Agree with Peter's comment re portrait orientation really working well in No. 4. And the walker is in just the right place to give a sense of the scale of the ascent ahead of them. To my eyes, the strongest of the landscape format photos is No. 6, the shape of the ridge line seems to focus attention on the path. Pity there isn't a walker (preferably wearing red) somewhere in the near distance on the path... .

Steve

Wrong time of day? For what ?

Those mid-day/early afternoon photos (which I like a lot) convey the feel of that time of day very well. That's a good thing IMHO. The boat photo conveys the feeling of evening (and a lazy one, too!) very well, and that's also a good thing. Which would I have on the wall? Probably the boats, because that would be more immediately appreciated by most people who weren't there. But which would bring back memories and feelings of a good walk in the hills? The mid-day/afternoon photos. Horses for courses.

Steve

JPG + RAW saved in camera, Affinity to edit images, only use another program if there's a real need - sounds like a good plan . In fact, it sounds like a very good plan that because that's what I do. And I only use a small fraction of what Affinity can do (I keep promising myself that I'll learn some of its other stuff one day, but one day never seems to come!).

Steve

Not that, either.

So now it's time for the Big Reveal - (drum roll) - and the thing that isn't the big NASA rocket taking off is...

Well, Davidwozhere was very close indeed. It is a sexual organ of a flower. But it's an acanthus, not a lily. And it's part of the female bit (stigma and style), not the male bit (stamen). To be more precise, it's part of what's left after the flower has done its job. And to prove it, here is a photo (a stack, of course :wink of the entire thing,




Thanks for looking ... and thanks for guessing .

Steve

Agree with tigershoot's question - why are you saving PEF files on the card then converting to DNG? Both are RAW files, just different formats. You can tell the camera to save as DNG on the card and work from that. Don't know what it will do for the total processing time, but it removes an unnecessary conversion step from your work flow. FWIW, I used to use PEF but changed to DNG years ago because it's a more widely accepted type of file (and for consistency because my Pentax Q can only produce DNG, not PEF).

Have you thought about changing the software that you use? PureRaw may well be a superb program, but if you can get all you actually need from another program that runs much more quickly on your current computer it would be a lot cheaper than buying another machine.

Steve

Nice. They look almost good enough to eat - another few weeks before picking and eating?

Steve

Negative. It's organic.

Close, but no cigar! (And it's not from a ciger :wink

Keep the guesses coming, I'll reveal all when I can get a decent picture of the whole thing.

Steve

Nope, not food or related to food.

It came from the garden.

Another guess or two?

Steve

Interesting suggestion, but ... no .

It has nothing to do with a human or animal.

Next guess??

Steve

I understand your problem now. A long time to hang around waiting for the computer to do its job but not long enough to go and make a cup of tea.

Steve