The dog isn't usually cooperative when there's a camera around, but I managed to grab a few shots when he was worshiping the sun from the comfort of the settee. And here's the one I like the best. Exposed for the highlights and let the rest look after itself.

K3iii + Sigma 70mm macro.

Thoughts, comments etc. welcome as usual. In particular, your thoughts on the bright spots on the collar would be appreciated. Leave as is, remove by cropping just above them or remove by cloning them out?




Steve

Remember, remember the comp in November.
Get out there and capture a shot
Of a statue or birthday, a gravestone or list.
Let rememb'ring not be forgot.

Steve

Thanks folks. I'm wondering what will eventually happen to that ex-pub. Affordable homes for young folk who can't afford local house prices would be great, but I doubt if a developer could make money out of that.

Yeah, fish & chips really doesn't translate into any other country, language or cuisine. 'Cod and chips twice with a portion of mushy peas, salt, no vinegar' is just soooo English. Sorry to make you feel in even more serious need!!

Steve

The last building before the railway bridge from the west, a derelict pub, shut a couple of years ago citing all the usual reasons for pub closures. And the last building before the railway bridge from the east, the best fish 'n chip shop in town, during opening hours you can often hardly see the entrance for the queue of people. 60 yards and a whole world apart.

Taken with the K3iii + DA 16-85mm while wandering round town looking for something for the 'Entrances' weekly comp. Neither was entered, they deserved to be seen as a contrasting pair.

Thoughts, comments etc. welcome as usual.

1. Derelict pub



2. Fish 'n chip shop



Steve

They're Big Boys Toys

Just one thing missing - an AI robot thingy in the seat and running the SIM thingy. Then the human can go and do human things like making a real cup of tea.

Steve

Well, seeing a used GR3 kit at a decent price on the usual auction site, I took the plunge. A step up ring arrived a couple of days ago, the filter kit arrived this afternoon. A very quick check with the Q-S1 confirmed that the filter holder fits OK on Q lenses via the step up ring. There's definitely vignetting at the short end of the 02 lens but that seems to go when you zoom in a bit. And all seems to be well with the 01 zoom. Weather and life makes a full assessment a bit tricky at the moment. But first thoughts are that this is something I wish I'd had years ago...

Steve

Now that brings back memories from long, long ago, when I was a little kid and dinosaurs roamed the earth. My father had an asparagus plant in the garden. He just let it grow every year, never ate it, presumably had it as an ornamental plant. It seemed huge to us kids. We used to run and ride tricycles round it. No interest in what it looked like, of course. But now I know!

Just one question - what was the problem with the macro?

Steve

Ooh, nice!

And well spotted. I've had that lens for a long time and never noticed it could do that. Perhaps because I've never tried... and I don't have a K3iii Monochrome (and I don't want one either).

Steve

It looks like one of the oxygenating plants in my pond - but as far as I know that's not edible (at least by humans) .

And that's the first time I've had a genuine reason to use the 'nauseated' emoji .

Steve

Along with some old sandwiches curling at the edges and an ancient flask of by now cold coffee???

On a more serious note, have you tried calibrating the KP's AF for the D-Xenon? There's sample variation in both cameras and lenses. It's possible that a bit of fine focus adjustment could work wonders for that lens on that camera.

Another thing I've noticed with a 55-300mm from the same era is that AF accuracy depends on whether focus is approached from near or from far (but I can never remember which is best...). Perhaps worth checking whether your D-Xenon has the same quirk.

Steve