A couple pics I am proud of

Since I bought into Pentax, I have only managed to shoot a bit over 1k of pictures plenty of them testing and trying the few lenses I bought to accompany my K-5. Very few have passed the test of actually being any good at all but that is mostly due to the fact that I am a rubbish photographer at best.

These two pictures have been posted in the gallery and got a few good comments so I thought they are worth sharing. It is not that they couldn't have been taken with my D7k rather that I wouldn't be carrying it around with me whereas I am more than happy to drag my K-5



Reflections after the rain by vrapan, on Flickr



A moment alone by vrapan, on Flickr

I'd be very proud of the second. I can't but my finger on what it is that makes it, but it's great.

These are decent shots

I would like to see number 2 in colour as well.

Rightly so. That second photo is enchanting. It just captures "the moment".

(...off to Camden now...) LOL

I love both of them. I remember commenting on the first one in the Gallery and it inspired me to take some 'puddle' shots, but I didn't manage anything that was even close to yours.

Regards
David

Something very nice about the colour and texture contrasts in the first one.

I like both these shots but feel in #2 you should have given more space in front of her (maybe it wasn't possible).

Your wish is my command!



A moment alone in colour by vrapan, on Flickr

I could have tried but it was a very very busy road, I'd have another 10 bodies between her and me if I waited even 5 seconds to recompose! I should have tried I guess regardless.

I am extremely happy at the ISO 4000 performance of the K-5 though!

I still like the B&W. have you tried just croppnig a bit more off the righthand side, just so she is not in the middle of the image?

I prefer teh colour one - but there again I do tend to favour colour

Hi no haven't cropped it at all this is just as taken from the camera, other than bwing it and then tiny bit taking care of the highlights thats all i did to it.

Maybe I should experiment a bit more but it is so rare for me that pics come out of the camera and I just like them that I just thought I'd leave it alone!

If you are happy with it that is all that matters.