Very lovely colour tones here, especially the gentle blues and pinks in the sly. The long exposures bring a mysteriousness and dream like quality also. You've really conveyed a feeling of the isolation and history ..... It takes me back to the days of reading The Famous Five!

Strong colours, strong shapes ...... Photos that pack a punch! The depth and play of light in No6 makes it stand out above the others. The verticals and perspectives are all very straight, considering the angle of shooting.

No 3 has the best shape and eye pulling power.... On the last one I'd crop in at the top and right to remove the distraction breaking the lines in the top right corner.

Very good processing, effective use of mono, light & shade, tonal gradations etc. I like the strong lead in lines on No1 and 3 ......I don't think you should have had a tree right bang in front of the Abbey though (No2).

Looks like a great place for photos!

I think that both hard drive fragmentation and registry bloating is a much smaller issue nowadays with the latest operating systems, so probably not worth worrying about, or at least only once a year or so.

. Couldn’t resist .....

Actually, the EyeFocussing feature is hardly new to the DSLR generally. When I was a Canon EOS film SLR user, my dream machine was the EOS 3, a Pro level model, and it offered Eye focussing. I used to read reviews about the system at the time, and it didn’t honestly sound to be a ‘must have’, and at the time (around the years 1996-2001) it wasn’t necessarily all that fast or accurate. However, I’m sure the latest offerings are a big improvement and no doubt useful and practical in certain scenarios......

My EOS 3 dream was never fulfilled, as by the time the model became affordable for me secondhand, the digital age photographically had well and truly marched centre stage.

Yes, and to facilitate that Ricoh are abandoning their relationship with Tamron and starting a new co-developmental joint venture with ....... Spec Savers!

Actually no, it's just been announced .... They are now carrying out final testing for the new EyeControl Focussing system that Richard has been asking for! ....

Based on most of your recent posts Algi, I imagine the best new feature for you would be PUB Detection!!

Good work and congrats on the publication! Now, that Avatar is indeed a work of art .... I think it would be very hard to replicate

These really remind us that we should always take a telephoto out into the landscape. This part of the world can so easily present as bland and mono coloured with little texture. You've created images with a graphical & shape based emphasis with the shadows creating their own patterns in places where there is nothing on the ground. A very good approach in a sort of 'make something out of not very much' sort of way!

You've inspired me ..... I should get out there with my 14mm and take some 'make nothing out of not very much' shots