Hello all. I thought I would continue my mini-series of random pics taken when on my way to/from work. I started by just stuffing the K5 and a limited prime into my bag and grabbing a few shots, and have been doing it for a couple of weeks now; really enjoying it. This week I used the siggie 10-20 one day, which broke my self-imposed DA ltd rule but that's OK... Here's the latest selection:

1. Our work here is done... (DA 15)



2. Rev it up at night (no hamster:blush: (DA 15)



3. Yoof at the National... (Sigma 10-20)



4. Rush hour buses... (Sigma 10-20)



5. Rush hour buses rushing! (Sigma 10-20)



6. Heading out for the weekend: (DA 70)



7. The Shard in the Evening (DA 15)



8. Tower Bridge (DA 15)



9. ...and from yesterday morning, some dense and localised Fog in Westminster: (DA 21)



Hope you like these, as ever there are a few more on my flickr stream, and I'll keep adding more

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I use the DOFMaster app on my iPhone and find it pretty useful for discovering the hyperfocal distance when I want to get max depth. I imagine at heart that it's a pretty straightforward calculator - it would be very cool (I think) if such a thing could be built into the camera software...

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Ha! Thanks folks - I'll see if I can find a suitable hamster and have a go! although I doubt my photoshop skills are quite up to it... I'll have to make it my mission this weekend to get to grips with the cool stuff that can be done with Lightroom

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Thanks all, much appreciated - Nigel, I know what you mean about the grain in the sky. I think it is because I tend to try and extract a lot of detail and generally overdo it a little. This week I got hold of a copy of lightroom 4 at Amazon's bargain price, but I really need to sort out the settings to use for processing RAW files as I have managed to create staggering amounts of posterisation and grain. Will keep posting though, am really enjoying using these lenses!

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Hello all. I have had my camera with me again this week plus a limited lens or two; so here are a few randoms from the week again. All taken with the K5 and either the DA 21, 35 or 15... Numbers 4 onwards are reasonably high ISO (1600 I think).

1. Rev it up! (DA 21)



2. Evening Glow (DA 21)



3. Plastic bag adventure!



4. The Main Hall - Natural History Museum (DA 15)



5. Dippy (DA 35 Macro) - I recall from the 30-35mm lens shootout thread that people were looking for non-macro-type shots taken with this lens, so here's one



6. In the Mammal Hall (DA 15)



7. Nautilus makes like an Alien (DA 35 Macro)



8. Sequoia slice at night (or evening at least):



Hope you like these. C&C welcome as ever; and there are more on my flickr. Will hopefully manage more shots this week - Going to head out armed with the DA70 I think...

There are some crackers there. Love the blue skies in the first 5, and the first pic in particular I like very much.

Nice one(s)

There is a generic stofen omnibounce-type diffuser available on amazon - no doubt other places sell them too:

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I like these - especially the 'home sweet home' pic, and the last one - that blue sky is brilliant

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Thanks everyone. Much appreciated.

Shots 2, 3 and 4 are not HDR, although they have that feel to them I think. They are all from a single RAW file, which I process as usual with photoshop, and then apply a combination of filters to using a package called Color Efex Pro. I was trying to get a sort of 'gritty' feel so I used a bleach bypass and detail extractor filter I think - generally I have a bit of a play until I find a recipe I like. Added a bit of a vignette as well I think.

The 'pinhole' shot was not taken using a physical pinhole. It was a longish exposure (about three seconds I think) which gave a bit of blur, and I then gave it the pinhole look by making it black and white, adjusting the exposure, adding vignette and burning the edges a bit.

Thanks again all

Yes I rather like these too. Pentax is a good choice here I imagine