Its website says it's the UK's tallest permanent abseil. Now that must open up all sorts of possibilities for interesting photography !!

Steve

OK, so I won't ask. But whatever it is, I'll have some if it's affordable, legal and helps you to see things like that .

Well worth pressing the shutter button. If you don't experiment, you don't develop as a photographer. The image might be stronger if the seed, rather than the near-vertical, foreground stalk, was in focus as that's what the eye is drawn to. But there's definitely potential in 'out of focus with bright highlights' - I've even been known to dabbling in it myself. Keep trying, keep looking, you'll see this sort of thing all over the place once you get your eye in .

Steve

Just a matter of keeping eyes open and brain alert .

Steve

+1.

So you didn't wander to the Northampton lift tower, then

Steve

You do have some interesting walks in your area! I particularly like that isolated building near the end of the set, with a slight preference for the colour version.

They do exist. You can buy pink granite chips from garden centres. And the chalk in the fields near me can be distinctly pink if the setting sun is right.

Steve

Keep an eye on the classifieds in this forum. I've had several lenses from members here, all reasonably priced and never had a problem. Many people prefer to sell to other members even if they might get a bit more if sold through an auction site.

Steve

I thought I'd posted this already but can't find the thread so must have imagined it!

Another from Norwich Cathedral. The choir came in for a practice while we were looking round the cathedral. They weren't positioned for a photo shoot so I gave up looking for a decent view of them. Then while walking away I noticed a door with a glass panel. This it taken through the glass panel, the dark edges are its frame. K3 + 16-85mm @ f8, 1/25 sec, handheld.

Thoughts, comments etc. welcome as usual.




Steve

Yes indeed (and not just for photographers :wink. So the 50mm prime lineup will be 3 x f1.4 and the f2.8 macro with the 43mm not far away. And then there are the zooms that cover 50mm. Spoilt for choice!

Interesting that the emphasis now seems to be shifting to aesthetics, artistry and the photographic experience rather than precision, pixels and technological wizardry. There's room for both and good for Ricoh/Pentax for choosing the 'photography first' path.

Steve

Another welcome. I'll be up your way at the weekend, family in Northampton.

It sounds like you'll either be spending a lot of money or spending a lot of time looking for used bargains - or both!

Steve

A K3 iii.

Yeah, the resolve not to get one because my K3 is good enough for what I do was fatally weakened when I realised that having a two cameras with similar capabilities but different lenses attached (macro and long tele) would avoid hasty lens changes when looking for flowers, bugs and birds. A quick check of the 'use by' date on the resolve showed that it was about to expire so it was a choice between another K3, a K3 ii or a K3 iii. A K3 or K3 ii (used) would have been much cheaper, of course. However, the annual cost of the K3 iii (used) if spread across 9 years (which is the length of time I've had the K3) didn't seem unreasonable and is a lot less than a friend spends each year on his hobby - a Lotus Elise.

First impressions are favourable (no surprise there!). I tried the DA300mm + 1.4TC on both K3 and K3 iii yesterday evening as light was falling and the K3 iii was well ahead in both acquiring focus (expected) and shake reduction (not expected). Now I just need to find an opportunity to go out and use it in anger. My heart says take the camera out ... but my head says there's a lot of work to be done in the house and garden .

Steve