I shall have to photograph a couple of mine for the collection!

Jolly well done -------------- but where are they?

Thundering good camera. I've got two and a grip. Totally different beast from the *istDS/DL etc.

Wah ! .... Where are the macro taks? Are they uninteresting?

Viewfinder. It would sway about everywhere with LV. It's the classic macro method of find an interesting spot and then sway towards/away from it to focus. I don't bother with the focus ring. The lens is usually almost at full extension.

It has been several years since we had a solid hoar frost in the Midlands. This year I have had to make
do with the thin coating across the roof of the car! Every frost produces a different crystal shape. Last
time it was chalices. This time it is vertical columns.

1. Chaotic columns



2. Organised, swirling columns



3. And columns of 'workers' with their heads down against the wind



4. Columns trying to bridge a crevasse



5. And rearing up into ice castles in the sky



6.



The alien nature of these shapes produces a wonderful fantasy world that needed a 50mm macro takumar
on 25mm of tube. ISO1600 and f8 permitted speeds of around 1/350th on a K3ii.

I just signed up and submitted one image. I'll report back accordingly.

The first Guinness one is really nice with the cobbles making a nice abstract. The crisper one is simply that - a crisp image. The Dublin dart makes a well balanced, eye catching image too but I have to confess to not figuring out what the dart might be?

Very pretty. I'd guess that you'd get quite a good abstract out of all that writhing stuff in there?

They also have the original K1 (and KPs) in stock at £999. I too don't need another bag - I've got three of the classic (similar looking) Pentax shoulder bags and a whopper Jessops one - but at this price? I've ordered one.