I went to Yorkshire Sculpture Park with Trixie yesterday. Some interesting stuff on show from 'KAWS' and 'Not Vital' at the moment. You could quite easily spend a whole day walking round the YSP.

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George

One on Ebay at the moment, 9 hrs left

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Nice set Gareth.

2 & 6 my favs, I'd like to see the scooter shot having the right hand side cropped as I find half a scooter a bit distracting - still like the shot though !

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George

Had a response from SRS re the 85 and 70-200 fyi

'Just speaking to Sigma UK they are happy to replace the mounts free of charge for you.
Currently they do have the mount available for the 85mm f1.4, but the 70-200mm mounts aren't going to be available until mid July.

They have also suggested that you can arrange all of this directly with them, by giving them a call on (01707) 329999.'

Looks liked I'd still have to cover postage costs though which would be quite a bit for both lenses. (insured)

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George

Nice set, the McLaren is my pick.

Thanks for posting.

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A fab set.

Tried to pick a favourite but kept changing my mind ! Hence all good !

Thanks for posting.

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George

Thanks for the comments,

Pete, raceday was good, bit hot though !

I find it easier with the driver portraits to use my longer lens, have used the 100-300 in the past but used the 50-150 this time. Its so crowded during the pitwalk that a telephoto lens makes it easier to isolate the drivers head and shoulders. Saying that I didn't bother getting to Plato as the crowd was too much to get a clear shot.

No 14 and No 4(looking back down the track) were taken from Pentax Corner.

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George

I went to see the British Touring Car's at Oulton Park last weekend.

Nice to meet up with Mike Kanssen and bump into fellow pentaxians Pete Aldridge and Pete Mellor.

I tried some slow (for me) panning shots, most ended up in the bin but some I quite liked the effect so have included a couple here.
All shot with a combination of Pentax K3 / K5iis and Sigma 100-300 F4, Pentax DA 16-85 and Sigma 50-150 2.8.

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More can be seen here if interested. link

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Nice set David I like the bullfinch and goldfinch best.

Not too far from me so I should make an effort to go there !

George

I'm fortunate to have both (did sell some gear to help fund the 150-450 ) there are pros and cons to each which dictates when I would generally use one over the other.

I'm happy with image quality from both and I'd echo mille19's comments above, I also agree with David's comment re smooth bokeh, which on messy backgrounds the 150-450 is not as pleasing to the eye, similar to the Sigma 150-500 I sold in that respect.

So what do I think about before selecting either lens, it is predominately

- Size/weight (the 150-450 is a beast compared to the DA*300)
- Likely targets I'm shooting (faster Af needed or not ?)
- Zoom needed ?

They are the main 3 considerations for me.

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George