Good Lord. I remember that. And if your knees were to strike each other it flippin well hurt.

1 and 5 please (but only by a whisker).

Indeed it was - thank you !

Nice treat indeed - and a nice picture of them too.

Thank you Philip. I think I agree with you.

Seeing is believing - you wouldn't otherwise!

It never ceases to amaze me how the original Pentax *istD can still hold its head up and challenge today's super machines.
There was so little light around on this cold, grey winter day that I dug out an equally venerable Cobra650 film era flash and
an off-the-camera cable and went into the garden looking for inspiration.

The only colourful things out there were a winter pansy with some water droplets, a dried up Cotoneaster Horizontalis berry
and some rose hips. I'll leave you to decide whether the *ist and an M series 100mm macro lens are up to modern standards.
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*istD on manual, ISO400, 1/150sec
Pentax-M 100mm macro @f8
Cobra650 flash on manual @1/4 power
Processed with Faststone Image Viewer

To DSP121 -- I don't have any more of these to show you. The remainder were of a horse and a few redwings (a bird similar to a thrush). However, No.4 makes a different scene when it is turned through 90 degrees.




Thank you all for those very kind comments.

Absolutely superb set. The crispness of the first one is wonderful.

Why drive? It has its own main line rail station. (yes, it costs a rail ticket but buy well in advance and you can get it for peanuts).