I'm surprised no ones mentioned a second hand or clearance k-x as a cheaper alternative.

Great PP work Paul. I also like the cork-skrewing branches amidst that thicket. Something very primordial about it! The darker colour of the branches draws the eye enough to do without a vignette - especially a very heavy one.

On a lighter note: fantastic to see the first wild strawberry flower of the year!

I had to do a 'yoof consultation' for a public park project my company were involved in. The lads who came along looked like your stereotypical chavs / hoodies.. the type who hang around in tracksuits and make you subconsciously feel for your wallet as you walk past them. This was in a rough part of Coventry. To cut a long story short, they were incredibly considerate and polite! Did they want skate ramps, BMX tracks and 'teen shelters'? No... somewhere for their little brothers and sisters to play (there was nowhere locally they said) and a quiet place with a fountain etc for elderly people.

John, they both look the same! Ideally you want to sharpen the subject while leaving the background unaffected, and de-noise the background while leaving the subject unaffected. Using layers would facilitate this.

Or for sharpening which will not affect the background, you can use unsharp mask, and set the threshold level at the point where the noise is not sharpened (and therefore worsened).

Cyril's got a new dad now link. Sorry Tozza!

Lovely shot, definitely like the colour film version best. Prefer the field of view and depth. You could have PP'd the K20d to look similar tone-wise, but some things you can't do.

Brilliant! I'm not sure I've got the patience for quite so many shots per image, but I love how this concept gets over the dof disadvantage of APSC and can be taken to extremes - beyond what you'd see with large format cameras let alone MF...

Your style comes through as strongly as usual in this set, and that makes it hard to comment in a way. 10's an interesting one, I know where Paul's coming from, but its as much a surreal vignette as social commentary. Leaving more out sparks the imagination more. You could almost crop the guy's body out completely and make it all about feet and the ground plane. 15's just brilliant with the 3 guys and the angular shapes which complete the composition.

If only UK train stations were this colourful... great stuff.

Really nice, I love no. 2... looks like it's about to roll off down the hill!