A lovely set, so well captured by you.
David

This is one from last April's Whitby Goths Festival. It seems the weather isn't going to be too bad in Whitby tomorrow so I've decided to pop in to see the Goths again. It clashes with a camera club assignment day at Richmond, also in North Yorkshire, but on balance I think I'll get more pictures at Whitby; Goths in the morning and North Yorks Moors Railway in the afternoon. Batteries now on charge.
If any PUF members are around I plan to get into the coffee shop in Sandgate, just off the Swing Bridge, between around 8.30-9.30-am for coffee and bacon sarnies.

David
Count Dracula Stalks

Taken quite literally the original comment is correct. The agreement with John's comment is absolute - therefore impossible to agree any more with it.
David

I think QQ's succinct comment reflects my opinion perfectly.

Box Brownie, my dad bought it for me when I was about 13. It only took photos of steam trains but I believe some people had Box Brownies that were able to take other subjects too.
In my teens I had a few other models and although I learned to develop and print my own pictures photography wasn't my greatest passion in those days.
It wasn't until the 1970s when I was married and had two small children that photography became important.
I bought a Zenit and then my first Pentax - a Spotmatic. and I've been with the brand ever since.
David

Its the season of mist and mellow fruitfulness here in the Northern Hemisphere when gardeners and foresters are burning out dead wood and weeds. In England its almost November 5 when we light bonfires and set off fireworks to commemorate the 17th century attempt by Guy Fawkes' gang to blow up Parliament. And in the Southern Hemisphere its barbie time. Smoke and flame can create some great photographic effects wherever you live, fires, steam locomotives, industry, cigarettes, volcanoes, explosions, the brief is very wide I'm looking for some terrific interpretations.
Make sure you shoot with Pentax or closely related brands such as Samsung or Ricoh. Deadline midnight Sunday November 1 here in the UK. Do your own time adjustment if you live elsewhere.
Don't forget if you win you'll be expected to set and judge the next weekly competition and comment on the entries.
David

First class nature image.
David

I've got a lousy cold and ache all over. In particular my head aches and all this techno-blurb is making it worse. Its left me worrying whether my crop sensor brain will be able to cope with FF when Pentax eventually release it.
David

There's been a lot on this forum recently about camera stores ignoring Pentax or running them down to sell Canons.
Jessops in particular used to get a lot of stick largely because of their total indifference to Pentax. Since their renaissance I've noticed a big change in attitude at their new, larger store in Gateshead's MetroCentre. I've commented previously on their dedicated Pentax stand there alongside the usual Nikon, Canon, Sony and Olympus displays.
On Saturday I popped in to buy a carrying case for my recent new tripod. The first member of staff I saw was wearing a Pentax t-shirt. Then as I was checking out tripod cases I saw him dealing with customers at the Pentax stand and doing a good selling job on the Pentax models. A young woman was obviously torn between a new Canon and a new Pentax. He ran through the merits of each model fairly, obviously the two models had similar specification and comparable price. I then heard him say something along these lines: 'Pentax have to work harder than Canon to sell and their models and this one has built in shake reduction and weather sealing. The Canon doesn't.'
I couldn't see which Pentax DSLR he was handling but it was one with an articulated rear screen so it wasn't like my K30, K5 or K3 and I don't know which camera she eventually bought but I reckon Jessops on Tyneside are doing a good job on behalf of my favourite camera firm.
David

The backlit fern is very impressive and I also rate the last reflective shot very highly among this interesting set.
David

What can I add to all the praise above other than to say congratulations - its so well deserved.
David