Very nice shots all round but No.2 stands out for me too.

Kris.

Actually I think you need worse weather That tree has lots of potential, especially with the other interesting trees behind it but on a nice clear day you'll have problems get separation between the tree and it's background. I'd go out when it is misty/foggy so that you can have the main tree in the photo prominently and ghostly echoes of it behind and to the side looming out of the fog.

I love foggy days (as long as I don't have to motorcycle anywhere!).

K.

Hi Huw,

My initial reaction is that the all look a bit flat and lacking in contrast to me -- no doubt due to the weather. I hope you don't mind but I popped a couple into photoshop and added a fairly strong S-shaped adjustment curve to them and it perked them up no end (especially the one of the gate latches).

I rather like the last one but again the S-shaped curve gave it much higher contrast and interest. I was also going to moan about the horizon not being level but when I checked it is level. I think it might be an optical illusion because the upright isn't upright so I turned the base image into a layer and used a little bit of distort to get the first pole upright. I hope you don't mind but here is my stab (with the provisos I am on a laptop and was working with your image and not the original). I am sure you would manage better with the original file.

Best wishes, K.

Ahh, gone are the days of the dedicated ally case with "Pentax" emblazoned on the side in bright red letters...

Excellent photo and I prefer the original version. I am hopeless at titles too.

Taking photos which are not part of the mainstream is not something to be worried about!

K.

Anyone else nostalgic for the simple days of a plunger-style cable release?



K.

£480.00 seems really quite reasonable to me! Personally I would prefer one of these to the DA* because then I could use it on my film bodies too.

K.

This was shot with the K 50mm/f1.2

K.

Probably. The recommended archive format for images is, at present, TIF.

K.

Taken with my now defunct SMC-M 200mm f/4.