Thanks, Flan, glad you enjoyed them!

Fields, walls, moors and walks - the Colne Valley has pretty much everything I look for to keep me active. With the occasional mist, haze and sunlight thrown in, I'm happy! The last few days have provided everything. Hope these appeal! A mixture of K-1 + FA 28-105 and K-3 + Sigma 17-70. All comments welcome!
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A lovely set, David. Lots of colour and detail despite the light and as for the mist - for me it adds depth to the views and is a feature well worth capturing.

Haven't done any wildlife photography for years, but we had a day out recently at Martin Mere and Marshside and managed a few reasonable pics with K3 + DA* 60-250 + 1.4 rear converter. A very enjoyable day out!

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5 pintail duck

Happily clicking away when this appeared. Amazing!
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Bought from SRS for £349 on 5 Dec, 2020, so just out of warranty. A superb wide angle lens in "as new" condition which has spent most of its time in my possession on a shelf. It has been outdoors twice in anger, once the day after it arrived and the second time a few days ago. It was an impulse buy - in retrospect, I should have been more realistic about whether I actually needed the extra width, which I now realise I hardly ever do. I think £250 + postage would be reasonable, since I've been offered almost that online. UK sale and bank transfer only, please.










and a few images taken with it -
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and @ 24mm

Thanks for all the comments, folks, much appreciated.
Steve, I take your point about no.4. I didn't capture the light so well in this one, the sky doesn't really have sufficient interest to draw the eye to it, nor could I get down low enough to get the effect you would have preferred. On the bright side, being only about 2 ft tall, maybe 2ft 6in, the "leafy blob" is actually quite chuffed to be referred to as a "tree"!

"Scape" being Scapegoat Hill, a favourite local spot. Late afternoon sunlight being particularly attractive recently. All taken with K3 + DA 16-85mm. Comments welcome, as always.
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Brilliant! Now transformed into a challenging image which invites (tempts?) you to step into the unknown! As regards the "simple edit", I suspect we could all say we have at some time got so immersed in processing images that we have lost sight of the obvious!

Another favourite walking area neighbouring Marsden Moor. Morning walks at this time of year can be tricky for photography, though, as the glare from the sun can be difficult to deal with, hence the tendency to avoid having too much sky in the picture! These were taken on two separate days with very similar sunny conditions. There's some repetition in the series, but I've tried to find a different point of interest to bring out the character of the valley, even where there's an overlap in content. Comments/critiques welcome, as always. Thanks for looking!

Day 1 K-3 + DA 16-85
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