Thanks everyone for your comments. I love the Scottish hills, in particular those in the far north some of which have amazing shapes.

My wife was with me on this trip and she got a bit impatient when I spent so much time taking pictures. As for the pole in the Suilven image? I thought about cloning it out but deliberately left it in because its part of the power line system to these remote areas. I did take out the cables it was supporting though.

These have great clarity and well defined detail and colour. For me they stand high above most fireworks pictures I've seen.
David

I spent last week in the Scottish Highlands - more than 1,000 miles of driving from Durham to the Far North West and back - with many breaks for photography.
The photos were taken on the K3 and K5, lenses used were DA*16-50, DA*50-135 and D FA*70-200.
The Mists of Lochaber



Lochaber Cloudpatterns




Stac Pollaidh



Ardmair Bay

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Suilven from Lochinver



Suilven from Elphin



Loch Assynt



Loch Assynt



Ullapool evening

I'm missing this one out. We're off to the Highlands of Scotland instead.
David

Like John I use PS Creative Cloud which comes bundled with Lightroom which for some reason I'm unable to open up so I've never used it. I'm not bothered, I've always used Photoshop and I'm happy with it. By going for CC you get automatic updates and the cost is spread in easy monthly payments.
David

For tight spaces mainly the Pentax DA*I6-50 or the Sigma 10-20mm, it depends how tight. But I generally have two cameras and two lenses with me, heavy but it means I've nearly always got the right combination. The second camera would have the DA*50-135 or the D FA*70-200 attached.
The majority of my street photography shots have been shot with either the 50-135 or the 16-50mm lenses.
The Sigma 10-20 is used for extreme architecture angles rather than pure street photography.
David

Nostalgia - for you to interpret how you see it. We live at a forward looking time with science and technology advancing with an ever increasing momentum. Yet never have people (at least the Brits) been more interested in the past. Re-enactments, visits to stately homes and museums on the increase, steam railways, old collieries and workshops etc to choose from. Also photographers have an increasing interest in urban and rural dereliction. Plenty of scope there then.
Rules are flexible except for the two most important ones, pictures must be shot on Pentax or closely related clone cameras and the winner should be prepared to set the following week's subject and then judge and comment on all the entries.
Deadline: Midnight British time Sunday October 22.

I agree with Peter - very clean and carefully exposed set of images.
David

On the rare occasions I use a tripod I set the timer delay for 12sec and that also disables the SR. The longer delay gives any possible vibration from setting it up to settle down. As for matching lens focal length to the SR surely the camera does that automatically?
David
David

I've got the blue one. I love the K30 and I love blue. I got it when K30s were newly released as a second body to my K5 and to replace my K10 in front line use.
Image wise it equals the K5 but when I moved on to a K3 I thought the K30 would join my K10D and istDS on the shelf. It didn't, it still gets used because its lighter and great for walking around doing street photography or events such as the Edinburgh Fringe or Whitby Goths.
Its never had any of the problems some people have reported and I don't miss the top screen. Some of my favourite photos have been taken with it.
David