I think it did! It is very hard to judge, in part you feel that you 'know' people here and you have seen some of their great work, then you have to judge it and you find you don't like their photo - what do you say?!

Picking the winner was the easy bit, choosing from the rest was much harder for me! I did learn a lot from looking critically at others photos, I can really recomend a stint at this for helping a person to look at their own photography more critically!

Who says I have to be rational)

Open topics have been done before, I am pleased to have solicited such a wealth of entries.

I agree with you Nathan, however the suggestion of movement is in the brief.

I also like Heidi's shot.

For me Anvh's shot ticks all the technical boxes.

Panning is fun and does take some practise and results can be very interesting.

A technically fantastic picture does not necessarily mean an ascetically fantastic picture!

WoW, I think I am getting irritated by this thread! Pentax finally give us a camera that answers all the complaints we have had about the K10D and K20D and there you go panning Pentax for wanting to charge us for it! Even with the D300 at £999 from Jessops, I would rather give £1200 to SRS, at least they work for their money and their staff know their stuff.

Some other price comparisons (to closest equivalent):
Nikon 12-24: £799, Pentax £519
Nikon 55-200: £229, Pentax £99
Nikon 70-300: £439, Pentax £199
Nikon 17-55 (f2.: £1039, Pentax (f4 I know): £349
Nikon 50mm F1.4: £299, Pentax £175

These are all current SRS prices and I know Pentax will go up, however we have had it very good, very good indeed.

There is no chance I am moving away from Pentax, just because economic forces have caused a price rise!

It may take me a little longer, but I will still have the K-7!

Amin,

Amateur Photographer are championing the stopped photographer and I am sure they would be interested in your experience, I would write to them with the details, especially those about the lady.

Just my pennys worth.

I have tried this and found that the pre-flash only turned off when I was using a lens with an aperture rind and it was turned from the 'A' setting. Worked fine, was even able to set flash output power. Another good reason to keep older lens.

I have just swollowed my bridge! Went down with my lunchtime pastie I tell you one thing, my DA* 50-135 will be the last thing I sell to raise funds for a new tooth!

This lens bagged my first Pentax User Competition win Comp 102

I have used it with a Cokin close up lens and it did a very good job at that too.

Just the usual place to discuss this weeks competition.

Actually, I can see John's point here. Nathan pointed out that service had moved to a different organisation and that the, for his experiance, is a very positive step forward. Then history has moved on and we are in a new world, give that a chance. We don't talk about how good the K10D is any more do we?

The phrase "Done! And you have been." comes to mind!

The most impressive thing about this site is their level of stock, take the humble Pentax SMCP-FA 600mm f/4.0 ED (IF) Lens with Trunk Case for example, they have 40! Now at £7,539.99 a shot, that's impressive!