Excellent and very informative. May give it a go later in the year when I run out of extension tubes to add to my recently acquired macro lens.

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Karlo

Very impressive Alan.

First rate quality across a broad range of subject matter...congratulations...a pleasure to view.

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Karlo

Great shots David.

Like 1 and 4, but 7 and 12 stand out for me.

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Karlo

Happy New Year from Northwich.

We had about 1"+, max snow at anyone time during December.

Will be interesting to see if we get deluged in 1-2 weeks time from the record breaking snowfalls to have just hit parts of the NE USA.

Regards All,

Karlo

Very nice shots Alan.

Particularly like the colour in No.4...real standout in the shots for me. Also really liked Nos 6 and 7...but they are all at least 'Good- V.Good'.

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Karlo

Thanks very much, a Merry Christmas to Pentax Users everywhere from Northwich, Cheshire.

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Karlo

A few images using the K-50 / Macro 100WR of our tree shortly after it went live.

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Quite good those Derek.

As Gareth said, they do look good...particularly against the black background.

No.5 looks like a 'clutch' bag sans shoulder strap and No.6 looks like a tartan cushion!

Well worth a longer experiment...

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Karlo

A lot will depend on the type of 'aviation' you want to shoot. Military or Civil, jets, helicopters , props...all of it?

I notice you are in Lancashire. Manchester Airport is great for airliner shots. I've used a Tamron 70-300 Di LD very successfully there for years but am now trying out a couple of old film era zooms...the 75-150 f4 SMC M and the 80-200f4.5 SMC M. These are both manual lenses but are a doddle to use and focus and are very compact and light compared to the mega Sigma AF zooms...quality is good enough too for cropping purposes.

As important as choice of lens though is the ability to be able to pan with the moving aircraft. Keeping the aircraft in the viewfinder...keeping pace with it, in effect allows to you choose a lower shutter speed which is useful for aircraft shots that include the ground or significant background other than sky, as you can create blur in the background which gives 'speed' and apparent motion to the aircraft you are photographing. This technique isn't particularly difficult to learn but does take practice and is easier to perfect with smaller and lighter lenses.

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Karlo

Unusual subject matter, but look really good. As Nigel says...lovely natural lighting.

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Karlo