Nice morning out with a lot to see.

Super pictures from great kit - and that IS a first class lens that always delivers.

Definitely quality images. They also have a sort of "pastel shades" manner of rendering that you tend to get with the Vivitar 50mm macro. (best seen in #6 and #.

#1 has got something more over the other seascape ones. I've tried to analyse it and failed to discover why but it comes out on top every time I look at them.

I think you've just caused a revision of the Oxford English Dictionary Gareth !

That mirror lens is worth every penny spent. As to the K3iii I've no idea but the detail on this speaks volumes. The composition says a lot about the photographer too. Great shot!

I can't say better than Peter, above. It really works very well.

Yes, I do have a couple of Meyer Optik Trioplan 105mms and I like them a lot but a Trioplan 100mm will cost you between £500 and £600 in M42 and £400 - £500 in Exakta mount. You can get a Primotar 135/f3.5 for about £100 and it's almost the same lens, delivering that controversial bubbly bokeh with its near circular 15 blade iris. Today's bright sunshine guaranteed the highlights off the holly and laurel in our local woods where spring is just making itself felt.

1. Dead beech leaves almost seem glued to their branches, making them great subjects for backlighting. Now we get a 'forest' of bubble bokeh to go with them.



2. Winter's days are numbered now as spring greenery creeps up behind it.



3. Buds are breaking on the trees everywhere.



4. Even this discarded vodka seed has germinated and the seedling is drunkenly seeking the sunlight.



5. It isn't all bubbly bokeh however. It is quite capable of taking excellent conventional pictures.



6. Since the holly trees have provided most of the bokeh I'll let it have the last shot - and an overdose of bubbles!



All taken with a Pentax K1.

One to be very pleased with - now, am I talking about the lens or the wine?

Very nice - especially the first magnolia.