Love the fake blue sky.

I love it.

Thanks for the comments. I'm sure they didn't mind kicking over the cross - anything for a good photo eh. Here's a punchier (I think) version of the first:

Well I sent it back to the shop as requested. I didn't hear anything for a few days, so I enquired if they had received it. They confirmed they did. A day after they sent email correspondence with Pentax. The original salesman (not the more sympathetic colleague I had spoken to) wrote to Pentax asking where they should send the camera - directly to Pentax or to the repairers. The reply from Pentax is they would not refund the customer - they made that very clear up front - and that the camera should be sent to the repairers again. So after a week's delay and unnecessary postal costs the camera is back where it spends most of its time.

So we shall see. I'm not particularly optimistic any more. I realise that I have been exceptionally unlucky with this camera. But before buying the camera I phoned a few camera shops in SE Kent where I would have bought it from, but none of them stocked Pentax and a couple of them told me that the reason they no longer did was because of terrible Pentax service. Obviously I hope it turns out favourably but it doesn't look promising and I'm currently wondering why I didn't heed the warnings.

I think number 2 has the most soul.

Taken last month in the cemetery, St Leonard de Noblat, France. K20D, 16-45.







I like this last shot, but I'm undecided on which version I prefer:

And he's got the battle scars to prove it. Nice.

I like 3. But I do find the vignetting encroaches a tad upon the bride.

Sorry, forgot to mention Tamron SP90

Around my field for the K20D chasing flappy things:

Fritillary 1



Fritillary 2




Forester Moth:




Damselfly: