mike_proudlock

Just looking at this picture makes you feel cold!  Composition, exposure and the use of B&W all contribute to the effect.

The larger trees against the blue sky are wonderful.  I am not so sure about the fir trees, if you could either have kept these out of frame so that the background trees were more visible, or could have caught them in sunlight also I think you would have had a stronger image.  However, still a very nice shot with a real feel of winter about it, well done.

A very nice shot - good dof and nice light.  Would be nice to know what lens, fcal length etc. you used for this, and how close to the bird you got.

ice crystals growing on vegetation near a canal in teh recent cold

weather. Any comments welcomed

during the recent cold weather in the UK I found tehse amazing ice

formations alonside a canal. Its hard to get a prope impression of scale

from the image, but they were up to 2cm/ 3/4 inch long.

Any comments welcomed

an intriguing photograph, very nice. 

You do seem to have lost some detail in the floor at the bottom of the stairwell, would a slightly shorter exposure have retained this without making the stairs too dark?

shot very early on a slightly mist morning, towards the sun.

Comments welcomed

Taken at Igtham Mote, a moated medieval manor house, preserved by

the National Trust. The view is looking NE mid-morning on an overcast

day.

Comments or critiques welcomed

Taken as an assignment for a DSLR skills course. Any comments

welcomed

Taken at a falconry flying display during the summer.

Any comments welcomed, thanks.

Taken during a visit to a formal garden during last summer. I was trying

out my new 70-300mm lens, in this case for a close up of the bee.

Thanks for looking, any comments welcomed.