Thanks Russ, it was very peaceful - took off really for a bit of exercise, grabbed the camera bag and ended up messing around under the trees experimenting with compositions and some HDR (can you spot the HDR ones?).
It was an enjoyable time opn a beautiful morning off - must be the hobbyist in me coming through

Alan, thanks for the feedback - there's not a lot to create interest out of up there - I took the one lens and decided to try and make the most of it, so it had to be under the trees really. It will reward more effort in different lighting, and when the trees are in leave more. Did work hard at removing the halos though ... maybe I should give them the oil painting look ... or the plastic ?

You mean thats not actually him?

A sunny morning last week so took the chance to walk the length of Riddlesdown, taking the K7 & Samyang 14mm.


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Thanks for checking them out

Superb ... I don't know my magpies from my eagles (don't care either ) but these ooze quality & finess. Lovely suble tones and just the right amount of contrast.

It depends on your shooting style and subject ... if you're doing slower considered sort of things, and you've got the time, then why not carry a tripod? It usually results in better images for all of us if its that kind of shot.

Focal length and ISO play a part as well of course - what camera are you using? You may be able to set a far higher ISO than you actually are - that will bump up your speeds. Try Tav mode (if you have it) - make sure you're setting a 50% more than the numerical equivilent of the focal length (eg 100 mm use 150th/sec), choose you're aperture, then let the camera give you the ISO.

Or you could shoot wider and crop in on the computer.

I always use Photoshops 'save for web' dialogue, and I select the options 'bicubic sharper'. So I'm assuming this applies some sharpeneing, but it appears to be an automatic amount, or at least I can't see a way to control it?. Would this approach give the type of sharpening you are thinking of Steve?

Funny enough, I've seen a slight haloing on a shot I'm working on now, at the edge of of tree trunk and a brighter background (thats had brightness reduced), and here I'm finding that using the blur tool along the edge is working, kind of opposite to sharpening?

But I guess I still risk an artifact creeping back in upon re-sizing.

You are making a specialty of this now - as always beautiful soft tones and glancing light, and I like the little flash of movement in the water at the bottom of No2. Great to see these, thanks!

All the praise is well deserved Its a very effective selection of travel shots. I think the indoor ones are special, both for the lighting and colours as well as for showing some places I doubt many of us will have seen. The one through the arch with the mountains far away is brillaint - such clear air!

My favourite is the last one (The Hadrian) for the tight crop & classic composition.

I see your point there ... That is one heck of a halo, fading gradient type, in a circular pattern over about 65% if the image circle !!! The question is anniem, how to deal with it ?