A few more abstracts for you to look at.

Glow sticks............





Pentax K10D+18-55mm (Zoom burst so no focal length) f4.0 3sec exposure





Pentax K10D+18-55mm (Zoom burst so no focal length) f4.5 6sec exposure

Firework...........





Pentax K10D+18-55mm @ 55mm f16 8sec exposure


All pictures resized no other processing applied.

Comments and critique welcomed.

Steve

Thanks for taking the time to comment. On reflection I think you may be right about the foreground. I do have some similar views of this with out the building on the left hand side but I've seen loads of photos like that and wanted to try something different but yeah I can see how you'd find it a distraction.

Thanks again for taking time out to comment.

Steve

A view of Newark Castle from the opposite bank of the River Trent.






K10D+18-55mm@26mm f8.0 1/400sec ISO 200

Comments and Critique more than welcome

Steve

Ok this is my first attempt at HDR. It's nothing too extreme. I took 3 copies of the same RAW file (0EV, -1EV and +1EV) and processed these in EasyHDR Basic a free HDR program. I was quite pleased with the way it turned out.





Comments and criticism welcome.

Steve

Just thought some of you may be interested in this.....


http://www.easyhdr.com/download.php

Steve

Three more pictures from me for you to look at.

Spider on a dewy morning.........




Pentax K10D+18-55mm @ 55mm f5.6 ISO 100 1/30sec exposure

Glowsticks.........




Pentax K10D+18-55mm @ 55mm f9.0 ISO 125 3sec exposure

I would ask you to let me indulge myself with this last picture. The reason being it was shot on a Minolta d'Image 7i back in 2005. I know this is a Pentax forum but this is probably the best picture I have taken so far and I love showing it so please forgive me........

Portrait...........




Thank you for looking and as always comments and criticism are welcomed.

Steve

A black and white conversion of a colour picture. Added slight grain in Elements for a slightly older look.






Pentax K10D+18-55mm @ 55mm . F8.0 1/125 ISO100

Steve

Raw Therapee is another great piece of software well worth downloading. Its free and allows you to edit PEF files.

Link....


www.rawtherapee.com


Steve

Love the last shot. excellent exposure. Not really into interiors so the first two don't really do anything for me even though they are very well done.

Steve

I like the first picture. I assume it's of some kind of aquarium.

The bee on the second picture seems a little out of focus while the plant is sharp, nice try though.

The third picture is good too. Nice silhouette.

Steve