A great leap off to the coast, what a great contrast to the first! I like it, well organised, especially the stairs and the figure which complement each other. You've exposed for the highlights it seems, giving it a soft contrast with quite low shadows ... The default suggestion here would be' lift the shadows to reveal detail', but I wonder if the opposite would actually work better ..ie higher contrast, rendering the lower areas more as a silhouette?

A great 2nd shot, where will we be transported to next?

Very atmospheric, and shot it challenging lighting conditions, so well done indeed ... Is it a compromise without a tripod our filters? Yes, it is, but you've made the most of it, that's what counts!

The second wins out because of the lighting across most of the ground, which pulls the eye right through to the distance. On the first there is really no lighting at all so to speak. Also the sky contrast is too high on the first, with prominent blown highlights and very dark shadows .. This balance is better on the 2nd, but could probably be further improved with a little levels work just on the sky.

Great views over some great landscape!

I'd always assumed those big monster lenses you see in packs at big sporting events, stuck onto EOS 1Vs or whatever, were really all big apertures for light gathering purposes to get the shutter speed needed for those actions situations, or in the case of paparazzi to get steady enough shots from long distances. For them the DOF was incidental.

The technology of these monsters goes back a fair few years, back to the years when even the top Pro model bodies they were made for did not have what we would call 'ISO performance' at all. They needed that light gathering and wobble reducing speed because you just could'nt crank up the ISO like we can now - I mean, really, back in 2004, 10 years ago ... these lenses were all around then , but could you take usable shots at ISO 6400, even on the FF Pro bodies of the other brands?

A lot of green, browny / greeny water, grey stones, yellowy grass - and a washout sky!

Quick off the starting post there Joe, and off to a good start as well! A very tranquil and 'settled' scene, and even colour maniac me can accept the mono tones, it really does kind of work with it. the Placement of the building is perfect.

I wonder though about the top edge - the high trees cut off, it's quite abrupt - presumably very near their tops? I'm sure there was a reason you didn't want to go wider to include the tree tops ....

Thanks also to Barrie, Simon, Stan, Gwyn, Joe & Philip for your responses ... I'm glad you've enjoyed seeing the images

And thanks again to those stalwarts who have stuck with it through the whole series and compared the images from start to finish!

I've had a great time showing off a bit of the Jurassic Coast - I'm sure I don't need to tell you that in the coming weeks there will be plenty more to come, more of the amazing Jurassic coastline and its beautiful surrounds!

Its time to hand over now to our next Five-in-a-Rower - Joe (redbussa99) who is taking up the challenge. I look forward to seeing his selection soon ....

Thanks Michael! The sun is very low, almost horizontal off left shining right onto the cliffs. In fact the unadjusted RAW showed much stronger red on the cliffs, which I didn't remember as being that strong, so I reduced this a bit. I believe it is fairly accurate as to what it looked like with a very low, large red sun near the horizon.

The 28mm f2.8 has proved to be a great little lens for me. I tend to use it well stopped down which I assume would bring out the best in it.

Thanks to everyone else also at this stage... I should point something out, although I'm sure some will realise - I've come full circle with this sequence - in this last image you are seeing the same subject as in the first! Its quite an amazing perspective jump, but you can see the two rock formations in the sea (the 'Pinnacles') are the same white ones on the left and far right of my first shot, and the cliffs behind also. In the first one they look so much flatter, but as you see in the last they curve dramatically in and out.

OK, It's a good time I think for my 5th and final photograph ...

Thanks also to Phil, Joe and the two Davids for your input and feedback on that 4th one


No 5) The Pinnacles (Old Harry Rocks at Handfast Point), Studland

A sunrise shot, looking south-west from the point headland, the Peveril Point head of Swanage Bay is in the distance. K7 & Pentax 'A' 28mm f2.8, shot at f13 ISO 100.

Thanks again Simon, I'm really pleased you like it! The question of horizon leveling is always tricky with this wide angle and when there is such a long horizon. This was out course shot absolutely level, on a tripod carefully adjusted worth electronic horizon indicator. The barrel distortion had been corrected in post. The Bay curves inwards towards the camera on the left side, which explains the drop. It can be deceptive but I believe it is quite accurate.

Yes, the contrasts and textures are all there, but to me, this particular scene demands the colours, it seems to scream them at me! But, of course, for others it will be different ... Aren't we so lucky now to so easily have both.