Soft, subtle, gentle, beautiful. And those trees make the elephants so small!

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IT HAS RAINED!!! Only for about 30 seconds. The lawn is still brown, soil is still dust, the water butts are still empty. But it was REAL, WET RAIN!!!

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Thank you for your kind words. Verbena is one of Mrs L's favourite plants, at long last I've managed to get a half-decent shot of it .

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Having just received this lens from davidxgreen (thanks, Dave ), I walked round the garden with it attached to the K3iii. I was so pleased with the results that I thought it worth showing a few here. All from DNG files with minimal post-processing in Affinity Photo. Enjoy!

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The Tokina 90mm is now part of Lubbyman's grand collection of macro lenses . Thanks to davidxgreen for an impeccable transaction. First impressions of the lens, based on some quick snaps taken today, are very positive. I was going to put a few shots here as the finale to this thread, but looking at them again has made me think that they warrant a thread of their own in Your Photos. So if you're reading this, you know what to look at next...

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Luckily for me, I've got one . And a very fine lens it is, too.

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If anyone else is thinking of advertising a macro lens on this forum - please, please, PLEASE don't. It seems that Macro Acquisition Disease can only be managed, not cured . And I really do need a break from an irrational urge to build a National Collection of K-mount macro lenses... .

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Sunsets have been a staple of my photography during recent heatwaves as dog walks have had to be late evening when the temperature has started to drop. Most have been just a glowing orb shining through the bland, murky haze that hangs over the horizon at the end of the day. Just occasionally, though, some wisps of cloud liven things up. And then there is the moment when, if you can position yourself right and the dog doesn't object, a pinnacle punctures the setting sun.

K3iii + DA55-300mm (original version). Underexposed to get some colour in the sun and the horizon as a silhouette. All best viewed large.

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Lovely photos and technically excellent. Enough depth of field for the subject to be in focus but with a nicely OOF background. Use of TAv is interesting. I've tended to stick to Av for this sort of thing and hope that the shutter speed is OK. However, with the high ISO capability of the K3iii, you're making me wonder whether to change the habit of a lifetime...

Lovely butterflies, too. The comma always amazes me. If an engineer had to design a wing for a flapping drone and produced a design like the comma's wing, it surely wouldn't get past the design stage. Yet commas are flying around quite happily with what looks like an aerodynamic disaster!

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Welcome back. There's no need to apologise for being absent for a while, life has a habit of throwing curveballs once in a while and you've got no choice but to deal with them. They can take their toll but getting back to photographic things can help with a return to some sort of normality (the voice of experience here!).

Looking forward to seeing some more of your excellent photos .

Steve