I just scrolled it as you said and you are right. Doing so suddenly whacks the rule of thirds into play and places the temple thing and the foliage right where they ought to be.

The foliage over the dark water constantly grabs the attention, even when you try to examine the structure on the left. The light tree in the middle of the foliage also tries to take over. I can see where the composition is trying to go but the area of highest contrast dictates where your eye tries to go.

A square crop with the temple thing towards the upper or middle right would put the high contrast where you want it and retain most of the elements from the original?

Also, yellow is an absolute sod to get right and you've done it very nicely.

Not black I'm afraid, but I have one in working order (self timer is inoperative). New battery, accurate meter, film through it a month ago. Pleasure to use.

Index sheet from scanned negatives.



Standard res scans from the film processing company.






Lens is an SMC Pentax-A f2, 50mm
PM if it is of interest to you.

Detail pictures of these are unusual because everyone goes for the 'pretty' shot (me included). You can really appreciate nature's achievement from these.

It really is a super lens. You've shown it off well.

Screams to be photographed does it not? - And who better to do it .... ?

Eeek !

There is always the very first zoom that Pentax produced .... the gigantic f4.5, 70-150, (with the extra close-up lens that many say was mentioned in the blurb but was never actually produced). I've got one and boy is it a whopper. And it does have an additional 'close up' lens that is hidden inside the lid of the carry case. You want some photos of it?

Cracked it - I think. It was mirror slap while using it on a tripod. Using 'mirror up' and waiting a moment, it does what it's supposed to do !