I know compared with other brands thses are probably good prices but still made my heart skip a beat and my eyes water

@AlanI think all the judges would deduct marks for the "frisky" green. Got an image of a Northumberland farm marked down because there was a lot of green in it
@Maria Well it is the same church so full marks for that.

I'm pleased it's created a bit of enjoyment. Have I discover a new blending mode? Should I be charging per view

Ha Ha Nigel. Yes I thought the green looked a bit frisky too. The software I was using was Photomatix and after the first blend I thought "That's a bit abstract". If I've made someone smile today my work is done

It pays to always check the images that are actually going into the HDR program or it's possible to produce an image of the inside and outside of the church. Just a bit of a cockup this morning which I thought I'd share Needs a bit of deghosting I think

@ Nigel, I used f/13 as I'm sure I read in a review that in the wide to mid range with this lens f/8 was good and above that going towards 270mm f/16 was best so decided to go around the halfway mark and have one less setting to think about. I'm pleased I bought this lens as it is good for travelling light along with the K-70 and I don't think the images are too bad either. On the 2nd image I might remove the sky altogether or extendi the depth across the whole scene. Something to toy with anyway.

Thanks to you and everyone else for the helpful comments

Think I've discovered the source of the noise. For some reason when I went back to look at the original dng file in photoshop CC the setting for "grain" was a high number, 60 iirc. Changed it to zero and the noise disappeared. can only think I was tinkering with something else and had a brain fart.
I've seen some great images from here, sunrises etc. and intend going back there asap.

Thanks for the feedback Andrew. It is a lovely area and one I hope to get back to soon. Can't get further to the left will try and get a differ pov as I get nearer to the cottages. I was travelling light when I went there but think perhaps a wider angle lens might be useful. I have a couple of images to play about with so will be fun to see what I finally come up with..

Thanks for the comments Phil and Geoff. I have looked at getting rid of the sky and also looking a B&W version so will take what you have said as I love to tinker with the images as well as enjoy taking them. Will post the finished results on here.

Thanks for the nice comment on the first image, I agree with what you have said for the second image, it is a bit gloomy. something to work on