Excellent image - and a great blog post - many thanks for sharing!

Very nice John; I must have a go at some of these in-camera settings AND use jpeg occasionally...

Lovely set of pictures - looks to be a great place to visit!

Just to add my appreciation for the photos and as Lenny has said, what a great way to introduce yourself!

Wow! Some excellent shots Derek! Very impressive - and your lighting set-up works very well

Back to the original pictures - a nice set Gary! IIRC, the *istD does have a very smooth/ quiet shutter?

Hi and welcome!

1 and 3 for me - no 1 has a delicate beauty to the sky and no 3 has the classic 'layers' feel!

Excellent set David - and good title!

Hi Jules
Stupidly, I only made a note of the last one (although I thought I had noted one of the earlier copies) - wondering if perhaps one might have been recycled! I had wondered whether all my copies were from a duff batch. The second copy I had did get sent back to Johnsons and on to Pentax France for recalibration, but came back not much better. Still not sorted as I went for the John Lewis clearance offer on a 16-50; guess what? Not sharp across the frame even stopped down.