....but the partial will be visible from the UK, so it could be a runner.

Phil

Several members of my camera club employ this approach to great effect. It can work very well and IMHO you have got it in nos. 2, 7 & 9. I find the others less effective to varying degrees.

My only suggestion - if you enjoy the results, then keep at it and you'll get more 'keepers'.

Phil

Fantastic set - but if I had to pick one, then #9.

Phil

I took this in a neighbour's garden. I think that it might be from a Windmill Palm. Can anyone with horticultural knowledge positively identify it? To give you a sense of scale, the 'flower head' is about 18 inches long.

Taken with a K5iiS and an old manual Vivitar 28mm (A03 version).

V difficult to get good bike racing shots (if my efforts are anything to go by!). These are a really good set.

Phil

Thank for all your suggestions - I'll be checking them out.

Phil

A couple of action shots, but both are pretty big crops, as a long way back at Clearways to get a clear view over the fence.

1) Williams FW07B followed by Lotus 95/5




2) Shelby Mustang chased by Healey 3000 with the back-end just stepping out




I have a load of action shots with varying amounts of (OOF) fence intruding which might be interesting once tidied up, mainly taken at Surtees and Druids Hill bend.

Simon - the slow pans all suffered from severe technique failure! I need to both modify my technique and then practice it.

All shots taken with K5iiS and DA 55-300WR, except for Jack Brabham's car which was taken with a DA 18-135WR.

Phil

A few from the Brands Festival on Sunday. Many thanks to Simon (Arron) for his very helpful advice on parts of the circuit to visit that avoid the fences. He wasn't the only Pentax user I saw at the meeting, I saw two others - one at Clark Curve and the other overlooking Surtees.



1) Brabham bodywork waiting for a chassis



2) One of Sir Jack Brabhams cars - there was a celebration of his career to mark his passing.



3) A beautiful Silver and Black T45 Cooper getting ready to go racing



4) A 1973 Porsche 911 RSR flying down Hawthorn Hill.

I can't compare with Simon's excellent action shots - so I haven't tried!

Phil

What Apps (for Android) do you use? I'm not looking for Apps that 'improve' the capability of the camera on your phone, e.g. Pro Camera or Camera Zoom FZ, but for one with tools like Sunrise/Sunset timings, Golden Hours, ND Exposure Calculator, Hyper Focal Distance Calculator, Colour wheels/grey cards, etc., etc.

I've tried Photographer's Tools Free and Photo Tools, but the location services of neither of those work with my phone (Sony Xperia Z1 Compact).

Any (free) options that anyone can suggest? Ones that recognise that Pentax cameras exist would be preferable.

Phil

These are some really interesting and impressive images.

The only one I don't like on first viewing is #2 - McAlpine's Fusiliers. However, they all need looking at several times before finalising a view.

I think that these are quite sophisticated and require thinking about. I would like to see more of them.

Phil