Thank you Aiki
Those are really nice comments. I feel very honoured . And full credit to the lovely people of this forum, they have been great teachers and rubbed the enthusiasm into myself too.

About the Macro, yes, without the shadow of a doubt, the Macro is absolutely sharp for portraits. There is a thread started by Stefan who has some stunning macros taken with the 100mm Pentax macro lens.

So much so that the portraits taken with the macro I had to blur them so that it doesn't show the pores of the face .



I have read around here from the experienced forum members that the 100mm macro makes a great portrait lens also.

Having said this I must admit that I love my 50mm f1.4, its a perfect portrait lens, soft when its wide open as you can see and its really great for low light. I have taken some great images with it where I never thought the images would come out at all let alone looking pretty good.

This one is an example of what you get with a macro 100mm if you get a portrait usually. I think the image is self explanatory . I left it as it is to give you an idea of what you get without blurring it a bit to make it smoother and pleasant as a portrait.
Being able to even see the nostril hairs is not exactly a pleasant view . Needless to say that I did't show this image as it is here to these friends of mine .

PentaxBabe, I see some bubbles coming soon .
Excellent

Get that macro lens and you will see the beauties you are going to be able to capture .
Can't wait to see some bubbles, like I told you, got to crown you the BubbleBabe . Well may be PentaxBubbleBabe, whichever sounds better

The little cowboy soon after having gobbled a pot of chocolate ice cream

Funny I see that green reflection in his eyes result of a a big plastic Hipo which was next to him

Thanks Mike,

Getting rid of my lenses? , and my beloved K20D? .
Please tell me you are joking Mike.

What is a K110D by the way

Thank you all so much .
You really made my day , going to call the ladies to read the comments now . They are going to love it ha , and may be then pave the way for a future K7 .

the little one with the Pentax Macro 100mm




And this one with the 50mm prime, pentax 1.4

And these ones are my attempts at portraits but with the 16-45mm lens.

This one of my lovely cousin with her smile, caught her unaware too

Advice on any improvements is greatly appreciated




This one not so candid as I had already caught her eye.
With the 16-45mm too

Being able to capture candid shots is one of the reasons I love this lens.
My little one is at a tricky stage that its so difficult to photograph him, and anyone else when he is around for that matter .
He will make faces, some strange actions etc, and if photographing someone else when he is around he will jump in front and start saying "take my phot, take my photo" lol.

So having the lens with this reach and quality is really handy.

Here are some taken with it, and from far without him even noticing that I had zoomed on him.

I like this first one in particular as he was whinging constantly behind the patio door while I was out in the garden trying to catch some bird shots, and the moment I saw the door swing open I zoomed on him and took this one.

Muy Gracias Peter

That is a great vote of confidence and it really boosts my spirits

Why just smoke? Why not bubble generator too : lol

Oh and dont start me on family portraits and candid shots or I am going to bore you with images of my family ha

I do have some taken actually that I would love to have some advice and recommendations and critiques for that matter, particularly on croppings and lighting. Will dig them up and put them to bore you lol

Fully agree with that Pentaxbabe. Full heartedly.

When I embarked into DSLR world hardly a few months ago, five months to be precise I was a total newbie, an absolute ignorant in every aspect of DSLR photography, heck I was raw in photography in general point blank. I didn't know what Aperture was and I still remember asking what "stopping down" meant sometime ago, and even after someone told me it meant using higher number of aperture to keep the aperture smaller I just did it without knowing what it meant in practical terms.

But thanks to the kind and absolutely fantastic help of the forum members here I have learnt so much in between some fantastic social chatters and I am now using my K20 with confidence to the point now I can puff colourful smokes and blow bubbles with it .

Amin