Good head shots there qc ... Great relaxed expressions and smiles. You clearly can still work your magic!

Perhaps it would be nice to have a slightly wider framing for the 2 girls, just to include some more neckline? Good to see you out & about again ... You are my 'street stranger' mentor after all ����

Back out again in South Kensington with renewed confidence after the success of my first attempts at this genre ... Shop-Window Street Portraits. I decided to go for variety this time, looking for all sorts, a real cross-section of the local demography. Being South Kensington though, it was hard to find one not extremely well dressed.

All with the K7 & Tamron Adaptall 135mm f2.8, most at f4.0.


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Thanks for your interest and for all thoughts and feedback !

Your first task now is to search the web for one of those expert 'Box Opening Guide' videos

Another great idea thanks Rob ... all my best efforts to spend some serious cash have been consistently thwarted right here. Pentax Users are a seriously thrifty and inventive bunch it seems!

A very good selection there, favorite for me is the flower which is very crisp with lovely blues. The 2nd is a good viewpoint, perhaps chop a bit more from the left edge? The first is a little weak I'd say, the foreground framing trunks get in the way and the building itself is a little soft.

Thanks for showing these, not somewhere I know at all, looks a beautiful spot!

No, you'd need naked zombies for that location. Not sure when the season starts for that though.

So set shake reduction to 'off' then I think 2, 6 & 7 are the most efffective - seems to work best where the whole frame is blurred more equally. You've done a great job with these!

Louise must know now that everyone here really does care and she can count on her fellow Pentax people whenever needed.

My point is about how to advise and help Louise, and if the thread had stayed up I would have tried to do that there ... but I'm left doing it here now.

I think the focus of advice should be more about how Louise perceives events and behaviours around her. I've tried to help by pointing out that its common for others to be self-focussed, and place their interests above all else, even someones disorder or learning difficulties.

Over-emphasing the bad behaviour ('bully' was mentioned) I feel risks making Louise feel more low, that people are against her, when it may be just the personal inadequacies and pettiness that resides inside many that she experiences - the common weaknesses.

I support the thread's removal for these reasons - concern over the slant of the support, and the fact that it involved a (not present) 3rd party and possibly a complex set of expectations and understandings on both sides that none of us could ever really hope to fully appreciate.

I do think we should be allowed 'general chat' to support each other, and yes I think the moderators should explain decisions, especially when faced with such direct pleas, but in this situation I do think there were aspects that were innapropriate and warrented calling a halt.

A tragedy was narrowly averted as our photographer fell from his precarious position in shock and was saved only by his safety harness. Witnesses reported never having seen a Pentax user in the area before, and most commentators agree it was likely to be a one-off, although some locals have pledged to remain extra vigilant over the coming days.