Particularly like the first one Roger, love the pastel blue petals and the white background is quite effective.

The second one reminds me of a chimney sweep's brush!

Regards

Karlo

Fabulous Derek...very well deserved...and the vouchers not a bad reward in addition is it?

On the subject of competitions ...whatever happened re. the one being judged by the Ricoh judge...did i miss it or did it never happen?

Cheers again Derek...very pleased for you.

Karlo

I disagree Mike, a couple of the accounts people have posted above paint the scene so vividly one could almost be there...particularly enjoyed the jaguar encounter.
That been said I appreciate that my account might be questioned and even ridiculed...I decided at the time it happened when I posted moon pics on here and on ephotozine NOT to mention it. I only told my immediate family about it weeks later in passing when the opportunity presented itself.

The sighting was from May last year and the time was about 19.30-20.00...i've just dug out the SD card with the images on. On a single image I managed to capture what I believe are three of these objects...two in space and one against the Moon surface...the last one i didn't notice at the time it was only when examining the images enlarged that i noticed it. Problem is they are very small and don't display well on this sites restricted sizing. If anyone is interested i would be willing to post on the 'other' site where i could post at about 1400-1500 pix size? I can display shots a few minutes before and after so that you can see that these aren't marks on the sensor. Enlarged to 150% on my Serif software there are what look like three glowing spots on two of the disks...i'll try and include those as well.

Sorry for appearing to 'hijack' the thread...wasn't my original intention.

This would have been DSLR video rather than still shot.

A few months ago whilst taking some shots of the moon using my Dobsonian mount and K-50 i was scanning the moon through my DSLRs optical viewfinder when i noticed three bright disk like craft ...two in loose formation tens of miles (i'm guessing ) apart which travelled slightly diagonally across the face of the moon in a matter of seconds then out into space...the third appeared to be larger and was moving slowly around one or two craters edges above the surface in a slightly erratic pattern which meant it couldn't have beena satellite or anything 'orbital'. These sightings were just a few seconds apart, the moon was still lit by dipping sun and the sky was still blue tinged rather than black.

I new instantly what they were as i had seen them previously on somebody's YOUTube channel although as to whether they are human origin or ET ...can't say. However I DID see them with my own eyes and just wish i'd been videoing as they would have been captured. Each of these craft would have had to have been several miles across and the first two would have been travelling at well over 100,000 mph given that they crossed about 1/3rd diameter of moon and as far again into space in less than about 7 or 8 seconds.

Strange but true.

Superb shots...all of them.

Quite an effective combo there.

Regards

Karlo

Nice find JudithAnn and you've certainly done the place justice.

I've never seen a picture from here before which is surprising when you consider all us togs searching for just such a spot.

You certainly seem to be making the most of your vacation over here.

Best wishes

Karlo

My pleasure...thanks for looking.

Regards

Karlo

A few from a recent city break, hopefully give a feel for the centre of this lovely city which offers lots of photographic potential.

All images taken with K-50 and either Sigma 10-20 f3.5 or Pentax HD 55-300WR.

1. Zytglogge ('Time Bell' in Bernese German)



2. Tourists



3. Blue tram



4. Gold Elephant



5. Einstein's House



6. Cuba Bar



7. From Cathedral Tower



8. Bridge over Aare



9. Swiss Parliament building



10. Three tourists



11. Kinky streets



12. Back to the Future



13. Smoking Chimney



14. Open wide



15. Modern curve



16. Bear Park



17. Ice Cream



18. Meet Albert



19. Next to water


20. Steps

Nice shots again Derek.

I like the second one and particularly the ladybird...great contrasting colours and the ladybird looks more like one of those snapper turtles with the big jaws.

regards

Karlo

Excellent set again Bill.

I do love abstracts derived from landscapes and nature...you don't have to 'sell' these to me.

Standout image for me is definitely No.9.

Also particularly like 2,13, 14, 17 and 19 in no particular order.

regards

Karlo