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All great feedback, thank you all for taking the time to look at my site.

Barrie, there are quite a few gallery templates and I was playing around with them in the different galleries. Maybe I should work out which on works best and stick with it.

Very comprehensive review Adrian, thank you very much. How many images do you think there should be on the front page?
I did think of 'Tim Pile - Photographer' as a title for the website, but thought it was a bit too formal. Maybe a tagline as you suggest would improve things, I'm pretty sure the template allows that.

About - do you mean more modest or less modest? I am trying to blow my trumpet a bit so that when I approach people about letting me use their locations to shoot nudes in, or maybe do an exhibition, that I namedrop lots of photographic organisations so that they might think I'm famous and let me shoot/exhibit there

Galleries - I think I can create a galleries page with Thumbnails, good idea.

See me response to Barrie about different gallery types. I think I can rearrange the image order to stop it having very large and very small images.

Which were the two missing images, are they these?
https://www.pentaxuser.com/photo/user-6086/anita-68010
https://www.pentaxuser.com/photo/user-6086/square-holly-41609

Keep the comments coming.

Comment by timbo posted on New website - feedback appreciated at 25/05/2014 - 12:10

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Hey Smeggy I've not realised that before. The website is based on a Wordpress theme and it does all the clever stuff, including it seems randomly rearranging the images when you resize, I think that's the 'responsive' bit kicking in.

Comment by timbo posted on New website - feedback appreciated at 24/05/2014 - 21:37

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Thanks Russ. "Tim's Pile of Photos' is a rather corny title as my name is Tim Pile, and I couldn't think of anything better, other suggestions for website names most welcome.
How does the missing image show up?

Thanks for taking a look Carl. I just picked a selection of images for the front page, but you are correct in that the rock/sky image is more colourful than the rest.

The other things, is that the website is 'responsive', so it should look good on phones and tablets, as well as normal PCs.

Comment by timbo posted on New website - feedback appreciated at 24/05/2014 - 21:32

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I've created a new website and would appreciate your feedback, as I find this a very good forum for getting sensible suggestions on things.

The aim of the website is to bring my website and blog together into a single site, instead of the two separate URLs they used to have, and also to provide a showcase of my work so that I can contact places and ask whether I can come and shoot models there.

The website is here: http://www.timpile.co.uk

Any suggestions for improvement most welcome

Comment by timbo posted on New website - feedback appreciated at 24/05/2014 - 20:35

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Mike-P wrote:
Lancer3397 wrote:
don't forget the Sigma 100-300 F4 EX DG but it's rare in the pentax mount. although one did appear here recently.
There have been 3 in the last couple of months ... bit like buses, you wait all day and then 3 come along at once.

The 100-300mm f4 is the best zoom lens in the 300mm range available for Pentax (and it would take a lot to get me to sell mine) but I find it doesn't play particularly well with teleconverters for some reason, even Sigma's own.
Really super lens, I have one and hardly use it but would never sell it!

Comment by timbo posted on Sharp Long lenses for my K-30 at 13/02/2014 - 13:00

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Very sad news.

Comment by timbo posted on Sad news at 26/01/2014 - 19:10

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Fletcher8 wrote:
I contacted Sigma USA just prior to Christmas and according to Sigma USA, the 18mm to 35mm f/1.8 in Pentax mount is due to start shipping at end of Feb, so we should see the first ones arrive in the UK early March.
Thanks Gareth, I will glue this to my body when it arrives

Comment by timbo posted on get your Sigma 8-16 while you can. at 15/01/2014 - 07:49

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It is a great lens the 8-16, anybody know when the 18-35/1.8 is coming out in Pentax mount as then my lens collection will be complete?

Comment by timbo posted on get your Sigma 8-16 while you can. at 14/01/2014 - 21:49

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What's Full-Frame?

Comment by timbo posted on Moving to full frame at 10/12/2013 - 12:54

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When I first had a Pentax (well actually a Samsung) I tried various genres of photography, and found that my wildlife and sports images were not really up to par, then I started shooting people and I found that my camera was perfect for it.
I shoot with natural light so want a camera where I can change the settings quickly and intuitively without losing rapport with the model, my Pentax is perfect for that.
I think it will be some time before Pentax produce a body with the tracking focus capabilities of some Canon and Nikon bodies, and it will be even longer before Canon and Nikon produce a body that's as intuitive to use as a Pentax
So use the right tools for the job, which in my case is my K-5!

Comment by timbo posted on The misunderstanding about AF in sports and birds in flight at 13/11/2013 - 21:39

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