The second shot is lovely. For macro, why not get a PK converter, and use either tubes or a macro lens?

I din't realise any of these were still flying. A great machine. Looks like a very nice lens too!

Nice image, though i find the lamp on the left a bit distracting, it catches the eye because it is so bright. Saying that, I wouldn't have a clue how to set up lighting for a shot like this, so my comments are made from a fairly clueless perspective.

Lovely shot, though wondering if you can recover a bit more detail in the trees on the right?

I was playing around with ND grads next to the sea once (with an Olympus SLR) and a wave knocked the tripod over....luckily no sea-water got in the camera or lens, but it could have been a very expensive mistake.

Thanks for the comments! Yes, I have been flying a lot, in fact I was so jet-lagged after a recent trip at the end of a particularly busy period that I slept for 15 hours! I've just accepted a training position, so I will have a lot less long trips, though unfortunately it will also curtail my aerial photography somewhat.... On the positive side, I get to choose one non-training trip a month, so can bid for trips where I want to revisit a particular area to get shots which I have missed due to weather, wrong lighting, or have just messed up

Thanks for the comments!

Lovely set! The first two, especially #1, are absolutely top-notch, as good as any of this type of shot I have ever seen. Great conversions have really brought out the best in them.

Excellent, I really like them

+1 from me....