Swans

Due to a combination of things (rush of blood to the credit cards, them $*&%£s at SRS dropping the price and so on) I now have a K-S1 body to go with my K20D. SO, as it had finally stopped raining, I stuck the 50-200mm on the front and went to take some swan pictures.

Swans, being a symbol of the River Thames, are everywhere in Staines.

On the official Spelthorne Blazon...


In concrete on the tops of old buildings...


As part of old fashioned statuary...


As more modern art...


And as, quite frankly, strange art...


And of course...



There are, apparently, some feathery ones about too. But they were in hiding today.

Anyway, I like the S1. It's technically only an entry level machine, but is still more up to dat than my K20. It's also a nicer weight and the handling is a lot better than people make out. But then, I have small hands.

Nice shots. Think you are going to get quite a bit of pleasure out of that KS-1. That pub looks pretty pleasurable too!

Thanks.

I really like it so far. It looks a bit odd, but handles well. Only a couple of problems - it's not weatherproofed and it takes ages to transfer files to the PC - 20MP means big files!

I like those - good theme with a nice twist!