It's nearly 2am so the video must wait. That first image really hits you between the eyes - it's magnificent.

Looks like you have acquired the title of honorary Drone Snapper. These are most excellent.
For a creature that hovers you have got quite a sense of motion in the first one which appears to be making a high speed right turn !

Nice to have caused some cupboards to be turned out and thank you for joining in with the 'in praise of older bodies' theme.

Whoops. I missed an i out of *Ist.

I thought I would see how the *istD performed with a really big lens. It is quite a lightweight camera so I put
some batteries in the grip and stuck that on too as ballast. It made a really handy, well balanced combination.



The sun was bright so I left the camera at ISO200, left it on AF and let the aperture dictate the rest, according
to what was in front of me.
1 A bit tame but it was a nice dandelion.



2 One of those blessed Drone Flies having a rest and contemplating the bokeh in the cherry tree.



3 The clematis sprawled across the fence is in full flower this year.



4 And there is deep shade underneath it with bluebells catching fleeting rays of sunshine.



5 New leaves on one of the acers.



This seems to be a winning combination. I was very pleased with the results. I looked at the detailed EXIF information and
saw that this camera has taken 21,560 shots so far. It is a joy to use once you get used to its foibles and extra features that
were deleted from all subsequent cameras - such as the vertical MX style exposure ladder in the viewfinder and the
undocumented use of the AEL and EV buttons to enlarge and reduce the image on the back screen. (another undocumented
one on the *istDS is the use of the AEL button as the Green Button - which is absent on that camera).

If anyone else knows of more quirks of this camera it would be nice hear about them.

Gorgeous. I'll have the second one, framed, thank you.

Manual focus is definitely the way to go. Most of us have been content with conventional shots but with that monster camera he had to go aerobatic !

I always have a couple of plastic carrier bags with me on a longer walk whether or not the kit is weather resistant - one to wrap it up and one to carry it in. I don't trust waterproof rucksacks - they often aren't.

Lol and lol again 'cos it objected to only 3 characters.

Nice colourful back garden.

More micro than macro. Well done.
How do you prevent the whole ensemble from bouncing up and down at such a huge extension? The turning moment at the end of the 50mm must be huge.