Was travelling home on Sunday when I noticed some colour appearing on the horizon. I was near the coast & had my gear in the boot so thought "Why not?" In my limited time with a Dslr I hadn't gone for the obligatory sunset shot !
Location was chosen on the fly as time was not on my side.

1st 2 are a little darker than I aimed for as I had PS set to an incorrect profile from some print experiments earlier. Will have to re-process them, but the darkness is growing on me somewhat. 3rd one re-processed as it was way too dark & all detail was lost.

Thoughts and comments good or bad as always appreciated.

Enjoying the show
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Getting my feet wet
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Smooth rocks at sundown
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Who nicked the rings off Saturn ?

Thanks for the kind comments. I tried to keep the colours in #2 muted to convey the desolation, but keep the bricks saturated to show the multitude of chimneys.

edit your original post and put(img) before & (/img) after each address But make sure you use square brackets ie: [ ]

p.s. Nicely saturated images there. Colours really Pop

They look great. Not doing yourself justice by posting a small size either, lets see them bigger.

I look forward to seeing some variations on the theme too. Anyone have any allsorts or dolly mixtures handy ?

I've just returned from a few days in Poland, in which time I visited Auschwitz & Birkenau.

I took a few photos on the tour just to try and capture the oppressive nature of the surroundings. Taken with my wifes Panasonic FZ-8 (Did not travel with the k20d)

The first depicts the electrified fence & one of the many watchtowers at Auschwitz.

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The second was taken at Birkenau, this place really hit home with the mammoth scale of the atrocities committed. Each pair of chimneys shown in the following pic represents a single building which housed hundreds of inmates & they continued as far as the eye could see.

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If you can't go backwards far enough to get your subject in, then yes !
The extra 8mm at the wide end makes much more difference than say 18 - 26mm & you may have to rethink your compositions a little when shooting that wide, but that said, it will also bring a new perspective to your shots.

Only you can answer that one really, but it makes more sense than buying a focal length you already have covered. Then again if you never find yourself wishing that your Tamron would zoom out a little more then keep your cash or buy a prime at your favourite focal length.

The amount of aperture blades would make a difference to the number of "star points" shown on bright lights, but that's a personal preference anyway & not one I'd worry about.

There's been much talk about wide options on this & other forums. I went for the Pentax 12-24 as I like the colours it produces & I have the 10-17 if I want to go wider. I bought it at a good price & had the £50 rebate, if buying now though I'd probably go for the Sigma 10-20 purely on price. Both are going to be sharp stopped down on a tripod & you may appreciate the extra width of the Sigma. You could wait for the Tamron 10-24 but you could take some stunning images with either of the above lenses in the meantime !

One free idea to try is to open up an image you've had printed & adjust the brightness settings to match your screen to the print.(right click desktop & adjust properties, don't just turn down your laptops backlight !) Not the most accurate or effective method, but certainly cheap.

If you're able to get a good match to your print save the settings & then try re-editing your images (don't save over originals) til they look right on screen.

Now get these newly edited images printed & compare the results.

I hope "Old Scatness" tastes better than it sounds !