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Comment by Aitch53 posted on Some Quince..... at 18/09/2018 - 18:03
Yeah, I rather like no 7, even though it does, for some reason, put me in mind of some of Martin Parr's pictures!
Comment by Aitch53 posted on On the Road - Structures at 10/09/2018 - 13:11
Yeah, like that.
However, what is that sign on the right? It looks like a 'No Urinating' sign, but it can't be. Can it?
However, what is that sign on the right? It looks like a 'No Urinating' sign, but it can't be. Can it?
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Street art at 28/08/2018 - 19:00
Tyr wrote:
Spain? That looks like a circular walkway around the outside so I had to look it up. It is a walkway, mostly steps!
What a strange looking bridge!
Yeah, well if it was smooth, you'd always be being knocked over by skateboarders! Spain? That looks like a circular walkway around the outside so I had to look it up. It is a walkway, mostly steps!
What a strange looking bridge!
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Millennium Bridge Ourense at 10/08/2018 - 08:06
Is the third image of some sort of ichneumon wasp?
Comment by Aitch53 posted on 5 from this evening at 20/07/2018 - 07:22
Anything useful in the EXIF data?
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Kr Whiteout Problem. at 17/07/2018 - 12:44
derek897 wrote:
Well spotted. Sometimes like this, you cān get great unexpected shots when trying to shoot something else.
It being one of the biggest hover-flies, about 2cm long, even I couldn't miss it. Well spotted. Sometimes like this, you cān get great unexpected shots when trying to shoot something else.
I think most of my shots when I am out on a 'project' shoot (good grief, that sounds a bit pretentious) are non-project shots. The fact that you are on a photo-centric outing makes you look more closely at everything, so more opportunities.
derek897 wrote:
Yep, bugs don't always play fair with positioning, some times I'll try and get as good as I can regardless of composition, then try and alter my position to get a better composition knowing that I at least have a backup shot if I frighten it away.
Makes sense, though it seems to vary by species and time of day. The fly above was having breakfast, so was not in a mood to stay still. Yep, bugs don't always play fair with positioning, some times I'll try and get as good as I can regardless of composition, then try and alter my position to get a better composition knowing that I at least have a backup shot if I frighten it away.
derek897 wrote:
Good shooting
Thank you.Good shooting
One extra thought, buddleia is great for attracting insects - seen plenty of bees and hover-flies on ours, and the odd butterfly - I think, had I my own garden, there would quite a lot of it planted. Not to mention lavender which seems to be quite attractive to our six legged friends.
LennyBloke wrote:
Not competent enough to correct you - but you're right, it's so easy to get distracted once you put a macro lens on the camera IMO you'd benefit from changing your angle (if you can) to not capture the yellowish wall as a background - the greenery of your second photo (in the bottom right) is easier on the eye
Unfortunately, the only macro lens I own is a 35mm one for my Olympus 510, so wouldn't be much use for this forum. I actually used the kit lens - the only one I have for the Pentax. Hmm, a set of extension tubes wouldn't be that expensive... Not competent enough to correct you - but you're right, it's so easy to get distracted once you put a macro lens on the camera IMO you'd benefit from changing your angle (if you can) to not capture the yellowish wall as a background - the greenery of your second photo (in the bottom right) is easier on the eye
As for the background, yes, I see what you mean. But the damned thing would insist on landing where IT wanted to! Mind you, in the second, I do like the tri-colour effect from bright to dark. But then again, see my sig.
Like Derek897 in his Montbretia thread, I was after an interesting shot of a buddleia head (flowers at one end to buds at the other). I didn't get it because this chap turned up and I got distracted...
I think it's a Hornet Hoverfly or Volucella zonaria, but I'm willing to be corrected.
I think it's a Hornet Hoverfly or Volucella zonaria, but I'm willing to be corrected.
Liney wrote:
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With Pentax I think the majority of the buyers are serious amateurs, who do their research and read the reviews and pick the body that gives the best features that they want.
The problem is, the chances are that by the time they become serious, they will have built up a certain amount of kit. Replacing it all with a new make will not be cheap, especially as you won't get much for used gear....
With Pentax I think the majority of the buyers are serious amateurs, who do their research and read the reviews and pick the body that gives the best features that they want.
So the research they do will be mainly among the range they are already using.
They may talk to people at a camera club, who are unlikely to be Pentax users.
And they will look at people who use the kind of gear for the area that interests them. It is unlikely to be Pentax, because unlike the other makes, Ricoh/Pentax don't have 'ambassadors' or whatever.
They may look at forums like this one and see all the 'Canikon' insults and walk away in disgust.
R/P don't seen to have much of a business/marketing model beyond word-of-mouth. I don't think that is enough in a shrinking market.
Liney wrote:
So the question is, do you want quality equipment or do you want to save money?
Pentax do not have monopoly on quality.So the question is, do you want quality equipment or do you want to save money?
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Not likely to make a new Pentax purchase this weekend. No Special offers !!! at 04/07/2018 - 15:38
My first thought would be... Decent images but why only use daylight ?
Oh, and No 2 for me.