I agree with Stuart - in this group the boy does look a little strained. Also the skin tones don't seem quite right - a bit too pale and, as Nigel commented, slightly yellow. Perhaps the whole image needs a bit less brightness, together with a hint of pink in the skin. The surroundings look better in their natural colours, but they could be toned down to make them less imposing, with both a gentle vignette and a slight reduction in saturation. E.g. -




Just my opinions, of course.

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Philip

David, you have given the image the title "Ullswater Light" so, presumably that indicates your intention. For me it is not actually working, because some of the water in the middle of the shot is a bit lost among the background tones, and the untidy foreground distracts from the wonderful light from the sky to the lake. A conversion from colour using a cyan filter, plus a 2:1 crop down, go some way towards a solution for me:




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Philip

I often use the zoom on the MX-1, even straying into the digital range occasionally if necessary (and the images are still good on screen or up to A4 print), as the zoom range is comparable to using the standard zoom lens, i.e. the 18-135mm, which is often on my K-5 II.

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Philip

I used to think the same, until joining a local photo club a couple of years ago. The majority of members use digital and there equal numbers of club evening competitions for colour and monochrome prints - 5 of each during the season. This has has kindled my interest in mono, so that I am beginning to appreciate viewing, and attempting to work with, both color and mono.

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Philip

I do find the 35 mm equivalents helpful, and particularly on the small sensor compact cameras, e.g. MX-1.

(Off topic - the one I can't get used to is 'litres per 100 kilometres'. 'Miles per gallon' - now that's meaningful.)

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Philip

Thank you, John. I had a short holiday in the Lichfield area last year, to visit two amazing places - the Cathedral and the nearby National Memorial Arboretum. I will return, particularly to see the latter again, but probably not until next year - but I'll let you know and claim the prize!

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Philip

It looks like this one -

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- picture 1 and picture 4.

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Philip

An interesting set of the dramatic and the cute. I would prefer the first one without the trolley, but the extra photo (#6) is missing the wonderful sky of #1.

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Philip

I do like these Nigel, each one full of colourful detail and interest.

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Philip

Looks like a wonderful old bridge, but perhaps there are better compositions, because of the distracting walls and fencing on the right of #1, and for the reasons given above for #2. Perhaps shooting from different positions, somewhere between those in the shots here, could have given compositions from which much of the sky and grass could be excluded, to concentrate on that great bridge and the river. Although I can see the point about contrasting with the dull conditions, the greens are unnaturally too bright and saturated for me.

Just my opinions, of course.

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Philip