"General Digital Photography" is intended to be Photoshop, printing, scanning, etc., as per the section heading.

I'm not sure, but it seems unlikely. You need pictures that will speak for themselves, quickly and powerfully.

As you're going for a very difficult standard, I may seem harsh with these comments, but here goes:

1) Nice idea, but those burnt out patches of light on the ground kill it. It also needs more sharpness than we see here.

2) Much better, but do tone down those bright highlights top and left, they dominate the subject. So some more p[rocessing. I feel it also cries out for a whisker more space on the right - the figure is very tight up against the frame edge.

3) Almost half the image is blurred wall. The we have a totally blown out area beyond the figures. There are also distracting highlights top right. So a thumbs down for this one I think, although the basic concept is fine.

Hope that helps, to enter these sort of things we need to refine, refine, refine, until every defect we can possibly find is edited out. You have the core of some great images, but more work to be done.

Keep going!

Excellent, and welcome to the forum. We'd love to see some of your Q pictures, so please feel free to post some in the Gallery or in the forum Your Photos section.

Don't forget our weekly and monthly competitions as well.

Looking good, I'm still waiting for a free day to do Martin Mere.

It's up to you where you upload to, we tend to get different feedback in both places.

Gallery images are best up to 1000 pixels on longest side, sRGB, 72ppi, up to 400K file size.

Forum images will be best displayed at 800 pixels, but 1000 will also work well.

Pentax images only, otherwise whatever you care to show us! We'll look forward to seeing some.

Many thanks, it will help a lot as someone living closer to you might just be able to meet up and sort out a lens. If people don't know whether you're here or Australia they may be discouraged in making an offer to sell.

I'm still thinking whether I want to sell one of these or not.

Yes, the last one. It just goes to show what a difference small tweaks to the composition can make.

What is your location?

I think I've misunderstood the original question and had the wrong idea as to what "transition" lenses are. I poresume these are reactolite, not varifocals with no clear transition point bewteen near and far prescriptions?

Assuming that's the case, I have been using Carl Zeiss Umbramatic lenses for many years. Two element, so no darkening towards the edges, grey so as not to disturb colour perception, multi-coated. These don't seem to be a problem in any light. Perhaps they adjust very quickly.