Lens received. Well packaged and in excellent condition.

Many Thanks.

Yes please. PM is on the way.

I have some sympathy for Stu's point of view. I think there's a point at which a photo becomes an 'artistic image based on a photo'. It's open to personal preference at what point this is felt to have happened.

I don't have a problem with people playing about with their photos as much as they want, but if they are not obviously adjusted for artistic purposes, then I think people should state this when posting them. As a newcomer to a DSLR and someone who tries to avoid sitting in front of a PC at home, as I have to do it far too much at work, I'd like to be able to see the photos that people take rather than (or maybe as well as) the processed image they have become. This would give me a benchmark to aim for with my photos.

There are a huge number of extremely impressive images on this website, and I'd like to be able to feel these are something I could aspire to taking, rather than wondering if these are possible in a camera, or are really artistic adaptations of real photos.

Thanks John,

I think it was the similar title that caused the issue. I've resized them as suggested as well.

Images now posted and comments awaited.

A few shots from a visit to Pensthorpe Reserve in Norfolk 2 weeks ago. These are my first images posted, so be gentle.

All taken with a Samsung GX10 and Tamron 28-200.

Red Squirrel



Shoveler



Oystercatcher



Mandarin



Mute Swan - I realise this is slightly out of focus, but I only just had time to turn the camera on and snap. Unfortunately it was on single autofocus.



Duck - not sure what this is. Any suggestions?



The only changes made to these is to resize for the forum. Otherwise they are as shot.

Any comments and suggestions gratefully received.

I'm having a problem adding any new topics so I thought I'd add a comment to my one and only previous post to ask for advice.

Yesterday I tried to create a topic showing some photos I took a few days ago. This looked ok on the preview, but never appeared when I submitted it using the "Add Topic" button. I thought maybe it was too big, so this morning I tried to add a new topic asking for advice on maximum post size. The same thing happened to this (ie. it never appeared). Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks for the welcoming messages. I'll try to post some images when I get a chance. Just waiting for a camera bag (it's too big for my old slr case) and spare battery to be delivered now.

Just getting into dslr photography after many years with bridge cameras and missing the manual controls. I've still got all my old pentax k lenses from my film slr, so I thought pentax was the way to go.
I was looking for a second hand K10d or K20d as they seem to have good reviews and do everything I want and more.
In the end I bought a Samsung GX10. Hopefully I won't be thrown out for owning up to a fake Pentax!
Just playing around getting to know the camera at present but I may start to post a few shots for comments (be.gentle with me) when I get a chance.
One question. To my mind all my photos seem slightly underexposed. I've compensated by 1/2 stop and they look much better. Is that normal with this camera?