Is it failing to clear the previous shot completely in some way? A sensor ghost?

No colour problems here. Philips LCD calibrated monitor, Sky fibre optic broadband and Firefox.
Great pictures - particularly those looking straight up.

All the chatter about lenses recently got me to visit a favourite place, (St. Lawrence's churchyard in Meriden) with a macro lens.
I put my preset 50mm f4 Takumar on the K1 and used it for anything but macro work. It is generally agreed that most macro lenses
can be used at infinity but I was quite impressed with what this one could do, especially considering its age.

The original shot (slightly cropped for compositional purposes)



Cropped to 100%



and cropped at 200% - I accept that the K1's sensor is helping here but it still needs the resolution to work with.



On a tripod, ISO100 around f11 and 1/20th

I have a number of different ones. They are all good. The only difference is the number of Ma hours stated on the labels. I keep them in a battery wallet and rotate them. You have only accused the battery thus far. The chargers can play up too due to thin films of muck on the charging blades and also on the battery terminals. Give both of them some stick with a simple pencil eraser to make sure your connection is good.

I think the hardest shot of the day was that pesky caterpillar! A most enjoyable morning - even though we couldn't understand half of what we were told. That first one of yours is a corker. Amazing how well they have developed and fully bloomed in a few days.

Super pictures from a very capable camera (I've got two).

The first one is an absolute beauty. A proper abstract in the sense that you have extracted the essence of what the object presented to you.

Thank you for all the positive responses to these. It keeps you motivated to keep looking for more!

Before the sun leaves us for good I think you would get some mileage out of those wonderful shadows on the brick wall.

You don't often see dune heleborine orchids
K1 and Tamron 90.









Photographing them is a nightmare as you need to be constantly aware of where your feet are and where they are so you don't damage them.
Most certainly a job for a flippy screen!