Indeed so. But I didn't mean to be rude, its just one of those 'groundhog day' topics....

Shot one's great Adrian! Works great with the fisheye.

The usual place for discussion.

Please keep the discussion focussed on the competition and the photography, and avoid any sort of religious debate.... Sacred or Spiritual are broad terms and I am going to try to be open minded and generous about people's own personal interpretations.

Of course you don't have to personally find the subject of your photograph sacred, as long as it recognisably fits the theme.

A place, a building, an object, a moment in time, or a state of being. Spirituality, God, 'the infinite', or some other form of reverence. Alternative skews on the topic are welcome! I will put aside my own beliefs and will judge on the success or failure of the photographs alone, in terms of how they convey a sense of sacredness or spirituality - and I trust that any comments in the discussion thread will reflect this.

Thanks Fiona! Appreciate the kind comments and the first place. It was indeed taken at around sunset

This has been covered loads of times in this forum and in magazine reviews etc... I'm surprised you haven't come across any opinions on the subject! To save you the time and bother of doing your own research the answer is 'YES'.

The sigma 30mm seems to get a lot of love, and I can see why. Nice combination of thin dof and normal-wide focal length.

Yes no.3 is lovely, definitely my favourite from the set. Your comments pretty much cover my thoughts as to the rest. Yellowslacks eh, I was reading about that part of Bleaklow a few days ago, think I might make a visit next time i'm up in Derbyshire. Never been on Bleaklow before, although i've done Kinder several times.

To be fair, if an amateur wants to do the occasional free shoot, without the pressure and expectation that charging a fee would create, isn't that okay? The client is providing an experience the photographer might otherwise have to pay for- providing models etc. Turning this on it's head, if pro's can't compete with free stuff being created by amateurs, they need to think about giving their work a unique selling point, concentrating on more discerning parts of the market, or specific areas requiring special skills. If they can't do this, they haven't really succeeded in finding a niche in today's market, and it's not really the fault of amateurs.

Green Crown.




K-7 - ISO 500 - f2.8 - Tamron 90mm