So glad to hear you had a large print made and that you are pleased with it. Now all we need to do is arrange a Pentax User trip to beautiful Argyll so that we may all gaze upon it.

It is a tough one. The trouble is the simpler the composition the more critical the positioning and relationship between the different components. I can see that my suggestion does come with its own drawbacks. I've just been scrolling the picture up and down my screen to create different crops, what works for my eye overall is removing just enough of the top of the image to remove the very da ...

Mr Wayward Charlie, I think you don't mind critique so here goes. Unfortunately I don't like the design of the bike stands, so not a great start. I do like the shadows and the fresh squares of concrete. The road is a total distraction to what I think is the main point and focus of the photograph. My solution is not to delete the photograph from your hard drive :D , it is to crop the top of t ...

Thanks for your comments. I guess you were all too polite to mention the vignetting! Normally I like to ensure I end up with a full range of tones, from black to white, but I'm sure this one doesn't work unless it's low contrast, as perceived at the time it was taken. I guess this not being a competition and as we are not judges as such we can just sit back and enjoy your beautiful photograp ...

Hi Nigelk - Thanks. Basically I was saying that, from a technical photographic perspective, it is not very good, but sometimes those are not the qualities needed to make a good picture (as opposed to photograph). Well, it does make a damn fine picture as far as I'm concerned.' I don't find the PP overdone either. I guess I'm seeing a bit more colour than I would expect to see in the RAW but n ...

I don't understand your photo information but I like your photograph.

It's all about the stone and the steps, and magnificent it is! All I want is for you to rename it to a title that reflects what this picture is about. Silly isn't it, but for some reason it matters to me.

I prefer this "simplified" one.

Agreed

What a lovely view to find and capture.