5, in colour . quite a bit of shadow plus i prefered it with a bit of vignette as well. also another with tree removed and no vignette

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version B

thanks for comments , will have another look at 5

thanks for comment, his name is Jax, thats what he came with so we kept it. Dunstall castle was something i saw on a site ages ago and as i had to go to Tewkesbury it gave me the chance to go and see it plus i had just bought a Sigma 10-20 , for the 3rd time which i wanted to try. that is the Castle shot.

Had him 10 months now, was told he never played with toys :}}, very friendly also very needy.

Jax




Dunstall Castle, not a Castle but a grade 2 listed ruin of a folly that was once part of the Croome Estate but the estate shrunk in size over the years and this is now just stood at the side of the road near Earls Coome village. One of the towers has a staircase in that can be climbed to see the view but only on certain days in the year, the same is true of the Panorama Tower in the park. imagine this place will be nice for photography come Autumn with trees,river and lake in the grounds.

1. Dunstall Castle



2. Falling Star, 8mm Samyang FE



3. The Tower



4. Solarised Arches



5. Stretching Skywards

not exactly overstocked on Pentax mostly 645

anyone know what has happened to Nigel (McGregNi) very conspicuous by his absense. has he deserted the fold and his beloved K7. his posts were usually a good read and the flash stuff was very informative

all the big flashes were obscured by neighbours trees or happened when i put the camera away so just caught some little ones

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well captured, that is a strange one

thanks Bill, must admit i am finding dying flowers more interesting than live ones, just seems to be daisies at the moment, maybe a tryptich subject.

all from the same shoot bar the hedge John, that's ours. we are so lucky to have this common so close. it is an SSI area and is maintained the same way as agriculture used to be, letting the cows chew the cud and manure it . they are taken off around late Autumn i think then it gets a cut back late winter ready for spring growth to take off. cows back on March/April time, usually only around a dozen or so. thanks once again for comments.