Hi Drew,

Count me in again depending on date.

Lens received very well packaged (it took me ten minutes to get all the tape off). Will hopefully fully test it at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park with AndrewA.

I'll get the filter in the post in the next few days.

Either date is fine for me as well.

All, thanks for the comments.

Well some for #2 and some for #3. I think it just goes to show once again that not every one likes the same thing, which is good and also makes me realise that I should go with what I like and hope that some percentage of you good folks also like it.

But I would always welcome constructive criticism / advice as I know I still have a lot to learn.

Thanks again

Thanks for the comments, at least now I know I'm not way off with how I think they should look. And Dr Orloff B&W is very good but you have some stunning colour pics in your gallery.

Thanks David, well at least i'm not going totally mad.

Thanks for the comments, it does help, it looks like I may need to pull back on my processing.

Yes the street art is all in Sheffield, I keep meaning to go out and find some more.

As per the title I'm red/green colour blind (which means I sometimes have difficulty differentiating between different shades of those colours, I can tell the difference between the two.

I'm telling you all this because I have just come back from a weekend in the Lakes and have just started to process my photos. i showed some to my girlfriend who said she did not like some as the colours didn't look real, which got me thinking about whether my colour blindness may be playing a part some below are three different versions of the same shot. The first is as shot with no tweaks of the RAW file, #2 is my initial RAW processing which didn't meet the GF's approval and #3 is my pulling back on the processing.

I'm after your thoughts and suggestions please

#1 As shot
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#2 My initial processing
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#3 My 2nd attempt
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Thanks in advance

Flashgun, stand and diffuser received today very well packaged and look as discribed. I will test tonight.

Thanks again
Craig

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