I had no idea they were worth that much. I really must frequent more car boot sales...!

I had no idea the Flek would go for that much. Is that what you expected? Interesting that there was no last second sniping. Perhaps the snipers didn't expect that price either!

Cheers, Kris.

The histogram is your friend!

K.

Firstly, are you using RAW or jpeg? If you are using RAW the manual white balance is recorded (I think!) in the header of the image but the image is, well RAW If you are using jpeg then it will be applied to the image by the camera.

Secondly, you may need to calibrate the monitor. Not all computer monitors show the colours and brightness correctly and there can be subtle differences. There are various threads on here about monitor calibration.

Thirdly, some 'colour spaces' do not show up properly on monitors so you need to check if you are using Adobe RGB or sRGB etc.

Lastly, for high quality images you need to make sure that you are using the colour profile for your printer / printing service. See Mattmatic's sticky on colour profiles.

HTH. Kris.

Use manual exposure mode instead.

K.

My 'dryzabone' hat. I use it to kneel on when the ground is wet and muddy.

Now this is really off topic...

The last one is clearly the best! The first one doesn't do anything for me, the others could be (IMHO as always) be improved by a little cropping, e.g., the second one could loose a bit of the OOF highlights to the left.

Best wishes, Kris.

The Manfrotto ball head I had with my Bembo was absolutely fine (until one of my crew managed to loose it ) and coped happily even with a medium format camera. I prefer a three-way head though as I find it easier to get level but that is really down to your style of photography and personal preference.

K.

Personally I like it a great deal. The slightly bright light on his nose (I assume because he was too close to the 'key'? I have never done studio work) actually emphasises the pose with his finger and works very well, in my humble opinion.

K.

It is a nice shot and conversion but I would try and darken the sky to the upper right a little to give it more interest. At the moment it is a little featureless.

Best wishes, Kris.