Impressive picture of a beautiful place.

Also impressive that you managed to persuade two toddlers and a teenager to go through muck and wet to see it!

Steve

No cats in this family, photographically, domestically or in any other way. Might be to do with having had dogs which all thought that cats were nasty, annoying things that should be chased off the premises ASAP. The barley is so high at the moment that if a cat were big enough to be seen over it, I'd run and be prepared to use the camera as a weapon in self defence.

A pop-up deer is possible in those fields. Got to see it before the dog does, though! Have also seen pop-up hares but photos very poor.

Steve

Thanks. It's helpful to get a second opinion, particularly when the picture breaks several 'rules'. There was a wider aperture - f1.8, but doubt it would make any difference. The wide aperture was due to taking shots of the barley, trying to isolate individual ears against background. Normal habit for just walking about is f8, but hadn't reset to that after the barley shots. I kept saying to myself 'If only...', but you've reassured me.

Steve

While idly looking through the viewfinder before heading for home, a head popped up in the corner. It would have been rude not to press the shutter button. A few seconds later its human appeared, phone to head and oblivious to me, surroundings and possibly even the dog.

Taken with K3 and FA77. There was time to focus but not to change from f2 as well. The result works for me, but would you have changed to wider DOF and risk losing the shot?




And now a crop.



Steve

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest dog of all...?

Interesting to read this in conjunction with what Ricoh/Pentax have recently said about their future direction and decision not to develop mirrorless.

Mind you, I can't help thinking that it's less about finding the perfect camera and more about finding out what you really want from a camera.

Steve

Science becomes art.... Love it!

Steve

Impressive. How many years had those photons been travelling before they hit your sensor??

Steve

I bet you end up doing reflections of dogs...

Steve

Superb set once again. No. 5 stands out for me - eyes, face, composition. And strangely, when I scroll down on the tablet the eyes in No. 5 flicker as if they are alive - spooky!

But it makes me wonder what sort of place you live in that attracts so many flies!!

Steve