Nice shot, very precise framing (unless you cropped it). Assuming you didn't that's one of the advantages of a DSLR with a 100% coverage viewfinder! Something you can't get from Leica...

(Plus I can't afford one).

Now there's an idea for 'leading lines'.

Sure, It's like looking at the top half of a wheel, end on. Technically the surface never ends (it's circular), but from that viewpoint it looks finite. Take this photograph of a car tyre (linked below from some random website advertising car tyres) and imagine the viewpoint is rotated slightly so you're looking at it exactly end on. That's basically what I photographed except it wasn't a tyre, obviously, but a huge metal 'hoop'. I hope that's a better explanation!

http://tyre2go.co.uk/images/product/triangle/Triangle-Car-Tyres-TR928.jpg

Doesn't look like either to me. I'm not sure, but it could be a bad pixel. Try running the Pixel Mapping option from the K-5 menu and see if it goes away.

Hi, thanks for the positive comments. The title is an obscure reference or clue as to the nature of the object photographed... quite possibly too obscure! The part of the sculpture I photographed actually forms a complete circle in reality, but the chosen viewpoint cuts off the arc of the circle just short of the top of the frame, purposely making a structure which technically 'has no end' look distinctly finite. Hence 'Reach for' infinity. Possibly I'm trying to be much too clever for my own good here.

I'm not sure that's possible, not in the way you describe it anyway. When you're looking through a viewfinder you can only see what's projected onto the focusing screen, nothing more. I can look into my viewfinder from all kinds of bizarre angles with and without spectacles and the extent of the frame which is visible to me changes, but the overall content of the frame absolutely does not.

Unless some element of your viewfinder system is somehow misaligned (most likely the mirror) you can't possibly see anything that isn't in the frame through it, regardless what angle you're viewing from. Parallax error doesn't apply here because the viewpoint is that of the camera lens, not of your eye.

To see if any element of your viewfinder system is misaligned, I'd try a tripod-mounted test, placing distinct elements in the exact corners of the viewfinder and then seeing if they're properly aligned in the resultant image. Just bear in mind the K10D has about 95% frame coverage so there will be slightly more spacing around the edge of the frame then you see in the viewfinder, but other than that the placing of objects in the photograph should be accurate.

Edit: Another possible reason which just occurred to me is that when moving your eye to try to see into different parts of the viewfinder frame (your glasses preventing you from seeing the whole thing) you may be inadvertently moving the camera as well, thus altering the framing. Testing to see if this happens with the camera mounted on a tripod might again be a good idea.

Personally I'm finding my glasses increasingly irritating when photographing as they do affect the accuracy of my framing to some extent. Sometimes I find myself having to frame a shot five or six times before I get it just right, primarily because the whole viewfinder frame is not quite visible all at once. I've actually made an appointment at the opticians for this Wednesday after work to see if I can switch to contact lenses.

Very nice! I deliberately went for a dark and gloomy appearance in mine but I do like your version too. It gives the pic a very different atmosphere from what I intended but the contrast is better and reveals more detail. The crop also suits the lighter more 'open' feel.

I don't think the baseball caps make a difference. Modern style baseball caps have been around a lot longer than 40 years.

Love the first of these two shots.

I too, like these a lot. Particularly no. 3 where you really picked the right moment to fire the shutter as the positions of the two cars make for a great composition which would have been gone a fraction of a second later!

BTW, what lens did you use?