I have used UPS for a very large, heavy item.

(The item was not available in Europe and therefore it was a case of pay the cost or not have the item).

I'm getting worried about aliengrove - when does he find the time to actually fly the plane :

Do the passengers know that the crew spend all their time taking photographs for photographic competitions

I am in

I seem to have a bit of a hang-up about the colour red this week

Having decided to photograph a mood lamp that can theoretically produce 16 million colours, I then had the problem of deciding which colour to set it on

I photographed it set on about 8 different colours and having selected a nice warm colour as my entry, decided that I possibly preferred one of the cool, pale green shots

Like Glyn, I found that photographing reflective spherical objects poses a few challenges

It is also easier to adjust the dioptre setting with an O-ME53 fitted.

"Mood Lamp"

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Taken Sunday 20th March 2011
K10D + DA 35 Ltd
ISO 100
f22
8 seconds
Tripod

Nothing more to add to what Peter has said regarding benefits etc.

I have three of them, even though it is normally only my K10D that I use for manual focussing.

Almost certainly yes. The door is in a building that sits directly on the pavement and cars are parked about 2 metres away at right angles to the pavement. So it is very probably a car but could have been a passer-by in red.

It was very much a 'grab shot' as I passed by, since I would not normally attempt to handhold a K20 + DA* 60-250 steady for one tenth of a second

If I had thought about it more, I would have realised that photographing black objects on a largely dull day would have meant slow shutter speeds and I would have taken a tripod

I could have cranked up the ISO but I have become slightly addicted to low ISO numbers in recent times

Congratulations to Geordie01 for a great winning entry.

Thanks to JudithAnn for a most interesting competition, the expert judging and my joint 2nd place.

I thought that all of the entries were of a very high standard

I went for a walk last Sunday, with the competition topic in mind but only came across this door right at the end.

Interesting how the indoor black shots (minimal reflected light) are very different to the outdoor black shots.

Presumably the illuminated version is just for people with dodgy eyesight

I use a wireless Logitech for my laptop and find it very good - strange how flat keyboards are now deemed to be better for you