Why not do as Gary does and mark hi-res versions as private? I wouldn't want to rely on flickr to store photos, but as an easily accessible 2nd backup, it does make sense.

To my shame I haven't had it developed yet, but after a lot of research I have decided that Kodak Ektar is a good choice in terms of colour print film. It's available from 7dayshop

After a poor experience with 'Snappy Snaps', I sent my last film to this place for develop + scan: http://www.snapsphotoservices.com/35mmcolourfilmprocessingandprinting.html

I was very pleased and it wasn't too expensive.

You could go down the B&W route, and develop your film at home. It's not as hard as it sounds, if you scan your neatives rather than enlarge and print them in the traditional way. I know of at least one forum member who does this. Perhaps he'll be along in a minute?

The light isn't very conducive to a great shot here, but I also think the composition is a little lacking. Great - composition is quite hard to comment on! Anyway here goes.

If you were to sketch this scene, would you place the house in that position, directly above the gate? Would you not be tempted to use the diagonal of the gate more positively, and line the house up with that, perhaps?

If you drew a vertical line down the middle of the picture, nearly all the elements would be on the right hand side. There is little on the left hand side to catch the eye. Ideally your comp should (IMHO) have either a strong focal point, or multiple focal points which allow the eye to drift naturally around the picture.

I don't sweat the PU Gallery comments. If people just want to post images they are pleased with for some reason, and only hear praise, that's fine. I don't spend much time there!

'Your Photos' is really the place to get that constructive criticism. I think the default commenting mode should be polite yet helpful, but anyone's free to ask for a more full-on approach.

The constructive crit section has been suggested before, by Cardiff Gareth I think. I'm not sure about it, as people may think that photos not in this section should then be immune from any negative comment.

Well, as your pictures are available on 500px for purchase, that may change soon Mark

The k7 is ollddd now. At a guess, they probably started phasing the k7 out of production when they introduced the k5. It remained in the line up while they cleared existing stocks. Looks like they're getting to the end of that process now and stock is drying up.

With non-100% viewfinders it's also inevitable you're going to crop sometimes, depending on the subject. If you use a prime lens sometimes you have to compromise to take the shot, and a little cropping sorts it out later. It is perfectly possible to 'visualise' your image after cropping when you take it.

I heard that reds were making a comeback in the uk? Of course they're still common in Europe.

They look great but 31 shots is a lot to plough through... You might have been better off either posting the ones you weren't too sure about, or your shortlisted shots to see if there's anything you hadn't noticed. I don't know much about lighting but I think the fairly strong lighting here suits her and looks contemporary. I don't really like the light on the background cloth in some of the shots- what does it contribute? In a few shots she is touching the edge of the frame (her foot or hand etc). That bothers me for some reason.

I love the urban location shots! But really don't like the last three, her clothes and the mood of the shots is a bit 80's. But they're well taken. The last one is a bit 'glamour photography'. Gross!

But I imagine she'll be thrilled with these results.

I can see the logic in replacing a number of slow zooms with one slow zoom, but there'll always be a place for primes and fast zooms. I know you don't necessarily need fast lenses because of better iso performance, but what about the creative use of dof? If you always shoot at small apertures you almost might as well stick to a compact camera imho.