums on EPZ.

EPZ is where, every day just after midnight I post a new image in the galleries, something I have done every day for as long as I've been a member. You can do it too and get feedback and votes that measure its popularity. EPZ is also a fully fledged online magazine, in fact the biggest and most successful one I believe.

Our sister sites have forums:

www.ephotozine.com

www.photodo.com

The former is a general site with specific sub-sections and the latter is all about lenses.

And so you should feel chuffed.

If I may make a suggestion, how about cropping out most of the purple bit at the top? It concentrates the eye even more on your splendid portrait.

I don't think that's a failure - why not crop as best you can, make some adjustments as required and see what you have.

I can see potential in what you have there.

Chris, don't underestimate the number of silent viewers who are watching and learning. Your pictures may have been more useful to more people than you realise.

Martin Evening's books are the definitive texts, with plenty of full colour illustrations.