Both lovely and evocative Kris. The edited No 1 is very good.

We also get headstones here that have been eroded relatively quickly - I suppose it is the soft sandstone.

Many thanks to those that voted and your kind words here.

I'll come up with a topic and let Stefan know.

Still the first for me Simon FWIW - the colours are better (perhaps more 'natural'?).

That's well captured Simon. No. 2 just ahead for me also.

Lovely shots Andrew, as usual. The birdcage I actually found unsettling, esp. the colour version of it.
The shot of the cast collar on the downpipe, and the timber beneath it is a real look back.

My favourite though is the view out of the broken window into the sunshine.

Hopefully you're actually getting some of these printed and framed?

G'day and welcome.

Well he ought to be a very proud young bloke, I reckon! Both for the shot he took, and for winning that comp.

We lost ours in 1997 to cancer at age 11. He was one of a kind, and I'm sure your dog was too Gwyn. Our sympathies.

Does anyone else have problems with the new version of the Photobucket interface? I can't seem to prevent it from reverting to the 'Mobile' device pages version, which is absolutely useless.

I have the current Tammy macro, so I might be swimming against the tide a bit here. I can't compare it with the Pentax macro, never having used it.

In its own right though, the Tamron is a very good lens, and is well built. In Melbourne, it was substantially cheaper than the Pentax equivalent, so it made for a very easy choice.

I find MF with it easy and accurate, on account of its long throw. The DoF is so fine at short distances that MF is the only way to go, unless your subject is flat and exactly perpendicular to your lens.

Most reviews rate both the Pentax and Tamron highly FWIW, with both having their respective strengths.