Last one for me too.

One can only hope number 4 isn't

Oh these are good.

1. b&w suits the subject and you nailed focus and correct dof.

3. is very interesting. Perhaps a tighter (square) crop ?

5. Is my pick of the bunch. Your camera angle is superb.

Eek, what a capture.

That second one is very nice. I cannot decide if the lights (houses/cars ?) would be better cloned out ?

Nice work again Nigel. I know you saw my comments on the other site. I think this is a good example of where you actively seek to use two distinct light sources in a situation where just one would not give you as dynamic an image.

I might try this when the sun decides to make an appearance again. Very wet in Surrey today, typical British summer eh

I used a variation on option 1 recently. I wanted a wide 2.8 aperture to show off the lens circular oof highlights but it was far too contrasty for my subject (the faithful Rio). So I placed him in the shade but illuminated him with direct HSS flash. I thought it worked well although probably a flatter image than your two light sources used here. Two years ago i would not have had a clue about thinking in this way. Just goes to show daylight flash can open up a multitude of possibilities.

It was indeed Nigel.

Nice Gareth. No. 3 for me.

If anyone is into portraiture, then snap up that 85mm lens. it is superb.

It is a thing of great beauty. It would not look out of place in Dr Who's TARDIS