[Digifrog]

Originally Posted by Richard G.

Tell you what though mate, if it's only taken you a year to get to this standard, I'd like to see what you'll be producing next year

Thanks Richard. More of the same but hopefully tack sharp

Originally Posted by big bill

you used a aperture of f6.3 ,I would have tried to achieve something around f16 and focused about 1/3rd of the way into the image to ensure sharpness from front to back.
In the other ahain I would have went for the same and focused on an area just of to the right of the rock again this would have ensure everything being in focus back to front.
In low light conditions like this the can be a bind but a tripod is a big asset as it slows you down and lets you get the composition spot on before tripping the shutter.Also it also helps to ensure if you have spirit levels on the tripod that your horizon is level and not sloping.
Otherwise like I said previously they are nice pics the colours are outstanding and you should be congratulated well done

Thanks Bill

I wanted to shoot at f/14 but it meant switching to Manual and guessing at the exposure time in Bulb (- -) mode, it was rather dark. Thanks for the tip on focusing on certain areas, something I have been doing since this session. I think I did focus on the ripples tho in the 2nd image. maybe a touch of Unsharp Mask might have helped, but this is an issue I would like to correct at point of exposure.

I can see me joining a camera club soon

Scott