Edinburgh Botanic Gardens

I spent a very pleasant few hours in lovely weather at the Edinburgh botanic gardens today - here are a few of the results (the rest are at http://www.pbase.com/niblue/botanics_291107)



K10D, Meyer Optik Gorlitz Oreston 50mm F1.8



K10D, Meyer Optik Gorlitz Trioplan 100mm F2.8 (the cat was stalking a squirrel and came very close to catching it)



K10D, Cosina 100mm F3.5 macro



K10D, Cosina 100mm F3.5 macro



K10D, Sigma 24mm F2.8

Love the cat.

That Cosina 100mm Macro lens of yours looks a gem. Shame the cat is not in focus, it looks like the focus point is a little forward of the cat's location. Maybe lift the foreground shadows a bit in the last one.

It's a very decent lens given how cheap it is (mine was £37 used).

It is - I was playing about with an old M42 manual focus lens at the time and that, combined with having to lie on the ground to get the shot, meant I was a little rushed and slightly missed the focus point. The cat rushed out to attack the squirrel and I only had time to get two shots off before it moved - in both shots the focus point is slightly forward of the cat.