In this case the lenses were all 135mm or zooms at 135mm. The coatings may, of course, absorb different mixtures of wavebands fooling the AWB. It means that now when I use my old K-135mm I shall set the WB to daylight rather than auto.

Best wishes, Kris.

Both are lovely, but I do prefer the second. I especially like the movement in the clouds.

Best wishes, Kris.

My favourite is the first one, I love the close up details and colour. I don't like the last one however, as it doesn't seem to be a picture of one thing or the other.

Congrats on the lens, the 50-135mm is a lovely piece of glass.

Best wishes, Kris.

If I can cross-refer to another post, I have found that some lenses end up with a different auto white balance setting despite the photo being taken in exactly the same light. Quite how that works is a bit of a mystery to me. If you want consistent results, it is probably best to go for one of the fixed white balance settings.

For "small finds" (macro shots of small artefacts) I take a photo of something white / grey first.

Cheers, Kris.

Blimey.. that is a lot of PP.

99.9% of the time I am not a fan of popping but the only comp I ever won here was with a shot that had some so I'll keep my mouth shut...

K

Both are stunning. The second one would be improved by a different frame though as the dark area at the bottom of the image merges with the frame. Not sure what colour I would replace it with though, might be one of those to "suck and see".

Lovely shots all the same.

Best wishes, Kris.

I'd love to some some pictures of this, I'd definitely be interested.

Thanks, Kris.

Thanks all. And if anyone hasn't worked it out it is a large straw bale in the middle of a snowy field! My lady love thought it looked like a swiss roll in a bowl of sugar.

Cheers, Kris.

I actually rather like this but if you want me to be picky...

Firstly, I am guessing you de-fished a fish eye? There is still some curvature to the buildings visible, e.g. on the very right hand edge. Secondly, I find the very bright light on the left hand side just a bit too dominating. My eye is immediately pulled over to it, and I have to force myself to enjoy the details elsewhere in the image.

As I say, I rather like it, but you wanted us to be picky!

Best wishes, Kris.

I just get a dead link.... :