Alan, are you sure the interclub competitions are projecting using the AdobeRGB colour space?

I ask because we are using sRGB and so are the other clubs I know.

Sadly, many people entering even our club competitions find it difficult to follow the instructions so we use sRGB as a default. I also ask for that colour space when producing the annual ADAPS Year Book, but I get a real assortment....

sRGB is generally default - make sure camera and PS or LR are set to the same.

Unless you want to get involved in more serious profiling then sRGB will serve very well. I have always stuck with that - AdobeRGB can indeed lead to more muted tones.

This petty bickering is spoiling the OP's for sale thread and puts people off, so please keep to the point and let's settle down.

The forum isn't a general photography forum, it's a specialised forum for Pentax Users. Given that its intended purpose is to help us get more out of our Pentax cameras, then any and all images we make are relevant.

We're here to help, not to hinder. If someone wants to share their macro images of matchboxes that's fine. Let's help make those images technically superb.

So your trains are also fine, but it's probably better to start a new thread for each different subject, to avoid confusion.

Well perhaps you should also consider waiting for the MX-1, which may well be the alternative you are seeking?

Two posts removed, please stay on topic. Many thanks.

There is a sensible subject under all this, so no need to turn every thread into nonsense....back on topic please.

We would be able to tell better Simon if you'de left the original there and posted a new version. Then they could be compared as the image evolves maybe even to a third version.

What you have both chosen as your examples of images that don't do much are probably two of the more difficult areas of photography to master.

Bird photography has its own problems, best starting with a thorough understanding of the behaviour of the birds being photographed. The sitting for hours in the freezing cold (maybe) to catch that one fleeting moment when a bird settles on a branch. It might be the only bird of that type to have ever landed in the UK.

Still life is an infinitely blank canvas and the photographer has to meticulously plan the content. Choosing the component, arranging the composition and then making sure the lighting is perfect. A beautiful still life is more than just snapping a vase that happens to be sitting somewhere. There have been some superb examples of still ife in the PU Magazine and on this site.

It's covering all bases Dan, sometimes firmware updates cure problems like the one you describe. It might be a known possible fault.