What a great set of pictures, full marks to you QC and your model/fashion designer.

I'm glad you're still here to tell the tale Peter.
David

Very well photographed especially as this was obviously a rush job. It just shows your camera should always be handy for unexpected opportunities.
David

I have the K3 and K5 which, like David Storm, I use equally. I also have a K30 which gets regular use, its a great lightweight carry-around camera for urban photography. Unlike some members on PUF its never let me down.

Until a few months ago I regularly carried two cameras wherever I went, one with either the DA* 16-50 zoom or the DA*50-135 zoom and the other with the DA*200mm fixed focal length. Then I got the new D FA* 70-200 zoom which gave me a lot more flexibility and also a lot more weight to carry. But now I can decide in advance which body and lens combination to use depending on what I'm shooting so I often carry just one camera and one lens.
But if I'm in the car the rest of the stuff might be locked in the boot - just in case.
David

You've managed to get a wide range of interest level into these mud pictures with so many quite different images. Abstracts, patterns and textures are all featured, and surprisingly with mud, some very pleasing colours. Well done on technique and aesthetic appeal.
David

All are very good Magdalena but the reflection picture and the absract of the rain soaked train roof presumably shot from a bridge are exceptional. I also enjoyed the image of the two guys through the carriage window.
David

I wonder if Canon and Nikon users post 'did you see' messages such as this on their respective forums. I was up on the hillside above Ribblehead Viaduct on Friday when Flying Scotsman came through and there were hundreds if not thousands of photographers spread out right across the moors. I was with an Olympus using friend from my camera club and it never occurred to me to check what gear everyone else was using.
David
PS My gear for the day was a K3 + D FA*70-200 zoom and K5 + DA*16-50 zoom. I'll get round to posting something in The Gallery eventually

Sensational colour and beautiful early morning light. Of the two I slightly prefer #1 without the pier lights showing, also because of the larger expanse of foreground water.
David

Peter, Just how far you can se from high ground always fascinates me. Great views I have enjoyed are from the top of the Malvern Hills on the Worcs/Hereford border. When its clear you can see the Black Mountains of South Wales, the Midlands plain receding up the Vale of Evesham, the Shropshire Hills and almost the whole length of the Cotswolds. Also the Forest of Dean.
From Carter Bar on the England/Scotland Border you get a fantastic view north across the Borders and from Hartside Height in the Northern Pennines you look across the expanse of the Eden valley to the Lake District, the Solway Firth and the high hills of Galloway in Scotland.
As for steam train runs in the North during the autumn, there's bound to be some. Check out UKsteaminfo.
David

I can think of one near where I live and will go and photograph it soon In the meantime here's one I did last month high up in the Pennines on the border between Cumbria and North Yorkshire at Aisgill, the summit of the Settle-Carlisle Railway. The train is a scheduled service train from Skipton to Appleby being hauled by Britain's most modern steam loco, Tornado.


Tornado.

I'm with Peter on this one. Grips add weight and if you work with two camera bodies, as I often do, weight is a consideration. The camera's built in continuous shooting mode is more than adequate for my needs.
I'm not convinced that a grip helps to balance the outfit when working with a heavy telephoto zoom. I'm quite comfortable handling the new D.FA*70-200mm zoom on my K3/K5/K30 despite its considerable weight without it feeling unbalanced.
As John says above you support the lens, not the camera body.
David