They're all very good Carl, really like them, but the last one beats them all! Yes, I know the large tree on the right is cut off, but never mind, thats the shape of the sensor isn't it ... What I enjoy most about the last one is the way it draws you in and through, sort of curving from the foreground rock left around the shore and onto the distant mountains.

It seems to have some softness in the middle left side of the frame, which is odd as the foreground is sharp, and so is the far end of the lake?

The other 3 are all classic-type views, all beautifully framed and laid out.

As I've said before to our Mr Storm with lakes shots with this sort of sky, I do find the cloud shadow areas annoying ... it seems to me that the tonal balancing carried out on the skies has pulled down the shadow levels too far, causing an unrealistic near-blackness. I appreciate it may be perceived to add 'drama' or something artistic like that, but really ... if these clouds looked like this then I think you'd have needed more than any Weather Resistance could offer to save you from what was coming!

And finally ... I know, I know, shut up Nigel , the Langdale Pikes have taken on a blue cast and lost contrast - it just needs them selected, a contrast boost and pull off the cyan / blue channel - if you're lucky there might be some yellow left in there to extract which would even up the colour balance across the whole scene nicely.

Thanks for showing us these inspiring and thought-provoking photos

?? Did I miss something .... I can't see any comments that question the equipment or are' theorizing ' ?

No 3 for me, cracking! I prefer the right framing here, really suits the subject. Good vibrant images overall.

Thanks for trying it out Jules. It's a bigger reduction in those colours than I was really thinking, so perhaps there is a half way house? Dull? Not at all, to me it's beautiful, some real blue back in the sky, and lovely green on the ground. Much better! But, there is the possibility that something in between, with a bit more red and magenta, could provide the ideal balance.....

Its a great image Jules, no doubt - the composition and combination of elements all come together, and you had a brilliant sky.

But the colours? I do think it is not realistic enough to convince. At first glance it looks like Mars ... could you not reduce the red and magenta channels a bit, and a boost to blue & green might help. I just feel this would provide a better colour balance overall.

I agree with swarf on all points there - lovely arrangement and foreground detail is great. The colour issues on the grass areas I think is the result of a contrast setting that is too high (see how the hill top disappears to near-black). I'd suggest trying on a duplicate layer, reducing contrast a bit, then just apply that reduction to the middle and upper zones, masking out the foreground parts which have good contrast).

You're doing well with your watery theme Stan

That's a beautiful set of images, great quality and colour! I like the compositions generally, perhaps in some of the sea ones it would be better to have the foreground objects closer to the, well, the foreground. I mean a bit less open space in the foreground. It would be interesting to hear others ideas also! Thanks for showing us these gorgeous scenes.

Thats an exciting dramatic waterfall capture Stan! Very sharp and the shutter speed looks OK to me.

A couple of ideas .... I'd be tempted to trim off the top a bit - the open sky area doesn't add anything, so I'd crop in near to the waterfall top, and perhaps you could lose a bit at the bottom also?

I'm not sure if you've cranked things up on the computer, but the highlight levels on the rock faces look a bit OTT, kind of artificially lit. I think you could pull down highlights on these areas (but NOT on the water!) selectively to give a more natural muted result. Be careful not to let the shadow levels drop as well though.

Another great watery photo!

Off to a good start Stan! I love my colour mostly, so its a hard job to persuade me on anything mono, but you've done it here. I think the textures and tones suit the style very well, and the rock placement, although unconventional, works rather nicely, with spaces all around them to explore. Good idea to have a watery theme as well ....

If they could get out the 16-85 that would be top of my shopping list And imagine if it also featured a' large diameter' ... That would keep plenty of us happy in anticipation !