The vignette nicely emphasises the subject. I think that you're right that the sky is just a little too dark though.

Such a simple image totally made by some great lighting! Very nice :)

Beautiful shot! I love the DOF and the colors are so dark and moody. Awesome!

I don't think it's too dark. It makes the shot more dramatic. Nice shot.

crap photo, great image ;-)

I really like this one. Particularly the way that that piping almost seems to jump out of the photo at you. Think the dark sky works and provides a good contrast to the light coloured pipe.

For me this is spot on.

I'm glad you mentioned the black theme. It really pops on black.

I find it pretty interesting that your best shots were taken with the 20D and have gotten progressively mediocre since you’ve “upgraded” to the 5D and now the 1Ds II.

What gives?

as always your post-processing is top-notch. One of my favourite destinations for inspiration!

This is just great. The darkness creates a little bit scary mood, which is good.

Nice! Have you lit the foreground or did god do it for yer? Often think you do over process your sky's and I'm getting a little bored of the yellow/green toning. Works well for this one though!

1 Ds II? You flash git :-) Don't agree with Pete, think you've done some great stuff recently. Especially like this shot of Rhowan.

Cheers,

Andy.

Having spent many hours pouring over PS and C1 pro this past week or so (thanks for all your help o master) I'd like to ask in brief what steps you took for the post process?
It's a fine trick to make a piece of crap seem so bloody impressive.

The texture on the object is great.

Nice dramatic shot, great lighting, well done.

Thanks all.

Pete: I'd be interested to hear which 20D shots you thought were much better than my recent work.

andyshon: thanks.

m: this one ended up being stupidly complicated, and I'm not really all that happy with it. Email me.

Well I guess that comment was a bit harsh, but I did mean what I said.

Granted, you haven't had the 1Ds Mark II long, but when I go back and look at your 20D shots they seemed to have something that just insn't there anymore. Maybe your relying on the equipment more then your creativity, not exactly sure.

You asked which shots I thought were better then any of your recent stuff:
SG-Blackpool, Photo Friday Space, Keep Out #5, a scrap of blue, under the north pier, don't look up - I could go on and on - just take a look at your top 50 commented pictures with the baby pics aside.

I didn't mean the comment to sound like it was an attack, just an observation.

There is just something about you and this beach. Maybe its just me because when I first stumbled upon Chromasia these types of shots were the daily dose back at that time. Seeing these again is like coming home. Love it.

Cool shot

Love it, not too dark at all, spot on i think :-)

wow, very heavy, how do you come up with this concepts?