Ok, what on earth do you do for work??! You lucky thing!

And yes, it would take far more than 2 people to control one of those! So I am going to live by the same reasoning until I win the lottery!

(Are you waiting for the competition judging too??)

Wow, they are absolutely beautiful!

So, when are you putting down the deposit?

I love boats! Multi Millions eh? Bet the interior is amazing!!
Well, if ever I win the lottery...

I would love to visit a boat yard or boat maker. There just aren't many of them in the centre of England!!

Joking aside, I am a stickler for traditional crafts and skills - it took me quite some time to "trust" digital photography over 35mm.

Talking of craftsmen, I was in Aylesbury town centre (my home town) on Sunday taking photos for the weekly competition and noticed that the Market Square clock tower had been "touched up". Unfortunately council workers had filled cracks in the stonework with modern day mortar instead of getting a stone mason to work some colour-matched magic. It looked horrific, so if you could suggest a good boatyard to see real craftsman at work, as soon as I shake off the lurgie I will go!

Fiona

Hey, no probs.

Have a good time on your outing! Unfortunately I've got a bit of a cold at the moment (caught the "man flu" from my other half) so I have no plans to go out and about at least for the next few days!!

I'd love to see your results from Highgate when you get back

Fiona

Hi Mark,

My favourites have to be numbers 3 & 4. I love the lopsided wrought iron around the tomb in number 3, the detail is beautiful, and a real atmosphere is created in that shot.

Number 4 has a great blue sky which really sets off the statue. One problem, I can see pixelation in "halos" in the sky. Is this intentional or a side-effect of resizing?

The tomb photo with coloured tiles is interesting. I've never seen one with colour on (I do like me graveyards too). But I think there is too much sky. Maybe if it was croppped down at the top, the interest would immediately go to the colourful tomb.

Good work though, and as I say, I do like graveyards for taking photos. Sometimes I feel it's the only place you can witness true craftsmanship that doesn't exist today - sad, but true.

Thanks Brian for your comments, and well done to the winner!

Thanks for the advice, I'm still new to a lot of this so your tips are well noted by me. It was the first time I've ever masked off areas to make the image black and white with the colour still in places (sorry, don't know the technical term). The light was rubbish that day and unfortunately didn't fancy walking a mile into town with the tripod!! But I will definitely try it again!

Fortunately, the council street cleaners must have noticed the stickers too on Sunday and they have now been removed!

Where is my will to live? I'm sure I left it here somewhere...

Aylesbury... Nuf Sed

Lovely shots! I can't help with your question I'm afraid, but it looks as though there are more qualified people here offering advice anyway.

I just wanted to say that my favourite is number 2. Mainly because it shows the real beauty in the detail of the flower. Snowdrops are coming out everywhere at the moment and so many people walk past without realising how beautiful these flowers really are.

Nice work, makes me want to post some of my spring flower shots...

Fiona