It's a fair point, but I think I shall have to let them off with that one. They were actually trying to get a picture of a very close tiger and avoid the bars that separated them. I suspect all other considerations were swept away. Having said that, I don't recall seeing any of the tiger pictures yet....

Left to right, the three photographers are Mark (brother-in-law, K20D), my wife Sue (K-5) and Diane (sister-in-law, K10D) all a few feet from a very large tiger.

The place was Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens (fantastic and well worth a visit), which also answers Gwynn's question!

PS The seals were a colony of around 50, just lying on the beach at Horsey. We were stood only a few yards away and they were quite happy to just gaze at us in an idle sort of way.

A few more Norfolk images, all comments welcome:

If you focused on the front petal, then that's the sharpest point, so you don't seem to have a problem.

It is possible to take a more technical approach, and there are several threads on the forum on the subject. A scale at 45 degrees is often used.

What did you focus on? f/11 should render most things sharp anyway as DOF will be quite large at the distances involved. Lens quality and shutter speed (for camera shake considerations) will have an influence.

This isn't the subject, nor is it the aperture, to test focusing accuracy.

It's actually been that way for a very long time John H, from the early MZ models onwards, with a few exceptions. Modern cameras are designed to work with apertures being selected by the camera body rather than on the lens. I too thought I'd rather use the aperture ring on the lens, at first anyway, but after a while decided it actually didn't make any difference whatsoever.

According to the Inflation Calculator, the Spotmatic 1000 I bought, my first SLR, would cost around £707 today. I don't think that is an increase in price - I can buy a much more sophisticated DSLR for less.

You can use Aperture Priority on the DSLR just as easily as you could on an ME Super. The only difference is that the aperture is selected on the camera body rather than the lens.

However, we digress, and if you want to then older lenses can be used, with limitations. The A series onwards are fully functional.

I think it might be an Alpaca, but it could be a Llama....

It's a style and you've applied it consistently. The compositions are good but I'm finding the overall effect a little garish for my taste.

Flat or not, Norfolk has plenty of interest for those who look! These were from day 1, so a few more as we go along will give a broader view.

We like both Norfolk and Suffolk very much, both having their own unique characters.