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This is a stitch of two seperate images, though I'm not sure if a

tighter crop wouldn't be a better option? I feel I might be biased

towards the panorama after going to the trouble to set up the pano

head. I'd appreciate your thoughts...

Peveril Castle in Castleton, Peak District

Eilean Donan castle on the road to Skye. Comments welcomed as always...

A ruined footbridge across Allt Dearg Beag in Glen Sligachan on the

Isle of Skye. The area is criss crossed with small (and large) streams

and rivers with many waterfalls such as this. Any and all comments

welcome.

I'd rather photograph it than try to pronounce it!

Inside of the abbey featured

href="/photodb/photo?photo_id=7567893">here

. I've used a very wide

angle to accentuate height - also pointing a camera up is the only way

of removing the hordes, short of photoshopping! ;-)

I would have loved to have visited during a high tide, and caught some

good waves crashing about these rocks, but it wasn't to be. Low tide

and dead calm. :-(

 

Any thoughts on the strong foreground? It was my intention to lead the

eye around it via the path, but I'm not quite sure I've pulled it off

to my satisfaction.

I've been past this place a dozen times, and finally found a (brief)

gap in the rain!

They do look precarious! A nice composition.

I agree with the above comment, especially the cropping... A nice idea, and well executed.

A partially ruined Cistercian abbey, established in 1201. It's name

means Valley of the Cross.

This is a compostite of two exposures... Even my 10-22mm wouldn't fit

it all in from this view point. There is still some distortion evident

from this technique, hopefully not too off-putting.

Sorry, obviously that should be colour for comparison!

I posted a colour version for critique a few days ago... I'd beinterested in your thoughts a the black & white version?

 

B&W forcomparison

Another from yesterdays trip to the beach. :-)

 

I'd be interested to hear how you think this works versus the http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6306936">monochromeversion.

A nicely exposed image. Great colour!

 

I was something had "blocked the precipitation" today... I got soaked!

 

Some strange weather today, I almost gave up and went home but the

rain broke and afforded a few opportunities... Any comments? Thanks...

Liverpool Lime Street underground station during a quiet period.

As ever, I'd be glad to hear your thoughts. Thanks...

One of the oldest, and for me, one of the most intersting parts of

Chester cathedral. I'm told the cathedral has stood since 1250 (though

obviously changed much since then) and after a walk around the

cloisters, it's not difficult to believe.

An accurate category? I'd be interested to hear honest opinions on

this one... I'm not a fan of HDR shots as a rule, especially the more

halo-ridden examples that can sometimes be seen. That said, I'm

somewhat drawn to the unreal quality (when done with subtlety) shots

such as this can sometimes have.

 

Be brutal if you feel so inclined, I'm just as (if not more)

interested in your appraisal of the 'genre' as I am of the photo.

This particular part of the cathedral is very ornate. I've

deliberately underexposed slightly to avoid looking too busy. I'd

appreciate your thoughts.

An attractive and unusual composition, but I feel the curvature of the horizon is distracting... I own the same lens and suffer the same problems when used at the wider end of the zoom; mostly when angled up or down, as it appears to be here. I find the only solutions are to break up the horizon (obviously not possible here without compromising the composition) or to resort to Photoshop.

I'm a little concerned that the shadow over the chimp's eyes detracts

from the picture as a whole, since the expression on it's face is less

visible. I've locally altered the brighness/contrast, but have kept it

subtle to avoid an unnatural look to the chimps face. What do you think?

Feeding time at the Cornish Birds of Prey centre. The falconer didn't

seem too keen to be photographed, so I concentrated on the Buzzard...

Which I'm sure he would agree is much more photogenic in any case!

 

This was only the second time I have photographed birds in flight so

I'd appreciate any thoughts on composition.

 

Thanks.