For a photographer, that's almost an invitation to walk past the sign and photograph the cause of the closure. You did, didn't you...?

Steve

Desparately looking for some nearby foliage with decent autumnal colours, the only tree that seemed to have much was the young 'un in my neighbour's front garden. So with low sun illuminating the tree, the Tamron 500mm mirror lens went on the K3iii and was focussed on the leaves. They were definitely autumnal and nicely lit, but once seen big in the viewfinder their miserable mankiness was clearly visible. I took a couple of shots and was about to give up when it struck me that they seemed much more interesting out of focus than in focus. So here is the result. The first is the best of the in-focus shots, the others are today's experiment in abstract, intentionally out of focus autumnal colour.

IMHO the mirror lens has produced more interesting pictures than a conventional lens would have done. And if Intentional Out Of Focus wasn't a genuine photographic term when the shots were taken, it is now!

Thoughts, comments etc. welcome as usual. If anyone has one of those 'bubble bokeh' lenses, how about taking some similar shots for a comparison?

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Steve

We've all tried it but rarely to such good effect as these. Really good!

And since you specifically ask for reactions on the last one, mine is 'Wow!'. Abstract but also realistic, one of those pictures that needs to be looked at rather than given a quick glance. Monet without water lilies? And best seen BIG!

Steve

Ah, you may be right (or should that be 'reet'?). She's from the deep south where pit tips and blast furnaces were part of the landscape. It's apparently hard to find them in that area now, it's all shops, nature reserves and flooded housing estates.

Steve

Mrs L, who is from God's Own County, says she's never heard of the word. And she's taught me a few strange words over the years!

Nice picture, by the way. Well seen, well taken.

Steve

Deinitely not a complete failure with photos like these. 4, 5 and 6 slightly edge it onto the rostrum for me, there's creativivity of shape and form in them which raises them above the traditional 'coloured trees in a nice setting'.

And I'm glad I'm not the only person to have noticed more autumnal leaves on the ground that on the trees this year (and in the case of a village not so far away, some trees down on the ground with the leaves .).

Steve

Very pretty!

So that's why you can't afford that £6K Sony global shutter thingy...

Steve

Really nice pics, particularly the second one.

And well done simply for getting them, too. My dogs would never let me get that close without getting up and either going away or sticking their nose up the lens. But they always seemed to appear in shots when I didn't want them there.

Steve

Had to look up what a global shutter is! Seems the way to go for recording fast movement and getting insanely quick flash sync speeds. However, it also seems to limit dynamic range and low light capability. So swings and roundabouts.

Steve

Juvenile shag? My bird book says they have brown upperparts and buffish-brown underparts with a noticeable pale throat, crown peaks on the forehead (Cormorant peaks at the rear).

Steve