thanks once again for comments, i think the idea is to push everything out but retain some semblence of the subject. as John and Dodge say perhaps try some different subjects.

thanks for the comments,i was not sure high key was right myself as i say it was something i saw and digging deeper the lady that did it deliberately blows out the backgrounds,deliberate oof, never uses a tripod and hand holds 10 stop filter shots also uses camera movement. she is FRPS with the attitude that all rules can be broken. it just appealed to me and as smeggy said it is "art" not a photograph in the normal understanding of the word and as such is completely at the mercy of peoples likes and dislikes. my personal favourite is the last one which i think would lend itself to being printed on Epson Watercolour paper to turn it into a "painting" but that,s just me, once again thanks for looking and comments

saw something like this done with birds and started to think if there were other subjects that would be suitable, so off to a field full of horses.i will just throw it out there and duck












the blue eye does belong to the horse and not adobe

1. the towers are on the lean
2.agree with Smeggy, lose the chimney, because it is a reddish colour my eyes are drawn straight to it
3.nice shot colour is good and a nice balance on the subject, on the crops i prefer the 2nd one and i personally would have taken more water away, maybe just under the more distinct reflections.
4.this looks washed out to me, the buildings look too bright and the colour on the top of the wall and of paving does not look right seems to need a boost. perhaps a levels or curves adjustment would sort it.
5. like this one, like the transition in the sky from the blue to the haze, i may have got rid of what ever that is in the water.
i,ve done a "Nigel" on these, well as close as i can, no offence Nigel

stuff all the colours i want a clear plastic one with light leakage compensation

just a point about the sensor from info on another site it is from Toshiba not Sony, although what difference this makes i do not know.

it seems Adobe have had a serious hack attack resulting in peoples personal details ,passwords and card /payment information has been compromised, also source code was hacked as well. i apologise if this is old news but only just come across it on dpreview. i thought it was important to the users of CC also it appears it could affect purchasers of stand alone as well.

you can always go and play on the nice new pier at Weston-Super-Mare, welcome to the Bristol Channel

thanks, could you give me a "how to" please Gareth or point me in the direction of one, i did look but could not find anything that i could get to work

the prints and digital images are handed in on a club night then usually a fotnight later the judge attends the club with the images that he/she has reviewed and gives their decision and reasons as to why each was judged the way it was, at least that is how ours works.