Great set Mike - really enjoyed looking through them. #2 and #3 really stand out for me.

Some beautiful captures (both here and on your website) of a gorgeous bird .... so pleased for you that your patience paid off !

Ha ha - thanks Stuey. It is a pretty amazing view. The area of Shanghai around the river, called The Bund on one side and Lujiazui on the other, has some spectacular views. Beautiful colonial (mostly British but also American) buildings line The Bund and in Lujiazui you have some spectacular buildings like that one. Not in the picture are two of the world's tallest buildings with a third, that will be the world's 2nd highest building, still under construction. Amazing to walk around anytime day or night, but in the evening all the lights are on until 22.00 on both sides of the river.

Thanks Mike.

Should mention it was the DA 15 Ltd on the K5.

The Pearl Oriental Tower - Shanghai.

This was taken through glass at dinner with my wife yesterday .... the dinner was superb

1/4 sec. / ISO 1250 / f5.6

Another vote for a 90/100 f2.8 macro lens for : macro, portraits, street & landscape (yes many landscape togs use telephotos for detail and multiple shots for stitching).

There are a number of FA *85/1.4 s availalble in the mall where I buy all my gear (in Shanghai). They start at £1,200 upwards

I just tried their quote system out ... and stopped at the K5 + DA*300+15Ltd. It had already reached 18 GBP so by the time I've insured all my lenses and cameras I would be looking at well over 50-60 GBP per month, at least !

Congrats Frankie - you have bought yourself a fantastic camera !

Interestingly I watched a program last week about a guy in Vietnam who is still using photographic equipment from the 1800's and calotyping - and I learnt where dodging and burning comes from. He uses his hands in the traditional way to manipulate the final image, by disturbing the light used as part of the developing process - causing areas of the photograph to become darker or lighter.

Therefore manipulation in the development of photographs has existed for a very very long time.

So move along, nothing to see here !