Hi Folks,

Some of you may remember me from a good few years ago now. Well, I'm back!

Lot's of things have changed for me in those years, including moving from where I was living in France back to Manchester. And, yes, there are reasons which I'll not go into here! Suffice to say that there has been somewhat of an upheaval, and life is a bit different.

The type of photography I'm doing has changed too. I used to do a lot of macro (insect) photography, but now any wildlife tends to be a bit bigger, birds and upwards. I have also taken up gig photography to go with landscape and urban photography.

Of course, I am still a Pentaxian, and my collection of gear has increased in size.

So, I'm now looking forward to saying "hello" to old friends on here. In fact, the impetus to come back to the forum was because I had a "virtual" encounter with John R on FB, by a complete coincidence. As we said at the time, it's a small world!

Anyway, time for a look around! Mmm, perhaps I might change my sig, too!

Cheers,

ds

A "problem" with HDR is that it will bring out detail in areas which really appear dark in real life. So, care must be taken in post processing to make sure the areas which should be in shadow are indeed, rather shadowy. But you can still leave some detail.

If you see what I mean.

And delivered by hand!

Nice to meet you, Steve, and thanks for the lens!

Blimey!

Very sorry to hear that, Mike. You know we are all thinking of you and your family.

Good luck!

As you know, Mike, I've been considering one for a long while. The full price put me off, and even the 2nd hand prices.

This one was just too tempting, and comes with a 1 year guarantee as well.

I knew patience would pay off!

Be great for my Scotland holiday in May, and it will give me some time to practise now, too!

How is your son?

Just availed myself of a refurbished 150-450!

pm sent

Amen to that!