Sorry couldn't resist :) Though theres a reason for these feathered beasties being here. (1/80 F6 ISO200) 3.30am last night finished work, around 6am got woken and as I'm sure you've all had before, just couldn't get back to sleep. Got reading a local newspaper article from the DJ Tommy Boyle, who was bemoaning people living through a lens and missing out on whats in front of us. Pondered when was the last time took a camera out simply for the sheer fun of picture taking. Always seems to be for work, or stuff where quality/technique is vital, rather than just playing and not worrying about quality. Noticing the mist outside looked kinda pretty, kinda got me thinking :)

This one was taken around 6.30am and the fog was starting to dissapear.... 1/50 - F5 200 ISO Mannual Exposure

..which then cleared to give the most amazing yellow glow and clear blue skies. Best of all no people! 1/400 - F5 200 ISO Manual Exposure.

Attached Link: http://www.poserdirect.com/images/panos/pano_cath2000ap14.jpg

Figured the scene would make a lovely pano, however only have a standard 18-55 kit lens, and then I recalled finding Microsoft's ICE on my system while clearing my runtime. Wondered how good ICE could it be compared to other freebie panoramic makers, and fair play to MS's techies it does a darn good job. A big version can be seen here...(or click link above).... http://www.poserdirect.com/images/panos/pano_cath2000ap14.jpg ...btw the linked pano might take some time to load in your browser as it's 2.34mb 7078x2000 JPG. But not as large as the original, a massive 20326x5400 PNG at 214mb!! Note: theres a few glitches as I didn't edit this much, just a crop, clone some sky into the top right corner and very rough clean-up around the spire. Apart from that it's literally as ICE made it. Which amazingly despite that level of down-sampling it's still possible to see a plastic bag in a tree and still read the name on a street sign.

Very lovely shots all of them and the pano is very beautiful. Thanks for sharing. :)

Very nice pics.

Lovely! You should upload to the gallery!

thanks all! Meisiekind - must be honest can't remember the last time I uploaded to the gallerys here and at DA :) Though I probably will do once my next personal project is ready, an idea that (if it works) that can be used in both real world photos and also in 3d apps. But more on that once it's ready )

Very natural pictures. Good one!