The photo, the ad and the sketch are all brilliant.

Thanks for the links.

Cheers, Kris.

I agree that mindless B&W is pointless, and putting in dust and scratches is daft, but some images just work so much better in BW. I don't see that whether the original "capture" was on film or digital makes any difference to anything but the process of creating a good photo.

BTW I put capture in " " as I hate the use of that word as a synonym for a photograph but in this context it seems appropriate.

Cheers, Kris.

Three reasons:

1) The vast majority of my photography has been of bits of archaeology (from churches to coins!) for lecturing, as a matter of record and/or publication.

2) The "hobby" side of my photography is trying to create images I (and others) like and hopefully one or two that might be good enough to go on the wall. Whereas with (1) I am trying to have even light and minimal distortion in (2) I may play with extreme wide angle, contre jour lighting, or anything else that makes it a more interesting photo. There is some cross over. I hate converging verticals in architectural photos, for example, whether taken for (1) or (2).

3) In a vain attempt to win a PUG competition.

Cheers, Kris.

My favourite was yours, David, but perhaps I was biased by Durham Cathedral, my favourite building.

I also really liked the footprints on the beach, and quite a few others... Glad I didn't have to judge!

Best wishes, Kris.

PS Just noticed the beach was shot on a Fuji.

Richard... I'd love to have a play before you sell it. If I win the pools I might even buy it. I had better start doing the pools....

BTW Ran a film through the LX with the winder. Very nice thanks. Went to buy a new film and the man in the shop tried to sell me a 77mm Ltd to go with it

Sorry for hi-jacking the OP.

Cheers, Kris.

My guess is that with however many thousands of pixels stuffed into a small space the odd one will go wonky and this is quite normal. Unless it shows very badly I wouldn't worry about it. By the time you have converted your RAWs and sharpened and dust-spotted and all that jazz you will never see them.

Do as beginner says, take photos, have fun and stop worrying.

Cheers, Kris.

Excellent set of entries this week, shame I failed miserably to come up with something!

Good luck all and well done. Unusually, my favourite is in colour this week.

Best wishes, Kris.

Nope, it doesn't which is why I got the 12-24 first as it did.

Cheers, Kris.

Check out: here and here.

The pictures speak for themselves.

Cheers, Kris.

A pleasure