+1. The 55-300 is a terrific - go for this if you have the resources.

Great portrait - unusual angle and great character in his face.

Mind you, I'd probably pull that expression if you were lurking under my chest like that...

Liking the composition in #1 very much - and nice contrast between the green leaves still on the trees against the orange/brown fallen leaves.

Used to go to Clumber a lot when I was 'youth' (some time ago now...), so really nice to see pics from here

Congratulations Darlene, and JudithAnn also. Chuffed to get 3rd and honoured to be listed with your two (which both really really made me smile ) ... but the entries were all so varied and interesting - so well done all. Great topic from The Good Dr, and many thanks to him also for the constructive and insightful comments. This level of feedback makes the comp so worthwhile.

Thanks for posting. I really enjoy seeing the images entered for this competition. Last year I even bought the book with all the 'best' entries - 160 or so. Some cracking stuff. But not one single image taken with a Pentax camera .

When the book comes out this year, no doubt I'll also get it (after a suitable gap to let the price drop :wink. Fingers crossed for a Pentax image this year amongst all the canikon stuff; given the quality of some of the landscapers posting here (Marklj, Puma et al) there's no reason why not...

The Walled Track

[IMG]http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk206/Northgrain/Shire%20Hill%20Wanders/WalledLaneHDR.jpg[/IMG]

Left my front door on Saturday evening, and for exactly 5 minutes walked straight up the old quarry track running up the hill behind the house. Then turned round, looked back down, set the tripod up and snapped away. I've used this as a spur to try out HDR, which I've been meaning to play with for a while.

Composite of six exposure bracketed images via photomatix.

21mm, f/14, ISO 100, 2.5s-1.3s-0.6s-0.3s-1/6s-1/15s

Suspect I'll be asking on the forum for HDR advice soon

Welcome to the forum. Look forward to seeing your photos

Welcome to the forum!

Great topic.

Right. No excuses for not entering this fortnight

Here's to second (3rd? 4th?) the proposal to stick with this comp for a bit longer - even given the recent low turnouts. I didn't enter this time, as I've just been brutally busy at work, but have really enjoyed the entrants and will certainly do something for the next comp.

Anyone reading this out there who hesitates to enter the competitions because they don't think they'll cut the mustard - don't !!! You learn so much from getting stuck in to the best of your ability (even numpties like me ).