CMunzel

An interesting selection as always, Fuji. The "hard" looking man's dog looks like a Kelpie (Australian sheep dog) which would needs lots of exercise living in an urban area. No wonder he's got one of those ball throwing devices. Regarding the gear you're using: these shots are pretty sharp for a vintage lens. What's your opinion on it?

Wow. Head on is right.

Great video, Paul. What's happened? You've got yourself a drone??

Great photo. I thought these little critters were everywhere...

I like them

Fabulous dramatic capture. Congratulations Monkey.

Yes you’re right it was near a weir. How did you know?

Ah thanks, Ryewolf. It was a guess on the ID. They are lovely little birds: a pleasure to watch flitting around the river. We have black and white wagtails in Australia which have similar behaviour.

Our host was providing sunflower seeds and meal worms to birds in his garden near Appen Bay on the west coast of Scotland. I think it's a Chaffinch??

I carried my 200-500mm lens with me to the UK in the hope of taking some photos of birds. I think these are Yellow Wagtails from my Google search. A group of them were feeding on the rocks in the Craf River at Abercraf in south Wales. Please let me know if I've mis-identified them.

I wouldn’t have thought Blackbirds would catch fish. Interesting. Lovely photo too.

Thanks Ryewolf. I think the composition is not great as the foreground competes too much with the castle. Cropping didn’t see to help. Feedback welcome

The view from our B&B balcony. Our host informed us that Castle Stalker was used in one of the castle scenes in Monty Python - The Holy Grail.

It's great to see so many members posting photos, no doubt influenced by the warm weather in the UK. I short-listed several including Paul's macro "4 insects" especially No. 4 of a hoverfly, Monkey's "Huge Sky" and Hatter's "Wrest Park" but my selection for POTW goes to markknittle61's moody photo of the Methodist Cathedral Tulsa Oklahoma. I love the moodiness of the building with the light illuminating the doorway and steps. I assume this result was achieved with some skilled post-processing. A note on the subject itself- I didn't know there was such a thing as a Methodist cathedral. My mother's family were Methodist and the churches I went to usually timber and simple in design. Interesting. For the original post. follow link :- https://www.tipf.co.uk/forums/topic/58256-methodist-cathedral-tulsa-oklahoma/

Like Reywolf, I'm very pleased to see some macro photos from you. I'm guessing these ae all tiny insects so difficult to get such detailed photos. The hoverfly photo is a very appealing image.

Brilliant colour in the sky. Well captured. Would have been glorious and so momentary, it’s easy to miss the shot if you muck around with the camera settings.

Great set. Lovely colours in the whole scene. #4 is my favourite.

I like this, Hatter. It would look good in black and light.

Good portrait of the singer in uniform.

I like the photo’s moodiness. The light on the steps and doorway attracts the eye.

Great environmental portraits. #1 and #4 are my favourites.

I prefer the top one with original sky. It could improved by boosting the contrast of the sky a bit if you are able to.

I agree with Paul that the composition and colours are most attractive in the 4th photo. All are sharp images.

Oh wow, I guessed the gesture was something other than a Victory sign but didn’t know that history about telling the French to f..k off, we’ve still got our archery fingers. Ha ha.