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I'm going to have to support what Mr.Smyth has said I'm afraid. I thought the first image showed bags of promise, but was developed and printed in a way that I couldn't understand at all. Because it confused me, I said nothing, but I did think it was an image that had promise, but had been somewhat ruined. Maybe it was actually the effect you were going for..........which as an image with such extremely blownout highlights, was everything to me that a good image isn't. I wished the end of the street had at least been visible, instead of being whited out. The image needed to move the eye away from the great expanse of blownout street and moved onto something more viewable. The second image for as little it shows, may as well have been all black. If it was actually what you wanted to achieve, in photographic terms, they're not successful. There should be some detail in the shadows and some detail visible in the highlights. This would remain true even if taking astronomic images of the sun. I may be all wrong, and I confess to having zero practical experience in labs......as I was lazy and farmed out all my work to Joe's Basement, Metro, and others all around London, and passed the costs onto clients. I sometimes made up to £3000.for a weekends work, and rarely less than £1000 a day. I don't work as a photographer anymore, but still think I know a little bit about the game. Pardon my input if it appears rude.