#2. Doesn't lose the main feel of the image whilst giving better emphasis to the textures on the water

'Spey reflections' is just fabulous.

More great stuff - almost too much to take in in one run through (like #73 buses, Marklj comes along in busts.. but when he does, oh boy...).

Lots and lots to admire here, but on 1st look through absolutely love the Falcon crag shot (which looks like a steaming rainforest) and Skiddaw before dawn. The parhelic circle is amazing (I thought you were bemoaning the conditions during your trip!) - although I wonder if something between your first version and the 'more work' version would be most effective.

Assynt and environs are a bit special. They used to talk about 'Cuillin-itis' but 'Assynt-itis' is just as catching

I'm onto Amazon straightaway

Always a bit special when you post your work, Mark. I sat up a bit straighter in my chair to go through these. Just fabulous.


Many congratulations! I bought the book from last year - inspirational stuff and one of the reasons I decided to have a play (even if in my rather half-arsed way) at digital photogrpahy. But not a single Pentax image in last years book. I wondered if you'd have a crack at it this year, as your images are right up there with the best, so it's fantastic news that you've a couple in. Much deserved given your talent.

Welcome Francesco

Welcome Nutter!

Loads of us round here take rubbish photos, but there are loads of talented and friendly folk here with excellent advice to improve. Post away

You're definitely not the only one . Loads of wise words above, but I think the idea of entering the comps (particularly the fortnightly) is a great one (forces you to try stuff out you might not otherwise have done).

Your photos from this morning are a wee bit too thumb-naily to see fully (re-post a bit bigger?), but the last one looks fascinating and the reflected house in #6 is obviously a really good subject. I like #2 the best of the 'shroom shots' - nice of it emerging from the leaves and the cap is shown off well by the dark/bokeh'd background. For me #4 has a bit of the 'background plants which look like they're growing out of the subject' thing going on - in which I'm a past master via lamposts growing out of my kids heads when I try to take informal portraits...

Great image. And the 'bag between the calves' stance is a perfect capture of a typical bench-sitters trait!

I think my very first post to the forum was to ask about advice on ND grads for landscape work... but after 8 months of relying on lightroom grads and dabbling with HDR, I'm again thinking I should to invest in a set.

So what brand/type of ND grads do the landscapers here use?

For the time being I'd want to use them on the 18-55 kit lens and the 21 Ltd (my main landscape lenses)... with long-term designs on a better landscape zoom (sigma 10-20, or even the Pentax 12-24 given a lottery win :wink.