Looking the other way!

Canary Wharf lit by the sunrise.

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Tamron 70-300 @ 113mm AP - f5.6 1/20th

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Rush hour can be a bind in London. But now my journey to work includes a few tranquil moments on the Woolwich Ferry. Today I was rewarded with a fantastic sun rise.

I hope I've done it some justice!

K100D + FA28-70 f4 AL.

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f8, 1/50th, AP - 28mm.

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f8, 1/60th, AP -70mm.

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Over the last few weeks my 4 year old son has taken quite an interest in the spiders in our lobby.

Typical UK garden spiders but these had flourished to quite a size.

Last night I slapped my Tamron 70-300mm on my K100d and took a few shots.

I had tried with my micro-nikkor but couldn't get close enough without a step! (Short Ar*e!)

Today the spiders lost their lives when some older boys attacked them with a football - Shea was quite distraught.

Here are the shots - Shea's spider RIP.

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[IMG]http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu173/manix_zero/Macro/IMGP2984.jpg[/IMG] Eating

[IMG]http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu173/manix_zero/Macro/IMGP2984-2.jpg[/IMG] Eating (Crop)

All taken with a Tamron 70-300mm at apertures f11-f16, 180th sec, with built in flash.

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Chris,

That would be perfect - let me know what you find.

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I am looking for a Soligor I-S mount for Pentax K mount.

I have a 200mm f2.8 Soligor lens with a Nikon mount. I do use it from time to time but the lens is heavy and its not an ideal solution to try to hand hold the lens onto my K100d and take a photograph at the same time.

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I really like it!

The loss of the water and droplets are completely out weighed by the increased impact of the shot.

If I was being ultra critical I might now crop it slightly more at the top and right to give a dark edge all across the top of the picture.

But there is no right or wrong when an image works this well it is all down to taste. and for me this photo now really does work!

Good stuff!

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I'd Say!!!!!


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Simple question?

How is our status within the forum achieved?

When I joined I was a Junior Member (and I was), this was followed for a time as a Member (true). Now however I appear to be a Site Veteran! This just makes me feel old!

I associate veterans with Passendale and the Somme and such like.

I'm not complaining really - just curious -is it automated and related to number of posts?

I'm sure that this has been covered before but if it is just post number related then I am one post closer to becoming younger again!!

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Just a little comparison

My SMC A50mm 10p Piece at minimum focus distance of 45cm
[IMG]http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu173/manix_zero/Closer/Photo-2-1.jpg[/IMG]SMC A50mm @f5.6

My Tamron 70-300mm at 300mm minimum focus distance of 95cm
[IMG]http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu173/manix_zero/Closer/Photo-1-2-2.jpg[/IMG]Tamron 70-300mm @300mm f5.6 (forgive camera shake)

My Nikkor 55mm macro with AI-PK Adapter (optics removed) min distance 10cm
[IMG]http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu173/manix_zero/Closer/Photo-1-5.jpg[/IMG]Nikkor 55mm @ f5.6

The Nikkor is a great macro lens but at 10cm focus distance I'm certain even plants start getting nervous. The Tamron is really difficult to hand hold for macro shots and almost as bad on a tripod due to size and you have to be in the next field. The shot from the A50 is just to show what a difference that close focus ability makes.

If I was buying a macro lens I'd be looking at the 100mm-ish lenses (in fact I regularly search e-bay for Tamron 90mm Macro lenses as a cheaper alternative) Mainly to extend the focus distance a little but also so that I can have a "nice" portrait lens for free!

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Now thats really nice.

And, by the way, I didn't notice the tree until I read about it!! lol!

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