Russell Watkins

I was lucky enough to meet Keith on an Alamy course in Cirencester a few years back. A dry wit and a man really in charge of his craft, a craft he obviously loved. Taken far too soon. Gorffwyswch mewn heddwch, butty. You'll be missed.

Thanks! It was picked up on here a few months back. Of course, I bought the book but haven't read it yet. The image is DHMD88, some scruffy peeling wallpaper from when I was renovating my house.

FWIW, I use a normal neck strap but hang the camera on my (right) shoulder, not around the neck, with the camera "turned in", i.e. the lens pointing towards my lower back/bum rather than pointing away from my body. It minimises the camera swinging about (for me - might be my big bum, mind). Perhaps give that a go before shelling out for another solution?

My first sale of the year and in another first for me, zoomed and sold on the same day Worldwide. Corporate client. Presentation or newsletter Excludes advertising. One time use only. Construction & Property Bargain $

Swansea Guildhall?

Thanks Kat.

A minor thing but when you're keywording, this is a fungus (actually the fruiting body of a fungus). "Fungi" is plural.

Groovy.

Are we allowed to have similar images as a mix of RF and RM now? Alamy used to stipulate that all similar images had to be either all RF or all RM (notwithstanding the presence of non-released "people").

Ah, OK.

I asked because there's a well documented problem with the appearance of foliage when raw files from (some) Fuji sensors are demosaiced. I've not heard of a similar problem with Nikon cameras (and I never had a problem when I shot with Nikons).

Out of interest, do you use a Fuji camera?

I tend to make the really good look really ordinary so I'm half way there.

BME for my diddy port. 5 for $135 gross. Lowest $10 and highest $54. After a bunch of personal stuff getting in the way over the last year, I need to start uploading again.

It's the only way to fly.

Best Alamy month ever for me, and there's still a few weeks left. *shrugs*

Main pseudos gone for me too.

Editorial website .

Broken for me too.

Congratulations to @Steve Hyde who won with this great umbrella failure shot. . . . . See? It's always worth shooting the weather. In second place, just one vote behind Steve was @Doc with his wilting candle. Thanks to all for the entries and for voting. Over to you Steve for the November Challenge.

It's another neck-and-neck race!

Inspired by this month's challenge, "impotent candle"... . . .

Not an easy shortlist to compile either. Plenty of great shots had to be excluded. @Phil Crean has the right attitude although his claims of winning are a bit grandiose as he very nearly made the shortlist...

Thanks for your entries - if only I could have had a shortlist of 18 rather than 8! Here are my choices, for better or worse. BrasilNut - Affluence fail Simon Evans - Long-distance runner physiology fail Steve Hyde - Green umbrella fail Abiyoyo - Havana car fail Funkyworm - England field hockey defence fail Sally - White van man reading comprehension fail Doc - Red candle fail Keith Douglas - Rowing fail

We are now closed to entries. Thanks to all who've submitted. I'll put a poll up with my shortlist in the next few days.