Well I would have said camera shake, but strangely enough the Robin which was shot at 1/15th sec is the sharpest? Unless of course you have problems with maintaining steadiness, ie: sometimes your lucky?

Perhaps its focusing? the Squirrel for example doesn't seem to have any point of focus, this point to camera shake.

The Goldfinch seems OK but there's some motion blur in the head,

The Robin (the best of the bunch) should sharpen up to an acceptable level, the branch across his/her feet tail is annoying but this was the birds enviroment and it was there, a lot would say clone it out, I say leave it in and watch your viewpoint next time.

The Magpie, looks like the point of focus is on the tree trunk behing the bird, set the camera to centre popint focus or if you were doing it manually get your eyes tested

Finally, successful wildlife photography does not happen over night, I've been at it for years, wentout today and shot over 100 frames, didnt get ANYTHING anywhere near decent.

Well I WAS going to say "what a lovely pair" but given this topics title I'd better keep my mouth shut

Ooer Ewan, you've got better eyes than me I take back whatever I said about No5 that bit between the ankles gets Nathan a slap on the wrist

PS, Ewan, if you ever get to judge a competition at the club....remind me not to enter

PPS off topic but I sorted a bag out eventually, thanks for bringing the slingshot in.

I would not go for a slingshot, I recently got the chance to try one (200) fully loaded, I found it a pain to get on and it put uncomortable pressure on my collar bone, I then considered the Lowepro Fastpack but considering I wanted to tote around both my bodies and rather large DA* lenses I decided it would be to small, I decided to stick with Tamrac and bought an Expedition 5, compared to my old Expedition 3 its huge!

I took it out for a test run today, K20D with Bigma attached down the middle, DA50-135 on the lower right, K10D on the lower left, DA*16-50 above the K10D, and the AF360FGZ above the 50-135. it was FULL, stuck a Benbo monopod in the tripod holder up the back and off I went, I wouldn't normally carry all that gear when out with the Bigma but I wanted to see how comfortable the bag was fully loaded, so far it gets a thumbs up.

Warehouse express £99.99
SRS Microsystems £89.99
I got my off ebay for less than £75 including postage, and it was here in a day.

I can reccomend Tamrax Expedition series, Ihad the "3" for ten years" I hope I have the five as long.

I personally have no issue with the ads, I just ignore them (mostly) as for an ad free forum funded from subscription.....I thought some of us WERE part funding this forum by subscribing to Pentax User Magazine.

I'm sure if we were all given a choice over what form advertising should take we would choose this, much better than some w@nk£r ringing you up and trying to sell you a new kitchen when your halfway through a meal or something good on TV, lets complain about offensive advertising before we complain about the ads on here.

Another Clarky in the making methinks, well your from the right part of the world so I guess you have a head start

When I moved from the istD to the K10D I found it too big, even for my large hands, however I soon became accoustomed to it and the istD felt too small, now I cant imagine using anything smaller than the K10/20D especially with DA lenses attached, the balance would be all wrong, I cant see the point of a backward move to ist sized "pro" bodies.

This statement from Pentax also hints at changes in lens mount design, does this mean were going to see an end to the K mounts supremacy? Maybe Pentax are hoping to revive the 110 in digital

The whole arch was replaced with a more modern take on the original carvings which had become badly worn, I think work started in the early 90s and was finished by about 98. A 300mm lens will fill more or less fill the frame with individual scenes, I'll dig some out and post some more.


Kris, much better in B&W.

Glad I could be of service

Next time you go up to the roof let me know, you can take my camera up and get some shots for me too

PS; I cant believe you didn't shoot the west door (I do it every time I go and still aint got it right)

I'm going to do Nathan a favour and "BUMP" this post back up. I dont think it's had the attention it deserves yet.

These are terrific images of a gorgeous girl, well deserving a second look.