Pentax MX, SMC-M 40mm f/2.8 lens, Ilford Delta 100 ASA.







Thanks, Kris.

Funny looking critter! Did s/he scoot straight after the shot?

K.

A nice set of airshow shots but number 4 stands out as an interesting and different composition. Nicely seen!

Best wishes, Kris.

The K2 is rare enough, the DMD version is as common as Unicorn droppings.

K.

PS Lovely set by the way.

My sub is due before the last issue. What do I do just to get that last ever one?

As to AP, in the early-mid 80s it was terrible and I stopped buying it. I only started again very recently. There are a number of US titles which are mainly portfolios of images rather than kit reviews and the like. More and more I find myself more interested in seeing pictures with the hope of being inspired and improving my own rather than reading about the performance of the latest megazoom I cannot afford and don't especially want!

K.

Depends entirely what you took the photo for. I take hundreds of images (of layers, features and finds) where the aim is to accurately record what is there. Images I take for fun and to use in comps or frame on my wall are (hopefully) something that 'looks nice'. I have many images ready to go on my wall which do not look like reality simply because they are in monochrome!

How far we go in that manipulation is a personal preference and the subject of many long --- and to be frank dull --- dialogues.

Best wishes, Kris.

I just post to Flickr at 800 wide that way it works here and no one can use my photos (at a reasonable quality that is) without getting the bigger file from me. If I need 800 version and a full sized version I post to flickr twice...

K.

I am glad aliengrove voiced a contrary opinion to my own, much more interesting that way.

Personally, I like the low key feeling of the image bought about by the fog. I am a sucker for foggy images (weather not light leaks that is).

What makes me sit up and look at this image is the dissonance in my reactions to it. The crucifix, simultaneously a cruel method of execution and, for many, a sign of hope but in this case set in a desolate, lonely landscape. Is it really a sign of hope, or a false hope, a road to nothing?

Although I am viewing this on a small laptop screen in a bar in Romania in the sunshine, I have no doubt of the technical excellence of the image. What made me say what I said are the strong emotions it creates within me which my pretty flower pictures will never evoke.

K.

I'll follow the crowd with this one and say I love number 1. I think the door should stay.

K.

One of the best photos I have seen posted to this forum.

K.