Good choice. Can I have first dibs on username 'Battyman'?

Beautiful shot, the colour really glows.

You can't blame the Olympics on that though can you? The damage was done years ago. I wouldn't want to over-claim, but there have been UK businesses which have benefited from the Olympics over the last few years - construction firms, cement works, manufacturers... I wouldn't be surprised if it has kept a few companies ticking over, it's just a shame that it's only temporary.

That's right - the Japanese economy also needs propping up, not just ours!

“I tell you, we are on earth to fart around and don’t let anybody tell you different” - Kurt Vonnegut

Fed up of Olympics moaners. The economy has benefited from the stimulus into construction and manufacturing. Don't like the restrictive conditions agreed with sponsors? Great, but would you prefer more public money spent on the games? The Olympics is here. Whatever your personal gripes, why not just enjoy it and hope it's as successful as it can be - economically and sportingly.

Really fantastic abstract shots - right up my street!

You can use a k-mount adapter, and something very sharp like the DA35mm macro.

I did take another couple of example shots with HDR1, a while back...

Off:




On (after levels adjustments):




The straight-out-of-camera image was very muddy, which is why the levels needed adjusting. Presumably I should have set the EV comp a bit higher? Anyway, the jpeg was impressively detailed and noise-free.

Interesting set of results. I'm not really a HDR shooter, but I do sometimes use HDR1 when shooting into the sun, or in situations such as woodlands with deep shadows and pools of light.




Your HDRs of the lighthouse haven't worked well using the in-camera settings. I wonder if there is actually that big of a dynamic range in the first place, given the 0EV image from the bracketed set has no burnt highlights or black shadows?

The software-based HDR images have provided a lot more contrast, but I wonder if you could have achieved similar results by adjusting levels, since the camera captured the full dynamic range of the image in the first place?

Wow, that beautiful velodrome! I'm going to get down there at some point, perhaps for the Paralympics, when tickets are a bit cheaper