Welcome from just up the road. There might not be hills but the skies can be great for some reason I've not quite worked out yet. Also with the Charnwood we do have some 'upland' type scenery with dry stone walls and great woodland above Looga. Although finding somewhere to pitch your tent might be a wee bit of a problem.

Get out of the garage and into the unruly outside world.

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I'd get it - I love mine and will often use it when a short lens might be OK, because the output is so good you can play with it.

I too like number 1 the colours in the sky and darkness are fab. We get some great skies in deepest darkest Leicestershire, but the water brings in a fabulous depth. Good job.

I've had a quick look at your flickr gallery and you have some lovely images. I notice you seem to use the DA16-45, you seem to get great results with it, I'm looking to up-grade from Sigma 17-70 (2.8-4) (and which I like quite a lot but quite want to get a fraction wider) as my standard zoom. Do you have any comments on the lens/K7 combo?

In my last job as head of comms at a large company we wanted to get an iconic shop of one of our trucks - so we chose Westminster Bridge with HoP in the background. All set up and a beautiful day - I had my trusted camera and our pro-photographer and truck driver ready to go. While waiting to start we were approached by two WPCs and asked what we were doing. Without being too facitious we explained . They then said we were in a restricted area and the reason they stopped us was because we had 'pro' equipment. It was all rather surreal. We ended up with an official notice informing us of the law (again as others have mentioned Anti-terrorist), but allowed to carry on.

We muttered and finished the shoot - getting some really good photos which were used in one of the annual reports and on other literature.

But surely, at the same time we were literally surrounded by tourists - most with compact cameras or phones. What was the point of all that? We concluded that a)they fancied us and wanted to get our addresses or b) they were bored and had a quota to fill.

I've a got picture I'd like to share but can't work out how to upload it here on the comment page. The image button doesn't seem to work.

Any thoughts?

I don't wish to be a party pooper but Bristol Cameras has it on at 199.

The gate latch on the slate #6 is especially striking. I see you have a reputation for this type of image. I think that photography is the best medium to capture and enhance the textures in the world about us. Good job.

Welcome

Hello and welcome

buon giorno e benvenuto