• Members 1243 posts
    Aug. 26, 2023, 12:57 p.m.

    All are amazing, but if I had to choose...

  • Members 1662 posts
    Aug. 26, 2023, 1:57 p.m.

    Oh... wow! Those are exceptionally beautiful, fantastic work. If you continue posting these I will have to start getting into architectural photography as well. 😉

  • Members 1662 posts
    Aug. 26, 2023, 2 p.m.

    Just amazing. Love the tones and layers and your effective focusing work! Very impressive.

  • Members 861 posts
    Aug. 26, 2023, 3:31 p.m.

    I'm about to break on through. I'll be back with Jim and a bunch of doors.
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  • Members 867 posts
    Aug. 26, 2023, 7:34 p.m.

    I'll be honest and say that I much prefer the colour shots in all cases.
    The stars are 4 and 5.

  • Members 867 posts
    Aug. 26, 2023, 7:38 p.m.

    No2 is simply outstanding. No4 runs it close. Great shot.

  • Members 619 posts
    Aug. 26, 2023, 8:38 p.m.

    Contrast between sparkly water and brooding sky is excellent.

  • Members 619 posts
    Aug. 26, 2023, 8:45 p.m.

    This place has a very sinister vibe. This 'exhibition item' makes me think of some early life form creeping about on the Precambrian ocean floor. Google Ediacarian...

  • Members 619 posts
    Aug. 26, 2023, 8:47 p.m.

    Sky with diamonds 😀

  • Members 619 posts
    Aug. 26, 2023, 8:49 p.m.

    The snippets of reflections make these interesting.

  • Members 855 posts
    Aug. 27, 2023, 11:30 a.m.

    Ha, that seagul bottom right has lost his head :-)
    Looks like the ND filter is working OK, colours are still looking realistic

  • Members 855 posts
    Aug. 27, 2023, 11:38 a.m.

    Although I do like your B&W shots where there are nice big dark areas, I feel like the first too are a bit too dark.
    Number 6, with the bicycle in front of the shop windows, has that nice effect I've seen before from you of being dark but with just enough shadow interest on the subject and contrasts that with the bright shop window.

    That smokey head looks weird and funny !

  • Members 855 posts
    Aug. 27, 2023, 11:43 a.m.

    I like those sister snakes, simple but effective :-)
    Thanks for the tour. looks interesting, but I can see why you were pleased to get out again

  • Members 855 posts
    Aug. 27, 2023, 12:10 p.m.

    Yes, I remember you posting something like this one before. The light is nice here. Good shot.
    The B&W works well too.

    Just for fun and for nostaligic reasons, I've been using a B&W film camera occasionally in the last months. It's a long process after pressing the shutter button before you actually see if it even worked and if the shot is perhaps good enough to show anywhere, but, at the same time, that anticipation is part of the appeal.
    I think you'd enjoy it if you did reactivate your old film camera. Before taking it out in the field, making a simple test is worthwile,... looking through the open back to see if the aperture acually opens to about the right amount for each F stop and stays open for about the right time is recommended. My first film, after my old film camera had been in the cupboard for many years, was ruined because that wasn't working properly.

    The B&W film shots do have a diffetrent feel top them

    I like the colour shot better here. Those rolling hills look very english to me.
    Although the B&W looks good you do lose that lovely pink heather colour

    Wow, muliple layers receding all the way back into that great orange glow. The well placed spire make a super point of interest

  • Members 855 posts
    Aug. 27, 2023, 12:28 p.m.

    wow, looking through 78000 negatives!!
    I guess we'll soon see some of those shots missed the first time around :-)

    impressive arched ceilings. Both are good, but I prefer the second shot with the "more complicated" arches

    This shot is great too, I like the dark frame

  • Members 355 posts
    Aug. 27, 2023, 2:14 p.m.

    A-ha, that's how Tetris' "game over" looks like in real life...😁
    Long shutter time suits here.

  • Members 355 posts
    Aug. 27, 2023, 2:19 p.m.

    This is interesting image, I like how these 2 people are captured.

  • Members 1662 posts
    Aug. 27, 2023, 2:20 p.m.

    Fully agree - the water surface looks great and is a nice counterpart to the roughness of the concrete shapes! Very well done.