They was doing a server maintenance and ANYTHING can happen then

He did well with that one

I suspect what helped was the fact that the seller was insisting on pick up only

Best stuff for restoring old battered and neglected leather is stuff called Hydrophane Leather Dressing - as used in all the best equestrian establishments

Personal experience

Takes a bit of time but it really works . Once the leather is in better condition then use a really good shoe polish to gently restore the colour .

Well the Cornish one has 46mins to run - and still at £547

Now that second one is one that I really really like [ and yes it's B&W and you know I don't really 'go ' for B&W ] - just look at those arches [ whatever the correct terminology for them is ] and the light coming through - FANTASTIC

I honestly prefer the first one - the line of the aqueduct [ if that's what it is ] is absolutely brilliant . The colours in the sky are really interesting .

The only problem with it , in my very ignorant view , is the foreground and I don't know what can be done about it. There's so much darkness , not really shadow , from the undergrowth there that you can't see through it to where the road over the bridge is going . Could it be retaken when the light is better ? - probably , but you would lose the interesting blues in the sky that you actually got .

Remember - this is my first DSLR - I'd only had a P&S till December . And once I was back in this country the weather shut me down

Any outings since January 19 have only been to get my homework - and more times than not it was not the sort of pictures I like taking

I got the camera sight unseen , yes I read reviews - but they didn't mean much to me - I just knew that I had been pointed in the direction of the K-x as a good camera for a beginner.

When I started the class I had no idea what an f stop was , I'd no idea about shutter speed - or how it relates to anything else . Even yesterday I was experimenting - I was using Av and changing my aperture so I could see how it affected what I got . Some shots worked - others didn't but basically I only had to dump 6 out of a total of 69 , because they were totally wrong . Some I've kept so I can remember them and go and retake again another time , and improve them with the re-take.

My aim is to get them right straight out of the camera - I don't mind cropping but doing a lot in PSE is , in a way , cheating .

Looking at the rain pouring down now , and thinking of the young gale we had this afternoon , I'm really glad I got out yesterday . I'm hoping for dry weather on Monday so the class can go and try landscapes for our final class .

how about

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and its neighbour the other side of the doorway [ these will have to be re-taken so they are matching ]

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These sort of unexpected things are the things that appeal to me - and yes it's a very personal appeal.

Look at the original set # 3 - just how did they get those lumps of sandstone up there - no machinery/cranes like we use now . Look at the urns that are placed there on the top . These things were placed there by craftsmen , the decoration was ornate [ maybe overly so ] , but sadly now folk don't see them as they don't lift their eyes - we are all too busy rushing about .

This is why I'm fascinated by these, and I'm so impressed with what I learnt, from my 'aimless wander' yesterday, that I can get from the K-x - I can now get pictures that I failed miserably trying to capture with my 7megapixel 3 X Zoom P&S.

So would either of these appeal more as a Street scene ?

1)
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2)
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Now at £547 with 20 hours to go