Second K3 Lanscapes... Or a Skiddaw Aboot...

Because David beat me to the Landscapes Punch! Out on Sunday gone all with the K3 and the 16-50 SDM. All around Derwentwater, so I hope you like a snowcapped Skiddaw! Except the Pan which was taken just off Rosthwaite Village and the Standing Stone which was in the near vicinity of the Bowder Stone...

I like the 3rd one in particular. I wonder whether it wd be a stronger comp if you cropped the bottom a bit, up to the water of the tiny inlet (?). Anyway, v nice.

I try to get to the Lakes every year. I am envious of those who live there. Please tell me there's a downside

Get that, I only took one quickly and edited them in about ten mins this morning, they are just to show something, thats of something with the K3 really...
The one with the dark reeds was to try to give the DR a work out and to be honest, I think it may be better then the K5...
Dunno I'll wait for the wearers of white coats on that one! (For more reasons than one!)

The lightmeter is ace, just like the one on my old Nikon F5 was with slide film, does a fantastic job of exposure in situations where there is a great variance in tonality, genius!

The downside of living in the Lakes is all the tourists!!!
It rains a lot and I mean a helluva lot!
You can't buy a house there because it's waay too expensive becuase of buy to let groups and out of towner holiday homes. If you had a spare lifetime I could go on about the downsides...
The upside is sometimes, just sometimes you get weather like last sunday.

Some very nice shots...love the general colour rendition in most of them.

Karlo

Hi Jules,
what does I.B.S. mean?
Cheers Paul

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Nice shots jules, esp like number 3.

Irritable Bowl Syndrome, which makes my guts like the rest of me...Irritable

Ta Mike, Took the 300 with me but there was just no feathered action, sorry! Fastest thing I saw moving was the Derwentwater Ferry and I reckon even a K5 would cope with that!

All great images Jules. I'm sure the K3 will produce the goods with landscape and the right glass.

Best regards

I think it does, though I'll have to work on my technique more with the K3, I made the mistake of shooting at F11 for most of the day and there is some visible diffraction going on. I'll have to learn to focus a bit further into the subject and manipulate foreground detail more, and use F8-9 which I'll get away with, with the DA*'s. They show diffraction up a little later than the kit glass at least, I think the Diffraction thresholds about half to two thirds of a stop sooner than the K5 but you can let that ride a little...

very nice shots indeed

+1

Regards
Nigel

These look great Jules, very clean. Do you think the K-3 has a warmer colour balance than the K-5? I think it does and I like it.

Regards
David

Yes David, I do and +1 on liking the warmer feel too, especially for autumnal Landscapes, might not suit snow so well, which may need some fiddling then.
So far I'n loving it, I'm still feeling guilty about parting with my K5IIs, as I'd have liked to have run em together, as you are doing...